Men’s Names ABC DEF GHI JKL MNO • Women’s Names • Place Names • Other Names
A knight was nothing without his horse, his hawk, his hound, and his lady fair-o, and all of these are mentioned by name in French Arthurian romances. So are names for swords, bows, horns, and shields—though not for armor, an interesting commentary upon what the medieval knight thought the most about. I’ve also tucked names of books, poems, and random tribes in this section.
| Alphaïs | a species of spice-eating birds | |
| l’Arc Qui Ne Faut | bow | |
| Arondiel | horse | |
| le Bel Joëor | horse | |
| le Blanc Joeor | horse | |
| Boënet | Beneioz, Bonec, Bonoëc | a magical horn |
| li Boncu | a tribe | |
| le Vair de Brevelet | Bröelet, Brüellet | horse |
| Bucifaus | Bucifax | Bucephalus |
| Chenelius | a tribe of cannibals | |
| Chevrefoil | Chievrefueill | title of a lay by Marie de France |
| li Cocu | a tribe | |
| Cor d’Ivoire | “the ivory horn,” a magical horn of plenty | |
| li Cornu | a tribe | |
| Durandart | Durandal, Roland’s sword | |
| Escalibor | Calibor, Calibor(n)e, Escalliborc, Esqualibor | Excalibur |
| l’Espee as les Estranges Ranges | l’Espee as/o les Estroites Ranges, le Branc as Estroites Ranges, l’Espee as Renges de Merveilles | sword |
| Fauviel | horse | |
| Ferrant | horse | |
| Fontaine des Merveilles | “Fountain of Miracles” | |
| Fonteine au Lorier | fountain near Montesclere | |
| Gotelef | Goatleaf, a literal rendering of Chevrefoil | |
| le Graal | Graals, Graaus, Graa(u)x, Graï, Grëal, Grëaus | The Grail |
| le Gringalet | Gringalés, Gringallet, Guingalet | horse |
| le Guilodïen | horse | |
| Guinalot | Guinaloc, Guinolac | horse |
| Honoree | sword | |
| Husdent | Husdens, Hudein, Huden, Hudens, Huedens, Hudent, Husdan, Husdant, Husdanz | hound |
| la Lance | la Lanche | The Bleeding Lance, the Lance of Longinus |
| le Blanc Lioncel | horse | |
| li Lïons d’Arain | li Lyons d’Arain | oracle |
| le Lit de la/le Merveille | le Lit de la/le Mervoille | magic bed |
| Lorigal | Levagor, Lorïagort | horse |
| Lucifer | the planet Venus | |
| Male Voisine | trumpet | |
| li Moine | tribe | |
| Morel | horse |
Men’s Names ABC DEF GHI JKL MNO • Women’s Names • Place Names • Other Names