Knight Name Generator

How knight names are usually built

A knight is named by the place they hold, the epithet they earned or the order they swore to. Noble knights take a place name, such as Sir Edric of Dunmere, which ties them to land and a lord. Wandering knights have no land, so they take a quality: Sir Tobias the Unbowed. Sworn orders add a symbol, as in Dame Rowena of the Silver Oath, and let the order carry the weight.

The title matters too. Sir and Dame are plain, Ser is a touch more foreign, and a title with a place name sounds like a promise to a lord.

Keeping chivalry consistent

Give each realm its own way of naming knights and stay in it. One land might prefer places, another virtues and a third only family names. Decide how a knight earns a title, how it can be lost and what a disgraced knight is called afterwards. A knight who loses their place name can keep the epithet, and one who loses the epithet has a better story. Keep a roll of every knight in an order with their banner, their lord and their vow, and let the names rhyme in a small way so the order feels like a family.

Twenty example knight names

• Sir Edric of Dunmere a lord's champion with a long road home.
• Sir Tobias the Unbowed a wandering knight who will not kneel to tyrants.
• Dame Rowena Ironhart the commander of a frontier garrison.
• Dame Maren of the Silver Oath a knight of an order that trades in promises.
• Sir Godfrey the Gentle the tallest man at the tournament and the kindest.
• Sir Hugh of Ashford a household knight with a famous dog.
• Dame Alys the Bold a rash but lucky champion.
• Ser Wystan Greyfell a veteran of the northern wars.
• Sir Osric of the Ninth Vigil keeps watch at a border tower.
• Dame Eadlyn Fairchild a diplomat who also carries a sword.
• Sir Brannoc the Black a grim knight with a fair reputation.
• Sir Cedric of Wolfhurst a hunter knight from the forest edge.
• Dame Gwen the Sorrowful mourns a lost order.
• Sir Roland of the Hollow Banner serves a king nobody remembers.
• Dame Maren Stormwell a captain of the coast guard.
• Sir Wystan the Lame walks with a stick and fights without one.
• Sir Edric of Oakley a young knight on his first quest.
• Ser Alys Valewood an exile from a southern house.
• Sir Godfrey of the Burning Rose a pilgrim who fights for the poor.
• Sir Hugh the Sworn a household bodyguard who has never been off duty.