Warrior Nickname Generator

War-names, epithets and sobriquets from every battlefield

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Generate warrior nicknames that stand on their own: historic war-names like the Lionheart, Africanus and the One-Eyed Dragon, soldiers' nicknames like Stonewall and Mad Jack, and original battle names such as Ironjaw, the Red Wolf and Widow's Bane.

About this generator

A warrior's nickname is rarely chosen by the warrior. Richard I of England was the Lionheart to friend and foe, Edward of Woodstock was only called the Black Prince long after his death, and Thomas Jackson became Stonewall when another general pointed at his brigade standing firm at First Bull Run in 1861. The name that sticks is the one other people find worth repeating.

Every fighting culture has its own pattern. Roman generals took a victory title from the land or people they had beaten, so Scipio became Africanus after Zama and the Metelli collected Numidicus, Creticus and Macedonicus. El Cid comes from the Arabic for "lord", and his Spanish title El Campeador marks a champion of the battlefield. Japanese warlords earned beast and demon names: Date Masamune was the One-Eyed Dragon and Takeda Shingen the Tiger of Kai. Modern armies like something shorter and drier, such as Chesty, Mad Jack or Old Blood and Guts.

Roughly half of this list is historical nicknames like these. The rest is original: compound battle names (Ironjaw, Shieldbreaker), short epithets (the Red Wolf, the First Spear), longer titles (the Warden of the Pass), phrase names (Holds-the-Line) and barracks nicknames (Short Fuse, Half Rations). None of them is a full name, so each one attaches to whatever your character is already called.

Tips for choosing a name

  • Let someone else give the name. A nickname that comes from one event (the bridge he held, the helmet she lost) sounds truer than one a character picks for himself, so decide what happened first.
  • Match the form to the culture. A legion veteran suits a Latin victory title like Dacicus or Parthicus, a knight suits the Flower of Chivalry, and a company sergeant suits Patches or Old Reliable.
  • Use the nickname after the given name or in place of it, depending on who is speaking: Aldric the Unbent at court, just Bulwark in the shield wall.
  • Keep the long titles for heralds and enemies. The Victor of a Hundred Fields is how a rival announces her, and her own company will shorten it within a week.
  • An ironic name works as well as a fierce one. The biggest fighter in the unit answering to Tiny, or a cautious veteran called Short Fuse, tells a story in a word or two.

Frequently asked questions

Are the nicknames on this page historical?

Roughly half are. The Lionheart, the Black Prince, Africanus, El Cid, the One-Eyed Dragon, Stonewall and Mad Jack all belonged to real commanders or soldiers. The rest, such as Ironjaw, the Red Wolf, Widow's Bane and the Warden of the Pass, are original and written to sound like them. The list does not mark which is which, so look a name up before you lean on its history.

What is the difference between a warrior nickname and a warrior name?

A warrior name is a full name for a character: a given name and sometimes a family name. A nickname is what the army, the enemy or the chroniclers added on top, such as the Bold, Longsword or the Hammer of the Scots. Every entry here is a nickname only, so pair it with a name from one of the warrior name generators.

How did Roman generals get names like Africanus and Germanicus?

A victorious commander could take an extra name, called an agnomen, from the land or people he had defeated. Scipio became Africanus after beating Hannibal at Zama, and Germanicus was granted to Drusus for his campaigns in Germania and passed to his son. Later emperors stacked up titles such as Dacicus, Parthicus and Gothicus. In a fantasy setting the same pattern suits any legion-style army.

Can I use these as gamertags or call signs?

Yes. One-word names such as Deadeye, Bulwark, Thunderclap and Onslaught are short enough for a gamertag, a call sign or a jersey. Historical nicknames belonged to real people, so think about who carried a name before you wear it.

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A: 11 names

  • Achaicus
  • Adiabenicus
  • Africanus
  • Alamannicus
  • Almanzor
  • Aniketos
  • Arabicus
  • Armeniacus
  • Ashmane
  • Asiaticus
  • Avalanche

B: 32 names

  • Bad Penny
  • Badger
  • Balearicus
  • Bande Nere
  • Bannerfall
  • Barbarossa
  • Barca
  • Battering Ram
  • Bearclaw
  • Berserker
  • Biscuit
  • Black Agnes
  • Black George
  • Black Jack
  • Blackgauntlet
  • Bloodaxe
  • Bluecoat
  • Bluejacket
  • Boarhide
  • Bonnie Dundee
  • Boots
  • Brasshorn
  • Braveheart
  • Breach
  • Bridgekeeper
  • Britannicus
  • Brokenlance
  • Buckler
  • Buffalo Soldier
  • Bull
  • Bulldog
  • Bulwark

C: 14 names

  • Carpicus
  • Carries-the-Colors
  • Chesty
  • Chindit
  • Cinder
  • Cocles
  • Coeur de Lion
  • Coldsteel
  • Coriolanus
  • Corvinus
  • Creticus
  • Crowcaller
  • Cudgel
  • Cunctator

D: 17 names

  • Dacicus
  • Dalmaticus
  • Dawnblade
  • Deadeye
  • Demon Shibata
  • Demon Shimazu
  • Dents
  • Desert Rat
  • Destrier
  • Devil Dog
  • Devil Hanzo
  • Digger
  • Dogface
  • Dokuganryu
  • Donskoy
  • Doughboy
  • Drumbeater

E: 8 names

  • Earthshaker
  • El Campeador
  • El Cid
  • El Draque
  • El Empecinado
  • El Gran Capitán
  • El Libertador
  • Ember-Beard

F: 12 names

  • Farshot
  • Fatih
  • Felix
  • Fieldreaper
  • Fighting Joe
  • Firebrand
  • First-Through-the-Breach
  • Flying Tiger
  • Forkbeard
  • Forlorn Hope
  • Frogman
  • Frostbeard

G: 11 names

  • Gatecrasher
  • Gattamelata
  • Germanicus
  • Giantslayer
  • Gothicus
  • Gramps
  • Gravelthroat
  • Greatheart
  • Grimhelm
  • Grognard
  • Grunt

H: 16 names

  • Halberd
  • Half Rations
  • Halfhelm
  • Hardrada
  • Hardtack
  • Hearthguard
  • Hellfighter
  • Helm-Reddener
  • Hillcleaver
  • Holdfast
  • Holds-the-Line
  • Hornblower
  • Hornet
  • Hotspur
  • Houndstooth
  • Howlin' Mad

I: 6 names

  • Invictus
  • Iron Arm
  • Iron Mike
  • Ironjaw
  • Ironside
  • Isauricus

K: 4 names

  • Kallinikos
  • Kensei
  • Keraunos
  • Knuckles

L: 22 names

  • La Hire
  • Lady Death
  • Landslide
  • Last Laugh
  • Last-to-Fall
  • Lastwatch
  • Latecomer
  • Laughs-at-Odds
  • Leatherneck
  • Lefty
  • Light-Horse Harry
  • Lightning Joe
  • Linebreaker
  • Long Shot
  • Longreach
  • Longshanks
  • Longstride
  • Longsword
  • Longwatch
  • Loose Cannon
  • Lord of the Magnificent Beard
  • Lucky

M: 14 names

  • Macedonicus
  • Mad Anthony
  • Mad Jack
  • Magnus
  • Mail-Biter
  • Marchwarden
  • Marshal Forward
  • Martel
  • Mastiff
  • Mataza of the Spear
  • Matchless
  • Maul
  • Minuteman
  • Monophthalmus

N: 9 names

  • Never-Yield
  • Neverkneel
  • Nevsky
  • Nicator
  • Night Witch
  • Nightspear
  • Ninelives
  • Notch
  • Numidicus

O: 16 names

  • Oakheart
  • Oar-Breaker
  • Oathblade
  • Old Blood and Guts
  • Old Breed
  • Old Contemptible
  • Old Fritz
  • Old Fuss and Feathers
  • Old Gimlet Eye
  • Old Hickory
  • Old Ironsides
  • Old Reliable
  • Old Rough and Ready
  • Old Sweat
  • Onslaught
  • Outrider

P: 10 names

  • Pappy
  • Parthicus
  • Patches
  • Pathfinder
  • Peerless Under Heaven
  • Persicus
  • Pikestaff
  • Poilu
  • Poliorcetes
  • Powder Keg

Q: 1 name

  • Quickblade

R: 12 names

  • Raider's Bane
  • Rampart
  • Raven-Feeder
  • Ravenhelm
  • Rearguard
  • Reaver's Bane
  • Redcoat
  • Redmane
  • Ring-Breaker
  • Roadwarden
  • Rough Rider
  • Rustmail

S: 36 names

  • Sapper
  • Sarge
  • Sarmaticus
  • Sayf al-Dawla
  • Scaevola
  • Scarhand
  • Screaming Eagle
  • Sforza
  • Shaggy-Breeches
  • Shieldbreaker
  • Shieldmaiden
  • Short Fuse
  • Skanderbeg
  • Skullsplitter
  • Skyrender
  • Sleeps-in-Armor
  • Slow Match
  • Snake-in-the-Eye
  • Soter
  • Spear-Din
  • Spearshaker
  • Splitshield
  • Spurs
  • Standfast
  • Stands-Alone
  • Steady Hand
  • Steelsong
  • Steelwind
  • Stitches
  • Stoneshoulder
  • Stonewall
  • Stoutheart
  • Strongbow
  • Sureshot
  • Surf-Wolf
  • Swiftarrow

T: 232 names

  • Tempest
  • the Ace of Aces
  • the Anvil
  • the Anvil of the East
  • the Arrow
  • the Ash Spear
  • the Ashen Blade
  • the Balloon Buster
  • the Bane of Kings
  • the Banner-Breaker
  • the Barefoot
  • the Battler
  • the Bear
  • the Bear of the Black Pass
  • the Besieger
  • the Black Boar
  • the Black Douglas
  • the Black Prince
  • the Black Swallow of Death
  • the Blade of the Borderlands
  • the Boar
  • the Boar of Stonebridge
  • the Bold
  • the Boneless
  • the Boulder
  • the Boy General
  • the Branded
  • the Brave
  • the Bravest of the Brave
  • the Breaker of Shields
  • the Breaker of Sieges
  • the Bridge-Holder
  • the Broken Sword
  • the Bull of the Borders
  • the Camp-Born
  • the Centaur of the Plains
  • the Conqueror
  • the Crimson Demon of War

T, continued

  • the Crimson Lance
  • the Dark Horse
  • the Delayer
  • the Demon King
  • the Demon Vice-Commander
  • the Desert Fox
  • the Dragon of Echigo
  • the Drawn Sword
  • the Eagle of Brittany
  • the Exile
  • the Falcon
  • the Falcon of Quraysh
  • the Falcon of the Cliffs
  • the Fearless
  • the Fighting Quaker
  • the First Spear
  • the First Warrior of Japan
  • the Flower of Chivalry
  • the Flying General
  • the Four-Fingered
  • the Fox of the Foothills
  • the Free Lance
  • the Gallant
  • the Gatekeeper
  • the Ghost of the Marsh
  • the GI's General
  • the God of War
  • the Golden Spur
  • the Good Knight
  • the Gray Ghost
  • the Great Captain
  • the Grim
  • the Hammer
  • the Hammer of the Scots
  • the Hawk of the High Pass
  • the Hegemon-King
  • the Hero of Two Worlds
  • the Holder of the Bridge
  • the Hound of the Gate

T, continued

  • the Hound of Ulster
  • the Hundred-Battler
  • the Indomitable
  • the Iron Duke
  • the Iron Hand
  • the Iron Marshal
  • the Iron Ram
  • the Keeper of the Ford
  • the King's Shield
  • the Kingmaker
  • the Knight Without Fear
  • the Lantern Shield
  • the Last Lance
  • the Last of the Old Guard
  • the Last of the Romans
  • the Last Shield
  • the Laughing Blade
  • the Left Hand
  • the Left Hand of the King
  • the Liberator
  • the Lion of Flanders
  • the Lion of Lechistan
  • the Lion of Mali
  • the Lion of Panjshir
  • the Lion of Punjab
  • the Lion of Sagami
  • the Lion of the Desert
  • the Lion of the North
  • the Lioness of Brittany
  • the Lionheart
  • the Little Conqueror
  • the Little Corporal
  • the Living Siege
  • the Long Knife
  • the Maid of Orleans
  • the Mastiff of the March
  • the Nameless
  • the Oathbound
  • the Old Wolf

T, continued

  • the One-Eyed Dragon
  • the Ox
  • the Pass-Keeper
  • the Patient
  • the Peacemaker
  • the Point of the Spear
  • the Pride of the Legion
  • the Queen's Blade
  • the Quiet Storm
  • the Ram of the River Gate
  • the Raven of the Field
  • the Reckless
  • the Red
  • the Red Baron
  • the Red Devil
  • the Red Wolf
  • the Red-Robed General
  • the Resolute
  • the Revenant
  • the Right Arm of the Throne
  • the Rock of Chickamauga
  • the Rock of the Rearguard
  • the Scarlet Shield
  • the Scarred
  • the Scourge of God
  • the Scourge of the Fens
  • the Scythe
  • the Sellsword
  • the Seven-Scarred
  • the Shield of Rome
  • the Shield of the South
  • the Shieldless
  • the Short Straw
  • the Silent Spear
  • the Silver Spear
  • the Sleeping Dragon
  • the Soldier King
  • the Spear of the Dawn

T, continued

  • the Spur of the Charge
  • the Stag of the Greenwood
  • the Stalwart
  • the Standard-Bearer
  • the Steady
  • the Stern
  • the Stone Bear
  • the Storm of the Steppe
  • the Stubborn
  • the Sudden
  • the Swamp Fox
  • the Swift
  • the Sword of Rome
  • the Sword Saint
  • the Taker of Walls
  • the Tall
  • the Tall Shadow
  • the Terror of the Tiltyard
  • the Thrice-Risen
  • the Thunder God
  • the Thunder of the Plains
  • the Thunderbolt
  • the Thunderbolt of Italy
  • the Thunderer
  • the Tiger General
  • the Tiger of Jiangdong
  • the Tiger of Kai
  • the Tiger of Mysore
  • the Tiger of the Plains
  • the Tigress of Forli
  • the Tower
  • the Twice-Wounded
  • the Unbent
  • the Unconquered
  • the Undefeated
  • the Unhorsed
  • the Unshaken
  • the Unsheathed
  • the Unyielding

T, continued

  • the Valiant
  • the Victor of a Hundred Fields
  • the Victorious
  • the Viper of Mino
  • the Viper of the Vale
  • the Voice of the Drums
  • the Vulture
  • the Wake
  • the Walking Wall
  • the Wall
  • the Wall of the West
  • the Wanderer
  • the Warden of the Pass
  • the Warlike
  • the Warrior Who Surpassed Death
  • the White Death
  • the White Knight
  • the White Mouse
  • the White Stag
  • the Widowmaker
  • the Wild Boar of the Ardennes
  • the Wolf of Badenoch
  • the Wolf of Mibu
  • the Wolf of the Marches
  • the Wraith
  • Thornback
  • Thrax
  • Thunderclap
  • Thunderhoof
  • Tin Hat
  • Tiny
  • Tommy
  • Torquatus
  • Truesteel
  • Tusk
  • Twice-Struck
  • Twitch
  • Two Helmets
  • Tyrant's Bane

U: 2 names

  • Unconditional Surrender
  • Undaunted

V: 1 name

  • Vinegar Joe

W: 13 names

  • Walks-Through-Arrows
  • Wallbreaker
  • War-Tooth
  • Warbringer
  • Warhorse
  • Warhound
  • Warlord's Bane
  • Whetstone
  • Whirlwind
  • Widow's Bane
  • Wildcat
  • Wildfire
  • Wyrmslayer

Y: 1 name

  • Yildirim