777+ Knight Names To Find Inspiration For Your Next Medieval Character
Are you lost in the mystical world of medieval tales, searching for that one perfect knight name to bring your story's hero or heroine to life?
In this blog, I've summarised a list of 777+ knight names to find inspiration for your next medieval character. Each name is not just a word but a gateway to a realm of valor and legend.
Whether you seek the classic chivalry of medieval Europe, the depth of a noble warrior, or the unique flair of funny knight names like Sir Prize, this collection is your Holy Grail.
A long list of knight names
Knight Names starting with an A
1. Aelwyn
2. Alaric
3. Alden
4. Alistair
5. Anselm
6. Aric
7. Armand
8. Arnulf
9. Asger
10. Aethelred
11. Alain
12. Aldric
13. Alphonse
14. Ambrose
15. Ansgar
16. Arnaud
17. Arthurian
18. Ashwin
19. Athelstan
20. Aubrey
21. Audric
22. Axel
23. Azrael
24. Alvar
25. Andor
26. Ansel
27. Arthos
28. Asmund
29. Auberon
30. Avent
Knight Names starting with a B
31. Balderic
32. Baldwin
33. Balthazar
34. Bancroft
35. Barnard
36. Bartholomew
37. Bastian
38. Beauregard
39. Benedict
40. Berengar
41. Bertrand
42. Blaise
43. Brandt
44. Brennon
45. Briar
46. Broderick
47. Bronson
48. Brystan
49. Burchard
50. Burkhard
51. Byron
52. Bradamante
53. Branwen
54. Brayden
55. Brennus
56. Brogan
57. Bromley
58. Bryant
59. Burgess
60. Burton
Knight Names starting with a C
61. Caelum
62. Caliban
63. Callahan
64. Caradoc
65. Caspian
66. Castor
67. Cedric
68. Cenric
69. Channing
70. Ciaran
71. Claiborne
72. Clarence
73. Claudius
74. Clement
75. Conall
76. Conrad
77. Constantine
78. Corbin
79. Cormac
80. Crispin
81. Cuthbert
82. Cadoc
83. Caius
84. Calder
85. Callum
86. Carwyn
87. Cedrick
88. Cerdic
89. Clarence
90. Corwin
Knight Names starting with a D
91. Dacian
92. Daelin
93. Dain
94. Dallan
95. Damaris
96. Damian
97. Darius
98. Darroch
99. Darwin
100. Dax
101. Deacon
102. Declan
103. Dedrick
104. Demetrius
105. Desmond
106. Devlin
107. Dexter
108. Diederik
109. Dieter
110. Dietrich
111. Donal
112. Donovan
113. Doran
114. Draven
115. Driscoll
116. Drystan
117. Duncan
118. Dunstan
119. Durand
120. Dwyer
Knight Names starting with an E
121. Eadric
122. Ealdred
123. Eamon
124. Eardwulf
125. Earnest
126. Eberhard
127. Ector
128. Edgard
129. Edmond
130. Edric
131. Edward
132. Edwin
133. Egan
134. Egbert
135. Eldon
136. Eldred
137. Elgar
138. Elric
139. Elton
140. Emery
141. Emlyn
142. Engelbert
143. Enid
144. Eoin
145. Erasmus
146. Erland
147. Erwin
148. Esmond
149. Eustace
150. Everard
Medieval Knight Names starting with an F
151. Fabian
152. Faelan
153. Fairfax
154. Falkner
155. Farley
156. Faron
157. Faustus
158. Fearghus
159. Feodor
160. Ferdinand
161. Fergus
162. Ferris
163. Finbar
164. Finian
165. Finnegan
166. Fintan
167. Florian
168. Forrest
169. Fraser
170. Frederic
171. Frewin
172. Friedhelm
173. Fulbright
174. Fulke
175. Fulton
176. Fyodor
177. Fabius
178. Falco
179. Faolan
180. Faron
Knight Names starting with a G
181. Galen
182. Gallagher
183. Galt
184. Gareth
185. Garret
186. Garrick
187. Gavriel
188. Gedric
189. Geoffrey
190. Geralt
191. Gerhard
192. Gerrick
193. Gervase
194. Gilmore
195. Godfrey
196. Godric
197. Godwin
198. Gordan
199. Gorlois
200. Grady
201. Graham
202. Grant
203. Gregor
204. Grendel
205. Griffin
206. Griffith
207. Gunther
208. Gustav
209. Gwydion
210. Gyles
Knight Names starting with an H
211. Hadrian
212. Halbert
213. Hamish
214. Harald
215. Harding
216. Harold
217. Harrow
218. Hartwin
219. Haydn
220. Heathcliff
221. Hector
222. Heinrich
223. Helmut
224. Hendrick
225. Herbert
226. Herman
227. Herwald
228. Hildebrand
229. Hiram
230. Hobart
231. Holden
232. Horatio
233. Hubert
234. Hugo
235. Humphrey
236. Huntley
237. Hywel
238. Hadley
239. Hagen
240. Harlan
Knight Names starting with an I
241. Iagan
242. Icarus
243. Idris
244. Ignatius
245. Ilian
246. Imre
247. Indigo
248. Ingram
249. Inigo
250. Iorwerth
251. Ira
252. Irvin
253. Isambard
254. Isidore
255. Ivanhoe
256. Ivor
257. Iwan
258. Ixion
259. Izar
260. Iberian
261. Icehart
262. Idwal
263. Ilarion
264. Ildar
265. Immanuel
266. Inar
267. Iolo
268. Ippolito
269. Iram
270. Irwin
Knight Names starting with a J
271. Jace
272. Jaden
273. Jael
274. Jagger
275. Jai
276. Jarl
277. Jarrett
278. Jasper
279. Javan
280. Jedrek
281. Jendrik
282. Jerald
283. Jerome
284. Jerrick
285. Jesper
286. Joachim
287. Joffrey
288. Jolyon
289. Jorah
290. Jorgen
291. Joscelin
292. Jotham
293. Jovan
294. Jove
295. Jovian
296. Julian
297. Justus
298. Jareth
299. Jaxon
300. Jericho
Knight Names starting with a K
301. Kael
302. Kain
303. Kaleb
304. Kane
305. Karsten
306. Kaspar
307. Keagan
308. Keane
309. Kedric
310. Keir
311. Kelvin
312. Kendric
313. Kenelm
314. Kenric
315. Kenton
316. Kern
317. Kester
318. Kian
319. Kilian
320. Kirk
321. Kjell
322. Klaus
323. Konrad
324. Korbin
325. Kristof
326. Kurtis
327. Kyle
328. Kyran
329. Kyrell
330. Kyril
Knight Names starting with an L
331. Lachlan
332. Laird
333. Lancel
334. Landric
335. Larkin
336. Laszlo
337. Lathan
338. Laurent
339. Leander
340. Leofric
341. Leon
342. Leopold
343. Letholdus
344. Levin
345. Liam
346. Linus
347. Lionel
348. Llewellyn
349. Lloyd
350. Lothar
351. Lucan
352. Ludovic
353. Ludo
354. Ludwig
355. Lukan
356. Lukas
357. Luther
358. Lyall
359. Lyndon
360. Lyonel
Knight Names starting with an M
361. Mace
362. Maddox
363. Magnus
364. Malachy
365. Malcom
366. Mannix
367. Marcellus
368. Marek
369. Marius
370. Marlon
371. Marsden
372. Marten
373. Mathias
374. Maxim
375. Maynard
376. Mercer
377. Merrick
378. Mervyn
379. Micah
380. Milos
381. Morgan
382. Mortimer
383. Murdoch
384. Myron
385. Myrthos
386. Myles
387. Myron
388. Maximilian
389. Merlin
390. Morien
Medieval Knight Names starting with an N
391. Nael
392. Naevius
393. Naldo
394. Naren
395. Nathair
396. Navarre
397. Neal
398. Neirin
399. Nemo
400. Nestor
401. Neville
402. Nicabar
403. Nicholai
404. Niles
405. Nils
406. Nolan
407. Norbert
408. North
409. Norwin
410. Nox
411. Nygel
412. Nyle
413. Nyron
414. Narius
415. Naylor
416. Nealon
417. Nero
418. Newton
419. Nicos
420. Nigel
Knight Names starting with an O
421. Oaken
422. Oberon
423. Odell
424. Odo
425. Odric
426. Oisin
427. Olaf
428. Oleander
429. Oliver
430. Oran
431. Orin
432. Orion
433. Orland
434. Ormond
435. Orson
436. Orville
437. Osbert
438. Osmond
439. Oswald
440. Oswin
441. Otho
442. Otis
443. Otto
444. Ovid
445. Owen
446. Ozias
447. Ozzie
448. Ozric
449. Oriel
450. Orion
451. Orville
452. Oscar
453. Osric
454. Osten
455. Othmar
456. Owain
457. Ozan
458. Ozzy
459. Osgood
460. Osmund
Knight Names starting with a P
461. Padraig
462. Paladin
463. Pallas
464. Pascal
465. Patrin
466. Patton
467. Percival
468. Peregrine
469. Perseus
470. Petron
471. Phelan
472. Philander
473. Phineas
474. Phoenix
475. Pierce
476. Pierson
477. Pindar
478. Plato
479. Pollux
480. Porthos
481. Preston
482. Primus
483. Proctor
484. Pryce
485. Pyrrhus
486. Pagan
487. Paladin
488. Parzival
489. Paxton
490. Phoebus
Knight Names starting with a Q
491. Quade
492. Quaide
493. Quarrington
494. Quay
495. Quentin
496. Quill
497. Quillon
498. Quincy
499. Quinlan
500. Quinn
501. Quinntin
502. Quinnton
503. Quinton
504. Quintus
505. Quirin
506. Quirinus
507. Quixley
508. Quillon
509. Quade
510. Quillan
511. Quillon
512. Quimby
513. Quince
514. Quintrell
515. Quirce
516. Quirino
517. Quade
518. Queran
519. Quillon
520. Quirinus
Knight Names starting with an R
521. Radley
522. Ragnar
523. Raimund
524. Ralf
525. Ralston
526. Ramond
527. Rand
528. Randal
529. Ransom
530. Rasmus
531. Rawdon
532. Rawley
533. Raynor
534. Redmond
535. Reginald
536. Rehan
537. Reinhold
538. Remus
539. Renfred
540. Reynard
541. Rhett
542. Rhys
543. Riordan
544. Ritter
545. Roan
546. Roarke
547. Rodric
548. Rogan
549. Roland
550. Rolf
Knight Names starting with an S
551. Saber
552. Sable
553. Sagan
554. Salden
555. Samson
556. Sandor
557. Saxon
558. Scanlan
559. Seamus
560. Searle
561. Seldon
562. Selwyn
563. Senan
564. Severin
565. Shandar
566. Sheridan
567. Sigurd
568. Silas
569. Sinclair
570. Sion
571. Sloan
572. Solon
573. Sparrow
574. Stellan
575. Sterling
576. Steward
577. Stroud
578. Swithin
579. Sylvan
580. Symon
Knight Names starting with a T
581. Talbot
582. Talfryn
583. Taran
584. Tarquin
585. Tavish
586. Teagan
587. Tegan
588. Telford
589. Tempest
590. Terrowin
591. Thane
592. Theoden
593. Theron
594. Thibault
595. Thorin
596. Thorold
597. Thorsten
598. Tiernan
599. Tilden
600. Tobin
601. Torin
602. Tormund
603. Torsten
604. Travers
605. Trevelyan
606. Tristan
607. Tully
608. Tybalt
609. Tynan
610. Tyrion
Knight Names starting with a U
611. Ubaldo
612. Ulfred
613. Ulrich
614. Ulton
615. Ulysses
616. Umberto
617. Unwin
618. Upton
619. Urban
620. Urien
621. Uriah
622. Ursus
623. Uther
624. Uziel
625. Upton
626. Ulmar
627. Ulric
628. Ulster
629. Uland
630. Usher
631. Ulf
632. Ulberto
633. Ullman
634. Ulwyn
635. Uxton
636. Udale
637. Uberto
638. Udell
639. Ugor
640. Ulton
Knight Names starting with a V
641. Valen
642. Valiant
643. Valtor
644. Vandal
645. Vane
646. Varian
647. Varrick
648. Vaughn
649. Vayden
650. Vercingetorix
651. Verdon
652. Vernay
653. Vero
654. Vesper
655. Victor
656. Vidar
657. Viggo
658. Vigo
659. Vilkas
660. Vincent
661. Virgil
662. Vitas
663. Vladimir
664. Volker
665. Volkmar
666. Vortigern
667. Vulcan
668. Vyron
669. Vyrus
670. Valdemar
Medieval Knight Names starting with a W
671. Walden
672. Waldo
673. Wallace
674. Walthar
675. Warden
676. Warren
677. Warwick
678. Wayland
679. Webb
680. Weldon
681. Werner
682. Wescott
683. Wesley
684. Whitaker
685. Wilbert
686. Wilfred
687. Willard
688. William
689. Wilmar
690. Winfred
691. Winston
692. Wolfram
693. Wulfric
694. Wyatt
695. Wybert
696. Wynton
697. Wystan
698. Waldric
699. Walmond
700. Wraymond
Knight Names starting with an X
701. Xander
702. Xanthus
703. Xarles
704. Xavian
705. Xavion
706. Xenon
707. Xerxes
708. Xylon
709. Xymon
710. Xandor
711. Xeranth
712. Xylonius
713. Xantho
714. Xarion
715. Xeno
716. Xerico
717. Xildar
718. Ximon
719. Xior
720. Xiphos
721. Xolan
722. Xyler
723. Xandriel
724. Xantheus
725. Xarxes
726. Xanthar
727. Xavis
728. Xeal
729. Xendo
730. Xylos
Knight Names starting with a Y
731. Yael
732. Yarden
733. Yaric
734. Yarin
735. Yaros
736. Yates
737. Yavin
738. Ydris
739. Yeoric
740. Yerik
741. Yestin
742. Ylgar
743. Ymir
744. Yoran
745. York
746. Yorric
747. Yosef
748. Ysbrand
749. Yule
750. Yvar
751. Yves
752. Yvor
753. Ywan
754. Yaron
755. Yoric
756. Ysander
757. Yulian
758. Yurik
759. Yvan
760. Ywain
Knight Names starting with a Z
761. Zadrian
762. Zael
763. Zafar
764. Zagan
765. Zair
766. Zale
767. Zander
768. Zanis
769. Zarek
770. Zavian
771. Zayn
772. Zebulon
773. Zedekiah
774. Zephyr
775. Zerach
776. Zeth
777. Zev
778. Zhoron
779. Zidan
780. Zigmund
781. Zimon
782. Zircon
783. Zoltan
784. Zoran
785. Zorion
786. Zosimus
787. Zoticus
788. Zuriel
789. Zephyros
790. Zytan
Conclusion
In the grand quest for the perfect knight name, you've journeyed through a world rich in history, valor, and imagination.
Let the names you've discovered inspire tales of bravery, honor, and chivalry in your own storytelling. Forge your knight, whether a noble lady or a mysterious shadow warrior, with a name that embodies their spirit and stands the test of time.
In the world of knights and legends, a name is not just a title—it's an identity that can define the very essence of a character's journey.
May your chosen name be your story's shining armor, and may your tales echo with the valor and nobility of the knights who inspired them.
Frequently asked questions about knight names (FAQs)
What are 'Knight Names'?
Knight names are monikers traditionally given to medieval warriors of high honor and nobility. These names often carry symbolic meanings and reflect the character and deeds of the knight. Each name tells a story, from Sir Lancelot's bravery to Sir Gawain's chivalry.
Can I Find Both Male and Female Knight Names?
Absolutely! While male knight names like Sir Tristan and Sir Percival are common, the annals of history also celebrate female knight names. Think of the noble lady warriors who stood brave in battle.
How Can a Knight Name Generator Help?
A knight name generator is a modern squire in your quest for the perfect name. It uses algorithms to blend historical and creative elements, providing you with a trove of name ideas, from cool knight names to even funny knight names like Sir Prize or Sir Loin.
What's the Significance of 'Sir' in Knight Names?
"Sir" is a title of respect bestowed upon knights during the knighthood ceremony. It precedes the knight's first name, symbolizing their nobility and valor, like Sir Richard or Sir Arthur.
Can You Suggest Some Famous Knight Names?
Certainly! Famous knights' names from both history and legend include Sir Lancelot, Sir Galahad, Sir Roland, and King Arthur of the Round Table. These names evoke the essence of the medieval period and Middle Ages.
Are There Any Cool or Unique Names for Knight Characters?
Exploring names that stand out can be exciting. Cool knight names might blend traditional and modern elements or delve into Star Wars or fantasy worlds. Think Sir Aldric or Black Knight.
What About Death Knights?
Death knights are a darker twist on the knight archetype, often found in fantasy stories. They represent knights who have returned from the dead, and their names often carry a mysterious and shadowy aura.
How Do I Choose the Perfect Name for My Knight?
To find the perfect name, consider the character's personality, family lineage, and personal preferences. Reflect on their role in the world – are they a symbol of honor and bravery, or do they lurk in the shadows? Blend these elements to add depth to your knight's identity.
Are There Any Humorous Approaches to Knight Names?
For a lighter touch, funny knight names like Sir Loin or wordplays like Sir Prize can bring a smile. They playfully break the traditional mold of knightly names.
What Role Do Knight Names Play in Storytelling?
In storytelling, knight names are more than just labels. They represent the character's journey, bravery, and place in the legends they inhabit. A well-chosen name can add depth and richness to your tale.
