Shield Name Generator

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Generate shield names for legendary loot, heirloom heaters, enchanted bucklers and mythic aegises. Names follow the conventions of D&D magic items, Dark Souls, Skyrim and World of Warcraft: epithet titles like Bulwark of the Unbroken Line, material plus type, owner heirlooms, and one-word titles like Spearbane and Stonewall.

About shield names

Shields have been named for as long as swords. Athena's Aegis, the Ancile that fell from the sky for Rome, Svalinn that stood between the world and the sun in Norse myth, and Arthur's Pridwen all show the template: a shield's name is about what it holds back. That is why the best fantasy shield names use words of stillness and resistance (bulwark, ward, bastion, rampart, vigil) where sword names use words of motion and cutting.

Most loot-style names fit one of four shapes. Type plus epithet (Tower Shield of the Last Gate, Targe of the Blooded Moor) is the D&D and World of Warcraft form. Material plus type (Dragonscale Kite Shield, Bronze Hoplon) is the Skyrim and crafting-tier form. Owner heirlooms (Havard's Last Wall, Isolde's Buckler) are the Dark Souls form and make the item a story hook. Single-word titles (Spearbane, Arrowcatcher, Oathkeeper) treat the shield as a character.

The shield vocabulary carries period. A buckler is small and held in the fist; a targe is a Scottish round shield; a heater is the knightly triangle; a kite shield is Norman; a pavise is a crossbowman's standing wall; hoplon, aspis and scutum are Greek and Roman; a rondache is a Renaissance duelist's disc. Pick the right word and the name does half the description for you.

How to choose shield names

  • Choose the shield word for the culture and size: buckler (tiny, fist-held), targe (Highland round), heater (knightly triangle), kite shield (Norman), pavise (standing siege shield), hoplon or aspis (Greek), scutum (Roman), tower shield or greatshield (huge).
  • Use words of holding and stillness (ward, bulwark, wall, vigil, patience, bastion) rather than cutting words; a shield named Stormbreaker reads like a hammer, one named Stormwall reads like a shield.
  • Tie heirloom shields to a named owner and a verb of defense (Havard's Last Wall, Old Halvard's Door) so players ask who Havard was and what he held the door against.
  • Reserve epithets like 'of the Fallen Star' for unique items; for crafting tiers, material plus type (Mithril Buckler, Dwarven Iron Shield) keeps loot tables readable.
  • Give a named shield a visible boss or crest (The Serpent Boss, The Raven-Crested Shield) and describe it once in-game; a device on the face is easier for players to remember than a stat line.

Frequently asked questions

What are some famous shields from myth and legend?

Athena's Aegis and the Shield of Achilles from Greek myth, the Roman Ancile, the Norse Svalinn that shields the world from the sun, Arthur's Pridwen (Wynebgwrthucher in the Welsh sources), Cú Chulainn's Dubán and the shields of Ajax, Aeneas and Roland. Several appear in the list as reference points.

How should I name a shield in D&D or Pathfinder?

Use type plus epithet for a unique magic item (Aegis of the Dawnwarden), material plus type for loot tiers (Adamantine Tower Shield), and an owner's name for a quest reward with backstory (Brannoc's Round Shield). Put the defensive property in the name: Spearbane for a shield that resists piercing, Flameward Heater for fire resistance.

What is the difference between a buckler, targe, heater and pavise?

A buckler is a small metal disc held in the fist for parrying; a targe is a round Scottish shield about two feet across; a heater is the tapering triangular knight's shield; a pavise is a tall standing shield crossbowmen sheltered behind during sieges. Using the exact term makes a name feel researched.

Can I use these shield names commercially?

The original names are free to use in games, novels and products. A handful reference Skyrim, Dark Souls, Zelda and World of Warcraft for flavor (Spellbreaker, Havel's Greatshield, Hylian Shield); those are fine at your table but should not be reused in a commercial release.

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A: 27 names

  • Adamant
  • Adamantine Tower Shield
  • Adarga of Granada
  • Aegis Invicta
  • Aegis of Athena
  • Aegis of Ten Thousand Arrows
  • Aegis of the Dawnwarden
  • Aegis of the Fallen Star
  • Aegis of the Lantern Bearer
  • Aegis of the Last Lighthouse
  • Aegis of the Pale Shepherd
  • Aegis of the Sleepless Saint
  • Aegis of the Storm-Crowned
  • Aegis of the Wounded Sun
  • Aegis of Zeus
  • Aelfric's Ward
  • Aethelred's Buckler
  • Aldric's Bulwark
  • Ancile of Mars
  • Anointed Bulwark
  • Anselm's Pavise
  • Arrow's Rest
  • Arrowcatcher
  • Ashwood Kite Shield
  • Aspis of the Lambda
  • Aspis of Thermopylae
  • Auriel's Shield

B: 47 names

  • Banshee's Boss
  • Barrow Shield
  • Basilisk-Hide Shield
  • Bastion
  • Bastion of the Hollow Crown
  • Behemoth Hide Greatshield
  • Bertrand's Kite Shield
  • Blackheart Buckler
  • Blacksteel Pavise
  • Blade's End
  • Bladebreaker
  • Blessed Buckler
  • Blighted Buckler
  • Bloodward Pavise
  • Board of the Jarl
  • Bog-Iron Round Shield
  • Boiled Leather Targe
  • Boltwarden
  • Brannoc's Round Shield
  • Bronwyn's Bastion
  • Bronze Hoplon
  • Brother Anselm's Pavise
  • Brynhild's Wall

B, continued

  • Buckler of the Laughing Fox
  • Buckler of the Lost Reeve
  • Buckler of the Merchant Prince
  • Buckler of the Quick Hand
  • Buckler of the River Thief
  • Buckler of the Snake Dancer
  • Buckler of the Sparrowhawk
  • Buckler of the Third Dawn
  • Buckler of the Tumbling Jester
  • Buckler of the Wandering Mummer
  • Buckler of Toledo
  • Bulwark of Azzinoth
  • Bulwark of Grey Tomorrow
  • Bulwark of the Brass Citadel
  • Bulwark of the Burning Moat
  • Bulwark of the Dragon's Rest
  • Bulwark of the Drowned Saint
  • Bulwark of the Meek
  • Bulwark of the Ninefold Watch
  • Bulwark of the Riven Oak
  • Bulwark of the Salt Kings
  • Bulwark of the Sevenfold Gate
  • Bulwark of the Unbroken Line
  • Bulwark of the Winter Court

C: 17 names

  • Caius's Scutum
  • Captain Stroud's Pavise
  • Carrion Crest Shield
  • Cedric's Heater
  • Ceowulf's Door
  • Chitin Buckler
  • Cinderheart Targe
  • Circle of Dawn
  • Circle of Iron Tears
  • Circle of Seven Sorrows
  • Clipeus of the Senate
  • Cold Iron Heater
  • Coldforged Tower Shield
  • Consecrated Aegis
  • Corwin's Last Stand
  • Covenant
  • Cursed Targe of Voss

D: 15 names

  • Dagny's Broken Boss
  • Dawnguard's Wall
  • Dawnward
  • Demonward Aegis
  • Dhal of the Rajput
  • Disc of the Ash Harvest
  • Disc of the Blind Moon
  • Disc of the Ninth Sun
  • Doomward
  • Dragon-Tooth Scutum
  • Dragonbane Targe
  • Dragonscale Kite Shield
  • Dreadnought's Disc
  • Dubán of Cú Chulainn
  • Dwarven Iron Shield

E: 11 names

  • Eadric's Buckler
  • Eanmund's Wall
  • Ebony Greatshield
  • Edgar's Heater
  • Elder Tortoise Carapace
  • Eldskjold
  • Elric's Mirror
  • Elven Moonsteel Buckler
  • Emberwall of the Red Forge
  • Emberward
  • Eye of the Bastion

F: 9 names

  • Face of the Kneeling Saint
  • Face of the Stone Saint
  • Face of the Unbending
  • Faithkeeper
  • Firebreak
  • Firewall of Ember Vale
  • Flameward Heater
  • Frost Giant's Heater
  • Frostwall

G: 20 names

  • Garrick's Iron Wall
  • Giantbreaker Tower Shield
  • Gilt-Bronze Parma
  • Gloaming Ward
  • Godric's Shield
  • Grave-Warden's Heater
  • Gravehold
  • Greatshield of Artorias
  • Greatshield of the Iron Abbot
  • Greatshield of the Moss Giant
  • Greatshield of the Stone Abbot
  • Greatshield of the Sunken King
  • Greatshield of the Tidewall
  • Greatshield of the Tomb Warden
  • Greatshield of the Weeping Glacier
  • Gryphon Heater
  • Guard of the Ashen Vigil
  • Guardian
  • Gunnskjold
  • Gwendolyn's Ward

H: 32 names

  • Hailbreaker
  • Hallowed Targe
  • Halvard's Door
  • Hammerhalt
  • Hand of the Oak
  • Hand of the Shieldmaiden
  • Harald's Linden
  • Havard's Last Wall
  • Havel's Greatshield
  • Heart of the Hollow Hill
  • Hearthkeeper
  • Heater of the Falconer
  • Heater of the Lamplit Vigil
  • Heater of the Orchard Knight
  • Heater of the Rose Knight
  • Heater of the Templars
  • Heater of the White Harts
  • Hellhound-Hide Pavise
  • Hilde's Targe
  • Hill Giant's Door
  • Hollow Knight's Heater
  • Hoplon of Leonidas
  • Hoplon of the Bronze Tide
  • Hoplon of the Narrow Pass
  • Hoplon of the Olive Grove
  • Hoplon of the Painted Owl
  • Hoplon of the Sacred Band
  • Hoplon of the Sea-Wolves
  • Hoplon of the Spartan Widow
  • Hrafnskjold
  • Hrothgar's Boss
  • Hylian Shield

I: 7 names

  • Icewall of the Frostholds
  • Ingrid's Oath
  • Inviolate
  • Ironheart
  • Ironwall
  • Ironwood Targe
  • Isolde's Buckler

J: 1 name

  • Jarnskjold

K: 13 names

  • Kalasag of the Islands
  • Kestrel Buckler
  • Kingswall
  • Kite Shield of the Crusade
  • Kite Shield of the Dusk Road
  • Kite Shield of the Frost Marches
  • Kite Shield of the Grey Marches
  • Kite Shield of the Mourning Knight
  • Kite Shield of the Pilgrim Road
  • Kite Shield of the Sable Pass
  • Kite Shield of the Salt Pilgrims
  • Knell-Shield of Mourne
  • Kraken-Bone Targe

L: 9 names

  • Lady Vane's Buckler
  • Lancebane
  • Lantern Shield of Venice
  • Leviathan Scale Tower Shield
  • Lich-Bone Tower Shield
  • Linden of the Longships
  • Linden Round Shield
  • Lorcan's Boss
  • Lord Ashcombe's Heater

M: 12 names

  • Maerwen's Vigil
  • Manticore Tower Shield
  • Mantlet of the Siege-Breakers
  • Marit's Round Shield
  • Martyr's Pavise
  • Matthias's Rondache
  • Meteoric Iron Aspis
  • Mirror of Perseus
  • Mirror Shield
  • Mithril Buckler
  • Moonsilver Rondache
  • Morwen's Targe

N: 2 names

  • Nguba of the River Kings
  • Nightmare Targe

O: 10 names

  • Oaken Round Shield
  • Oakheart
  • Oathkeeper
  • Orcish Warshield
  • Orichalcum Aspis
  • Orrin's Pavise
  • Osric's Wall
  • Oswin's Hundred Dents
  • Ottar's Round Shield
  • Owlbear Wall

P: 20 names

  • Palm of the Hollow Oak
  • Palm of the Mountain
  • Palm of the Sleeping God
  • Parma of the Velites
  • Pavise of Agincourt
  • Pavise of Genoa
  • Pavise of Hussite Wagons
  • Pavise of the Bloody Ford
  • Pavise of the Crossbow Saints
  • Pavise of the Long Siege
  • Pavise of the Ninth Legion
  • Pavise of the Stubborn Monks
  • Pavise of the Walled Garden
  • Pelta of the Amazons
  • Penitent's Wall
  • Petrified Oak Targe
  • Phoenix Rondache
  • Pilgrim's Ward
  • Pridwen
  • Pyreguard

Q: 1 name

  • Quietkeeper

R: 11 names

  • Ragnar's Wheel
  • Rampart
  • Rampart of the Eastern Watch
  • Revenant's Wall
  • Riveted Elm Kite Shield
  • Roc-Feather Shield
  • Rolf's Linden Shield
  • Rondache of Milan
  • Rondache of the Bleeding Rose
  • Rondache of the Gilded Duelist
  • Rondache of the Masked Ball

S: 92 names

  • Saint Brannoc's Round
  • Saint Orrin's Boss
  • Saint Ysolde's Heater
  • Saint's Patience
  • Sanctified Heater
  • Sanctuary
  • Sanctum Shield
  • Scorched Bronze Aspis
  • Scutum of the Broken Standard
  • Scutum of the Frozen Danube
  • Scutum of the Iron Eagle
  • Scutum of the Lost Eagle
  • Scutum of the Marble Forum
  • Scutum of the Praetorians
  • Scutum of the Tenth Cohort
  • Scutum of the Wolf Cohort
  • Sea-Glass Buckler
  • Sentinel
  • Shardwarden
  • Shield of Achilles
  • Shield of Aeneas
  • Shield of Ajax
  • Shield of Arthur
  • Shield of Beowulf
  • Shield of Broken Promises
  • Shield of Dawn
  • Shield of El Cid
  • Shield of First Light
  • Shield of Gawain
  • Shield of Kings

S, continued

  • Shield of Lancelot
  • Shield of Orphans
  • Shield of Peasants
  • Shield of Roland
  • Shield of Second Chances
  • Shield of Small Mercies
  • Shield of the Ashen Lily
  • Shield of the Barren Vigil
  • Shield of the Black Prince
  • Shield of the Cinder Queen
  • Shield of the Faithful Hound
  • Shield of the Ferryman's Toll
  • Shield of the Fianna
  • Shield of the Hearthkeeper
  • Shield of the Hollow Bell
  • Shield of the Immortals
  • Shield of the Janissaries
  • Shield of the Kindled Heart
  • Shield of the Last Ember
  • Shield of the Lion's Patience
  • Shield of the Lionheart
  • Shield of the Long Winter
  • Shield of the Mended Crown
  • Shield of the Oathbound
  • Shield of the Quiet
  • Shield of the Quiet Harbor
  • Shield of the Red Branch
  • Shield of the Seven Rivers
  • Shield of the Sun King's Guard
  • Shield of the Tern and Tide
  • Shield of the Thornwood Oath

S, continued

  • Shield of the Unbowed
  • Shield of the Unburnt
  • Shield of the Unspoken Vow
  • Shield of the Unwept Dead
  • Shield of the Varangian Guard
  • Shield of the Weeping Saint
  • Shield of the Widow's Walk
  • Shield of the Winged Hussars
  • Shield of Threefold Mercy
  • Shield of Unbroken Vigil
  • Shield of Widows
  • Shieldwall of Stamford
  • Shroud of the Wraith-Knight
  • Sigrun's Oath
  • Silvered Rondache
  • Sipar of the Sultan
  • Siward's Wall
  • Skaldvard
  • Spear's Folly
  • Spearbane
  • Spellbreaker
  • Stalwart
  • Starmetal Round Shield
  • Steadfast
  • Steel-Rimmed Heater
  • Stonewall
  • Stormguard
  • Stormhalt
  • Stormwall of the Jarls
  • Sunniva's Targe
  • Svalinn

T: 109 names

  • Targe of Culloden
  • Targe of the Black Loch
  • Targe of the Black Watch
  • Targe of the Blooded Moor
  • Targe of the Highland Reivers
  • Targe of the Howling Corrie
  • Targe of the MacLeods
  • Targe of the Peat Fires
  • Targe of the Red Glen
  • Targe of the Stag Lord
  • Targe of the Thistle Crown
  • Tarquin's Disc
  • Tate of the Tokugawa
  • Tedate of the Ashigaru
  • The Abbot's Boss
  • The Answering Wall
  • The Ashen Disc
  • The Bastard's Wall
  • The Beggar's Bastion
  • The Black Heater
  • The Bleeding Gate
  • The Bloodsteel Buckler
  • The Blue Wall of the Tarn
  • The Boar-Crested Shield
  • The Brass Lantern
  • The Bronze Eye
  • The Cold Wall of Vosk
  • The Crimson Wheel
  • The Dawnbreaker's Wall
  • The Dented Saint
  • The Drowned Targe
  • The Everstanding
  • The Gilded Hoplon
  • The Granite Petal
  • The Grey Mother's Apron
  • The Grey Vigil

T, continued

  • The Grieving Pavise
  • The Harrowed Gate
  • The Hearthguard
  • The Holy Wall of Saint Orrin
  • The Hundred-Dent Shield
  • The Iron Eyelid
  • The Iron Reliquary
  • The Ironheart Bulwark
  • The Kindly Bastion
  • The Kingsward
  • The Last Lantern of Ennis
  • The Last Rampart
  • The Laughing Buckler
  • The Long Wall of Ennis
  • The Miller's Millstone
  • The Moon Targe of Caer Lun
  • The Moonlit Rondache
  • The Mute Sentinel
  • The Oaken Promise
  • The Oathkeeper's Ward
  • The Patient Anvil
  • The Patient Stone
  • The Queen's Patience
  • The Quiet Reply
  • The Raven-Crested Shield
  • The Red Wall of Harrowmere
  • The Riverstone Shield
  • The Serpent Boss
  • The Sevenfold Door
  • The Shield That Would Not Fall
  • The Silent Wall
  • The Sleeping Giant's Palm
  • The Starlit Boss
  • The Steadfast Heater
  • The Stonefather's Palm
  • The Stormbreaker Pavise

T, continued

  • The Stubborn Oak
  • The Sun Disc of Amaunet
  • The Sunforged Aegis
  • The Sunward Face
  • The Thistle Boss
  • The Thornwall
  • The Tortoise of Voss
  • The Turning Tide
  • The Unbroken Circle
  • The Unflinching
  • The Unkissed Wall
  • The Unyielding Wall
  • The Warden's Disc
  • The Weeping Bulwark
  • The Widow Marrick's Shield
  • The Widow's Threshold
  • The Winter Door
  • The Wolf's Reply
  • The Wyrmscale Targe
  • Thessaly's Aegis
  • Thornwall of the Briar Queen
  • Threshold
  • Thyreos of the Gauls
  • Tidebreak
  • Tidewall of the Drowned
  • Tomb Door of the Ghoul King
  • Torvald's Splintered Door
  • Tower Shield of the Boneyard
  • Tower Shield of the Cold Vault
  • Tower Shield of the Deep Forge
  • Tower Shield of the Drowned Legion
  • Tower Shield of the Hushed Choir
  • Tower Shield of the Last Gate
  • Tower Shield of the Obsidian Gate
  • Troll-Skin Wall Shield
  • Trollbane Shield
  • Turtleshell Buckler

U: 2 names

  • Ulric's Greatshield
  • Unbowed

V: 3 names

  • Valkyrie's Round
  • Vesna's Shield
  • Vigil

W: 28 names

  • Wall of Patience
  • Wall of Ten Kings
  • Wall of the Dead
  • Wall of the Drowned Bells
  • Wall of the Silent Brothers
  • Wall of Weeping
  • Ward of the Amber Road
  • Ward of the Broken Bridge
  • Ward of the Candle Hour
  • Ward of the Ember Saints
  • Ward of the Hundred Winters
  • Ward of the Ironwood
  • Ward of the Moth and Flame
  • Ward of the Ninety Nights
  • Ward of the Salt Road
  • Ward of the Sleeping Mountain
  • Ward of the Starless Deep
  • Warden
  • Wheel of Oaths
  • Wheel of the Hearth
  • Wiglaf's Linden
  • Wraithbane Buckler
  • Wraithguard
  • Wulfstan's Wall
  • Wynebgwrthucher
  • Wyrmbone Heater
  • Wyrmward
  • Wyvernhide Pavise

Y: 2 names

  • Ysabeau's Heater
  • Ysolde's Ward