Griffin Name Generator
Heraldic griffin names from Latin and Germanic name elements, every syllable glossed, with blazon house names in tincture and attitude.
6,890,400 combinations
Male, female and neutral griffin names, each with a matching griffin last name and the meaning of every element shown.
- Valsind Gyron Addorsed
Val strength + sind expedition
Gyron triangular wedge + Addorsed back to back
- Rupiaranda Gules Respectant
Rupia rock + randa shield rim
Gules red + Respectant facing
- Gorgahart Gyron Beaked
Gorga gorged + hart stag
Gyron triangular wedge + Beaked sharp-billed
- Acerbod Pale Enraged
Acer sharp + bod messenger
Pale upright stripe + Enraged in fury
- Gradiawalda Purpure Wreathed
Gradia step + walda rule
Purpure purple + Wreathed garlanded
- Alaunbod Roundel Salient
Alaun mastiff + bod messenger
Roundel solid disc + Salient leaping
- Fidleud Pale Membered
Fid faith + leud people
Pale upright stripe + Membered with legs shown
- Gradiasiga Mullet Couchant
Gradia step + siga victory
Mullet five-pointed star + Couchant lying
- Azurahart Or Statant
Azura blue + hart stag
Or gold + Statant standing
- Ordinward Vert Regardant
Ordin order + ward guardian
Vert green + Regardant looking back
- Gradiahild Fleur Addorsed
Gradia step + hild combat
Fleur lily + Addorsed back to back
- Enfielric Saltire Dormant
Enfiel enfield + ric ruler
Saltire diagonal cross + Dormant sleeping
- Aquilebur Vert Dormant
Aquil eagle + ebur boar
Vert green + Dormant sleeping
- Vigilagard Gules Enraged
Vigila watchful + gard enclosure
Gules red + Enraged in fury
- Crossimod Or Rousant
Crossi cross + mod courage
Or gold + Rousant rising
- Altiland Chevron Dormant
Alti high + land territory
Chevron roof-shaped band + Dormant sleeping
- Gradiagrima Vert Respectant
Gradia step + grima mask
Vert green + Respectant facing
- Unicormund Vair Langued
Unicor unicorn + mund protection
Vair blue squirrel fur + Langued tongued
- Aurstan Lozenge Armed
Aur gold + stan stone
Lozenge diamond shape + Armed clawed
- Severagrima Gules Respectant
Severa stern + grima mask
Gules red + Respectant facing
- Estoilgrim Lozenge Couchant
Estoil star + grim mask
Lozenge diamond shape + Couchant lying
- Vexbrand Pale Addorsed
Vex banner + brand sword
Pale upright stripe + Addorsed back to back
- Dextraleifa Sanguine Guardant
Dextra right hand + leifa heir
Sanguine blood red + Guardant facing forward
- Fleurafred Or Langued
Fleura lily + fred peace
Or gold + Langued tongued
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How griffin names are built
¶A griffin's given name is Norman in shape: a Latin element for the first half and a Germanic name element for the second. Aur is gold, Venti is wind, Aquil is the eagle, Petra a crag, Ung a claw; bert is bright, gar a spear, mund protection, ward a guardian, ric a ruler. Aurbert is gold-bright, Ventigar is wind-spear, Aquilmund is eagle-protection. As in real Germanic naming, the halves are inherited rather than composed, so the pair states standing rather than a sentence.
The register is terse because blazon is terse. Heraldry has a fixed grammar with no room for adjectives it has not already defined, and griffins live inside that grammar: a griffin reared with its wings raised is not rampant but segreant, a word reserved for winged beasts. A wingless male griffin, spiked instead of feathered, is a keythong; a griffin with a lion's forelegs and a short tail is an opinicus. Griffin names are built to sit comfortably beside those words.
House names are blazons. They pair a tincture or a fur with an attitude, in the order the herald would call them: Gules Segreant, Argent Volant, Sable Displayed, Ermine Regardant. Because a beast is described limb by limb, a griffin may also be armed, langued, beaked or membered in a second tincture, meaning its claws, tongue, beak or legs are of another colour, and a griffin that serves on a coat of arms takes the name of the blazon it appears in for as long as the line it serves survives.
More griffin names
Male griffin names
- Clarwig Saltire Rousant bright warrior
- Ferric Roundel Regardant iron ruler
- Volbald Fess Crined flight bold
- Custobald Or Respectant guard bold
- Fortisher Fess Crined brave army
- Vigilward Lozenge Armed watchful guardian
- Aquilward Chevron Wreathed eagle guardian
- Severald Or Displayed stern old
- Caelwulf Pile Displayed sky wolf
- Regfara Ermine Crined royal journey
- Montigrim Murrey Sejant mountain mask
- Lucnand Vair Addorsed light daring
- Volmar Pile Regardant flight famous
- Beltheod Mullet Armed war nation
- Castelhug Annulet Displayed fortress mind
- Valrand Pile Membered strength shield rim
- Aquillind Mullet Incensed eagle lime shield
- Altiwig Lozenge Guardant high warrior
Female griffin names
- Bellaberta Argent Couchant war bright
- Fulgurasiga Fess Respectant lightning victory
- Argentahild Roundel Incensed silver combat
- Rapinagisela Chevron Regardant seizing pledge
- Fulguraalda Orle Gorged lightning old
- Leonabota Saltire Incensed lion messenger
- Ordinaswinth Gyron Regardant order strong
- Corvinawalda Bordure Incensed raven rule
- Severamunda Murrey Beaked stern protection
- Acriasiga Sanguine Wreathed sharp victory
- Cornuamoda Or Couchant horn courage
- Rupiaoda Sable Beaked rock wealth
- Pennaebura Annulet Wreathed feather boar
- Celerananda Murrey Couchant swift daring
- Alatrud Azure Enraged wing strength
- Celeragara Chief Gorged swift spear
- Petriaharta Gules Crested crag stag
- Custodiabalda Orle Crowned guard bold
Neutral griffin names
- Talbotald Gules Unguled hound old
- Verdifara Ermine Close green journey
- Cantelmod Crescent Respectant canton courage
- Fessawig Mullet Crowned fess warrior
- Sabelgis Vert Sejant black pledge
- Palisald Bend Armed pale old
- Azuraward Saltire Wreathed blue guardian
- Langubert Orle Enraged tongued bright
- Helmafalk Chevron Crined helm falcon
- Chiefagang Mullet Armed chief course
- Bordurnand Crescent Close border daring
- Erminagar Crescent Statant ermine spear
- Vairawig Cross Addorsed vair warrior
- Talbothard Purpure Displayed hound hardy
- Membrlind Crescent Armed membered lime shield
- Sabelebur Pile Regardant black boar
- Escutbord Orle Armed shield board
- Crinasig Azure Rampant haired victory
Questions
What are good griffin names?
Terse compounds of a Latin element and a Germanic one: Aurbert, Ventigar, Aquilmund, Petrarand, Vigilward. Keep both halves to one or two syllables and let the meaning read as a claim of standing — gold-bright, wind-spear, eagle-protection. Anything ornate or flowing belongs to some other creature; a griffin name should sound like it was carved into a lintel.
Is it griffin, gryphon or griffon?
All three are current. Griffin is the ordinary modern English spelling, gryphon is the Latinising form used when a writer wants the classical register, and griffon is the French spelling that survives in heraldry and in dog breeding. Blazon usually prefers griffin or gryphon. For naming purposes the spelling changes nothing; pick one and hold it consistently.
What is a griffin called in heraldry?
A griffin reared up with wings raised is segreant rather than rampant, since rampant belongs to wingless beasts. A wingless male griffin covered in spikes is a keythong, sometimes called a male griffin, and a griffin with a lion's forelegs and a short tail is an opinicus. Each is a separate charge with its own blazon.
What are good griffin house names?
Blazons: Gules Segreant, Argent Volant, Sable Displayed, Or Rampant, Ermine Regardant, Azure Beaked. The first word is the tincture or fur and the second is the attitude, in the order a herald would call them, which is why the pair reads as formal rather than decorative. Use it as a house name or as a formal title of address.
What do armed, langued and beaked mean?
They tincture a beast limb by limb. Armed refers to claws and talons, langued to the tongue, beaked to the beak, membered to the legs, and gorged means wearing a collar or coronet around the neck. A blazon names these separately when they differ in colour from the body, which is why they work so well as griffin epithets.