Norman Last Name Generator

Surnames of the Normans and the houses they founded

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Browse 500 Norman surnames, one family name per entry: baronial names like de Warenne, de Clare and Mortimer, Fitz patronymics like FitzOsbern, nickname names like Giffard and Bigod, Hiberno-Norman families like Butler and Prendergast, and Channel Islands names like de Carteret.

About Norman last names

A Norman surname usually says one of three things: where the family held land, whose son the first bearer was, or what people called him. The largest group here is the first kind, particle and all: de Warenne, de Clare, de Mandeville, d'Aubigny. Fitz comes from the Old French word for son, so FitzOsbern and FitzGilbert are patronymics. Nickname and office names needed no particle: Giffard, Bigod, Basset, Malet, le Despenser.

Every entry is a single surname, and each family appears once, in the form it is best known by. That is why Percy, Neville and Seymour stand in later English spelling beside de Bohun and de Lacy. A handful of houses famous under two forms have both, such as de Warenne and Warren, de Brus and Bruce, de Burgh and Burke.

The list follows the Normans outward: the baronage of England after 1066, Hiberno-Norman families such as Butler, Roche and Prendergast, houses of Scotland and the Welsh March such as Comyn and Braose, and the Hautevilles of southern Italy. A few names belong to allies who came with them: FitzAlan, de Gael and de Dinan were Breton, de Gant Flemish. Channel Islands families such as de Carteret and Poingdestre, and Normandy surnames that grew from Norse personal names, such as Anquetil and Toutain, complete it.

How to choose Norman last names

Match the form to the period. For a story set between 1066 and about 1200, use the particle and Fitz forms such as de Montfort and FitzHamon. For later centuries the worn-down English spellings fit better: Percy, Vernon, Sackville.
Remember that an early Fitz name changed with each generation: the son of a FitzGilbert named Richard would have a son called FitzRichard. Only later did names such as FitzGerald and FitzWilliam become fixed family names.
Place a family by region. Butler, Burke and Roche belong to Ireland, Bruce, Comyn and Sinclair to Scotland, Braose and Turberville to the Welsh March, and de Carteret, Le Marchant and Dumaresq to Jersey and Guernsey.
For full names in the pattern of a given name plus de Warenne or FitzWalter, use the Norman name generator, which pairs period given names with surnames like these.
Do not read ancestry into a surname. A name in this list tells you where the name began, not who a present-day bearer descends from.

Frequently asked questions

What are some well-known Norman last names?

Among surnames still widely borne today, Butler, Burke, Barry, Warren, Bruce, Sinclair, Montgomery and Power all go back to Norman or Anglo-Norman families. In medieval records the names that come up again and again are baronial ones such as de Clare, de Lacy, de Warenne and Mortimer. The page does not rank names by how common they are.

What does Fitz mean in a Norman surname?

Fitz is the Anglo-Norman form of the Old French word for son, so FitzWalter is the son of Walter. Most Fitz names began as patronymics and became fixed later, as FitzGerald and FitzMaurice did in Ireland. FitzAlan is in the list although that family was Breton. FitzPatrick and FitzRoy are left out: the first is a Gaelic name in Norman dress, and the second was given to later royal children born outside marriage.

Why do some names have de and others do not?

De means of, and it pointed to the estate a family took its name from, as in de Mandeville or de Tosny. As French faded from everyday use in England the particle usually dropped away, which turned de Percy into Percy and de Vernon into Vernon. Each family is listed once in its best-known form, and a handful that are famous both ways, such as de Brus and Bruce, appear twice.

Does a Norman surname prove Norman ancestry?

No. A surname shows where a name began, not the descent of everyone who carries it today, and many people came by these names long after the Middle Ages. Later lists that claim to name the companions of William the Conqueror are not reliable evidence either. Use the list for period fiction, games and as a starting point for your own family research.

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All 500 Norman last names

This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

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A: 9 names

Ahier
Anfray
Anger
Angot
Anquetil
Archdeacon
Argentein
Auvray
Avenel

B: 39 names

Bacon
Bagot
Bailhache
Balleine
Balliol
Banastre
Barnewall
Barrett
Barry
Baskerville
Basset
Beauchamp
Beaumont
Belet
Bellew
Bermingham
Bertram
Bichard
Bigod
Bisset
Bisson
Blake
Blampied
Bloet
Blount
Bodkin
Bonello
Boswell
Braose
Brehaut
Brouard
Browne
Bruce
Burdet
Burke
Burnell
Burnouf
Butler
Byron

C: 20 names

Cabot
Cantwell
Carbonel
Cauchois
Champernowne
Cheevers
Cogan
Cohu
Collenette
Colville
Comerford
Comyn
Condon
Corbet
Costello
Courtenay
Crispin
Cruise
Curzon
Cusack

D: 184 names

d'Abernon
d'Abetot
d'Aincourt
d'Argences
d'Arques
d'Aubigny
d'Aunay
d'Avranches
d'Écouis
d'Envermeu
d'Épaignes
d'Ivry
d'Oilly
d'Orbec
d'Orglandes
Dalton
Danvers
Darcy
Daubeney
de Ballon
de Barri
de Bavent
de Beaufou
de Beauvoir
de Bellême
de Berners
de Bohun
de Bolebec
de Bréauté
de Breteuil
de Brus
de Buci
de Burci
de Burgh
de Busli
de Cahagnes
de Cailly
de Camville
de Cantilupe
de Carteret
de Chandos
de Chaworth
de Chesney
de Clare
de Clère
de Colombières

D, continued

de Conteville
de Cormeilles
de Courcy
de Courseulles
de Cressy
de Creully
de Crèvecœur
de Criol
de Dinan
de Dive
de Dunstanville
de Ferrers
de Folville
de Furnival
de Gael
de Gamages
de Gant
de Garis
de Glanville
de Gorges
de Gournay
de Grandmesnil
de Gruchy
de Hauteville
de Havilland
de Heriz
de Hotot
de Jersey
de l'Aigle
de la Ferté
de la Haye
de la Mare
de la Rue
de la Val
de Lacy
de Langetot
de Limesy
de Lisle
de Livet
de Loges
de Londres
de Longchamp
de Lovetot
de Lucy
de Mandeville
de Marigny

D, continued

de Marisco
de Merlay
de Meules
de Mohun
de Monceaux
de Montalt
de Montfichet
de Montfort
de Montpinçon
de Morville
de Mouilpied
de Mowbray
de Mucegros
de Munchensy
de Muschamp
de Neubourg
de Neufmarché
de Nonant
de Normanville
de Noyers
de Pavilly
de Périers
de Pierrepont
de Pirou
de Pîtres
de Plaiz
de Poilley
de Pomeroy
de Pont de l'Arche
de Port
de Préaux
de Punchardon
de Putron
de Quetteville
de Quincy
de Rames
de Redvers
de Ridelsford
de Ros
de Roumare
de Rumilly
de Ryes
de Saint-Hilaire
de Saint-Martin
de Saint-Sauveur
de Saint-Valery

D, continued

de Sausmarez
de Say
de Scures
de Senlis
de Septvans
de Sifrewast
de Solers
de Somery
de Sourdeval
de Ste Croix
de Stuteville
de Subligny
de Tancarville
de Tilly
de Tosny
de Tournebu
de Tracy
de Trailly
de Trégoz
de Umfraville
de Valletort
de Valognes
de Vatteville
de Vaux
de Venables
de Verdun
de Vere
de Vesci
de Veulle
de Vieuxpont
de Wanci
de Warenne
Delahyde
Devereux
Dillon
Disney
Dobrée
Dorey
Drengot
Du Feu
Du Heaume
du Hommet
du Merle
Du Parcq
Dumaresq
Duquemin

E: 2 names

Engaine
Esmonde

F: 34 names

Falla
Fanning
Filangieri
FitzAlan
FitzEustace
FitzGerald
FitzGibbon
FitzGilbert
FitzHamon
FitzHenry
FitzHerbert
FitzHugh
FitzJohn
FitzMartin
FitzMaurice
FitzNeal
FitzOsbern
FitzPeter
FitzPons
FitzRalph
FitzRichard
FitzRobert
FitzSimons
FitzStephen
FitzUrse
FitzWalter
FitzWarin
FitzWilliam
Foliot
Fortescue
Fossard
Fraser
French
Furlong

G: 12 names

Gallienne
Gaudion
Gavey
Gernon
Giffard
Giroie
Grace
Grenville
Grey
Grosvenor
Guéroult
Guille

H: 10 names

Hackett
Hacquoil
Haig
Hamon
Hansard
Harcourt
Havard
Hocart
Hore
Hussey

I: 2 names

Ingouf
Ingrouille

J: 2 names

Journeaux
Joyce

K: 1 name

Keating

L: 40 names

Langlois
Lascelles
le Boteler
Le Boutillier
le Bret
Le Breton
Le Brocq
le Chamberlain
Le Cheminant
Le Cornu
Le Couteur
le Despenser
Le Feuvre
Le Gallais
Le Gros
Le Lacheur
Le Maistre
Le Marchant
Le Marquand
Le Masurier
Le Mesurier
le Moyne
Le Page
Le Patourel
le Poer
Le Poidevin
Le Quesne
Le Riche
Le Rossignol
Le Sauteur
le Scrope
le Strange
Le Sueur
Le Tissier
Le Vesconte
Lemprière
Lenfestey
Lihou
Lovell
Luttrell

M: 35 names

Machon
Mahy
Mainwaring
Malbank
Malet
Malherbe
Mallory
Maltravers
Malzard
Maminot
Manners
Marett
Marmion
Marshal
Martel
Martyn
Massey
Mauduit
Mauger
Maule
Mauleverer
Mauvoisin
Melville
Menzies
Messervy
Meyler
Mollet
Molyneux
Montagu
Montgomery
Mordaunt
Mortimer
Mounteney
Mourant
Musard

N: 7 names

Naftel
Nangle
Néel
Netterville
Neville
Nicolle
Nugent

O: 6 names

Ogier
Oliphant
Onfroy
Osmont
Osouf
Ozanne

P: 24 names

Pallot
Pantulf
Passelewe
Pauncefote
Payn
Paynel
Peche
Perchard
Percy
Petit
Peverel
Pichard
Picot
Pinel
Pinkney
Pipard
Pipon
Plunkett
Poingdestre
Power
Poyntz
Prendergast
Priaulx
Purcell

Q: 5 names

Quenault
Querée
Queripel
Quesnel
Quétel

R: 11 names

Rabey
Renouf
Ridel
Robilliard
Roche
Rochford
Rollo
Romeril
Rossiter
Rothe
Russell

S: 24 names

Sacheverell
Sackville
Sanseverino
Sarre
Scales
Seymour
Shortall
Sinclair
Sinnott
Skerrett
Somerville
Soulis
St Amand
St Aubyn
St Clair
St John
St Leger
St Owen
St Quintin
Staunton
Sturmy
Supple
Surcouf
Syvret

T: 21 names

Taillebois
Talbot
Tesson
Thérould
Thouroude
Tison
Tobin
Torode
Tostain
Tostevin
Toutain
Trenchard
Troude
Trussebut
Trussell
Tuite
Turberville
Turgis
Turgot
Turquetil
Tyrrell

V: 8 names

Vaudin
Vautier
Vavasour
Vernon
Vibert
Villiers
Visdelou
Voisin

W: 4 names

Wall
Walsh
Warren
Wishart

This or that?

About Norman last names

How to choose Norman last names

Frequently asked questions

What are some well-known Norman last names?

What does Fitz mean in a Norman surname?

Why do some names have de and others do not?

Does a Norman surname prove Norman ancestry?

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All 500 Norman last names

A: 9 names

B: 39 names

C: 20 names

D: 184 names

E: 2 names

F: 34 names

G: 12 names

H: 10 names

I: 2 names

J: 2 names

K: 1 name

L: 40 names

M: 35 names

N: 7 names

O: 6 names

P: 24 names

Q: 5 names

R: 11 names

S: 24 names

T: 21 names

V: 8 names

W: 4 names