Random Medieval Name Generator

One press joins a real medieval first name to a byname, such as Osbert the Fletcher.

Random Medieval Name Generator: 20 medieval names

Margery the Baker

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  • First nameMargery
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    1. Randulf of the Hill
    2. Reynold the Baker
    3. Lettice of the Wood
    4. Baldwin the Younger
    5. Walter the Younger
    6. Mabel the Dyer
    7. Reynold the Smith
    8. Matilda the Chandler
    9. Isabel the Smith
    10. Wulfric of the Lane
    11. Ermengarde the Quiet
    12. Beatrice of the Brook
    13. Walter the Carter
    14. Margery the Shepherd
    15. Everard the Tall
    16. Wulfric the Chandler
    17. Aldred the Thatcher
    18. Everard of the Lane
    19. Serlo the Red
    20. Odo the Younger

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    How it works

    This random medieval name generator joins one of 36 first names really used in medieval England to one of 39 bynames, for 1,404 names such as Petronilla the Chandler.

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    Before surnames, a byname

    Before family surnames were passed down, which most English families did by 1400, neighbors told two Walters apart by trade, home or looks: Walter the Miller, Walter of the Wood, Walter the Tall. Many bynames later became surnames, such as Fletcher, Cooper and Chandler.

    Lock the part that fits

    Lock Byname on a trade to fill a village, such as the Reeve, the Tanner and the Brewer, and press for first names. Each trade's line in the lists below says what the job was.

    Tips
    • For a son named after his father, lock the first name and press until the Younger comes up.

    Questions and answers

    Are these real medieval names?

    The first names are: Osbert, Hawise, Wulfric and the rest were used in medieval England, each checked on its Wikipedia name page. Every full name was also checked so that it is not a real historical person.

    What does the Fletcher or the Cordwainer mean?

    A fletcher made arrows, a cooper made barrels, a chandler candles and a cordwainer shoes. A reeve managed a lord's manor. The Trades list below gives every job.

    Can I use these names for a game or a story?

    Yes. They suit any story or game set in a medieval village, and fantasy worlds built on one. None is tied to one book or game.

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    First name: all 36 first names

    A 2

    • Agnes
    • Aldred

    B 3

    • Baldwin
    • Beatrice
    • Bertram

    D 1

    • Drogo

    E 3

    • Edith
    • Ermengarde
    • Everard

    G 2

    • Gilbert
    • Gundred
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    H 3

    • Hawise
    • Hugh
    • Humphrey

    I 2

    • Isabel
    • Ivo

    J 3

    • Joan
    • Jocelin
    • Juliana

    L 1

    • Lettice

    M 4

    • Mabel
    • Margery
    • Matilda
    • Maud

    O 2

    • Odo
    • Osbert

    P 1

    • Petronilla

    R 4

    • Ralph
    • Randulf
    • Reynold
    • Roger

    S 2

    • Serlo
    • Sibyl

    T 1

    • Thurstan

    W 2

    • Walter
    • Wulfric

    How this list was compiled: 36 real first names used in England in the Middle Ages, each checked on 2026-09-24 against its English Wikipedia name page, which names its medieval, Norman, Old English or Germanic use (URL in x.src). Names whose page we could not check were left out: Godric, Hamo, Warin, Anselm, Alwin, Payn, Cecily, Avice, Amice, Idony, Aldith, Rohese and Gunnild. Every one of the 1404 names the two rows can spell (36 x 39) was screened by script on 2026-09-24: each full name, with and without "The", as an English Wikipedia page title (real people such as Geoffrey the Baker, Hugh the Black and Fulk the Red are page titles); the words of 20 Wikipedia pages on medieval fiction and games (List of A Song of Ice and Fire characters, List of Game of Thrones characters, The Canterbury Tales, The Pillars of the Earth, Brother Cadfael, Wolf Hall, Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Crusader Kings III, Ivanhoe, The Name of the Rose, the Round Table and Arthurian character lists, The Once and Future King and more); exact page titles on 15 fan wikis (gameofthrones.fandom.com, kingdomcomedeliverance.fandom.com, lastkingdom.fandom.com, merlin.fandom.com, witcher.fandom.com, forgottenrealms.fandom.com, elderscrolls.fandom.com, lotr.fandom.com, wot.fandom.com, discworld.fandom.com, dragonage.fandom.com, harrypotter.fandom.com, narnia.fandom.com, pathfinderwiki.com, criticalrole.fandom.com; awoiaf.westeros.org and ck3.paradoxwikis.com refused scripts); every list on this site; and a rude-word list read across the join (https://github.com/LDNOOBW/List-of-Dirty-Naughty-Obscene-and-Otherwise-Bad-Words). Ten joins hit, among them Walter of the Mill, Hugh the Black, Geoffrey the Baker, Fulk the Red, Alice the White, Joan the Lame and Edith the Fair, so Geoffrey, Fulk, of the Mill and the Fair went; the Black, the White and the Lame were cut by hand as well. Alice, Emma and Eleanor were left out to keep this row apart from the site's modern name lists. After the cuts no name hits. Licence: own work

    Byname: all 39 bynames

    Trades 22

    • the Baker Baked the village bread.
    • the Brewer Brewed ale.
    • the Carter Drove a cart for hire.
    • the Chandler Made and sold candles.
    • the Cooper Made barrels and casks.
    • the Cordwainer Made new shoes.
    • the Dyer Dyed cloth in big vats.
    • the Fletcher Made arrows.
    • the Fuller Cleaned woolen cloth and shrank it thick.
    • the Glover Made gloves.
    • the Mason Cut and laid stone.
    • the Miller Ground the grain at the mill.
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    Trades, continued

    • the Potter Made pots and jugs of clay.
    • the Reeve Managed the manor and oversaw its peasants.
    • the Salter Made or sold salt.
    • the Shepherd Kept the sheep.
    • the Smith Worked iron at the forge.
    • the Tailor Cut and sewed clothes.
    • the Tanner Turned hides into leather.
    • the Thatcher Roofed houses with straw or reed.
    • the Wainwright Built wagons and carts.
    • the Weaver Wove cloth on a loom.

    Where they lived 9

    • by the Bridge Lived by the bridge.
    • by the Well Lived by the village well.
    • of the Brook Lived beside the brook.
    • of the Green Lived on the village green.
    • of the Hill Lived up on the hill.
    • of the Lane Lived down the lane.
    • of the Marsh Lived out by the marsh.
    • of the Moor Lived out on the moor.
    • of the Wood Lived at the edge of the wood.

    Looks and traits 8

    • the Bold Said a lot, and did more.
    • the Elder To tell a father from a son with the same name.
    • the Quiet Said little.
    • the Red For red hair or a ruddy face.
    • the Short The smallest in the village.
    • the Stout Broad and strong.
    • the Tall Head and shoulders above the rest.
    • the Younger To tell a son from a father with the same name.

    How this list was compiled: Own list of 39 bynames in three kinds: a trade (22), where the person lived (9) and a look or trait (8). Each trade line was checked on 2026-09-24 against the English Wikipedia article for the trade or the surname it became (URL in x.src). The other lines are ours. The screen of every name is described in the first-name row's source. Licence: own work