Medieval Female Name Generator

Authentic women's names from the Middle Ages

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Generate medieval female names drawn from real records of the Middle Ages: Anglo-Norman, Old English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Norse, Welsh and Irish women's names with period-correct bynames, surnames and patronymics. Perfect for historical fiction, D&D characters, reenactment personas and fantasy worldbuilding.

About medieval female names

Medieval women's names were far more varied than the Matilda-and-Eleanor shortlist most people picture. In England alone, records from the twelfth to fifteenth centuries show Hawise, Avice, Idonea, Lettice, Petronilla, Wymarc, Sibyl and Amice alongside the familiar Joan and Alice, while Old English names like Aldith, Godiva and Wulfrun survived in the countryside long after the Norman Conquest. Across the Channel, France had Aalis, Isabeau, Mahaut and Esclarmonde; German lands had Adelheid, Mechthild and Kunigunde; Italy had Fiordelisa, Isotta and Lapa; Spain had Urraca, Sancha and Mencía.

The second half of the name matters just as much. Medieval women rarely carried a fixed surname. They were known by a place (Helewise of Thaxted), a father or husband (Edith Godwinsdaughter, Ragnhild Sigurdsdóttir, Gwenllian ferch Gruffudd), a trade (Margery Fletcher, Gode Alewife) or a noble house (Isabeau de Coucy, Adelheid von Ravensburg). Welsh and Irish names used ferch and ingen or Ní for daughter of; Norse names used dóttir.

This generator pairs period given names with period-correct bynames for each culture, so you can pick a peasant, townswoman, nun, noblewoman or queen and have her name sound like it came out of a manor roll rather than a fantasy novel.

How to choose medieval female names

  • Match the byname to her station: of a place or a trade for commoners and townswomen, de, von or ferch for gentry and nobility, and a saint-like dedication (of Ely, of Wilton) for nuns and abbesses.
  • Check the century. Old English names like Aldith and Godgifu fit before about 1200; Norman imports like Matilda, Hawise and Petronilla dominate the 1100s to 1300s; by the 1400s Joan, Agnes, Alice, Margaret and Elizabeth account for most English girls.
  • Medieval spelling was flexible. Isabel, Isabella, Ysabel and Isabeau are the same name, so choose the spelling that fits the region and the look of your text, and stay consistent within one story.
  • Give her a nickname that would have been used in daily life. Maud for Matilda, Sely for Cecily, Magota for Margaret, Ibb for Isabel and Jehannette for Jehanne add realism to dialogue.
  • For fantasy settings, borrow the structure rather than the exact names: a given name plus a place, trade or father's name will make an invented culture feel grounded.

Frequently asked questions

What were common female names in medieval times?

In England the most common were Alice, Agnes, Joan, Matilda (Maud), Margery, Isabel, Emma, Cecily and Juliana, with rarer records of Avice, Hawise, Idonea, Lettice and Petronilla. France favored Jeanne, Marie, Aalis, Marguerite and Isabeau; Germany favored Adelheid, Gertrud, Mechthild and Hedwig; Italy favored Caterina, Giovanna, Francesca and Lucia.

Did medieval women have surnames?

Usually not in the fixed, inherited sense. A woman was identified by her birthplace (Goda of Ely), her father or husband (Edith Godwinsdaughter), her occupation (Margery Fletcher) or her family's estate (Rohese de Vere). Inherited surnames only became standard for ordinary people in the late Middle Ages, and many of the names here reflect the earlier, descriptive style.

Are these names historically accurate?

The given names are all attested in medieval records, chronicles, saints' lives or literature, and the bynames follow documented patterns for each culture. Some entries are famous historical women, included as authentic examples; most are plausible combinations that would pass in a manor roll, charter or chronicle but do not belong to a specific person.

Can I use these for a D&D or fantasy character?

Yes. Medieval names are the backbone of most fantasy settings, and names like Ysolt Dunstable, Hawise de Bolebec or Solveig Sveinsdóttir sound right for human characters in D&D, Pathfinder or historical-fantasy novels. The Welsh, Irish and Norse sections are especially useful for Celtic- and Viking-flavored cultures.

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A: 61 names

  • Aalis the Weaver
  • Aaliz de Beaumont
  • Adélaïde de Maurienne
  • Adelgund Bader
  • Adelheid Sattler
  • Adelheid von Ravensburg
  • Adeline Lefort
  • Aelfgifu of Northampton
  • Aelfthryth of Wessex
  • Aelfwaru the Widow
  • Aelgifu Brewster
  • Aethelflaed of Damerham
  • Aethelthryth of Ely
  • Agatha Macleod
  • Agatha Trussebut
  • Agnes Blannbekin
  • Agnès de Montbrun
  • Agnes Fyneux
  • Agnes Lorimer
  • Agnola Tornabuoni
  • Alazaïs Martel
  • Aldgyth the Seamstress
  • Aldith of Wyckham
  • Alditha of Lynn
  • Aldonza Martínez
  • Alessandra Macinghi
  • Alexandra de Burgh
  • Alianora Bydewynde
  • Alice atte Green
  • Alice le Fevre

A, continued

  • Aliénor de Thouars
  • Alienor Tanner
  • Alina de Mowbray
  • Alison Scrope
  • Alix de Châtellerault
  • Alys of Wakefield
  • Amabel Curwen
  • Amabilia de Cruce
  • Ameline Bourgeois
  • Amflisa Botreaux
  • Amice Fuller
  • Amphelisa Carter
  • Anabella Drummond
  • Anable Sheppey
  • Angharad ferch Owain
  • Anneis Brackenbury
  • Annora de Bohun
  • Antonia Uberti
  • Aoife Ní Chonchobhair
  • Apollonia Wagner
  • Arnóra Grímsdóttir
  • Ása Haraldsdóttir
  • Ascelina Smith
  • Astrid Olafsdóttir
  • Aubrey Fitzpiers
  • Aude de Rocamadour
  • Avelina Peverel
  • Aveline Cordier
  • Avice Thatcher
  • Avina Thorold
  • Azalaïs de Porcairagues

B: 23 names

  • Bartolomea Bardi
  • Basilia Pilgrim
  • Beatrice Cheddar
  • Beatrice de Mortaine
  • Beatrijs of Nazareth
  • Beatrix Aubrey
  • Béatrix de Viennois
  • Beatriz de Suabia
  • Bébinn ingen Cellaig
  • Benedicta of Romsey
  • Benvenuta Lanfranchi
  • Berenguela de Barcelona
  • Bergthora Skarphéðinsdóttir
  • Berthe de Chastillon
  • Bertrande de Rols
  • Bianca Visconti
  • Bice Portinari
  • Birgitta Birgersdotter
  • Blanca de Navarra
  • Blanche de Vergy
  • Blanchefleur de Montaigu
  • Bruna de Montségur
  • Brunhild Weber

C: 25 names

  • Caitlín Ní Mhaoilmhuaidh
  • Caointiarn ingen Dúnlaing
  • Cassandra Tilney
  • Catalina de Lancaster
  • Caterina Benincasa
  • Cecilia Blankaflod
  • Cecilia Lenthall
  • Cecily atte Well
  • Christian of Mar
  • Christiana Tapster
  • Christine de Pizan
  • Cilia Bonsignori
  • Clarice Sewell
  • Claricia Whitlock
  • Clémence de Bourges
  • Clemence de Lacy
  • Colette Aubrey
  • Constance Lister
  • Constanza Núñez
  • Contessina de' Bardi
  • Costanza d'Altavilla
  • Cristina Bradeston
  • Custance Honeywood
  • Cwenhild of Barking
  • Cyneburg of Castor

D: 14 names

  • Dametta Fitzralph
  • Denise atte Brook
  • Derbáil Ní Cheallaigh
  • Derbforgaill ingen Murchada
  • Devorguilla of Galloway
  • Diamante Buondelmonti
  • Dianora Salviati
  • Dionisia de Camville
  • Dolce Guinizelli
  • Dorothea von Montau
  • Douce de Provence
  • Douceline of Digne
  • Dubchoblaig ingen Flaithbertaig
  • Dyddgu ferch Ieuan

E: 46 names

  • Eadburh of Minster
  • Eadgyth of Wilton
  • Ealdgyth Thresher
  • Ealhswith of Mercia
  • Ealusaid nic Ruairidh
  • Ebota Wyvill
  • Eda Lumley
  • Ede Marlowe
  • Edeva Longespée
  • Edgiva of Kent
  • Edith Godwinsdaughter
  • Efa ferch Madog
  • Effie Macdougall
  • Eithne Ní Bhriain
  • Eleanor Basset
  • Elen ferch Llywelyn
  • Elena de Clavering
  • Elena Gascoigne
  • Elewys Rampton
  • Elfgiva Swynford
  • Elfleda Cooper
  • Elfwynn of Mercia
  • Elizabeth Warde

E, continued

  • Ellen Shepherd
  • Elo Álvarez
  • Elsbeth Pfister
  • Else Krämer
  • Elvira Ramírez
  • Elwisia de Gorges
  • Emelina Saltmarsh
  • Emelota de Ashby
  • Emma Cartwright
  • Emmeline Webster
  • Emmota Faireclough
  • Emota Fynche
  • Engeltrud Fischer
  • Ermengarde de Narbonne
  • Ermentrud von Orléans
  • Ermessende de Carcassonne
  • Esclarmonde de Foix
  • Estefanía Armengol
  • Estrild Wulfsdaughter
  • Ethelfleda of Mercia
  • Eufemia Cantilupe
  • Eustacia de Say
  • Eve of Leinster

F: 8 names

  • Felicia Glover
  • Felise Hawley
  • Fina Ciardi
  • Finnguala Ní Néill
  • Fiordelisa Tornaquinci
  • Florence Hastings
  • Francesca da Polenta
  • Friderun von Stade

G: 35 names

  • Garsende de Sabran
  • Gemma Donati
  • Generys ferch Hywel
  • Gerberga von Lothringen
  • Gertrud von Helfta
  • Geva de Harcourt
  • Gillian Spinner
  • Ginevra degli Albizzi
  • Giovanna Pisani
  • Gisela von Schwaben
  • Gisèle de Rouen
  • Goda of Ely
  • Gode Alewife
  • Godeleva Rockingham
  • Godelind Ironside
  • Godgifu of Coventry
  • Goditha Leach
  • Godiva Leofricsdaughter
  • Gontroda Pérez
  • Gormlaith ingen Murchada
  • Gráinne Ní Mháille
  • Grete Müllerin
  • Gro Gunnarsdóttir
  • Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir
  • Gudrun Ósvífursdóttir
  • Guiburc de Narbonne
  • Guillemette Roussel
  • Guiomar de Meneses
  • Gundred Fitzwalter
  • Gunnhild Özurardóttir
  • Gunnilda de Malet
  • Gwenllian ferch Gruffudd
  • Gwerful Mechain
  • Gwladus Ddu
  • Gyda Eiriksdóttir

H: 26 names

  • Hadewijch of Brabant
  • Hadwig von Schwaben
  • Hallveig Fróðadóttir
  • Hawise de Bolebec
  • Hawisia Wyntour
  • Hawys Fitzherbert
  • Hedwig von Andechs
  • Helen Lestrange
  • Helewise of Thaxted
  • Helewise Pankhurst
  • Helga Bárðardóttir
  • Hélie de Bréauté
  • Heloise d'Argenteuil
  • Héloïse du Moulin
  • Hemma Poulter
  • Hemma von Gurk
  • Herdis Bolladóttir
  • Herrad von Landsberg
  • Hersende de Champagne
  • Hilaria of Kirkstall
  • Hildegard von Bingen
  • Hille Schneider
  • Hodierna de la Lee
  • Honora de Munchensy
  • Hrefna Ásgeirsdóttir
  • Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim

I: 24 names

  • Ida de Tosny
  • Ida von Elsdorf
  • Idonea Bythewood
  • Idonia le Strange
  • Inés de Castro
  • Ingibjörg Hákonardóttir
  • Ingirid Ragnvaldsdóttir
  • Ingrid Ylva
  • Ingrith Copsey
  • Ingunn Arnórsdóttir
  • Irmgard von Rott
  • Irmingard von Hammerstein
  • Isabeau de Coucy
  • Isabel Lovel
  • Isabella Mauduit
  • Isabelle Bourchier
  • Isemay Wheeler
  • Isilia Fitzjohn
  • Ismenia Woodward
  • Isobel Comyn
  • Isolde de Clare
  • Isotta degli Atti
  • Ivetta Prestwick
  • Ivette Mansel

J: 19 names

  • Jacoba Woodville
  • Jakemina Southwell
  • Jeanne Boucher
  • Jehanne Tisserand
  • Jimena Díaz
  • Joan Sadler
  • Joanna de Stuteville
  • Joanna Hiltoft
  • Jocosa Brewer
  • Johane Fitzhugh
  • Joie Leveson
  • Jorunn Þorsteinsdóttir
  • Juana Manuel
  • Juetta Fitzwilliam
  • Juette Trevelyan
  • Julia Blomfield
  • Julian of Norwich
  • Juliana Brewster
  • Jutta von Sponheim

K: 10 names

  • Katelina Horsley
  • Katerina Botiller
  • Kateryn Ufford
  • Katharina Gerber
  • Katharine Arundell
  • Katherine Palmer
  • Kristin Sigurdsdatter
  • Kunigunde von Altdorf
  • Künne Becker
  • Kunne Schusterin

L: 23 names

  • Lapa Piagenti
  • Lasairfhíona Ní Dhomhnaill
  • Laurencia of Shaftesbury
  • Lecia Mortimer
  • Leoba of Tauberbischofsheim
  • Leofflaed Wright
  • Leofrun Eadricsdaughter
  • Leonor de Guzmán
  • Letia Brabazon
  • Letitia Greystoke
  • Lettice Baxter
  • Leva Penistone
  • Linota Tyrwhitt
  • Lippa Ricasoli
  • Lisabetta Ghiberti
  • Liutgard von Sachsen
  • Lleucu Llwyd
  • Loveday Ingoldsby
  • Lovota Frome
  • Luceline Conyers
  • Lucia Grenville
  • Lucrezia Borromei
  • Lucy Tailboys

M: 52 names

  • Mabel de Tregoz
  • Mabilia Wykeham
  • Maddalena Rucellai
  • Mafalda de Portugal
  • Magota Webbe
  • Mahaut de Dampierre
  • Mallt ferch Cynan
  • Marared ferch Gruffudd
  • Margaret Paston
  • Margaret Wodehouse
  • Margareta Ebner
  • Margarethe Zimmermann
  • Margery Fletcher
  • Margery Kempe
  • Margherita Datini
  • Margrete Håkonsdatter
  • Marguerite de Saulx
  • Marie de France
  • Marie la Tourneresse
  • Marina Alfonso
  • Marion Chandler
  • Mariot Lyndsey
  • Mariota Gerard
  • Mariota of the Isles
  • Marjorie Bruce
  • Mathilde von Quedlinburg

M, continued

  • Matilda Ferrers
  • Matilde of Boulogne
  • Matillis Beauchamp
  • Maud atte Mere
  • Maud de Braose
  • Mayor Fernández
  • Maysant de Ros
  • Maysent Bolingbroke
  • Mazelina Morley
  • Mazera Fitzneal
  • Mechthild of Hackeborn
  • Mechthild von Magdeburg
  • Meliora Coningsby
  • Melisende of Jerusalem
  • Melisent de Stafford
  • Mencía López de Haro
  • Merewyn Dacre
  • Mildburg of Wenlock
  • Mildreth of Minster
  • Milicent of Hathersage
  • Millicent Tuchet
  • Moll Haselwood
  • Mór Ní Bhriain
  • Morfudd ferch Dafydd
  • Muriel de Montfichet
  • Muriel of Strathearn

N: 6 names

  • Nanna Ridolfi
  • Nera Alberti
  • Nest ferch Rhys
  • Nesta Marshal
  • Nichola Turner
  • Nicholaa de la Haye

O: 15 names

  • Oda von Haldensleben
  • Odette Mercier
  • Olive Fitzpayne
  • Orabilis Fitzgerald
  • Oretta Malaspina
  • Oria de Villavelayo
  • Oriabel de Rochefort
  • Oriel Somerville
  • Órlaith ingen Cennétig
  • Orsola Pazzi
  • Osanna de Bures
  • Osanna Kempster
  • Osgyth of Chich
  • Osyth the Nun
  • Ottilie von Hohenburg

P: 11 names

  • Parnell Hayward
  • Pavia Bigod
  • Pernelle Flamel
  • Perrenelle Gauthier
  • Perrette of Lincoln
  • Petronilla Mercer
  • Philippa Chaucer
  • Philippa de Hainault
  • Philippa Dyer
  • Piera Strozzi
  • Pleasance Wyatt

R: 15 names

  • Raghnailt ingen Amlaíb
  • Ragnhild Sigurdsdóttir
  • Ranalt Ní Fhearghail
  • Raymonde Foucault
  • Reginlind von Zürich
  • Ricca Peruzzi
  • Richenda de Quincy
  • Richeza von Lothringen
  • Richilde de Hainaut
  • Ricolda Sumpter
  • Roesia Marmion
  • Rohese de Vere
  • Rohesia de Cockfield
  • Rosamund Clifford
  • Rose Fenwick

S: 30 names

  • Sabina Skinner
  • Sabine de Beaurepaire
  • Sabine Tyas
  • Sadb ingen Briain
  • Sancha de Castilla
  • Sancha Raimúndez
  • Sapientia Spencer
  • Sarra de Verdun
  • Scholastica of Polesworth
  • Seaxburh of Ely
  • Sédille de Tours
  • Seild Attwood
  • Selvaggia Vergiolesi
  • Sely Fowler
  • Sibella Lucy
  • Sibilla Heriz
  • Sibyl Chapman
  • Sibylle de Lusignan
  • Sigga Thorp
  • Sigrid Tóstadóttir
  • Simona Frescobaldi
  • Smeralda Brandini
  • Sol Rodríguez
  • Solveig Sveinsdóttir
  • Steinunn Refsdóttir
  • Sunniva of Whitby
  • Svanhild Eysteinsdóttir
  • Swanhild Fitzhugh
  • Swetelove Bakester
  • Sybil Lovell

T: 19 names

  • Tangwystl ferch Llywarch
  • Tangwystl Talbot
  • Teresa Díaz
  • Teresa Gil de Vidaure
  • Tessa Cavalcanti
  • Thecla Nevill
  • Theophania Draper
  • Thomasin Peckham
  • Thomasina Reeve
  • Thora Borgarhjört
  • Thordis Súrsdóttir
  • Thorhild Eiríksdóttir
  • Thurid Snorradóttir
  • Tiburge d'Orange
  • Tiphaine Raguenel
  • Toda Aznárez
  • Tommasa Portinari
  • Þorgerðr Egilsdóttir
  • Trota of Salerno

U: 6 names

  • Udela Heron
  • Úna Ní Ruairc
  • Unn the Deep-Minded
  • Urraca Alfonso
  • Urraca de Lara
  • Uta von Ballenstedt

V: 4 names

  • Valgerd Þorbrandsdóttir
  • Vanna Spini
  • Vigdís Hallsteinsdóttir
  • Violante de Hungría

W: 16 names

  • Walburga Schmied
  • Wendel Kürschner
  • Wenefrid Lisle
  • Wenthelen of Wenlock
  • Wihtburh of Dereham
  • Wilmot Tyler
  • Wiltrud von Bergen
  • Wimarca Ryedale
  • Wulfhild von Sachsen
  • Wulfrun of Wolverhampton
  • Wulfthryth of Wilton
  • Wulfwynn of Bury
  • Wulviva Hastings
  • Wymarc Underhill
  • Wymark Grimbald
  • Wynflaed of Ramsbury

Y: 11 names

  • Ybote Ashcombe
  • Ydonea Cheyne
  • Yngvild Fair-Cheek
  • Yolande de Dreux
  • Ysabel Charpentier
  • Ysabel Darcy
  • Ysaude Malory
  • Ysenda Boteler
  • Ysmay Pecche
  • Ysmena Featherstonhaugh
  • Ysolt Dunstable

Z: 1 name

  • Zanobia Gualterotti