OneTaskHistory Name Generators
Viking, Roman, Medieval, Victorian and Anglo-Saxon Names by Era
Name generators for the past. Vikings and Anglo-Saxons, Romans and medieval peasants, Victorians and the names that were popular in the 1920s, 1950s and 1980s. The lists follow the naming habits of each period, which makes them useful for historical fiction, reenactment and period games.
67 tools tagged History
1920s Name Generator
Jazz Age names, from Chester Vanderbeck III to Millie Kowalski the flapper.
New1940s Name Generator
Popular girls' and boys' names from the 1940s, US and UK.
1950s Name Generator
Post-war names from Linda Sue Patterson to Gary Kowalczyk and Brenda Whitfield.
New1960s Name Generator
Popular girls' and boys' names from the Swinging Sixties.
New1970s Name Generator
Popular girls' and boys' names from the Seventies.
1980s Name Generator
Eighties names from Jennifer Nicole Thompson to Jason Nguyen and Gemma Louise Hopkins.
Ancient Egyptian Name Generator
Egyptian names built on the gods, with filiation and titles of scribes and priests.
Ancient Greek Name Generator
Classical Greek given names with son-of patronymics and city demotics, Athenian or Spartan.
Anglo-Saxon Name Generator
Old English dithematic names with patronymics, bynames and ranks, ash included.
Asylum Name Generator
Abandoned asylums and sanatoriums, wings, histories and rumours.
Battle Name Generator
Field battles, sieges, naval battles and last stands.
Blazon Generator
Random heraldic blazons with tinctures, divisions and charges.
NewByzantine Name Generator
Emperors, courtiers, monks and soldiers of Constantinople.
Call Of Cthulhu Name Generator
1920s investigator names with an occupation.
Catastrophe Name Generator
Cataclysms, plagues, great fires, floods and famines.
NewCattle Brand Generator
Ranch brand names like the Rocking R, Lazy J and Bar 7.
Celtic Knot Generator
Seamless Celtic knotwork tiles with over-and-under strands as PNG or wallpaper.
Celtic Mythology Name Generator
Irish and Welsh style gods, sidhe, druids and heroes of legend.
Celtic Name Generator
Iron Age and early medieval Celtic names — Gaulish, Brittonic, Old Irish, Pictish.
NewCharacter Name Generator
Realistic first and last names for fiction, by era.
Cold War Project Name Generator
Secret Cold War projects, agencies, goals and cover-ups.
Conquistador Name Generator
Spanish captains, home towns, ships, expeditions and fates.
Crusader Kings Name Generator
Medieval characters, dynasties and titles in nine cultures.
Crusader Name Generator
Crusader knights, homelands, banners, vows and battle cries.
Daimyo Name Generator
Shoguns and daimyo with domains, castles and ambitions.
Day Of The Week Calculator
What day of the week any date falls on, past or future.
NewEdwardian Name Generator
Gentry, servants and children's names from 1901 to 1914.
Explorer Name Generator
Victorian explorers, expeditions, discoveries and journals.
Fantasy Era Name Generator
Ages of myth, golden ages, dark ages and calendar eras.
Frontier Town Name Generator
Old West towns and boomtowns, founding stories and trouble.
Geisha Name Generator
Geisha and maiko names, meanings, arts and teahouses.
GURPS Name Generator
Names for any genre and era, from fantasy to space.
Highwayman Name Generator
Highway robbers, aliases, horses, roads and famous words.
NewHippie Name Generator
Groovy, flower-power names for festivals and costume parties.
Historical Ninja Name Generator
Historical shinobi, villages, cover identities and missions.
Knightly Order Name Generator
Holy, royal, monastic and fallen orders of knights.
Latin / Roman Name Generator (Praenomen, Nomen, Cognomen)
Roman tria nomina, feminine gens names, freedmen and slave names, in the real system.
Legion Name Generator
Numbered legions, dark hosts, undead legions and elite cohorts.
Medieval Name Generator (English, French, German)
Medieval English, French and German names with occupational, locative and nickname bynames.
Mongol Name Generator
Steppe warriors, clans, horses, titles and deeds.
Mount And Blade Name Generator
Lords, clans and warbands for six medieval culture types.
Musketeer Name Generator
French musketeers, noms de guerre, regiments and rivals.
Naval Officer Name Generator
Age of Sail captains, privateers, ships and reputations.
Old-fashioned Name Generator
Vintage names from the Victorian era to the 1950s, by gender.
Pharaoh Name Generator
Fictional pharaohs, dynasties, monuments and patron gods.
Pharaoh Regnal Name Generator
Full five-part royal titles for Egyptian pharaohs.
NewPictish Name Generator
Pictish kings, warriors and places from early medieval Scotland.
NewPuritan Name Generator
Virtue names, Bible names and long hortatory Puritan names.
Ranch Name Generator
Ranch names, cattle brands, livestock and family mottos.
Rebellion Name Generator
Peasant uprisings, noble revolts and resistance movements.
Regency Name Generator
Regency ladies and gentlemen, titles, estates and scandals.
Roman Emperor Name Generator
Fictional Roman emperors, titles, rise to power and legacy.
Roman Legionary Name Generator
Roman soldiers with names, ranks, legions and service.
Ronin Name Generator
Masterless samurai, lost lords, reasons and roads.
RuneQuest Name Generator
Bronze Age heroes, clans, tribes and cults.
Saloon Name Generator
Old West saloons, signature drinks, owners and house rules.
Samurai Name Generator
Samurai names with clan, title, crest and weapon.
Spartan Name Generator
Spartan warriors, deeds, shield emblems and laconic sayings.
Templar Name Generator
Military order knights, ranks, commanderies, duties and secrets.
NewTudor Name Generator
Courtiers, ladies, merchants and commoners from Tudor England.
Twilight 2000 Name Generator
Soldiers, callsigns, units, vehicles and ruined towns.
Vaesen Name Generator
1800s Nordic investigators, towns, farms and creatures.
Victorian Gothic Name Generator
Gothic novel characters, family seats and dark mysteries.
Victorian Name Generator
Victorian names by class, from Lady Henrietta Fortescue to Nell Coggins the flower-girl.
Viking / Old Norse Name Generator
Saga-style Norse names with proper -son and -dottir patronymics and bynames.
Viking Raider Name Generator
Norse raiders with bynames, raids and weapons.
Viking Ship Name Generator
Longship names, figureheads, oars and voyages.