Templar Name Generator
Knight names for the Order of the Temple
Generate Templar names with real crusader-era weight: historical Grand Masters like Hugues de Payens and Jacques de Molay, original Frankish, Norman, Iberian and German brother-knights in the de / of / von style, and fantasy templars for games and fiction.
About Templar names
A Knight Templar did not have a surname in the modern sense. He was a given name plus the place he came from, joined by a particle in his own language: Hugues de Payens, Gérard de Ridefort, Brian de Jay, Gualdim Pais, Dietrich von Hohenfels. The given names came from the small Frankish and Norman pool of the 12th and 13th centuries, so Guillaume, Hugues, Geoffroi, Raoul, Renaud, Thibaut, Baudouin, Amaury and Foulques appear again and again in the Order's rolls, and the place was usually a castle, village or lordship in Champagne, Burgundy, Poitou, the Languedoc, Normandy or England, where the Temple held its richest estates.
Inside the Order a knight was simply Brother (Frère) followed by his name, and rank came from office rather than birth: Grand Master, Seneschal, Marshal, Commander, Preceptor, Draper, Turcopolier. Sergeant-brothers of non-noble birth and chaplain-brothers used the same forms. Brothers serving in Outremer were often identified by their posting, Brother Osric of Tortosa or of Acre.
The list below mixes the real Grand Masters and documented Templars with original names that follow those rules, plus a handful of fantasy templars and a few well-known Templars from Assassin's Creed for players who arrive from that direction.
How to choose Templar names
- Keep the particle consistent with the knight's origin: de for French and Anglo-Norman, of for English, von for German, da for Italian, and no particle at all for many Iberian names (Gualdim Pais, Martim Gil).
- Pick a real small place rather than a famous city. Gaucher de Marigny sounds like a Templar; Jean de Paris sounds like a guess.
- Historical Templars were all male and took vows, so for a woman in a fiction setting either write an original order or use the fantasy-templar names here, which work for either gender.
- Use a rank only when it matters. One Grand Master per story is plenty; most of your cast should be plain brother-knights and sergeants.
- For a Templar in Assassin's Creed or a Warhammer Black Templar, check the dedicated generators linked below; this page leans historical.
Frequently asked questions
What were the real Knights Templar called?
The Order's full name was the Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon. Individual knights were known by a given name and place of origin, such as Hugues de Payens (the founder) or Jacques de Molay (the last Grand Master), and addressed as Brother.
Which historical Templars are included?
All 23 Grand Masters from Hugues de Payens to Jacques de Molay, the nine founding knights, Masters of England such as Brian de Jay and William de la More, Iberian and Portuguese Templars like Gualdim Pais and Berenguer de Cardona, and brothers named in the 1307 trial records such as Hugues de Pairaud and Geoffroi de Charney.
Can I use these for a D&D paladin or a video game templar?
Yes. The historical form (Renaud de Vichiers) suits any holy-order knight, and the fantasy section gives names like Aldric Valcourt and Roderic Ashvane that fit a templar or paladin in D&D, Dark Sun, WoW or an original setting. Assassin's Creed Templars such as Haytham Kenway are listed for reference.
Did Templars have last names?
Rarely. A few carried a family name or nickname (Thomas Bérard, Gilbert Hérail, Roger de Flor), but most were identified by where they came from, and that identifier could change if a knight moved or inherited land.
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All 500 Templar names
A: 47 names
- Adam of Balsall
- Adam of Heton
- Adeline Sauveterre
- Adhémar de Forcalquier
- Adhémar de Troyes
- Afonso Gomes
- Agnès de Beaulieu
- Aimar de Valentinois
- Aimeric de Castres
- Aimery de Saint-Maur
- Alain de Montvert
- Alberto da Canossa
- Aldous Brennock
- Aldric Valcourt
- Álvaro de Haro
- Alys Ferrand
- Amaury d'Arles
- Amaury de Coutances
- Amaury de Vermandois
- Amaury Vaillancourt
- André de Montbard
- Ansaldo da Ventimiglia
- Anseau de Vence
A, continued
- Anseau de Villiers
- Ansel Corvane
- Anselme de Garlande
- Anselme de Ribemont
- Ansold de Maule
- Archambaud de Déols
- Archambaud de Saint-Agnan
- Armand de Périgord
- Armand Desrosiers
- Arnau de Banyuls
- Arnau de Torroella
- Arnaud de Lectoure
- Arnaud de Torroja
- Arnold von Wedderau
- Arnoul d'Ardres
- Arnoul de Grancey
- Arnoul de Grasse
- Aubry de Manosque
- Aubry de Vaux
- Aurèle Montclair
- Aveline Marchand
- Aymar de Bergerac
- Aymeri de Tancarville
- Aymon de Montluçon
B: 65 names
- Bastien Roark
- Baudouin de Chaumont
- Baudouin de Hénin
- Baudouin de Nîmes
- Beatrix Vautrin
- Benoît Charbonnier
- Bérenger de Saint-Just
- Berenguer de Cardona
- Bernard de Fezensac
- Bernard de Ruffec
- Bernard de Tremelay
- Bernard de Vado
- Bernard-Aton de Nîmes
- Berthold von Tempelhof
- Bertrand de Blanchefort
- Bertrand de Caumont
- Bertrand de Hautrive
- Bertrand de Lusignan
- Bertrand de Mauzé
- Bertrand de Sartiges
- Bohémond de Die
- Bohémond de Sancerre
- Bonifacio da Poggio
- Brandt Hollenbeck
- Brian de Jay
- Brother Aldric of the Cross
- Brother Anseau
- Brother Ansel of Caesarea
- Brother Anselm of Margat
- Brother Archambaud
- Brother Aubry
- Brother Bastien of Sidon
B, continued
- Brother Baudouin
- Brother Cassian of Acre
- Brother Cedric of Gaza
- Brother Darien of Beaufort
- Brother Edric of Jaffa
- Brother Emeric of Chastel Blanc
- Brother Everard
- Brother Foucaud
- Brother Gaucher
- Brother Gideon of Ascalon
- Brother Gondemar
- Brother Guiot of Beirut
- Brother Hadrian of Tripoli
- Brother Hélie
- Brother Ignace of Antioch
- Brother Itier
- Brother Jehan of Ruad
- Brother Lucan of Safed
- Brother Maurin of Limassol
- Brother Milon
- Brother Nivelon
- Brother Odo
- Brother Osmond of Paphos
- Brother Osric of Tortosa
- Brother Payen
- Brother Renard of Famagusta
- Brother Rigaud
- Brother Rossal
- Brother Sicard
- Brother Tancrède
- Brother Tobias of Tyre
- Brother Ysembard
- Burkhard von Hohenlohe
C: 9 names
- Cassian Morrow
- Cedric Valmont
- Centulle d'Astarac
- Clémence Castellane
- Clément Vautrin
- Conrad von Helmstatt
- Corbin Ashgrave
- Corentin Lefèvre
- Corrado da Viterbo
D: 10 names
- Dalmau de Rocabertí
- Damien Rousseau
- Darien Holloway
- Denis Lavigne
- Diego de Azagra
- Dietrich von Hohenfels
- Dorian Valcrest
- Dreux de Lorris
- Dreux de Riez
- Dreux de Rochechouart
E: 20 names
- Ebbon de Marans
- Eberhard von Katzenelnbogen
- Ebles de Charenton
- Edric Halloran
- Ekkehard von Lietzen
- Eleanor Ashvane
- Élise de la Serre
- Emeric Sauvage
- Enguerrand de Béziers
- Estêvão Soares
- Étienne de Jarnac
- Eustache d'Avignon
- Eustache de Boves
- Eustache de Courtenay
- Eustache de Parthenay
- Everard des Barres
- Evrard de Bazoches
- Evrard de Castellane
- Evrard de Limoges
- Evrard Thornwell
F: 20 names
- Fabien Mercier
- Fernando de Castro
- Florian Aubrecht
- Foucaud de Plancy
- Foucaud de Turenne
- Foulques d'Anjou
- Foulques de Thouars
- François-Thomas Germain
- Frère Amaury
- Frère Arnoul
- Frère Dreux
- Frère Evrard
- Frère Garnier
- Frère Gautier
- Frère Guillaume
- Frère Humbert
- Frère Isembart
- Frère Renaud
- Frère Thibaut
- Friedrich von Alvensleben
G: 74 names
- García de Alagón
- Garcia Pires
- Garnier de Fréjus
- Garnier de Tilly
- Gaspard Thierry
- Gaston de Clairmont
- Gaston de Lomagne
- Gaucerand de Montpesat
- Gaucher de Beaumont-sur-Oise
- Gaucher de Marigny
- Gaucher de Ventadour
- Gautier de Brécy
- Gautier de Mortain
- Gautier de Rochefort
- Gebhard von Mücheln
- Geoffrey FitzStephen
- Geoffrey of Sandford
- Geoffroi Bisol
- Geoffroi de Charney
- Geoffroi de Donzy
- Geoffroi de Gonneville
- Geoffroi de Vaucouleurs
- Geoffroi de Vendôme
- Gérard de Chauvigny
- Gérard de Gournay
- Gérard de Montréal
- Gérard de Ridefort
- Gérard de Villiers
- Gerhard von Eppstein
- Gerhardt Steinmar
- Giacomo da Montecucco
- Gil de Rada
- Gil Martins
- Gilbert de Montmorillon
- Gilbert Hérail
- Gilbert of Ely
- Gilles de Sarnay
G, continued
- Gilles de Soissons
- Gilon de Sully
- Girard de Comborn
- Girard de Grandson
- Godefroi d'Orange
- Godefroi de Bouzonville
- Godefroi de Dampierre
- Godefroi de Saint-Omer
- Godric Ambrose
- Godwin Castellar
- Gomes Ramires
- Gondemar de Bourgogne
- Gonzalo de Aguilar
- Gualdim Pais
- Guérin de Malemort
- Guérin de Montbéliard
- Gui d'Antibes
- Gui de Mauléon
- Guido da Lucca
- Guigues Adhémar
- Guilhem de Minerve
- Guillaume d'Orange
- Guillaume de Beaujeu
- Guillaume de Chambonnet
- Guillaume de Chartres
- Guillaume de Châteauroux
- Guillaume de Gravelle
- Guillaume de Liège
- Guillaume de Méry
- Guillaume de Montpellier
- Guillaume de Pontarlier
- Guillaume de Sonnac
- Guillaume de Tonnay
- Guillem de Cardona
- Guillem de Montrodon
- Guy de Chantilly
- Guy de Roucy
H: 37 names
- Hadrian Colt
- Hamo de Valognes
- Haytham Kenway
- Heinrich von Roddin
- Heinrich von Sayn
- Hélie de Lastours
- Héloïse Duvall
- Henri de Valcroix
- Henry de la Wold
- Henry of Rothley
- Hermann von Lichtenberg
- Hervé de Digne
- Hervé de Gisors
- Hervé de Lezay
- Hervé de Vierzon
- Hilaire Bonnet
- Hildebrand Marr
- Hildegard of Acre
- Himbert Blanke
- Hugh of Argentein
- Hugh of Eagle
- Hugh of Ribston
- Hugh of Tadcaster
- Hugues de Bouxières
- Hugues de Bure
- Hugues de Crécy
- Hugues de Faucogney
- Hugues de Gallardon
- Hugues de Montclar
- Hugues de Pairaud
- Hugues de Payens
- Hugues de Saint-Clair
- Hugues de Toury
- Hugues de Vouvant
- Humbaud de Saint-Sever
- Humbert d'Aubusson
- Humbert de Poitiers
I: 6 names
- Ignace Beauvoir
- Imbert de Ribes
- Ingram Vale
- Isabeau Thorne
- Itier d'Auxerre
- Itier de Bourganeuf
J: 19 names
- Jacques de Molay
- Jaume de Garrigans
- Jean de Brie
- Jean de Cravant
- Jean de Grailly
- Jean de Pons
- Jean de Tour
- Jean de Villiers-le-Bel
- Jehan Ferrand
- Joanna Halloran
- John de Coningston
- John of Cressing
- Jorund Blacksteel
- Josselin de Blois
- Josselin de Brienne
- Jourdain de Châteauneuf
- Jourdain de Melle
- Jourdain de Provins
- Jourdain de Roquefort
K: 2 names
- Konstantin Ravel
- Kuno von Wildenburg
L: 12 names
- Lambert de Beauvais
- Lambert de Joinville
- Leopold Sauvin
- Lope de Mendoza
- Lothaire de Vaudémont
- Lothar Beaumont
- Louis de Sainte-Croix
- Lourenço Martins
- Lucan Duvall
- Lucien Delacroix
- Ludolf von Blankenburg
- Ludwig von Mühlhausen
M: 15 names
- Manassès de Guînes
- Manfredi da Salerno
- Marshal Osric Thorne
- Martí de Peralta
- Martim Gil
- Martín de Luna
- Martin de Rocheblanche
- Mathieu de Cognac
- Mathieu de Sauvigny
- Matthias Corbeau
- Maurin Vaillant
- Melisende of Jaffa
- Michael de Baskeville
- Milon de Bouillon
- Milon de Soissons
N: 5 names
- Nicolas de Mortemart
- Nivelon de Foix
- Nivelon de Laon
- Norbert Hale
- Nuño de Guzmán
O: 12 names
- Oberto da Pavia
- Octave Perrault
- Oddone da Genova
- Odo de Saint-Amand
- Odon de Béarn
- Odon de Marsan
- Odon de Senlis
- Olivier de Beaulieu
- Orson Valiant
- Osmond Tressler
- Otto von Quartschen
- Otto von Rheineck
P: 29 names
- Payen de Montdidier
- Pedro Arnaldo da Rocha
- Pedro de Luna
- Pedro de Moncada
- Percival Draven
- Pere de Rovira
- Pere de Sant Just
- Pero Alvites
- Perrin Castellane
- Philippa Valmont
- Philippe de Mareuil
- Philippe de Milly
- Philippe de Plessis
- Philippe Vernier
- Pierre de Boulogne
- Pierre de Bouvines
- Pierre de Montaigu
- Pierre de Montargis
- Pierre de Saint-Just
- Pierre de Saintes
- Pierre de Sargines
- Pierre de Sevry
- Piers Whitecross
- Ponce de Balaguer
- Pons de Châlons
- Pons de Nevers
- Pons de Rigaud
- Pons de Roquefeuil
- Pons de Vilaragut
R: 56 names
- Radulph de Malton
- Raimbaud de Caron
- Raimond de Termes
- Raimond Pilet
- Rainier de Clermont
- Rainier de Vitry
- Ralph de Barton
- Ralph of Lincoln
- Ralph of Willoughton
- Ramon de Montcada
- Ramon de Saguardia
- Raniero da Pisa
- Raoul de Caen
- Raoul de Fontaine
- Raoul de Gisy
- Raoul de Montfaucon
- Raoul de Narbonne
- Raoul de Tours
- Raoul Vasseur
- Raymond d'Aiguillon
- Raymond de Bellegarde
- Rémy Charpentier
- Renard Lacroix
- Renaud d'Avranches
- Renaud de Luzarches
- Renaud de Provins
- Renaud de Vichiers
- Renier de Montferrand
R, continued
- Richard de Bures
- Richard de Hastings
- Richard de Ripon
- Richard Engayne
- Richard of Temple Dinsley
- Rigaud de Dreux
- Rigaud de Toulouse
- Robert de Bréval
- Robert de Craon
- Robert de Sablé
- Robert de Sandford
- Robert of Garway
- Robert of Pourbrigge
- Robert the Scot
- Roderic Ashvane
- Rodrigo de Lara
- Roger de Barneville
- Roger de Dalton
- Roger de Flor
- Roger de Sheffield
- Roger of Colchester
- Roger of Denney
- Roland Baptiste
- Roland de Fontaine-Noire
- Rolando da Bologna
- Rosamund Draven
- Rossal de Champagne
- Rui Peres
S: 17 names
- Sanche de Bigorre
- Sanche de Mortagne
- Sancho de Urrea
- Savary de Vivonne
- Sévérin Marchand
- Shay Patrick Cormac
- Sibylle de Clairmont
- Sicard de Bellême
- Sicard de Comminges
- Siegfried von Westerburg
- Simon de Bassac
- Simon de Castelmaure
- Simon de Niort
- Simon de Sézanne
- Stephen de Stapelbrugge
- Stephen of Cowley
- Sybilla Morrow
T: 18 names
- Tancred Moreau
- Tancrède de Gap
- Tancrède de Nanteuil
- Tessaline Corvane
- Théodore Lambert
- Thibaud de Langres
- Thibaud Gaudin
- Thibaut d'Agde
- Thibaut de Falaise
- Thibaut de Montmorency
- Thibaut de Ruppes
- Thierry de Montrouge
- Thomas Bérard
- Thomas Chamberlain
- Thomas of South Witham
- Thomas of Temple Bruer
- Tobias Greymantle
- Tristan Daumier
U: 4 names
- Uberto da Verona
- Ugolino da Siena
- Ulrich Brandt
- Ulrich von Zimmern
V: 3 names
- Valère Fontaine
- Vasco Fernandes
- Vincent de Pierrefonds
W: 15 names
- Waleran Holt
- Walter of Bisham
- Walter of Rockley
- Walter of Westminster
- Walther von Bolanden
- Wendel Aubert
- Werner von Schaffhausen
- Wichmann von Bardeleben
- William de Grafton
- William de la More
- William de Pocklington
- William de Warwick
- William of Faxfleet
- William of Shipley
- William Raven