Royal Name Generator

Kings, queens, emperors and heirs worthy of a throne

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Generate royal names for kings, queens, princes, emperors and sultans: regal given names paired with dynastic surnames, regnal epithets like 'the Unbowed', and titles from courts around the world. Built for fantasy novels, D&D kingdoms, games and the occasional silly monarch.

About royal names

Royal names carry more weight than ordinary names because they have to do two jobs at once: identify a person and announce a dynasty. Real monarchs almost always combined a title, a given name drawn from a short pool the family reused for generations (Henry, Louis, Frederick, Eleanor), and either a regnal number or an epithet earned during the reign. The epithet is where the character lives. 'Edric the Just' and 'Edric the Unready' are the same name describing two very different kings, and a single well-chosen byname tells a reader what the realm thinks of its ruler.

The names here mix several registers so you can match the feel of your setting. There are Western European court names with house surnames (King Aldric Valemont, Princess Rosalind of Haverly), titles from other traditions such as Sultan, Shah, Rani, Tsar, Khan, Oba and Tlatoani, fantasy royalty with invented but pronounceable surnames, epithet-only styles like 'Magnus Barefoot', a run of Arthurian and classical rulers, and a set of deliberately funny monarchs for comedy games or children's stories.

When you pick one, think about the realm first. A cold northern kingdom suits hard consonants and Norse-style patronymics; a sun-soaked empire wants Latinate vowels and long honorifics; a small, old court sounds right with a plain name and a big number.

How to choose royal names

  • Decide whether your monarch is known by a number (Constantin IV) or an epithet (Constantin the Lawgiver). Numbers suggest a long, stable dynasty; epithets suggest a ruler whose reign was memorable for one reason.
  • Reuse given names across a royal family. Real dynasties recycled three or four names for centuries, so a grandson named after his grandfather instantly reads as legitimate.
  • Match the title to the culture: Sultan, Shah, Tsar, Khan, Rajah and Kaiser each imply a whole court, language and set of customs. Mixing them in one realm only works if the realm is deliberately cosmopolitan.
  • Keep the given name short if the title and house name are long. 'Queen Maelis of the Thousand Lakes' works because Maelis is two syllables.
  • For fantasy settings, give the commoners and the royals slightly different name shapes. If royals have surnames or 'of Place' while peasants have only a given name, the hierarchy shows on the page.

Frequently asked questions

How did real kings and queens get names like 'the Great' or 'the Unready'?

Epithets were given by chroniclers, subjects or later historians, not chosen by the ruler, and many were sarcastic or mistranslated. Aethelred 'the Unready' actually comes from 'unraed', meaning poorly advised. For fiction, that makes the epithet a great tool: it reveals how the realm judges its monarch.

What makes a royal name sound regal rather than ordinary?

Length and structure. Royal names usually stack a title, a classical or old-fashioned given name, and a dynastic marker such as a house name, 'of Place', a regnal number or an epithet. Even a plain name like Edith becomes royal as 'Princess Edith of Wessex'.

Can I use these names for D&D or a fantasy novel?

Yes. The list covers historical-style courts, invented fantasy dynasties and titles from many cultures, so you can pick names for an entire royal family, rival claimants and neighbouring rulers. Pair them with a kingdom or noble house name to round out the court.

Are there funny royal names in the generator?

Yes. A section of the list is deliberately ridiculous, with monarchs like King Bartholomew the Slightly Damp and Duchess Millicent Fancyhat, useful for comedy campaigns, party games and children's stories.

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A: 12 names

  • Adeliza the Fair Maid
  • Ajaw K'inich Janaab' Pakal
  • Alaafin Oyewole of Oyo
  • Alistair Penhallow
  • Anund the Coal-Burner
  • Archduchess Amalia Tessendorf
  • Archduchess Clementine of Lorre
  • Archduke Maximilian Ferrand
  • Archduke Pomfrey Cheesewright
  • Archduke Rupert of Hallendorf
  • Asantehene Osei Kwame
  • Athelstan the Glorious

B: 8 names

  • Ban Petar Zrinski of Croatia
  • Baron Wigglesworth the Third
  • Begum Hazrat Mahal
  • Berengar the Steady
  • Bertrade the Wayward
  • Blanche the Proud
  • Bohemond the Giant
  • Boleslaw Wrymouth

C: 11 names

  • Caliph Harun al-Rashid
  • Cassiopeia Valmorrow
  • Childeric the Idle
  • Clovis Longhair
  • Constance the Unwavering
  • Countess Agatha Crumpetbottom
  • Coya Mama Ocllo
  • Crown Prince Lucian Draycott
  • Crown Princess Amarante
  • Cunegonde the Barefoot
  • Cyneric Ironhelm

D: 14 names

  • Dagmar the Mild
  • Dagobert the Lazy
  • Dame Edith Crinklebottom
  • Dauphin Étienne Valmont
  • Dauphine Céleste de Montargis
  • Dietrich the Watchful
  • Dogaressa Fiora Mocenigo
  • Doge Lorenzo Dandolo
  • Dowager Empress Zenobia
  • Dowager Queen Honoria
  • Drogo the Silent
  • Duchess Gwendolyn Giggleswick
  • Duchess Millicent Fancyhat
  • Duke Fitzwilliam of Upper Puddle

E: 37 names

  • Eadwig the All-Fair
  • Earl Mortimer Cravatsworth
  • Egbert the Unshaven
  • Elara Vantessa
  • Elector Konrad of Saxemar
  • Electress Sophia Dorothea
  • Elfrida the Crowned
  • Emir Abdulrahman al-Nasir
  • Emira Layla bint Hakim
  • Emperor Ardonis the Radiant
  • Emperor Aurelian Castellane
  • Emperor Constantin IV

E, continued

  • Emperor Kazuhiro of the Chrysanthemum Hall
  • Emperor Kharzul Blackspire
  • Emperor Montezuma Xocoyotzin
  • Emperor Nigel the Nearsighted
  • Emperor Nikephoros Ironhand
  • Emperor Norton of San Francisco
  • Emperor Oroth Sunbreaker
  • Emperor Severin the Builder
  • Emperor Tiberian Vos
  • Emperor Valdemar Ironveil
  • Emperor Wenzong of the Autumn Palace
  • Empress Calista of Maren

E, continued

  • Empress Dottie Biscuitsworth
  • Empress Dowager Lihua
  • Empress Irene of Athens
  • Empress Isolet Marrowvane
  • Empress Lysandra the Unbowed
  • Empress Michiko of the Jade Court
  • Empress Nyxara Veilborne
  • Empress Sabine of Vellore
  • Empress Seraphiel Dawnmourne
  • Empress Solenne Ashveil
  • Empress Theodora Veil
  • Ermesinde the Heiress
  • Evangeline Thorncastle

F: 3 names

  • Frederica the Hawk
  • Frideswide the Unwed
  • Fulk the Black

G: 9 names

  • Garcia the Trembler
  • Gisela the Pious
  • Grand Duchess Vivienne Aubrecht
  • Grand Duke Leopold Lollygag
  • Grand Duke Stellan Harrowgate
  • Grand Prince Yaroslav of Kievan Rus
  • Grand Princess Olga Vladimirovna
  • Gunther Oakshield
  • Guthrum the Baptised

H: 10 names

  • Hakon the Good
  • Hedwig the Builder
  • Hetman Bohdan Oleksiyovych
  • High Chief Ratu Seru Cakobau
  • High King Torvald Ironcrown
  • Hildelith the Cloistered
  • His Royal Highness Sir Naps-a-Lot
  • Hospodar Stefan Cantemir
  • Hrolf the Ganger
  • Hugh the Great

I: 6 names

  • Infanta Mariana de Trastámara
  • Infante Rodrigo de Castillo
  • Ingolf Saltbeard
  • Isabeau the Extravagant
  • Isolde Wrenhaven
  • Ivo the Unfortunate

J: 2 names

  • Joscelin the Crusader
  • Judith the Avenger

K: 89 names

  • Kabaka Mutesa Walugembe
  • Kaiser Wilhelm Ostenberg
  • Kaiserin Adelaide of Hallstein
  • Kalman the Learned
  • Kenelm the Boy King
  • Khan Temur Boldbaatar
  • Khatun Altani of the Steppe
  • King Adalwulf the Grey
  • King Aethelred of Mercia
  • King Alaric the Lionheart
  • King Aldric Valemont
  • King Antiochus Epiphanes
  • King Ashot Bagratuni
  • King Attalus Philadelphus

K, continued

  • King Bagrat Bagrationi
  • King Baldwin Ashcombe
  • King Balthazar Goldcrest
  • King Bartholomew the Slightly Damp
  • King Bendigeidfran Ravenhead
  • King Bogdan the Bewildered
  • King Bran the Blessed
  • King Brannoc the Hammer
  • King Casimir Jagiellon
  • King Cassius Valorhart
  • King Cedric Hollowell
  • King Cnut Sweynsson
  • King Conrad Hartmann
  • King Consort Ferdinand of Wessenholt
  • King Croesus of Lydia

K, continued

  • King Cuthbert the Unbothered
  • King Dagnar Frostreign
  • King Demetrius Poliorcetes
  • King Dravos Emberhold
  • King Edric II
  • King Emeritus Alfonso Delacroix
  • King Fenwick Ashmantle
  • King Ferdinand de Alcázar
  • King Fergus the Furious
  • King Gavrel Holloweye
  • King Godfrey Blackwater
  • King Hadrian Stormhallow
  • King Harald Greystone
  • King Henri de Beauvoir
  • King Horace Hufflebottom

K, continued

  • King Humphrey the Mostly Harmless
  • King Jayavarman of Angkor
  • King Juba of Numidia
  • King Kamehameha Kalani
  • King Leofric Ambermere
  • King Lorenzo di Castelvecchio
  • King Lot of Orkney
  • King Lothair of the Middle Realm
  • King Ludwig the Extravagant
  • King Magnus Thorvaldsen
  • King Mansa Kankou Keita
  • King Mark of Cornwall
  • King Massinissa Numidian
  • King Math ap Mathonwy
  • King Menelik of Aksum

K, continued

  • King Mikael Vasa
  • King Mithridates Eupator
  • King Morvath Drakenhart
  • King Niall mac Ruaidhri
  • King Oberon Wyldmere
  • King Odaenathus Septimius
  • King Olav Haraldsson
  • King Osric the Unready
  • King Oswald the Occasionally Brave
  • King Pellinore Questing
  • King Philip Amyntas
  • King Piers Wolcott
  • King Ptolemy the Benefactor
  • King Pyrrhus of Epirus
  • King Rheon Cinderfall

K, continued

  • King Rhodri ap Gruffydd
  • King Roderic the Just
  • King Seleucus Nicator
  • King Stefan Dušan
  • King Taejo Seonghwan
  • King Tāwhiao Pōtatau
  • King Theobald the Merry
  • King Theron Lightbringer
  • King Tigran the Great
  • King Uther Stormcrown
  • King Varnak Stormreaver
  • King Wilbur of the Wobbly Throne
  • King Wystan Holloway
  • Kingsley Tuppence the Moderately Adequate
  • Knud the Generous

L: 13 names

  • Lady Penelope Snootingham
  • Lady Regent Helewise of Dunmore
  • Lady Six Sky of Naranjo
  • Lambert the Stammerer
  • Landgrave Friedrich of Hessenau
  • Landgravine Ottilie of Hessenau
  • Leofrun the Wise
  • Leontes Brightwater
  • Lord Chadwick the Underwhelming
  • Lord Protector Ansel Cranmere
  • Lord Tarquin Twaddle-Smythe
  • Lucien Ambrossart
  • Ludmila the Martyr Queen

M: 13 names

  • Maharaja Ranvir Singh of Keshwal
  • Maharani Devika Surajmukhi
  • Malik Qasim ibn Tariq
  • Malika Zubaida of Baghdad
  • Marcellus Greyhaven
  • Marchioness Winifred Twinkletoes
  • Margrave Heinrich Brandenstein
  • Margravine Ursula of the Eastern March
  • Maud the Empress
  • Meinrad the Hermit King
  • Melisende the Fortress Queen
  • Mieszko the Old
  • Mwami Rwabugiri Kigeli

N: 5 names

  • Nawab Siraj Mirza
  • Negus Zara Yaqob
  • Nest the Beautiful
  • Nizam Asaf Jah of Hyderabad
  • Nuno the Landless

O: 6 names

  • Oba Adewale of Ilesha
  • Oda the Quarrelsome
  • Ooni Adeyemi Olubuse
  • Ophelia Wintermarch
  • Ordoño the Wicked
  • Otmar Halfhand

P: 130 names

  • Padishah Akbar Jalal
  • Paramount Chief Sekhukhune Marota
  • Pelayo the Rockborn
  • Pepin the Short-Tempered
  • Petronilla the Long-Lived
  • Pharaoh Amenhotep the Golden
  • Placidia the Long-Suffering
  • Prince Alaric Wintermere
  • Prince Alden Fairhallow
  • Prince Alexios Komnenos
  • Prince Alfonso de Aragón
  • Prince Algernon the Forgetful
  • Prince Ambrose Fancypants
  • Prince Anselm Drechsler

P, continued

  • Prince Bastian Orlov
  • Prince Baxter Bottomsworth
  • Prince Bertie the Bumbling
  • Prince Bertrand Montmorency
  • Prince Cadoc Pendragon
  • Prince Caspian Thorne
  • Prince Consort Albrecht von Löwenfels
  • Prince Corvin Nightshade
  • Prince Cosimo Orsini
  • Prince Culhwch Boarhunter
  • Prince Darius Emberwick
  • Prince Dorian Ravensworth
  • Prince Eadric Wulfstan
  • Prince Eldrin Frostgale

P, continued

  • Prince Erik Gustavsson
  • Prince Evander of Sollis
  • Prince Evrard Crownsworth
  • Prince Faelan Wyrmsbane
  • Prince Fionn Ó Briain
  • Prince Florian Valcourt
  • Prince Galahad Brightspear
  • Prince Gareth Fairhand
  • Prince Geraint Stormcastle
  • Prince Gideon Fairweather
  • Prince Gwydion Spellweaver
  • Prince Harthacnut Thorkell
  • Prince Kaelith Starborne
  • Prince Kasimir Wolfsheart
  • Prince Keawe Kūhiō

P, continued

  • Prince Lazar Branković
  • Prince Leopold of Carrow
  • Prince Louis-Philippe d'Orléans
  • Prince Lysander Hale
  • Prince Matthias of Greyvale
  • Prince Naresuan Tigerking
  • Prince Octavian Marlowe
  • Prince Orin Sunveil
  • Prince Perceval Grailseeker
  • Prince Percival of Ashenford
  • Prince Percy the Pouty
  • Prince Rainier of Corvel
  • Prince Regent Ambrose Whitlock
  • Prince Reginald the Reluctant

P, continued

  • Prince Ruan Skyward
  • Prince Siegfried Falkenhayn
  • Prince Sundiata Konaté
  • Prince Sverre of Nidaros
  • Prince Sylvan Greenmantle
  • Prince Talon Greywind
  • Prince Tewodros Yohannes
  • Prince Tristan Faulkenrath
  • Prince Vakhtang Gorgasali
  • Prince Władysław Sobieski
  • Prince Yeonsan Hwan
  • Prince Zhaoyun of the Eastern Gate
  • Prince-Abbot Benedikt of Sankt Aldhelm
  • Prince-Bishop Ulrich of Trevenna
  • Princess Adelheid Rosenvale

P, continued

  • Princess Amélie de Lorraine
  • Princess Anna Dalassene
  • Princess Anna Wazówna
  • Princess Annaliese Holzer
  • Princess Aurelia Montclair
  • Princess Avaline Rosethorn
  • Princess Azura Silvermist
  • Princess Beatrice Lindqvist
  • Princess Blanchefleur Lilyvale
  • Princess Blossom Von Fluffington
  • Princess Branwen Starling
  • Princess Calanthe Duskwell
  • Princess Celestine Varro
  • Princess Cordelia Ashgrove

P, continued

  • Princess Creiddylad Mayqueen
  • Princess Deokhye Sunjeong
  • Princess Edith of Wessex
  • Princess Eirlys of Glyndwr
  • Princess Elaine Astolat
  • Princess Eloise de Chastain
  • Princess Elowen Marchetti
  • Princess Enid of Caerleon
  • Princess Genevieve Oakhurst
  • Princess Gráinne Ní Mháille
  • Princess Gunhild Haraldsdottir
  • Princess Isadora Lanquist
  • Princess Jelena of Zeta
  • Princess Katerina Belmonte
  • Princess Kaʻiulani Lani

P, continued

  • Princess Ketevan the Martyr
  • Princess Khosrovidukht
  • Princess Kunigunde Rheinfels
  • Princess Leonor of Castile
  • Princess Liesel Vanderhoek
  • Princess Liriel Silverbough
  • Princess Lucrezia Sforza
  • Princess Lynette of Lyonesse
  • Princess Marguerite of Bellmere
  • Princess Meridia Thistlewood
  • Princess Nerys Moonhaven
  • Princess Odile Brennaugh
  • Princess Olwen Whitetrack
  • Princess Petunia Fussypants

P, continued

  • Princess Primrose Pudding
  • Princess Ragnhild Eriksdottir
  • Princess Ravenna Blackthorn
  • Princess Rosalind of Haverly
  • Princess Royal Eugenie
  • Princess Selise Dawnhallow
  • Princess Tallulah Sparklebuns
  • Princess Thalindra Moonweave
  • Princess Titania Moonfell
  • Princess Vael Starhollow
  • Princess Wrenna Foxglove
  • Princess Yennenga of Dagomba
  • Princess Ysolde Brightmoor
  • Princess Yunxiu Jadeflower
  • Princess Zewditu of Gondar

Q: 80 names

  • Queen Aethelflaed Ladyshield
  • Queen Agnes the Indecisive
  • Queen Amina of Zazzau
  • Queen Anwen the Fair
  • Queen Aoife of Connacht
  • Queen Apama of Sogdiana
  • Queen Arianrhod Silverwheel
  • Queen Artemisia of Halicarnassus
  • Queen Astrid of Skaelholm
  • Queen Beatrix the Wise
  • Queen Belisarde of Thornhaven
  • Queen Berenice of Cyrene
  • Queen Bianca of Montefiore

Q, continued

  • Queen Branwen of Caer Lleon
  • Queen Brunhild Stormgard
  • Queen Cerridwen Cauldronkeeper
  • Queen Cleopatra Thea
  • Queen Consort Adelina Strausse
  • Queen Dido of Carthage
  • Queen Dynamis of Bosporus
  • Queen Eleanor of Westmarch
  • Queen Elspeth Thornwild
  • Queen Emma of Normandy
  • Queen Erato of Armenia
  • Queen Ermengarde of Thuringia
  • Queen Fanny of Fiddlesticks

Q, continued

  • Queen Gertrude Who Never Pays
  • Queen Guinevere Lindmere
  • Queen Gwendolyn of Tarrow
  • Queen Hesper of the Silver Coast
  • Queen Hildegard Wessenbach
  • Queen Hildegarde the Haughty
  • Queen Hortense the Snoring
  • Queen Igraine Tintagel
  • Queen Ilvarra of the Glasswood
  • Queen Ingrid of the Northern Fells
  • Queen Inhyeon of Joseon
  • Queen Isabela of Valencia
  • Queen Isolde of Ireland
  • Queen Isolde the Resolute

Q, continued

  • Queen Jadwiga of Kraków
  • Queen Kristina of Uppsala
  • Queen Laodice of Pontus
  • Queen Liliʻu of Maunalei
  • Queen Lirienne of Everdusk
  • Queen Maelis of the Thousand Lakes
  • Queen Makeda of Saba
  • Queen Margery the Patient
  • Queen Marguerite de Valois
  • Queen Marjorie of the Overflowing Pantry
  • Queen Mathilde of Ravensburg
  • Queen Milica Hrebeljanović
  • Queen Morgause Ravenholt

Q, continued

  • Queen Morwenna Shadowbrook
  • Queen Mother Ottoline
  • Queen Nefertari of the Two Rivers
  • Queen Olympias of Molossia
  • Queen Ondine Seawhisper
  • Queen Phila Antipatris
  • Queen Philippa Stourbridge
  • Queen Priscilla Pompadour
  • Queen Prudence the Perpetually Late
  • Queen Regnant Philomena of Carsten
  • Queen Rhiannon Swiftmare
  • Queen Rhiannon the Steadfast
  • Queen Sālote Tupou

Q, continued

  • Queen Saoirse Emberlyn
  • Queen Seraphine of Ardale
  • Queen Sigrid Frosthold
  • Queen Sophonisba Hasdrubal
  • Queen Stratonice of Syria
  • Queen Suriyothai of Ayutthaya
  • Queen Tamar of Kartli
  • Queen Tamsin Hollybright
  • Queen Thyra Danebod
  • Queen Vespera Nightbloom
  • Queen Xandria Nightsong
  • Queen Zenobia of Palmyra
  • Queen Zephyra Windcrest
  • Quintus the Thrice-Crowned

R: 9 names

  • Raja Brooke of Sarawak
  • Rajah Vikram Chandravarman
  • Ramiro the Monk
  • Rani Padmavati of Sundergarh
  • Ravenel Dusquesne
  • Reynard the Sly
  • Richenza the Grey Queen
  • Rosamund Hallowfield
  • Rotrude the Quiet

S: 14 names

  • Sancho the Strong
  • Sapa Inca Pachacuti Yupanqui
  • Seraphina Castellane
  • Shah Darius Farrokhzad
  • Shahbanu Roxana of Parsa
  • Shahzadi Jahanara Begum
  • Sibylla the Unyielding
  • Sigismund the Lucky
  • Sultan Hasanuddin of Gowa
  • Sultan Idris ibn Rashid
  • Sultan Mehmed Fatih
  • Sultana Hürrem Haseki
  • Sultana Nasrin of Qalara
  • Swanhild the Swan-Necked

T: 12 names

  • Tancred Hawkeye
  • Tassilo the Deposed
  • The Right Royal Duke of Faffington
  • Theophano the Bride of Rome
  • Thorne Aldermoor
  • Tlatoani Itzcoatl Obsidianheart
  • Tova the Shieldmaiden
  • Tsar Feodor Volkonsky
  • Tsarevich Dmitri Volkov
  • Tsarevna Yekaterina Mikhailovna
  • Tsarina Anastasia Rurikova
  • Tui Tonga Tuʻi Haʻatakalaua

U: 2 names

  • Ulric the Unwashed
  • Urraca the Reckless

V: 6 names

  • Vicereine Catalina de Zúñiga
  • Viceroy Alonso de Mendoza
  • Viscount Bumbleton of Lesser Snoring
  • Vivianne Ashbourne
  • Voivode Mircea Basarab
  • Vratislav the Penitent

W: 3 names

  • Waldemar the Victorious
  • Wenceslas the Drunkard
  • Wulfhild the Steadfast

Y: 4 names

  • Yaropolk the Unloved
  • Yngvar the Far-Travelled
  • Yolande the Generous
  • Yrsa the Sorrowful

Z: 2 names

  • Zbigniew the Exile
  • Zoe the Purple-Born