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Medieval Knight Name Generator

Historically grounded names for knights and squires

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Generate medieval knight names built the way real ones were: a Norman, English, French, or German given name plus a territorial 'de' or 'of' surname, a nickname, or an epithet earned in battle. Covers Arthurian, Crusader, Hundred Years' War, and tournament-era styles for novels, RPGs, and heraldry projects.

About medieval knight names

Real medieval knights rarely had a fixed surname. A knight was known by his given name plus a marker of where he held land: William Marshal, Simon de Montfort, Bertrand du Guesclin, Ulrich von Liechtenstein. The particle changes with language, so 'de' or 'du' is French and Anglo-Norman, 'von' is German, 'da' or 'delle' is Italian, 'ap' is Welsh (son of), and 'Fitz' is Norman for son of, as in Reginald FitzUrse. Given names in the 12th to 15th centuries were drawn from a small pool: William, Robert, Roger, Hugh, Ralph, Walter, Geoffrey, Gilbert, and Baldwin appear again and again in the rolls of arms.

On top of that came epithets. Some were earned in battle or by temperament (Richard Coeur de Lion, Robert Curthose, Jean sans Peur), some described a wound or a feature (Halfhand, One-Eye, the Lame), and romance literature added heraldic titles like the Green Knight or the Knight of the Swan. Squires shared the same naming pattern but were addressed without 'Sir'.

The list below mixes historical figures such as John Chandos and Godfrey de Bouillon, Arthurian and chanson-de-geste heroes like Gawain and Ogier the Dane, and invented knights that follow the same rules, so you can pull a name straight into a Pendragon or D&D campaign or a historical novel and it will pass inspection.

Tips for choosing a name

  • Choose the particle to match the knight's homeland: de/du for Anglo-Norman and French, von for German, ap for Welsh, Fitz for Norman-descended families.
  • Use a place name after 'of' or 'de' rather than an invented family surname; landless knights were often known simply as Sir Given-Name plus an epithet.
  • Stick to period given names (William, Hugh, Walter, Geoffrey, Ralph) unless you're writing a deliberately fantastical setting.
  • Give epithets to knights with a reputation, not to everyone; one Blackshield in a company of forty knights is realistic.
  • Squires and pages share the naming pattern but drop the 'Sir' until they are dubbed, which makes a satisfying moment in a story.

Frequently asked questions

How were medieval knights actually named?

By given name plus a place-based descriptor: William of Ockham, Simon de Montfort, Ulrich von Liechtenstein. Hereditary surnames only became common in England around the 14th century, so earlier knights are best named by their lands or a nickname.

When is 'Sir' used with a knight's name?

'Sir' goes with the given name, so Sir William or Sir William Marshal, never Sir Marshal. The same rule applies today for British knighthoods.

Are these names suitable for Arthurian or D&D campaigns?

Yes. The Round Table names (Gawain, Bors, Lamorak) fit Pendragon-style games directly, and the invented Norman and German names work for any human knight, paladin, or cavalier in a medieval fantasy world.

Can I use these knight names commercially?

Historical figures and public-domain literary characters are free to reference, and the invented names are unrestricted. Just avoid names tied to specific modern franchises.

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  • Sir William Marshal
  • Sir Roland of Roncevaux
  • Sir Lancelot du Lac
  • Sir Galahad
  • Sir Percival
  • Sir Gawain
  • Sir Bedivere
  • Sir Kay
  • Sir Gareth of Orkney
  • Sir Tristan of Lyonesse
  • Sir Bors de Ganis
  • Sir Lamorak de Galis
  • Sir Pellinore
  • Sir Ector de Maris
  • Sir Lionel
  • Sir Ywain
  • Sir Dinadan
  • Sir Palamedes
  • Sir Sagramore
  • Sir Geraint
  • Sir Godfrey de Bouillon
  • Sir Tancred of Hauteville
  • Sir Bohemond of Taranto
  • Sir Raymond of Toulouse
  • Sir Reynald de Chatillon
  • Sir Balian of Ibelin
  • Sir Guy de Lusignan
  • Sir Gerard de Ridefort
  • Sir Hugues de Payens
  • Sir Jacques de Molay
  • Sir Humphrey de Bohun
  • Sir Gilbert de Clare
  • Sir Roger de Mortimer
  • Sir Hugh de Lacy
  • Sir Walter de Manny
  • Sir John Chandos
  • Sir Thomas Dagworth
  • Sir Robert Knolles
  • Sir Hugh Calveley
  • Sir Bertrand du Guesclin
  • Sir Jean de Vienne
  • Sir Olivier de Clisson
  • Sir Geoffroi de Charny
  • Sir Jean le Maingre
  • Sir Henry of Grosmont
  • Sir Thomas Beauchamp
  • Sir Reginald Cobham
  • Sir John de Warenne
  • Sir Simon de Montfort
  • Sir William Longespee
  • Sir Roger Bigod
  • Sir Aubrey de Vere
  • Sir Robert de Vere
  • Sir William de Braose
  • Sir Walter de Clifford
  • Sir Nicholas de Segrave
  • Sir James de Audley
  • Sir Maurice de Berkeley
  • Sir Guy de Beauchamp
  • Sir Hugh le Despenser
  • Sir Gilbert de Umfraville
  • Sir Ralph de Gael
  • Sir Hamelin de Warenne
  • Sir Geoffrey de Mandeville
  • Sir Piers Gaveston
  • Sir Ralph Neville
  • Sir Henry Percy
  • Sir Thomas Erpingham
  • Sir John Fastolf
  • Sir John Talbot
  • Sir Ulrich von Liechtenstein
  • Sir Gottfried von Berlichingen
  • Sir Konrad von Thuringen
  • Sir Hermann von Salza
  • Sir Wolfram von Eschenbach
  • Sir Ludwig von Erlichshausen
  • Sir Ruy Diaz de Vivar
  • Sir Alvar Fanez
  • Sir Bernardo del Carpio
  • Sir Gonzalo de Cordoba
  • Sir Aymeric de Narbonne
  • Sir Enguerrand de Coucy
  • Sir Gilles de Rais
  • Sir Jean de Dunois
  • Sir Etienne de Vignolles
  • Sir Alaric of Thornbury
  • Sir Aldric of Wexcombe
  • Sir Baldwin of Ashcroft
  • Sir Cedric of Ravensmoor
  • Sir Edmund of Harrowgate
  • Sir Godwin of Elmsdale
  • Sir Hubert of Marlow
  • Sir Osric of Wendlebury
  • Sir Randolph of Kestrel Hall
  • Sir Tobias of Grimsby
  • Sir Waleran of Foxley
  • Sir Aymer de Valence
  • Sir Baudouin de Fresnay
  • Sir Enguerrand de Marigny
  • Sir Fulk de Breaute
  • Sir Gervase de Ravenscar
  • Sir Hamon de Massey
  • Sir Ivo de Taillebois
  • Sir Jocelin de Bailleul
  • Sir Miles de Gloucester
  • Sir Odo de Grancey
  • Sir Piers de Montacute
  • Sir Ranulf de Blondeville
  • Sir Thibault de Corbeil
  • Sir Warin de Lisle
  • Sir Anselm de Beaufort
  • Sir Bertran de Born
  • Sir Drogo de Montaigu
  • Sir Eustace de Vesci
  • Sir Gilbert de Gant
  • Sir Hugh de Morville
  • Sir Reginald FitzUrse
  • Sir William de Tracy
  • Sir Richard le Breton
  • Sir Robert FitzWalter
  • Sir Saer de Quincy
  • Sir Geoffrey FitzPeter
  • Sir Roger FitzOsbern
  • Sir Walter FitzAlan
  • Sir Brian FitzCount
  • Sir Alan Fitzflaald
  • Sir Otto von Falkenstein
  • Sir Dietrich von Adelmann
  • Sir Heinrich von Wolfsberg
  • Sir Reinhard von Steinach
  • Sir Siegfried von Rothenburg
  • Sir Berthold von Zahringen
  • Sir Friedrich von Hohenstaufen
  • Sir Kuno von Falkenberg
  • Sir Anselm von Ravensburg
  • Sir Lorenzo da Montefeltro
  • Sir Giovanni delle Bande Nere
  • Sir Ottone Visconti
  • Sir Federico da Urbino
  • Sir Bartolomeo Colleoni
  • Sir Rodrigo de Cardona
  • Sir Diego de Haro
  • Sir Nuno Alvares Pereira
  • Sir Duarte de Almeida
  • Sir Andrew Moray
  • Sir James Douglas
  • Sir Robert Keith
  • Sir Alexander Ramsay
  • Sir Thomas Randolph
  • Sir Owain Glyndwr
  • Sir Rhys ap Thomas
  • Sir Dafydd Gam
  • Sir Gruffudd ap Llywelyn
  • The Black Knight
  • The Green Knight
  • The Red Knight of the Marches
  • The Knight of the Swan
  • The Knight of the Lion
  • The Knight of the Cart
  • The Knight of the Fountain
  • The White Knight of Ardennes
  • Sir Hugh the Bold
  • Sir Godfrey the Pious
  • Sir Ranulf the Silent
  • Sir Walter the Steadfast
  • Sir Aymer the Grim
  • Sir Baldric Ironhand
  • Sir Roland Strongbow
  • Sir Gilbert Longsword
  • Sir Piers Blackshield
  • Sir Osbert Greymantle
  • Sir Waleran Halfhand
  • Sir Everard One-Eye
  • Sir Hamon the Lame
  • Sir Ralph the Bastard of Anjou
  • Sir Ivo the Crusader
  • Sir Fulk the Younger
  • Sir Geoffrey the Elder
  • Sir Robert Curthose
  • Sir Richard Coeur de Lion
  • Sir Edward of Woodstock, the Black Prince
  • Sir Guillaume le Marechal
  • Sir Jean sans Peur
  • Sir Philippe le Hardi
  • Sir Charles le Temeraire
  • Sir Ogier the Dane
  • Sir Oliver of Vienne
  • Sir Renaud de Montauban
  • Sir Huon of Bordeaux
  • Sir Guy of Warwick
  • Sir Bevis of Hampton
  • Sir Orfeo
  • Sir Launfal
  • Sir Isumbras
  • Sir Eglamour of Artois
  • Squire Thomas of Ashby
  • Squire Hal Fitzwarren
  • Squire Piers Weston
  • Squire Roger de Lacy the Younger
  • Sir Osric of Grimsby Reach
  • Sir Gerhard von Malberg
  • The Knight of the Red Rose
  • Sir Pierre de Rieux
  • Sir Garnier de Nablus
  • Sir Bernard Stewart of Aubigny
  • Sir Edwin Silverspur
  • Sir Martín Antolínez
  • Sir Walter de Lacy
  • Sir Conan de Vaux
  • Sir Raymond du Puy
  • Sir Wilfrid of Cravenholt
  • Sir Walter Winterborn
  • Sir Dagonet
  • Sir Horn Childe
  • Sir Robert de Fiennes
  • Sir Hartwig von Falkenhayn
  • Sir Hugh Sureshield
  • Sir William Oldhall
  • Sir Cedric Three-Fingers
  • Sir Giles Whitecrest
  • Sir Ulrich von Zatzikhoven
  • Sir Thomas de Marle
  • Squire Ralph of Coldstream
  • Sir Bertrand de Blanquefort
  • Sir Gattamelata
  • Squire Guy Fitzwilliam
  • Sir Josce de Dinan
  • Sir Ralph Percy
  • Sir Thomas of Bradeston
  • Sir Nicholas the Nimble
  • Sir Torrent of Portyngale
  • Sir Suero de Quiñones
  • Squire Adam of Wendover
  • Sir Hamo FitzHamon
  • Sir Libeaus Desconus
  • Sir Tanneguy du Châtel
  • Sir Aldous of Wyverncroft
  • Sir Ranulf de Glanville
  • Sir Geoffroi Plantagenêt
  • Sir Joscelin of Courtenay
  • Sir Bernard de Neufmarché
  • Sir Havelok the Dane
  • Sir Breunor
  • Sir Fabrizio Colonna
  • Sir Everard Blackmantle
  • Sir Perceforest
  • Sir Tor
  • Sir Ganelon of Mayence
  • Sir Bertram the Brave
  • Sir Thomas Felton
  • Sir Edmund Mortimer
  • Sir Engelbert von Berg
  • Sir Gaston de Grailly
  • Sir Facino Cane
  • Sir Burkhard von Hohenberg
  • Sir Walter of Netherby
  • Sir Aglovale
  • The Knight with the Sleeve
  • Sir John Cheyne
  • Sir Robert FitzHamon
  • Sir Warin the Wary
  • Sir Castruccio Castracani
  • Sir Richard of Salerno
  • Sir Meliagrance
  • Sir Anthony Woodville
  • Sir Edmund the Just
  • Sir Bernhard von Weimar
  • Sir Naimes of Bavaria
  • Sir Hugh Despenser the Younger
  • Sir Balan
  • Sir Philippe de Milly
  • Sir Gilbert Hay
  • Sir Fierabras
  • Sir Gerard Goldhelm
  • Sir Griflet le Fise de Dieu
  • Sir Roger of Ellingham
  • Sir Gregory of Fenwick
  • Sir Gilbert Crookback
  • Sir Guillaume de Barres
  • Sir Thomas Rempston
  • Sir Jean de Sancerre
  • Sir Guy Greyfalcon
  • Sir Philipp von Falkenstein
  • Sir Henry the Lion
  • Sir Cleges
  • Sir Vitellozzo Vitelli
  • Sir Diego Ordóñez
  • Sir Giles of Ampleforth
  • Sir William FitzWilliam
  • Sir Vivien de Narbonne
  • Sir Henry of Champagne
  • Sir Hywel y Fwyall
  • Sir Ellis of Wexford
  • Sir Guillaume Longue-Épée
  • Sir Alberico da Barbiano
  • Sir Tannhäuser
  • Sir Roger de Beauchamp
  • Sir Bayard the Fearless
  • Sir Otton the Frank
  • Sir Fulk FitzWarin
  • Sir Godfrey the Grim
  • Sir Lambert Longshanks
  • Sir Francesco Sforza
  • The Knight of the Chapel Perilous
  • Sir Ambroise de Loré
  • Sir Neil Campbell
  • Sir Raymond le Gros
  • Sir Richard de Clare Strongbow
  • Squire Piers of Ashcombe
  • Sir Roger of Hauteville
  • Sir Martin Hardknot
  • Sir Jean de Bueil
  • Sir Thomas Holland
  • Sir Jocelyn of Marlowe
  • Sir Foulques de Villaret
  • Sir Ralph Grimvisage
  • Sir Everard of Stonebridge
  • Sir William of Beaujeu
  • Sir Jasper of Thornhaugh
  • Sir Roger FitzRichard
  • Sir Barthélemy de Roye
  • Sir Guy of Ravenswood
  • Squire Oliver Talbot
  • Sir Walter Hungerford
  • Sir Alaric Bloodaxe
  • Sir Hartmann von Heldrungen
  • Sir Aldous Bronzehelm
  • Squire Walter of Hallam
  • Sir Walter Giffard
  • Sir Baldwin FitzGilbert
  • Sir Kuno von Zwingenberg
  • Sir Ulfius
  • Sir Alonso de Ojeda
  • Sir Volkmar von Kemnat
  • Sir William Wallace
  • Sir Peter of Wardley
  • Sir Simon Fraser
  • Sir Ralph the Red
  • Sir Bertrand de Saint-Pern
  • Sir Florian Geyer
  • The Knight of the Dolorous Guard
  • Sir Wolfgang von Eichenberg
  • Sir Stephen the Stout
  • Sir Walter Paveley
  • Sir Baldwin the Bold
  • The Nameless Knight
  • Sir Ludolf König
  • Sir Cligès
  • Sir Galehaut
  • Sir Mathieu de Montmorency
  • The Knight of the Broken Lance
  • Sir Muzio Attendolo Sforza
  • Sir Erec of Estre-Gales
  • Sir Brastias
  • Sir Adalbert von Greifenstein
  • Sir Guillaume de Vienne
  • Sir Louis de Chalon
  • Sir Osric Steelgrip
  • Sir Olivier de Mauny
  • Sir John Lisle
  • Sir Hugh of Ashwell
  • Sir Thierry d'Alsace
  • Sir Otto Holland
  • Sir Dietrich von Altenburg
  • Sir Pierre de Bauffremont
  • Sir Winrich von Kniprode
  • Sir Engelier of Bordeaux
  • Sir Robert of Normandy
  • Sir Franz von Sickingen
  • Sir Robert Guiscard
  • Squire Robin of Wexford
  • Sir Henry FitzGerald
  • Sir Poton de Saintrailles
  • Sir Amadace
  • Sir Robert of Flanders
  • Sir Malatesta Baglioni
  • Sir John Radcliffe
  • Sir Piers the Pale
  • Sir Simon de Senlis
  • Sir Alaric of Brackenholt
  • Sir Ulrich von Württemberg
  • Sir Amalric of Jerusalem
  • Sir Buonconte da Montefeltro
  • Sir Michael Küchmeister
  • Sir Ilbert de Lacy
  • Sir Eudes de Champagne
  • Sir Pedro de Ansúrez
  • The Golden Knight of Aquitaine
  • Sir Ferumbras
  • Sir Hamon Boarsbane
  • Sir Pero Niño
  • Sir Bartholomew Burghersh
  • Sir Robert de Namur
  • Sir Jocelyn the Joyous
  • Sir Henry of Lancaster
  • Sir William Peverel
  • Sir Bertrand de Poulengy
  • Sir Bègue de Belin
  • Sir Blamore de Ganis
  • Sir Segwarides
  • Sir William the Wolf
  • Sir Arnoul le Vieux
  • Sir Hugh FitzRalph
  • Sir Gregory Sais
  • Sir Bernier de Vermandois
  • Sir Jörg von Ehingen
  • Sir Andrew Harclay
  • Sir Humphrey of Toron
  • Sir Geoffrey de Say
  • Sir Ulrich von Hutten
  • Sir Thomas Scales
  • Sir Triamour
  • The Questing Knight
  • Sir Fulk the Black
  • Sir Baldwin of Boulogne
  • Sir Jean de Neufchâtel
  • Squire Miles Percy
  • Sir Neidhart von Reuental
  • Sir Ralph de Tosny
  • Sir Osbert the Ox
  • Sir Pons of Tripoli
  • Sir Roberto Sanseverino
  • Sir Ludovico Gonzaga
  • Sir Guy de Rochford
  • Sir Nigel Loring
  • The Blue Knight of the Vale
  • Sir Theobald Thunderhelm
  • Sir Persant of Inde
  • Sir Farinata degli Uberti
  • Sir Bertrand de Verdun
  • Sir Konrad von Wallenrode
  • Sir Thibaud Gaudin
  • Sir William Keith
  • Sir Ralph of Wolverton
  • Sir Wilfrid Ashenblade
  • Sir Thomas of Woodstock
  • Sir Bleoberis de Ganis
  • Sir Guyon of Gascony
  • Sir Bartholomew of Kingsbarrow
  • Sir Gerier
  • Sir Adrian von Bubenberg
  • Sir Jean de Châlon
  • Sir Robert of Blackwell
  • Squire Stephen of Foxcote
  • Sir William de Warenne
  • Sir Armand de Périgord
  • Sir Jacopo Piccinino
  • Sir Louis de Sancerre
  • Sir Simon the Sober
  • Sir Reginald of Foxcote
  • Sir Lionel of Wexley
  • Sir Lionel of Antwerp
  • Sir Richard Stury
  • Sir Antoine de Bourgogne
  • Sir Guillaume de Montauban
  • Sir Ipomadon
  • Sir Fulk of Anjou
  • Sir Bernabò da Correggio
  • Squire Edmund Fitzhugh
  • Sir Odo of Saint-Amand
  • Sir Guy de Nesle
  • Sir Gilbert de Lacy
  • Sir Edmund of Langley
  • The Knight of the Two Swords
  • Sir Lambert the Lame
  • Sir Floovant
  • Sir Arnold von Winkelried
  • Sir André de Laval
  • Sir Walter FitzRobert
  • Sir Thomas Malory
  • Sir Stephen de Blois
  • Sir Berengier
  • Sir Poppo von Osterna
  • Sir Rainouart au Tinel
  • Sir Siegfried von Feuchtwangen
  • Sir Guillaume de Villaret
  • Sir Alan Buxhull
  • Sir Jacques de la Palice
  • Sir Accolon of Gaul
  • Sir Robert de Baudricourt
  • Sir Cuthbert Ironshield
  • Sir Thomas of Hawksworth
  • Sir Jean d'Aulon
  • Sir Otinel the Saracen
  • Sir Rodrigo Ponce de León
  • Sir Niccolò da Tolentino
  • Sir Caradoc Briefbras
  • Sir Eustace de Hatch
  • Sir Ranulf of Bramber
  • Sir Guichard d'Angle
  • Sir Matthew Gournay
  • Sir Herbrand of Sawtry
  • Sir Drogo de Hastings
  • Sir Wischard Ledet
  • Sir Warner of Grez
  • Sir Aubrey Fitzhugh
  • Sir Hamelin of Ballon
  • Sir Payn de Chaworth
  • Squire Nicholas of Rudham
  • The Knight of the Ferry Crossing

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