Gladiator Name Generator

One press gives a gladiator an arena name, a real type such as retiarius, and a fight record.

Gladiator Name Generator: 20 gladiator names

Animosus, an eques: 26 wins so far

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  • Arena nameAnimosus
  • Typeeques
  • Record26 wins so far
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    1. Aquila, a laquearius: fought 22, won 16, drew 4, lost 2
    2. Indomitus, a dimachaerus: a newcomer, about to fight for the first time
    3. Parmulo, an essedarius: 26 wins so far
    4. Superbus, a laquearius: a newcomer, about to fight for the second time
    5. Aureus, a samnite: fought 31, won 24, and was freed with the wooden sword
    6. Levis, a parmularius: fought 11, won 6, drew 3, lost 2
    7. Fulmen, a gallus: 19 wins so far
    8. Potens, a murmillo: fought 25, won 15, drew 7, lost 3
    9. Tumultor, an eques: fought 27, won 20, drew 5, lost 2
    10. Ferreus, a rudiarius: fought 16, won 11, drew 3, lost 2
    11. Aquila, a hoplomachus: a newcomer, about to fight for the second time
    12. Citus, a dimachaerus: fought 12, won 9, drew 2, lost 1
    13. Certus, an eques: fought 14, won 8, drew 4, lost 2
    14. Pardus, a parmularius: fought 4, won 4, and has not yet lost
    15. Robustus, an essedarius: fought 9, won 9, and has not yet lost
    16. Prudens, a gladiatrix: fought 12, won 9, drew 2, lost 1
    17. Laetus, a provocator: fought 38, won 29, and was freed with the wooden sword
    18. Ingens, a retiarius: fought 15, won 9, drew 5, lost 1
    19. Hastilio, a dimachaerus: fought 8, won 5, drew 3, lost none
    20. Ingens, a retiarius: fought 29, won 22, drew 5, lost 2

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    How it works

    This gladiator name generator makes up a fighter of the Roman arena for a story, a game or a school project: an arena name such as Ferox, Latin for fierce, a real type such as the retiarius, and a record.

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    Name, type, record

    Press New gladiator name. Tap a part to lock it, then press again. Lock the type on secutor and press for a whole troop, or keep a name and change its record.

    The types are real

    The retiarius carried a trident and a net, equipment styled on a fisherman's, and usually fought the secutor, whose helmet covered the whole face but for two small eye-holes. The murmillo wore a stylized fish on the crest of his helmet. The list under the tool explains every type and every Latin name.

    Questions and answers

    Is this also a gladiator nickname generator?

    Yes. Every arena name is one word, the kind a crowd could shout. Most are Latin words for a quality or an animal, each with its meaning: Ferox is fierce, Celer is swift and Placidus is calm.

    What were the types of gladiator?

    There were many. Among them were the murmillo, the retiarius or net fighter, the secutor or pursuer, the thraex or Thracian, the hoplomachus, the provocator or challenger, and the eques, a horseman.

    Are these the names of real gladiators?

    No name here is taken from a record. Most are real Latin words picked for their meaning, the rest are invented, and every fight record is made up. A real fighter may still have used one of these Latin words.

    What does the wooden sword in a record mean?

    A gladiator who had earned his freedom received a wooden sword, called a rudis. One who chose to remain a gladiator was called a rudiarius, which is one of the types in the list.

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    Arena name: all 105 arena names

    A Latin word, with its meaning 75

    • Acer Latin for sharp or keen.
    • Agilis Latin for nimble or quick.
    • Alacer Latin for lively, brisk or eager.
    • Animosus Latin for full of courage.
    • Aper Latin for a wild boar.
    • Aquila Latin for eagle.
    • Ardens Latin for burning or fiery.
    • Astutus Latin for crafty or shrewd.
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    A Latin word, with its meaning, continued

    • Audax Latin for bold or daring.
    • Aureus Latin for golden.
    • Beatus Latin for happy or fortunate.
    • Bellator Latin for a warrior or fighter.
    • Callidus Latin for clever or skillful.
    • Candidus Latin for shining white.
    • Cautus Latin for cautious or careful.
    • Celer Latin for fast or swift.
    • Certus Latin for certain, fixed or firm.
    • Citus Latin for quick or swift.
    • Clarus Latin for clear and bright; also renowned.
    • Constans Latin for constant or unchanging.
    • Corvus Latin for a raven.
    • Custos Latin for a guard or protector.
    • Domitor Latin for a tamer.
    • Ductor Latin for a leader.
    • Durus Latin for hard or rough.
    • Falco Latin for falcon.
    • Felix Latin for happy or lucky.
    • Ferox Latin for wild, bold or fierce.
    • Ferreus Latin for made of iron.
    • Fervidus Latin for glowing or fiery.
    • Fidus Latin for trusty or loyal.
    • Firmus Latin for strong, stable or firm.
    • Fortis Latin for strong; also firm and steadfast.
    • Fortunatus Latin for lucky or fortunate.
    • Fulgur Latin for lightning.
    • Fulmen Latin for a thunderbolt.
    • Fulvus Latin for glowing; bright brown, orange or golden in color.
    • Gravis Latin for heavy.
    • Impavidus Latin for fearless or undaunted.
    • Impiger Latin for active or energetic.
    • Indomitus Latin for untamed.
    • Ingens Latin for huge or enormous.
    • Intrepidus Latin for fearless or unshaken.
    • Invictus Latin for unconquered.
    • Iustus Latin for just.
    • Laetus Latin for happy or cheerful.
    • Leo Latin for lion.
    • Levis Latin for light, not heavy.
    • Lupus Latin for wolf.
    • Magnanimus Latin for brave, bold or noble.
    • Memor Latin for mindful or remembering.
    • Nobilis Latin for noble; also famous.
    • Pardus Latin for a male leopard.
    • Pernix Latin for nimble or agile.
    • Placidus Latin for calm, gentle and quiet.
    • Potens Latin for mighty or powerful.
    • Primus Latin for first.
    • Probus Latin for good, able or honest.
    • Prudens Latin for wise or prudent.
    • Robustus Latin for of oak; hard, firm and solid.
    • Sagax Latin for keen, of quick perception.
    • Serenus Latin for clear, fair or serene.
    • Splendidus Latin for bright or glittering.
    • Strenuus Latin for brisk, nimble or vigorous.
    • Superbus Latin for proud.
    • Taurus Latin for a bull.
    • Tenax Latin for clinging or tenacious.
    • Tutus Latin for safe.
    • Ursus Latin for a bear.
    • Validus Latin for strong.
    • Vehemens Latin for very eager or impetuous.
    • Velox Latin for swift or quick.
    • Verax Latin for truthful.
    • Vigil Latin for awake, watching or alert.
    • Vivax Latin for long-lived or lasting.

    Made up in the same shape 30

    • Clipeon
    • Crupello
    • Dimacho
    • Ferrobrax
    • Fuscino
    • Gallicor
    • Harenio
    • Hastilio
    • Laquero
    • Lituor
    • Loricor
    • Munerio
    • Ocreon
    • Parmulo
    • Podianor
    • Podiax
    • Pompario
    • Retio
    • Sabulix
    • Sabulor
    • Scissoro
    • Scutavor
    • Scutillo
    • Secutio
    • Spongiar
    • Thraxo
    • Tridentio
    • Tubicor
    • Tumultor
    • Vexillor

    How this list was compiled: 105 arena names, chosen and written on 2026-10-03. The first group are single Latin words, each with a meaning taken from its Latin entry in English Wiktionary (https://en.wiktionary.org/, CC BY-SA 4.0; read that day, a script checked the words behind each line). The second group are invented from the Latin words for arena gear and were screened by script against a dictionary, lists of real names and places, every list on this site, a rude-word list, the page titles of 16 fantasy fan wikis, English Wikipedia page titles and a full-text search of English Wikipedia. The Latin words were chosen for their meaning and are ordinary Latin, so a real fighter may have used one; no list of recorded gladiators was read. Victor and Pugnax were taken out: English Wikipedia's Gladiator article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladiator) quotes the memorial of a gladiator named Victor, and Pugnax is a gladiator in published stories. 28 candidates were cut (15 found in the text of English Wikipedia; 9 a name from published fiction, or one letter from it; 2 a Wikipedia page title; 1 a rude word inside or across the join; 1 a real place), among them Galerion, Cassidor, Balteon, Rudiano, Velarion, Clamoro. Licence: own selection and own names; Latin meanings from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

    Type: all 19 types of gladiator

    C 1

    • crupellarius A trainee from Gaul; Tacitus has them encased in a continuous shell of iron.

    D 1

    • dimachaerus Used a sword in each hand; the name is Greek for bearing two knives.

    E 2

    • eques A horseman, lightly armed, with a round cavalry shield and a brimmed helmet with two feathers.
    • essedarius A chariot fighter, named from the Latin word for a Celtic chariot; matched against others of his own type.
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    G 2

    • gallus Literally a Gaul: a heavyweight in Gaulish arms, later replaced by the murmillo.
    • gladiatrix A female gladiator of any type; they were very rare.

    H 1

    • hoplomachus Romanized Greek for armed fighter: a spear, a gladius and a very small round shield. Paired against the murmillo or thraex.

    L 1

    • laquearius Tried to catch his opponent with a lasso instead of a net.

    M 1

    • murmillo Heavily armored, with a stylized fish on the crest of his helmet.

    P 3

    • paegniarius An entertainer who fought burlesque duels with blunted or mock weapons in the midday break.
    • parmularius Any gladiator who carried a small shield, the parmula.
    • provocator The challenger; early on his arms mirrored a legionary's. Paired only against other provocatores.

    R 2

    • retiarius The net fighter: a trident and a net, equipment styled on a fisherman's, and no helmet. He usually fought the secutor.
    • rudiarius A gladiator who had earned his freedom, received a wooden sword (the rudis) and chose to remain a gladiator.

    S 3

    • samnite An early, heavily armed type with a long rectangular shield and a plumed helmet.
    • scutarius Any gladiator who used a large shield, the scutum.
    • secutor The pursuer, developed to fight the retiarius; his helmet covered the whole face but for two small eye-holes.

    T 1

    • thraex The Thracian: a small round or square shield, two thigh-length greaves and a curved sword.

    V 1

    • veles A skirmisher, presumed to have fought on foot with a spear, a sword and a small round shield.

    How this list was compiled: 19 real types of gladiator. Each line says only what English Wikipedia's List of Roman gladiator types says (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_gladiator_types, read on 2026-10-03, CC BY-SA 4.0; a script checked the words behind each line). Own selection: the beast fighters and the types known only for how a fight ended are left out. Licence: own selection and wording; facts from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

    Record: all 42 records

    A 3

    • a newcomer, about to fight for the first time
    • a newcomer, about to fight for the second time
    • a newcomer, about to fight for the third time

    F 35

    • fought 10, won 7, drew 3, lost none
    • fought 11, won 6, drew 3, lost 2
    • fought 12, won 9, drew 2, lost 1
    • fought 13, won 10, drew 2, lost 1
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    F, continued

    • fought 14, won 8, drew 4, lost 2
    • fought 15, won 9, drew 5, lost 1
    • fought 16, won 11, drew 3, lost 2
    • fought 17, won 13, drew 3, lost 1
    • fought 18, won 12, drew 5, lost 1
    • fought 19, won 10, drew 6, lost 3
    • fought 20, won 15, drew 5, lost none
    • fought 21, won 14, drew 5, lost 2
    • fought 22, won 16, drew 4, lost 2
    • fought 23, won 17, drew 4, lost 2
    • fought 24, won 18, drew 5, lost 1
    • fought 25, won 15, drew 7, lost 3
    • fought 26, won 14, drew 9, lost 3
    • fought 27, won 20, drew 5, lost 2
    • fought 28, won 21, drew 6, lost 1
    • fought 29, won 22, drew 5, lost 2
    • fought 30, won 19, drew 8, lost 3
    • fought 31, won 24, and was freed with the wooden sword
    • fought 33, won 27, and was freed with the wooden sword
    • fought 34, won 26, and was freed with the wooden sword
    • fought 36, won 25, and was freed with the wooden sword
    • fought 38, won 29, and was freed with the wooden sword
    • fought 4, won 4, and has not yet lost
    • fought 40, won 31, and was freed with the wooden sword
    • fought 5, won 4, drew 1, lost none
    • fought 6, won 3, drew 2, lost 1
    • fought 6, won 6, and has not yet lost
    • fought 7, won 4, drew 2, lost 1
    • fought 8, won 5, drew 3, lost none
    • fought 9, won 6, drew 2, lost 1
    • fought 9, won 9, and has not yet lost

    0–9 4

    • 11 wins so far
    • 19 wins so far
    • 26 wins so far
    • 51 wins so far

    How this list was compiled: Our own list of 42 made-up tallies, written on 2026-10-03; in each, the wins, draws and losses add up to the fights. The wooden sword is the rudis given to a gladiator who had earned his freedom (List of Roman gladiator types, as above). No line says how a fight ended for the loser. Licence: own work