Names Categorized "Game of Thrones characters"

Aeron is a Welsh unisex given name with a dual etymology. Primarily, it is derived from the name of the River Aeron in Ceredigion, Wales, which flows into Cardigan Bay at Aberaeron. The river's name itself is thought to...

Alton (pronounced AWL-tən, also UK OL-tən) is an English masculine given name. Historically, it originated as a surname derived from a place name meaning 'town at the source of the river' in Old English. The first elemen...

Alys is a variant of Alice. The name Alice itself derives from the Old French Aalis, a short form of Adelais, which ultimately comes from the Germanic name Adalheidis (see Adelaide), composed of the elements adal 'noble'...

Anya is a feminine given name most commonly recognized as a Russian diminutive of Anna. The name Anna itself stems from the Hebrew Hannah, meaning "grace" or "favor." Through this chain, Anya shares in a deep biblical an...

Arthur is a masculine given name of uncertain etymology. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The name is used across many European languages, including Danish, Dutch, English,...

Arya 2 is a given name popularized by author George R. R. Martin for a character in his epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire, first published in 1996, and the subsequent television adaptation Game of Thrones (2011–...

Bianca is a feminine given name of Italian and Romanian origin, derived from the medieval French nickname Blanche, meaning "white" or "fair-colored." The name ultimately traces back to the Germanic root *blankaz, signify...

Bran is a given name of Irish origin, meaning "raven" in Irish. Raven symbolism is prominent across Celtic mythology, linking to intelligence, prophecy, and sometimes otherworldly passage. In the famous tale, Bran mac Fe...

Brandon is a masculine given name that originated as a transferred use of an English surname. The surname itself was derived from a place name, combining the Old English elements brōm, meaning "broom" or "gorse," and dūn...

Daenerys is a fictional first name created by American author George R. R. Martin for a central character in his epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire, first published in 1996, and the subsequent television adaptati...

Daisy is a feminine given name from the English word for the white flower, ultimately derived from Old English dægeseage meaning "day eye" — because the daisy opens its petals at dawn and closes them at dusk. The name wa...

Dany is a French diminutive of the names Daniel and Danielle. It functions as a gender-neutral given name, though it is most commonly used as a masculine diminutive equivalent to English Danny. As a feminine form, it occ...

Denys is the Ukrainian form of the name Denis, which itself derives from the medieval French form of Dionysius. The name has enduring popularity in Ukraine and is also used as a surname.EtymologyThe ultimate origin of th...

Doran is an English given name derived from an Irish surname. It is the Anglicized form of the Irish Ó Deoradháin, meaning "descendant of Deoradhán." The personal name Deoradhán is itself a diminutive of deoradh, the Iri...

Drogo is a medieval masculine name of uncertain origin, brought to England and Italy by the Normans. The name's etymology is debated: it may derive from Gothic dragan meaning "to carry, to pull," or from Old Saxon drog m...

Elia 2 is the Spanish feminine form of Elio, itself a Spanish and Italian form of the Latin family name Aelius. The name thus ultimately traces back to the highly influential Roman nomen (clan name) Aelius, whose most fa...

Frances is an English feminine given name, the feminine form of Francis. The distinction between Francis as the masculine form and Frances as the feminine did not arise until the 17th century; prior to that, Francis was...

Gerold is the German form of Gerald, a name of Germanic origin.EtymologyTracing its roots to the medieval period, Gerald derives from the Germanic elements ger meaning “spear” and walt meaning “power&rd...

Gregor is a masculine given name used in German, Scottish, Slovak, and Slovene, and is a form of Gregorius (see Gregory). The root name Gregory derives from the Late Greek name Γρηγόριος (Gregorios), which comes from the...

EtymologyGrey is a variant spelling of Gray, itself derived from the Old English grǣġ, meaning the color grey or gray. The name originated as a surname, originally given to a person who had grey hair or habitually wore g...

Harald is a Scandinavian and German cognate of Harold, derived from the Old Norse elements herr ("army") and valdr ("ruler"), and from the Old German elements heri ("army") and walt ("power"). The name was borne by sever...

Hugh is an English masculine given name, derived from the Old French Hugues, itself a variant of the Germanic name Hugo. The ultimate root is the Proto-Germanic element hugiz, meaning "mind, thought, spirit" (Old High Ge...

Jaime is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the Latin name Iacomus, which itself is a variant of the Biblical Latin Iacobus, ultimately derived from the Hebrew name Yaʿaqov (see Jacob). It is thus a direct equivalent of...

Etymology and HistoryJenny is a feminine given name that originated as a medieval English diminutive of Jane, itself a feminine form of John. The name Jane derives from Old French Jehanne, which comes from Latin Ioannes,...

Joffrey is a French variant form of Geoffrey, ultimately derived from a Norman French adaptation of a Frankish name. The name's second element comes from Old German fridu "peace", while the first element may trace to *ga...

Johnna is a rare feminine form of the male name John. It was first recorded in English-speaking countries in the 18th century, though it has never achieved widespread popularity. The name Johnna derives from the same ult...

Jon 1 is a masculine given name used in Scandinavian countries (Denmark, Norway, Sweden) and in the Basque Country. It serves as a local form of Iohannes, the Latin version of the Greek name Ἰωάννης (Ioannes), which trac...

Jorah is a masculine given name with Biblical Hebrew origins, famously brought into modern popular culture by George R. R. Martin for a character in his fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire and the television adaptation...

Jory is the Cornish form of George, from the Greek Γεώργιος (Georgios) meaning “farmer, earthworker.” While the name George has ancient Greek origins and a global presence through saints and royalty, Jory is a distinctly...

Karl is a Germanic masculine name, the German and Scandinavian form of Charles. Derived from the Old High German word charal meaning "man, husband, freeman," the name rose to prominence in Central and Northern Europe lar...

Kayla is a modern English feminine given name formed by blending the popular name elements kay (often associated with Katherine or related names) and la (a common diminutive suffix). It is a recently created name, first...

Kevan is a given name and surname, primarily a variant of Kevin. The name Kevin itself is an Anglicized form of the Irish name Caoimhín, which means "beloved birth" — derived from Old Irish Cóem meaning "dear, beloved, g...

Kitty is a feminine given name primarily used in English-speaking countries. It is a diminutive of Katherine, emerging as a playful, affectionate form in the 19th century. Etymology and Origins The name Katherine has a c...

Leo is a masculine given name used in numerous languages, including Armenian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Swedish, and Latin. It is derived from the Latin word leo meaning "lio...

Lothar is a masculine given name derived from the Germanic name Hlothar, which means "famous army". This compound name blends the Proto-Germanic elements hlut "famous, loud" and heri "army". The name is modern Danish, Fi...

Martyn is a given name that appears in Welsh, Manx, and Ukrainian usage as a form of Martin. The name Martin ultimately derives from the Roman name Martinus, itself a derivative of Martis, the genitive case of the name o...

Maynard is a masculine English given name, derived from an English surname that itself originated from the Old German given name Meginhard. Etymology The root Meginhard combines the Old German elements megin "power, stre...

Meera is an alternate transcription of the Indian name Mira 1, used across Hindi, Marathi (मीरा), Malayalam (മീര), Tamil (மீரா), and Kannada (ಮೀರಾ) languages. The name itself derives from the Sanskrit element mīra, meani...

Mòrag is a Scottish Gaelic female given name, functioning as a diminutive of Mòr. The name is derived by combining the Gaelic adjective mòr (“great, eminent”) with the feminine diminutive suffix -ag. Despite its original...

Origin and EtymologyMorgan 1 is a unisex given name with roots in the Old Welsh masculine name Morcant. The etymology of Morcant is uncertain but is often interpreted as derived from mor, meaning "sea," and cant, meaning...

Myranda is a variant of Miranda, a name derived from Latin mirandus meaning “admirable” or “worthy of admiration.” While Miranda was invented by Shakespeare for the heroine of The Tempest (1611), the alteration Myranda l...

Etymology and OriginsNan is an English feminine given name that originated in the diminutive of Ann. Its development may have been influenced by a linguistic reanalysis of the affectionate phrase mine Ann, which over tim...

Ned is an English diminutive of Edward or Edmund, and less commonly of Edgar or Edwin. It has been used since the 14th century and likely originated from the medieval affectionate phrase mine Ed, which was later reinterp...

Ramsay is a masculine given name of Scottish origin, transferred from the surname Ramsay. The surname itself is a variant spelling of Ramsey, which derives from a place name meaning "garlic island" in Old English. The na...

Ray is an English given name that originated as a short form of Raymond, though it has long been used as an independent name in its own right. The name also coincides with the English vocabulary word denoting a "beam of...

Robert is a masculine given name of ancient Germanic origin, widely used across many languages and cultures for centuries. It derives from the Proto-Germanic *Hrōþiberhtaz, composed of the elements hruod meaning "fame, g...

Robin is a unisex given name of medieval English origin, originally a diminutive of Robert, but now usually regarded as an independent name. The name Robert itself derives from the Old Frankish elements hrod meaning 'fam...

Sándor (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈʃaːndor]) is the Hungarian form of Alexander. The name Alexander itself derives from the Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Alexandros), meaning 'defending men' — from ἀλέξω (alexo) 'to defend' and ἀνήρ...

Walton is an English masculine given name derived from the Walton surname, which itself originated from various Old English place names meaning "stream town", "wood town", or "wall town". The surname is locational, refer...