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Generate knight names in the full medieval style: Sir plus a Norman or Anglo-Saxon given name, an 'of' place-name or noble surname, and optional epithets like the Bold or Blackshield. Includes Arthurian knights, historic patterns, and lady knights for D&D paladins, novels, and heraldry projects.

About random knight names

A medieval knight's name had three moving parts. First the honorific: Sir in England, Messire or Sire in France, Ser in George R. R. Martin's Westeros, and Dame for the women who held knightly rank or were knighted in their own right. Then a given name, which in the twelfth to fourteenth centuries meant Norman French imports (William, Robert, Geoffrey, Reynald, Baldwin, Fulk) or surviving Anglo-Saxon names (Godric, Leofric, Osric, Wulfstan). Finally a way to tell him apart from every other Geoffrey: 'of' plus his manor (Sir Godfrey of Wexcombe), a Norman 'de' surname (Sir Robert de Beaumont), a Fitz- patronymic (Sir Thomas Fitzwalter), or a nickname that stuck (Sir Reynald the Red, Sir Oswald Lackland).

The romances added a fourth ingredient: the title-name. Malory's knights are Sir Lancelot du Lac, Sir Bors de Ganis, Sir Persant of Inde, and some are known only by a device or a deed, like the Green Knight, the Knight of the Cart, and the Fair Unknown. That is the register to reach for when a knight is meant to be a legend rather than a landowner.

The list above blends the historical pattern (Sir Miles Harcourt, Sir Enguerrand de Coucy), Arthurian and Carolingian canon, invented 'of' names on fantasy places, epithet knights, and lady knights, plus bare 'Sir' first names you can attach to your own house or castle. Choose the form that matches how important the character is: landless hedge knights get a nickname, landed knights get an 'of', and heroes get an epithet.

Tips for choosing a name

  • Pick the honorific by setting: Sir for English-style medieval worlds, Ser for a Westeros feel, Sire or Messire for French flavor, and Dame for female knights (Lady is a courtesy title, not a knightly rank).
  • Attach 'of' plus a place for a landed knight (Sir Baldwin of Thornbury) and a 'de' or Fitz- surname for Norman nobility (Sir Roger de Clifford, Sir Thomas Fitzwalter); hedge knights with no land usually only have a nickname.
  • Use epithets sparingly and earn them in the story: the Bold, the Grim, Ironhand, and Lackland tell readers something happened, so make sure it did.
  • Combine a Norman given name with an Anglo-Saxon or English place name (Sir Reynald of Marlow) to imply a conquering aristocracy ruling an older population, which was the actual state of England after 1066.
  • For a knight of legend, drop the personal name entirely and use a device or feat: the Black Knight, the Knight of the Lion, the Fair Unknown.

Frequently asked questions

How were medieval knights actually named?

By an honorific (Sir), a Christian name that was usually Norman French after 1066 (William, Geoffrey, Reynald), and a distinguishing element: the manor they held (of Ashford), a Norman family surname (de Beaumont, de Vere), a patronymic (Fitzwalter, son of Walter), or a nickname (the Red, Lackland). Real examples include Sir William Marshal, Sir John Chandos, and Sir James Douglas.

What are the names of the Knights of the Round Table?

The best-known are Sir Lancelot, Sir Gawain, Sir Galahad, Sir Percival, Sir Tristan, Sir Bedivere, Sir Kay, Sir Gareth, Sir Bors, Sir Lamorak, Sir Pellinore, Sir Ywain, Sir Geraint, Sir Palamedes, Sir Dinadan, Sir Agravaine, Sir Gaheris, and Sir Mordred; Malory names well over a hundred.

What do you call a female knight?

Dame is the correct honorific for a woman holding knightly rank, historically and in modern British honors. Fantasy settings sometimes use Ser for all knights regardless of gender (as with Brienne of Tarth) or simply Sir; the important thing is to keep the convention consistent within your world.

Can I use these knight names for a D&D paladin or a published novel?

Yes. Historical knights and Arthurian names are public domain, and the invented names are free to use in games, novels, and commercial projects. If you borrow a real historical figure like Sir William Marshal, treat him as history rather than as your original character.

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  • Sir Gawain
  • Sir Lancelot du Lac
  • Sir Galahad
  • Sir Percival
  • Sir Tristan
  • Sir Bedivere
  • Sir Kay
  • Sir Gareth of Orkney
  • Sir Bors de Ganis
  • Sir Lamorak
  • Sir Pellinore
  • Sir Ector
  • Sir Lucan the Butler
  • Sir Agravaine
  • Sir Gaheris
  • Sir Ywain
  • Sir Geraint
  • Sir Palamedes
  • Sir Dinadan
  • Sir Dagonet
  • Sir Balin le Savage
  • Sir Balan
  • Sir Galehaut
  • Sir Lionel
  • Sir Mordred
  • Sir Sagramore
  • Sir Tor
  • Sir Uriens
  • Sir Lavaine
  • Sir Ironside
  • Sir Persant of Inde
  • Sir Colgrevance
  • Sir Griflet
  • Sir Marhaus
  • Sir Brunor le Noir
  • Sir Breunor
  • Sir Mador de la Porte
  • Sir Meliagrance
  • Sir Roland
  • Sir Oliver
  • Sir Ogier the Dane
  • Sir William Marshal
  • Sir John Hawkwood
  • Sir Henry Percy
  • Sir Ralph de Monthermer
  • Sir Hugh Despenser
  • Sir Walter Manny
  • Sir John Chandos
  • Sir James Douglas
  • Sir Geoffrey de Charny
  • Sir Bertrand du Guesclin
  • Sir Aldric of Ashford
  • Sir Roland of Ashford
  • Sir Godfrey of Wexcombe
  • Sir Edmund of Harrowgate
  • Sir Baldwin of Thornbury
  • Sir Reynald of Marlow
  • Sir Roderick of Blackmere
  • Sir Godric of Ravensmoor
  • Sir Alaric of Corvane
  • Sir Cedric of Wynmoor
  • Sir Geoffrey of Ellesmere
  • Sir Humphrey of Dunmarrow
  • Sir Gilbert of Fenwold
  • Sir Everard of Highcastle
  • Sir Bertrand of Lisle
  • Sir Conrad of Galdheim
  • Sir Raymond of Toulane
  • Sir Reginald of Whitmere
  • Sir Oswald of Redmarch
  • Sir Wilfred of Aldmark
  • Sir Lionel of Caerleon
  • Sir Ambrose of Belcaire
  • Sir Benedict of Stormhold
  • Sir Tancred of Ossoria
  • Sir Bohemond of Tarsis
  • Sir Fulk of Anvard
  • Sir Hugh of Bracken Hold
  • Sir Ranulf of Erindale
  • Sir Piers of Wendmoor
  • Sir Warin of Nethervale
  • Sir Osric of Grimhollow
  • Sir Leofric of Fenwold
  • Sir Aethelred of Wessmoor
  • Sir Eadric of Harrowdown
  • Sir Wulfstan of Ravensmark
  • Sir Aldwin Fairweather
  • Sir Bertram Ashcombe
  • Sir Clement Hardacre
  • Sir Drogo Blackshield
  • Sir Edric Stoneheart
  • Sir Fulke Greyhame
  • Sir Gerard Ironwood
  • Sir Hamon Whitlock
  • Sir Ivo Thorne
  • Sir Jocelyn Fairfax
  • Sir Lambert Redgrave
  • Sir Miles Harcourt
  • Sir Nigel Ravenscroft
  • Sir Odo Brackenbury
  • Sir Payne Roet
  • Sir Ralph Mortimer
  • Sir Simon Beauchamp
  • Sir Thomas Fitzwalter
  • Sir Walter Talbot
  • Sir Ancel de Vere
  • Sir Baudouin de Courtenay
  • Sir Enguerrand de Coucy
  • Sir Guy de Lusignan
  • Sir Hervey de Montmorency
  • Sir Jean de Joinville
  • Sir Robert de Beaumont
  • Sir Roger de Clifford
  • Sir Stephen de Segrave
  • Sir Waleran de Warenne
  • Sir Godfrey de Bouillon
  • Sir Raymond de Saint-Gilles
  • Sir Balian of Ibelin
  • Sir Hugues de Payens
  • Sir Jacques de Molay
  • Sir Aldric the Bold
  • Sir Roland the Steadfast
  • Sir Godfrey the Pious
  • Sir Edmund the Younger
  • Sir Baldwin the Leper
  • Sir Reynald the Red
  • Sir Roderick the Grim
  • Sir Godric the Just
  • Sir Alaric the Wanderer
  • Sir Cedric the Unyielding
  • Sir Geoffrey the Fair
  • Sir Humphrey the Tall
  • Sir Gilbert the Silent
  • Sir Everard the Merciful
  • Sir Bertrand the Black
  • Sir Conrad the Oathkeeper
  • Sir Raymond Ironhand
  • Sir Reginald Halfshield
  • Sir Oswald Lackland
  • Sir Wilfred Longstride
  • Sir Lionel Lionheart
  • Sir Ambrose Whitehelm
  • Sir Benedict Sunblade
  • Sir Tancred Dragonsbane
  • Sir Bohemond Giantslayer
  • Dame Isolde Blackshield
  • Dame Rowena of Ashford
  • Dame Eleanor of Wexcombe
  • Dame Matilda Ironheart
  • Dame Joan of Kent
  • Dame Alys de Vere
  • Dame Cecily Ravenscroft
  • Dame Guinevere Fairfax
  • Dame Margery Stoneheart
  • Dame Sybilla of Highcastle
  • Dame Constance the Bold
  • Dame Beatrix Harcourt
  • Dame Emma of Redmarch
  • Dame Agnes Whitlock
  • Dame Philippa Thorne
  • Dame Idonea Greyhame
  • Dame Avice Redgrave
  • Dame Amice of Caerleon
  • Dame Maud Blackmere
  • Sir Aldric
  • Sir Godfrey
  • Sir Roderick
  • Sir Baldwin
  • Sir Reynald
  • Sir Everard
  • Sir Bertrand
  • Sir Tancred
  • Sir Bohemond
  • Sir Ranulf
  • Sir Fulk
  • Sir Piers
  • Sir Warin
  • Sir Osric
  • Sir Leofric
  • Sir Eadric
  • Sir Wulfstan
  • Sir Aldwin
  • Sir Drogo
  • Sir Edric
  • Sir Hamon
  • Sir Ivo
  • Sir Jocelyn
  • Sir Lambert
  • Sir Odo
  • Sir Ancel
  • Sir Enguerrand
  • Sir Hervey
  • Sir Waleran
  • The Black Knight
  • The Green Knight
  • The Red Knight of the Red Lands
  • The Knight of the Cart
  • The Knight of the Lion
  • The Knight of the Two Swords
  • The Fair Unknown
  • Dame Helewise Thorncastle
  • The Knight Errant
  • Sir Cuthbert Ogresbane
  • The Knight of the Burning Pestle
  • Sir Sampson the Strong
  • Sir Thomas Malory
  • Sir Falk Bearskin
  • Sir Brastias
  • Sir Randolph Wolfsbane
  • Sir Rafe Fitzsimmons
  • Sir Thopas
  • Sir Aimery
  • Sir Hildebrand of Vaux
  • Sir Aimery de Lusignan
  • Sir William d'Aubigny
  • Dame Ermengarde de Craon
  • Dame Denise of Marbury
  • Sir Adam Brackley
  • Sir Arnulf of Highwater
  • Sir Thomas Whitcombe
  • Sir Gervase Greenshield
  • Sir Brandiles
  • Sir Franz von Sickingen
  • Sir Alain de Roucy
  • Dame Gwendolyn of Caerwent
  • Sir Eglamour of Artois
  • Sir Philip Fitzalan
  • The Knight of the Thorn
  • Sir Edwin the Faithful
  • Sir Richard of Oakhurst
  • Dame Juliana Blackwood
  • Sir Eustace de Vesci
  • Sir John Redmayne
  • Sir Saewulf
  • Sir Godwin of Selby
  • Sir Beorn of Thornmarsh
  • Sir Pierre de Courtenay
  • Sir Melias de Lile
  • Sir Simon Blackmoor
  • Sir Theobald of Winterhold
  • Sir Ferumbras
  • Sir Neil Loring
  • Sir Otuel
  • Sir Ingram Stoutheart
  • Sir William Ashcroft
  • Sir Hubert Cavendish
  • Dame Olive of Ashenford
  • Sir Saher de Quincy
  • Sir Konrad von Würzburg
  • Sir Owain of Rheged
  • Sir Jasper
  • Sir Arthur Pendrake
  • Sir Hamelin of Stourbridge
  • Sir Bertrand Shieldbreaker
  • Sir Jasper the Joyous
  • The Knight of the Swan
  • Sir Bennet
  • Sir Josselin
  • Sir Vincent Marlborough
  • Dame Brigid of Kelbourne
  • The Grey Knight
  • Sir Eustace
  • Dame Rosamund Fairleigh
  • The Knight of the Sleeve
  • Sir Francis Wyndham
  • Sir Urian Nightwatch
  • Sir Thomas Erpingham
  • Sir Emery
  • Sir Pelleas
  • Sir Denys of Wraysholm
  • The Knight of the Stag
  • Sir Dunstan of Merefield
  • Sir Giles of Wandersby
  • Sir Emery Wyrmslayer
  • Dame Laura the Steadfast
  • Sir Baldric Hawthorne
  • Sir Ganelon
  • Dame Scholastica of Highwater
  • Sir Sampson Bullneck
  • Sir Álvar Fáñez
  • Sir Walter of Foxhallow
  • Sir Tobias Grey
  • Sir Ulfius
  • Sir Aubrey of Longmere
  • Sir Aliduke
  • Sir Pierre Terrail de Bayard
  • Sir Falk of Emberholt
  • The Knight of the Vigil
  • Sir Jasper of Greymoor
  • Sir Hereward the Wake
  • Sir Havelok
  • Sir Raoul
  • Sir Stephen Coldridge
  • Sir Oswin the Kind
  • Dame Ursula Wolcott
  • Sir Bertrand of Coldbrook
  • Dame Ysolde Marchbank
  • Sir Turpin
  • Sir Giles Ravenhurst
  • Sir Anselm Bloodaxe
  • Sir Giles the Lame
  • Sir Ingram Blackwood
  • Dame Alianor de Courtenay
  • Dame Tiffany of Longmere
  • Sir Dunstan the Elder
  • Sir Hugh de Bigod
  • Sir Bleoberis de Ganis
  • Dame Blanche de Montfort
  • Sir Sampson of Kingsmere
  • Sir William de Mowbray
  • Sir Maurice of Wendover
  • Dame Agatha Fenwick
  • Sir Urian the Unbowed
  • Sir Urian of Ravensdale
  • The Knight of Sorrows
  • Sir Vivian the Vigilant
  • Sir Guy de Dampierre
  • Sir Otto
  • Sir Guillaume des Roches
  • Sir Gingalain
  • Sir Roger Bigod
  • Dame Anne of Thornhaven
  • Sir Gaucher de Châtillon
  • Sir Safir
  • Sir Herbert of Blackwater
  • Sir Laurence Wolcott
  • Sir Edwin of Harrowmere
  • Sir Wigmund of Eastwold
  • Sir Edgar Thornbury
  • Sir Geoffrey de Mandeville
  • Sir Roger Blackspur
  • The Knight of the Red Shield
  • Sir Lawrence the Lucky
  • Sir Sanchet d'Abrichecourt
  • Sir Jordan Whitehand
  • Sir Martin Bellamy
  • Sir Rafe Oathbound
  • Sir Aethelstan
  • Sir Philip of Sedgemoor
  • The Knight of the Ford
  • Sir Philip Sidney
  • Sir Aelfric
  • Sir Anseau de Garlande
  • Sir Falk the Fearless
  • Sir Caradoc Briefbras
  • Sir Gawen Trollsbane
  • Sir Cuthbert Longshanks
  • Sir Perimones the Red Knight
  • Sir Gawen Stanhope
  • Sir Robert Umfraville
  • Sir Lucas Boarspear
  • Sir Leonard Frostwick
  • Sir Alan Stormcrow
  • Sir Jean de Carrouges
  • Sir Bennet the Quiet
  • Sir Wymond Hardgrave
  • Sir Amadis of Gaul
  • Sir Robert FitzWalter
  • Sir Bartholomew Grimshaw
  • Sir Adhemar
  • Sir Götz von Berlichingen
  • Sir Gawen
  • Sir Denys Halfhand
  • Sir Fierabras
  • Sir Renaud de Châtillon
  • Sir Emery Longbow
  • Sir John Talbot
  • Sir Uhtred the Bold
  • Sir Alfgar of Wickford
  • Dame Elizabeth Ashcombe
  • Sir Thibaut
  • Sir Walther von der Vogelweide
  • Sir Hermann von Salza
  • Sir Villiars the Valiant
  • Sir Pertolepe the Green Knight
  • Dame Orabilis of Fennick
  • Sir Basil of Thornhaven
  • Sir Astamore
  • Sir Rolf
  • Sir Bellangere le Beuse
  • Sir Randolph the Ready
  • Sir Roland Fitzwilliam
  • Sir Thibaut de Bar
  • Sir Reginald FitzUrse
  • Sir Quentin of Marbury
  • Sir Yves de Bellême
  • Sir Jordan the Just
  • Sir Herbert
  • Sir Ealdred
  • Sir Segwarides
  • Sir Godwin Blackglove
  • Sir Bellias the Orgulous
  • Sir Hartmann von Aue
  • The Nameless Knight
  • Dame Rohese de Clare
  • Sir Jacques de Lalaing
  • Sir Nicholas Thorncastle
  • Sir Guy Sunderland
  • Sir Érard de Brienne
  • Dame Aelfgifu of Selby
  • Sir Anselm
  • Sir Gervase
  • Sir Robert of Thistlewood
  • Sir Ector de Maris
  • Sir Jordan
  • Sir Dornar
  • Sir Milon de Nanteuil
  • Dame Edith of Wendham
  • Sir Arnulf the Stern
  • Sir Geoffroi de Villehardouin
  • Sir Hamelin the Hardy
  • Sir Aubrey
  • Sir Osbert Fitzhugh
  • Sir Beorn
  • Sir Rolf of Ironvale
  • Sir Ingram the Iron
  • Sir Henry Ashcombe
  • Sir Vivian Swanshield
  • Sir Dreux de Mello
  • Sir Alfgar
  • The Knight of the Fountain
  • Sir Huon of Bordeaux
  • Sir Hugues de Vermandois
  • Sir Urry of Hungary
  • Sir Harry le Fise Lake
  • Sir Tobias Trueblade
  • Sir Theodore Truesworn
  • Sir Foulques de Neuilly
  • Sir Isumbras
  • Sir Bagdemagus
  • Sir Aubri de Trois-Fontaines
  • Sir Barnaby Coldwell
  • Sir Cuthbert of Alderleigh
  • Sir William Wallace
  • Sir Baldric
  • Sir Ralph Neville
  • Sir Richard le Breton
  • Sir Mathieu de Montmorency
  • Sir Ellis Marchbank
  • Sir Constantine of Cornwall
  • Sir Gaucher
  • Sir Anselm Fairborough
  • Dame Felice of Warwick
  • Sir Sigeric
  • Sir Randolph of Duncaster
  • Dame Millicent Coldwell
  • Sir Rainouart
  • Sir Tobias the Tireless
  • Sir Vivian of Merrowfield
  • Sir Orfeo
  • Sir Wolfram von Eschenbach
  • Sir Godwin the Steady
  • Sir Alan Wexley
  • Sir Walter Wolfshead
  • Sir Amaury de Craon
  • Sir Denys the Swift
  • The Knight of the Falcon
  • Sir Ulrich von Liechtenstein
  • Sir Turquine
  • Sir Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar
  • The Knight of the Ill-Shapen Coat
  • Dame Lettice of Oakhurst
  • Sir Accolon of Gaul
  • Sir Robert Fitzgilbert
  • Sir Alfgar the Fen-Born
  • Sir Lucas Marwood
  • Dame Marjorie Longbow
  • Sir Richard Firebrand
  • Sir Arnulf
  • Sir Alisander le Orphelin
  • Sir Launfal
  • Sir Cligès
  • Sir Eustace the Cruel
  • Dame Lucy of Wroxham
  • Sir Oswin of Marchwood
  • Dame Mabel de Bellême
  • Sir Gowther
  • Sir Saher
  • The Hedge Knight
  • Sir Beorn the Bear
  • Dame Clarice Ironhand
  • Sir Wystan of Ebbford
  • Dame Sibyl Marchmont
  • Sir Osgar Brightmantle
  • Sir Hamo de Crevecoeur
  • Sir Roald Greycastle
  • Dame Petronilla of Fairholm
  • Sir Sewal of Bosham
  • Sir Ivo the Patient
  • Sir Ranulph de Glanville
  • Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert
  • Sir Guy of Gisbourne
  • Sir Bevis of Hampton
  • Sir Degaré
  • Sir Torrent of Portyngale
  • Sir Guy of Warwick
  • Dame Hawise Brightwater
  • Sir Egbert Steelmantle
  • Sir Cadwallon of Gwent
  • Sir Thurstan Blackthorne

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