Fantasy Boy Names

Five fantasy boy names a press: real names of legend with meanings, and invented ones with how to say them.

Fantasy Boy Names

PelleasArthurian legend: a knight of the Round Table.
CadfaelWelsh: battle prince.
MabonWelsh legend: Mabon ap Modron, a figure of the tales of Arthur.
PercivalFrom Old French Perceval, a knight in an Arthurian romance by Chrétien de Troyes.
WiglafOld English: battle and legacy. A character in Beowulf.

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These fantasy boy names come in two kinds: 152 real names from Welsh, Cornish, Old English, Greek and Arthurian legend, each with its origin, and 85 invented ones. The whole list is printed under the tool.

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Fantasy male names from old records

Choose Real names of legend and old records in the menu under the button. Each card gives the language and what the name means, or who bore it: Wulfric is Old English for wolf ruler, and Bedivere is the knight who returns Excalibur to the lake.

Invented names in four sounds

Invented names come hard, soft, grand and short, and each card says how we say the name. Left on both, the page works as a male fantasy name generator that mixes old names with new ones.

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For a war band of fantasy guy names, the Old English ones sit well together: Wulfstan, Leofric, Godric.
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Questions and answers

What are some fantasy boy names with meanings?

Taliesin is Welsh for radiant brow, Hector is Greek for holding fast and Aethelstan is Old English for noble stone. Each real name's card gives the meaning its dictionary entry gives, or says who bore the name.

Which names here come from the tales of King Arthur?

Gawain, Percival, Galahad, Bedivere and many more of the Round Table. Each card says in one line who the knight is in the legend.

Are the invented names used anywhere else?

Not that we could find. A script checked each against real first and last names, place names, Wikipedia titles and the page titles of twenty-four fan wikis, and dropped it on a match. The check cannot be complete.

All 237 fantasy boy names

Real names of legend and old records 152

Accolon Arthurian legend: a knight of Gaul who fights Arthur.
Achilles Greek myth: the foremost warrior of the Greeks in the Iliad.
Aelfric Old English Ælfric: elf ruler.
Aelfwine Old English Ælfwine: elf friend.
Aeneas Greek and Roman myth: a Trojan hero, the legendary ancestor of the Romans.
Aescwine Old English Æscwine: spear friend.
Aethelred Old English Æþelræd: noble counsel.
Aethelstan Old English Æþelstan: noble stone.
Aethelwulf Old English Æþelwulf: noble wolf.
Aglovale Arthurian legend: a knight of the Round Table, son of King Pellinore.
Agravain Arthurian legend: a knight of the Round Table, brother of Gawain.
Alcaeus Greek: the name of a lyric poet of the island of Lesbos.
Aldhelm Old English, a form of Ealdhelm: old helmet.
Alfred From Old English Ælfræd: elf counsel.
Antenor Greek myth: a noble Trojan.
Argus Greek myth: a watchman with many eyes, who served Hera.
Aristaeus Greek: most excellent. A minor god of beekeeping, herding and hunting.
Bagdemagus Arthurian legend: a king and knight of the Round Table.
Bedivere Arthurian legend: the knight who returns Excalibur to the lake.
Bedwyr Welsh: the name of the Bedivere of Arthurian legend.
Bellerophon Greek myth: the hero best known for slaying the Chimera.
Beornwulf Old English: warrior wolf.
Beowulf Old English: traditionally read as bee wolf, a way of saying bear.
Breunor Arthurian legend: a knight of the Round Table, known for his ill-fitting coat.
Brychan Welsh legend: a king of Brycheiniog in the 5th century.
Cadfael Welsh: battle prince.
Cadmus Greek myth: the founder of Thebes.
Cador Cornish legend: a Duke of Cornwall and a relative of King Arthur.
Cadwaladr Welsh: battle leader.
Caedmon The first English poet known by name.
Calais Greek myth: a son of the north wind, able to fly.
Calogrenant Arthurian legend: a knight of the Round Table, cousin of Yvain.
Caradoc Welsh legend: a knight of the Round Table, remembered as an ancestor of the kings of Gwent.
Ceolwulf Old English: ship wolf.
Cepheus Greek myth: a king, father of Andromeda.
Chiron Greek myth: the wise centaur who taught Achilles.
Culhwch Welsh legend: the hero of the tale Culhwch and Olwen, a cousin of Arthur.
Cuthbert From Old English Cuþbeorht: famous and bright.
Cynewulf Old English: royal wolf.
Cynric Old English form of a British name, Cunorix: hound king.
Daedalus Greek myth: the maker of the wax wings of Icarus.
Dagonet Arthurian legend: King Arthur's jester, made a knight.
Damon Greek, from a word meaning to tame.
Denzel Cornish: said to mean from the high stronghold, or fertile ground.
Deucalion Greek myth: the son of Prometheus who survived the great flood.
Dinadan Arthurian legend: a knight of the Round Table and friend of Tristan.
Diomedes Greek: the counsel of Zeus. A hero of the Iliad.
Dunstan Old English: dark stone.
Eadbald Old English: rich and bold.
Eadgar Old English: riches and spear. The name that became Edgar.
Eadmund Old English: prosperity and protector. The name that became Edmund.
Eadric Old English: the name of a king of Kent and of the thegn Eadric the Wild.
Eadwig Old English: wealth and battle.
Eadwine Old English: prosperity and friend. The name that became Edwin.
Ector Arthurian legend: the adoptive father of Arthur and father of Kay.
Edmund From Old English Eadmund: prosperity and protection.
Edwin From Old English Eadwine: wealth friend.
Elyan Arthurian legend: a knight of the Round Table, son of Bors.
Emlyn Welsh: am, around, with glyn, valley. Also an old district of Dyfed.
Emrys Welsh form of Ambrose: immortal.
Endymion Greek myth: a shepherd, hunter or king in different tellings, loved by Selene.
Eumaeus Greek myth: the loyal swineherd of Ulysses.
Evander Greek: good man.
Gaheris Arthurian legend: a knight of the Round Table, brother of Gawain.
Galahad Arthurian legend: a knight of the Round Table, one of the three who achieve the Grail.
Gareth Welsh in origin: the name of a knight in Arthurian romance.
Gawain Arthurian legend: King Arthur's nephew and a knight of the Round Table.
Geraint Welsh, from Latin Gerontius, from a Greek word for old man. A character in Arthurian legend.
Gethin Welsh: may mean dark or swarthy.
Glaucus Greek: grayish blue, glimmering. A sea god who was born mortal.
Godric Old English: god and ruler.
Godwine Old English: god and friend.
Gorlois Arthurian legend: the Duke of Cornwall.
Gornemant Arthurian legend: the old knight who trains Percival.
Griflet Arthurian legend: one of the first knights of the Round Table.
Hector Greek: holding fast.
Heracles Greek: glory of Hera.
Hereward Old English: army guard.
Hrothgar Old English Hroðgar: fame and spear. The king in the poem Beowulf.
Hylas Greek myth: the companion of Heracles.
Hyperion Greek myth: one of the twelve Titans. Also a byname of the sun, Helios.
Hywel Welsh: eminent.
Icarus Greek myth: the son of Daedalus, who flew on wings of wax.
Idris Welsh: ardent lord.
Iestyn Welsh: the name of a saint of the 6th or 7th century.
Jason Greek, from a word meaning to heal. The leader of the Argonauts.
Jowan Cornish form of John.
Laertes Greek myth: the father of Odysseus.
Lamorak Arthurian legend: a knight of the Round Table, son of King Pellinore.
Lancelot Arthurian legend: one of the Knights of the Round Table.
Leodegrance Arthurian legend: the father of Guinevere.
Leofric Old English: dear ruler.
Leofwine Old English: dear friend.
Leonidas Greek, from leon: lion.
Lionel Arthurian legend: a knight of the Round Table, brother of Bors.
Lycaon Greek myth: a king of Arcadia.
Lysander Greek: liberator.
Mabon Welsh legend: Mabon ap Modron, a figure of the tales of Arthur.
Macsen Welsh form of Maximus.
Madoc Welsh folklore: a prince said to have sailed to the Americas in 1170.
Mador Arthurian legend: a knight of the Round Table.
Maelgwn Welsh: princely hound.
Meleagant Arthurian legend: the knight who carries off Queen Guinevere and is beaten in a duel by Lancelot.
Meleager Greek myth: the hero of the Calydonian boar hunt.
Menelaus Greek myth: the king of Sparta, brother of Agamemnon.
Mentor Greek myth: the trusted counselor of Odysseus, who raises his son Telemachus.
Nestor Greek myth: an old and wise king in the Iliad.
Odysseus Greek myth: the king of Ithaca and hero of the Odyssey.
Ordgar Old English: point and spear.
Orestes Greek: mountain dweller.
Orion Greek myth: a giant hunter. A constellation bears his name.
Orpheus Greek myth: a musician and poet of Thrace.
Osgar Old English: a god and spear.
Osric Old English: god and kingdom.
Oswald From Old English Osweald: a god and power.
Oswin Old English Oswine: a god and friend.
Palamedes Arthurian legend: a knight of the Round Table who hunts the Questing Beast.
Patroclus Greek: glory of the father.
Peleus Greek myth: the father of Achilles.
Pelleas Arthurian legend: a knight of the Round Table.
Pellinore Arthurian legend: the king who hunts the Questing Beast.
Percival From Old French Perceval, a knight in an Arthurian romance by Chrétien de Troyes.
Peredur Welsh legend: the hero of the romance Peredur son of Efrawg, in the role of the knight Percival.
Perseus Greek myth: the hero who rescues Andromeda.
Petroc Cornish: the name of a saint of the 500s.
Phaethon Greek: the shining one. He drove the chariot of the sun.
Phoebus Greek: the radiant one. A name of Apollo.
Polydeuces Greek myth: another name for the hero Pollux.
Priam Greek myth: the king of Troy in the Iliad.
Proteus Greek: first.
Pryderi Welsh legend: the son of Pwyll and Rhiannon in the Four Branches of the Mabinogi.
Pylades Greek myth: a prince of Phocis, the cousin of Orestes.
Sagramore Arthurian legend: a knight of the Round Table.
Sarpedon Greek myth: a son of Zeus who fought on the side of Troy.
Selyf Welsh form of Solomon.
Taliesin Welsh: radiant brow. An early poet of Britain.
Telemachus Greek: fighting from afar. The son of Odysseus.
Theron Greek: hunter.
Thersander Greek: bold man. In myth, a son of Polynices and one of the Epigoni.
Theseus Greek myth: the hero who defeats the Minotaur in the labyrinth of Crete.
Tristan Arthurian legend: the knight of the medieval romance Tristan and Iseult.
Tristram Arthurian legend: the English form of Tristan.
Tydeus Greek myth: one of the Seven against Thebes, father of Diomedes.
Uther Arthurian legend: Uther Pendragon, the father of King Arthur.
Wiglaf Old English: battle and legacy. A character in Beowulf.
Wilfrid Old English: will and peace.
Wulfric Old English: wolf ruler.
Wulfstan Old English: wolf stone.
Xanthus Greek: yellow, blond.
Yvain Arthurian legend: the Knight of the Lion.
Ywain Arthurian legend: the son of King Urien, in a second spelling of Yvain.
Zethus Greek myth: the husband of the nymph Thebe.

Invented names 85

Aelitheron Invented, a soft sound. Say it ae-LI-the-ron: four beats, the stress on the second.
Ambrenior Invented, a grand sound. Say it am-BRE-ni-or: four beats, the stress on the second.
Ameliron Invented, a soft sound. Say it a-ME-li-ron: four beats, the stress on the second.
Arthemion Invented, a grand sound. Say it ar-THE-mi-on: four beats, the stress on the second.
Belisandor Invented, a grand sound. Say it be-li-SAN-dor: four beats, the stress on the third.
Brelkan Invented, a hard sound. Say it BRELK-an: two beats, the stress on the first.
Brixor Invented, a short sound. Say it BRIX-or: two beats, the stress on the first.
Castorian Invented, a grand sound. Say it cas-TO-ri-an: four beats, the stress on the second.
Coromanthus Invented, a grand sound. Say it co-ro-MAN-thus: four beats, the stress on the third.
Daxil Invented, a short sound. Say it DAX-il: two beats, the stress on the first.
Dellik Invented, a short sound. Say it DELL-ik: two beats, the stress on the first.
Delmarius Invented, a grand sound. Say it del-MA-ri-us: four beats, the stress on the second.
Dormathion Invented, a grand sound. Say it dor-MA-thi-on: four beats, the stress on the second.
Drengar Invented, a hard sound. Say it DRENG-ar: two beats, the stress on the first.
Elimoren Invented, a soft sound. Say it e-LIM-o-ren: four beats, the stress on the second.
Eruvalin Invented, a soft sound. Say it e-RU-va-lin: four beats, the stress on the second.
Ervandior Invented, a grand sound. Say it er-VAN-di-or: four beats, the stress on the second.
Esiloren Invented, a soft sound. Say it e-SI-lo-ren: four beats, the stress on the second.
Falioren Invented, a soft sound. Say it fa-LI-o-ren: four beats, the stress on the second.
Froskil Invented, a hard sound. Say it FROSK-il: two beats, the stress on the first.
Galthemar Invented, a grand sound. Say it gal-THE-mar: three beats, the stress on the second.
Goltherian Invented, a grand sound. Say it gol-THE-ri-an: four beats, the stress on the second.
Hadrianthor Invented, a grand sound. Say it ha-dri-AN-thor: four beats, the stress on the third.
Halcyrius Invented, a grand sound. Say it hal-CYR-i-us: four beats, the stress on the second.
Hesperior Invented, a grand sound. Say it hes-PE-ri-or: four beats, the stress on the second.
Illumeran Invented, a soft sound. Say it il-LU-me-ran: four beats, the stress on the second.
Ilmarius Invented, a grand sound. Say it il-MA-ri-us: four beats, the stress on the second.
Isilaren Invented, a soft sound. Say it i-SI-la-ren: four beats, the stress on the second.
Jaxor Invented, a short sound. Say it JAX-or: two beats, the stress on the first.
Jorskel Invented, a hard sound. Say it JOR-skel: two beats, the stress on the first.
Jorundeus Invented, a grand sound. Say it jo-RUN-de-us: four beats, the stress on the second.
Kalderion Invented, a grand sound. Say it kal-DE-ri-on: four beats, the stress on the second.
Kessan Invented, a short sound. Say it KESS-an: two beats, the stress on the first.
Lemorien Invented, a soft sound. Say it le-MO-ri-en: four beats, the stress on the second.
Lorionel Invented, a soft sound. Say it lo-RI-o-nel: four beats, the stress on the second.
Lorska Invented, a hard sound. Say it LORSK-a: two beats, the stress on the first.
Lumiranel Invented, a soft sound. Say it lu-MI-ra-nel: four beats, the stress on the second.
Lutherion Invented, a grand sound. Say it lu-THE-ri-on: four beats, the stress on the second.
Maldorian Invented, a grand sound. Say it mal-DO-ri-an: four beats, the stress on the second.
Malisoren Invented, a soft sound. Say it ma-LIS-o-ren: four beats, the stress on the second.
Mordakil Invented, a hard sound. Say it MORD-ak-il: three beats, the stress on the first.
Narvuk Invented, a hard sound. Say it NARV-uk: two beats, the stress on the first.
Nilsor Invented, a short sound. Say it NILS-or: two beats, the stress on the first.
Novandeus Invented, a grand sound. Say it no-VAN-de-us: four beats, the stress on the second.
Nylandir Invented, a soft sound. Say it ny-LAN-dir: three beats, the stress on the second.
Oluweren Invented, a soft sound. Say it o-LU-we-ren: four beats, the stress on the second.
Orimelon Invented, a soft sound. Say it o-RI-me-lon: four beats, the stress on the second.
Orthelion Invented, a grand sound. Say it or-THE-li-on: four beats, the stress on the second.
Paldarius Invented, a grand sound. Say it pal-DA-ri-us: four beats, the stress on the second.
Praskil Invented, a hard sound. Say it PRASK-il: two beats, the stress on the first.
Prennik Invented, a short sound. Say it PRENN-ik: two beats, the stress on the first.
Quillor Invented, a short sound. Say it QUILL-or: two beats, the stress on the first.
Quorenthus Invented, a grand sound. Say it quo-REN-thus: three beats, the stress on the second.
Rilovenel Invented, a soft sound. Say it ri-LO-ven-el: four beats, the stress on the second.
Rundark Invented, a hard sound. Say it RUND-ark: two beats, the stress on the first.
Savandeor Invented, a grand sound. Say it sa-VAN-de-or: four beats, the stress on the second.
Selamiren Invented, a soft sound. Say it se-LA-mi-ren: four beats, the stress on the second.
Solerian Invented, a soft sound. Say it so-LE-ri-an: four beats, the stress on the second.
Storran Invented, a short sound. Say it STORR-an: two beats, the stress on the first.
Sylorien Invented, a soft sound. Say it sy-LO-rien: three beats, the stress on the second.
Tavrel Invented, a short sound. Say it TAV-rel: two beats, the stress on the first.
Tebrik Invented, a short sound. Say it TEB-rik: two beats, the stress on the first.
Thiravel Invented, a soft sound. Say it thi-RA-vel: three beats, the stress on the second.
Threskil Invented, a hard sound. Say it THRES-kil: two beats, the stress on the first.
Tilurien Invented, a soft sound. Say it ti-LU-ri-en: four beats, the stress on the second.
Torvaldius Invented, a grand sound. Say it tor-VAL-di-us: four beats, the stress on the second.
Trengil Invented, a hard sound. Say it TRENG-il: two beats, the stress on the first.
Ulren Invented, a short sound. Say it UL-ren: two beats, the stress on the first.
Ultherior Invented, a grand sound. Say it ul-THE-ri-or: four beats, the stress on the second.
Ulvark Invented, a hard sound. Say it ULV-ark: two beats, the stress on the first.
Valdemarus Invented, a grand sound. Say it val-DE-ma-rus: four beats, the stress on the second.
Valoriel Invented, a soft sound. Say it va-LOR-i-el: four beats, the stress on the second.
Vargosk Invented, a hard sound. Say it VAR-gosk: two beats, the stress on the first.
Virelonan Invented, a soft sound. Say it vi-RE-lo-nan: four beats, the stress on the second.
Vorstan Invented, a hard sound. Say it VORST-an: two beats, the stress on the first.
Wendorian Invented, a grand sound. Say it wen-DO-ri-an: four beats, the stress on the second.
Weskan Invented, a short sound. Say it WESK-an: two beats, the stress on the first.
Wilameren Invented, a soft sound. Say it wi-LA-me-ren: four beats, the stress on the second.
Wrekkar Invented, a hard sound. Say it WREK-kar: two beats, the stress on the first.
Xanderius Invented, a grand sound. Say it xan-DE-ri-us: four beats, the stress on the second.
Yarrik Invented, a short sound. Say it YARR-ik: two beats, the stress on the first.
Yelorian Invented, a soft sound. Say it ye-LO-ri-an: four beats, the stress on the second.
Ylmarion Invented, a grand sound. Say it yl-MA-ri-on: four beats, the stress on the second.
Yorskil Invented, a hard sound. Say it YORSK-il: two beats, the stress on the first.
Zarnok Invented, a hard sound. Say it ZARN-ok: two beats, the stress on the first.

How this list was compiled

A list of 237 masculine first names: 152 real names of legend and old records and 85 invented ones. Real names (54 Greek, 39 Old English, 33 Arthurian legend, 21 Welsh, 5 Cornish): each is a name whose English Wiktionary entry, or failing that its English Wikipedia article, was fetched on 2 October 2026 and gives the origin or meaning printed on the card; a script checked the key words of every card line against the fetched text, the lines it flagged were then read against their pages and reworded to match, and names whose entry gave neither were left out. Where a page gives no meaning, the card says who bore the name. Names of four letters or fewer, or of one beat, are on the short fantasy names page and not here. Seven Welsh names that the Welsh name page of this site holds were left off, because the site's rule is that at most 40 in 100 names of a list may also stand on its other pages. Invented names: our own work in four sound styles, each with our own way of saying it. Every invented name was screened by script on 2 October 2026 and dropped on any hit: a US English dictionary; the US Census Bureau's list of last names and the Social Security Administration's list of first names; GeoNames places (https://download.geonames.org/export/dump/, CC BY 4.0); every other list on this site and every name the rows of a sibling page can spell; an exact English Wikipedia page title; the page titles of 16 fantasy fan wikis saved that day (a title word spelled the same, or for a name of six letters or more one letter away) and an exact page title on eight more fan wikis of games and films; a list of famous fantasy names; and a rude-word list read inside the name (https://github.com/LDNOOBW/List-of-Dirty-Naughty-Obscene-and-Otherwise-Bad-Words, with our own additions). A search cannot be complete, and trade marks were not searched. The feminine and masculine lists of this site share no name. Licence: The list is our own compilation. The origins and meanings follow English Wiktionary and English Wikipedia, both CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). The invented names are our own work.