Crissov's Personal Name List

Ygritte
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: EE-grit(English)
Personal remark: (wildling)
Rating: 47% based on 7 votes
Created by author George R.R. Martin for a character in his series A Song of Ice and Fire (1996) and its television adaptation Game of Thrones (2011-2019). It was borne by a character of the Free Folk.
Viserys
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: vi-SEHR-is
Personal remark: Targaryen
Rating: 43% based on 7 votes
The name Viserys is a name created by George R. R. Martin for his A Song Of Ice and Fire books.
Varys
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature, Popular Culture
Pronounced: va-RIS
Personal remark: “The Spider”
Rating: 38% based on 5 votes
Varys is the name of an eunuch character from the Song of Ice and Fire books by GRR Martin and the TV show Game of Thrones based upon the former.
Being a recent invention for a fictious world resembling Medieval Europe, no actual or alleged etymology is known, but it may be intended to resemble Roman Varius or Varus.
Tywin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature, Popular Culture
Pronounced: TIE-win(Literature)
Personal remark: Lannister
Rating: 47% based on 6 votes
The name of a character in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels. He is the patriarch of House Lannister, and father of Jaime, Cersei, and Tyrion.
Tyrion
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Popular Culture, Literature
Personal remark: Lannister
Rating: 52% based on 6 votes
Variant of Tyrian.

Tyrion is the father of the green dragon Tabaluga in the musical by Peter Maffay. Tyrion Lannister is one of the main protagonists in 'A Song of Ice and Fire' by George R. R. Martin.

Tormund
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian, Literature, Popular Culture
Personal remark: (wildling)
Rating: 47% based on 6 votes
Modern Norwegian form of Þórmundr. Tormund Giantsbane is a character in the book series 'A Song of Ice and Fire' (1996-present) by American author George R. R. Martin, and the TV series 'Game of Thrones' (2011-2019).
Tommen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Popular Culture, Literature, German (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: TOM-en
Personal remark: Baratheon
Rating: 54% based on 5 votes
Tommen Baratheon is the name of a royal character from the Song of Ice and Fire books by GRR Martin and the TV show Game of Thrones based upon the former.

The name is close to the attested medieval name Thoman, a variant of Thomas, with many spelling variants.

Theon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek, Literature, Popular Culture
Other Scripts: Θέων(Ancient Greek)
Personal remark: Greyjoy “Reek”
Rating: 57% based on 7 votes
Meaning uncertain. This name could be derived from the Greek noun θεός (theos) meaning "god", but it can also easily be derived from the Greek verb θέω (theo) meaning "to run fast, to fly" as well as "to shine, to gleam".

Notable bearers of this name include the Greek philosopher and mathematician Theon of Smyrna (2nd century AD) and the Greek scholar and mathematician Theon of Alexandria (4th century AD).

In modern literature, this name is best known for being the name of Theon Greyjoy, a character from the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels written by the American author George R. R. Martin (b. 1948). He also appears in Game of Thrones (2011-2019), a television series based upon the novels.

Talisa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: tə-LEES-ə
Personal remark: Stark (Maegyr)
Rating: 47% based on 6 votes
Variant of Talisha.
Stannis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature, Popular Culture
Pronounced: STAN-es(Literature)
Personal remark: Baratheon
Rating: 57% based on 6 votes
The Name of a character in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels, played by Stephen Dillane on the TV Show Game of Thrones.
Shae
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SHAY
Personal remark: (prostitute)
Rating: 47% based on 6 votes
Variant of Shea.
Sansa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Personal remark: Stark
Rating: 64% based on 7 votes
Invented by the author George R. R. Martin for the character of Sansa Stark in his series A Song of Ice and Fire, published beginning 1996, and the television adaptation Game of Thrones (2011-2019).
Sándor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: SHAN-dor
Personal remark: Clegan “The Hound”
Rating: 47% based on 6 votes
Hungarian form of Alexander.
Samwell
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature, Popular Culture
Pronounced: SAM-wel
Personal remark: Tarly
Rating: 57% based on 6 votes
Samwell Tarly is the name of a character from the Song of Ice and Fire books by GRR Martin and the TV show Game of Thrones based upon the former.
Roose
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature, Popular Culture
Pronounced: ROOS
Personal remark: Bolton
Rating: 36% based on 5 votes
Roose Bolton is the name of major character from the Song of Ice and Fire books by GRR Martin and the TV show Game of Thrones based upon the former.
Being a recent invention for a fictious world resembling Medieval Europe, no actual or alleged etymology is known, although it may be based upon real-world Roosevelt.
Robert
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, Finnish, Estonian, Czech, Polish, Russian, Slovene, Croatian, Albanian, Romanian, Catalan, Germanic [1]
Other Scripts: Роберт(Russian)
Pronounced: RAHB-ərt(American English) RAWB-ət(British English) RAW-BEHR(French) RO-beht(Swedish) RO-behrt(German, Finnish, Czech) RO-bərt(Dutch) RAW-bərt(Dutch) RAW-behrt(Polish) RO-byirt(Russian) roo-BEHRT(Catalan)
Personal remark: Baratheon
Rating: 44% based on 7 votes
From the Germanic name Hrodebert meaning "bright fame", derived from the elements hruod "fame" and beraht "bright". The Normans introduced this name to Britain, where it replaced the rare Old English cognate Hreodbeorht. It has been consistently among the most common English names from the 13th to 20th century. In the United States it was the most popular name for boys between 1924 and 1939 (and again in 1953).

This name has been borne by two kings of the Franks, two dukes of Normandy, and three kings of Scotland, including Robert the Bruce who restored the independence of Scotland from England in the 14th century. Several saints have also had the name, the earliest known as Saint Rupert, from an Old German variant. The author Robert Browning (1812-1889) and poets Robert Burns (1759-1796) and Robert Frost (1874-1963) are famous literary namesakes. Other bearers include Robert E. Lee (1807-1870), the commander of the Confederate army during the American Civil War, and American actors Robert Redford (1936-), Robert De Niro (1943-) and Robert Downey Jr. (1965-).

Robb
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Literature, Popular Culture
Pronounced: RAHB(English)
Personal remark: Stark
Rating: 29% based on 7 votes
Variant of Rob, used in George R. R. Martin's 'A Song of Ice and Fire' and the corresponding TV series 'Game of Thrones'.
Ramsay
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish
Personal remark: Bolton (Snow)
Rating: 43% based on 8 votes
From a surname that was a variant of Ramsey.
Petyr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature, Popular Culture
Pronounced: PEE-ter
Personal remark: Baelish
Rating: 28% based on 6 votes
Petyr Baelish is a major character in the Song of Ice and Fire books by GRR Martin and the TV show Game of Thrones based upon the former. It is obviously an alternative spelling of real-world Peter.
Missandei
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature, Popular Culture
Pronounced: mis-AN-dey(Literature)
Personal remark: (ex-slave)
Rating: 35% based on 6 votes
Missandei is the name of a freed slave character from the Song of Ice and Fire books by GRR Martin and the TV show Game of Thrones based upon the former.
Being a recent invention for a fictious world resembling Medieval Europe, no actual or alleged etymology is known.
Melisandre
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature, Popular Culture
Pronounced: mel-i-SAHN-drə(Literature)
Personal remark: “Red Lady”
Rating: 44% based on 7 votes
The name of a witch, known as the Red Priestess, in George R. R. Martin's book series "A Song of Ice and Fire." He likely based her name off the French name Mélisande.
Margaery
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: mar_gae_ry
Personal remark: Baratheon (Tyrell)
Rating: 39% based on 7 votes
This name is borne by from Margaery Tyrell from a Song of Ice and Fire. It's intended as a variant of Marjorie.
Jon 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Basque
Pronounced: YOON(Norwegian, Swedish) YON(Danish, Basque)
Personal remark: Snow (Stark)
Rating: 33% based on 7 votes
Scandinavian and Basque form of Iohannes (see John).
Joffrey
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Personal remark: Baratheon
Rating: 29% based on 7 votes
French variant form of Geoffrey.
Jeor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature, Popular Culture
Pronounced: JOR(Literature)
Personal remark: Mormont
Rating: 30% based on 6 votes
Jeor Mormont is the name of a character from the Song of Ice and Fire books by GRR Martin and the TV show Game of Thrones based upon the former.
Being a recent invention for a fictious world resembling Medieval Europe, no actual or alleged etymology is known.
Jaime 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese
Pronounced: KHIE-meh(Spanish) ZHIE-mi(European Portuguese) ZHIE-mee(Brazilian Portuguese)
Personal remark: Lannister
Rating: 31% based on 7 votes
Spanish and Portuguese form of Iacomus (see James).
Gilly
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (British, Rare)
Pronounced: JIL-lee(British English)
Personal remark: (wildling)
Rating: 37% based on 6 votes
Variant of Gillie.
Gendry
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature, Popular Culture
Pronounced: JEN-dree
Personal remark: (Waters (Baratheon))
Rating: 35% based on 6 votes
Gendry is the name of a character, an unacknowledged royal bastard, from the Song of Ice and Fire books by GRR Martin and the TV show Game of Thrones based upon the former.
Being a recent invention for a fictious world resembling Medieval Europe, no actual or alleged etymology is known.
Ellaria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Personal remark: Sand
Rating: 44% based on 7 votes
This name appears in G.R.R. Martin's "A song of ice and fire". Ellaria Sand is the name of the paramour of prince Oberyn Martell, the little brother of Doran, prince of Dorne.
It is probably an invention of the author, a composition of Elia and Aria 1, two names who are in the saga.
Eddard
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature, Popular Culture
Personal remark: Stark
Rating: 36% based on 7 votes
Variant of Edward, used in George R. R. Martin's book 'A Game of Thrones' and the subsequent TV show 'Game of Thrones'.
Drogo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Archaic)
Personal remark: (Dothraki Khal)
Rating: 36% based on 7 votes
Norman name, possibly derived from Gothic dragan meaning "to carry, to pull" or Old Saxon drog meaning "ghost, illusion". Alternatively, it could be related to the Slavic element dorgŭ meaning "precious, dear". The Normans introduced this name to England.
Davos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: DAV-os
Personal remark: Seaworth “The Onion Knight”
Rating: 44% based on 7 votes
Name of a main character in George R. R. Martin's fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire.
Daario
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature, Popular Culture
Pronounced: DUH-ree-o(Literature, Popular Culture) DUHR-yo(Popular Culture)
Personal remark: Naharis
Rating: 33% based on 6 votes
Daario Naharis is the name of a sellsword character from the Song of Ice and Fire books by GRR Martin and the TV show Game of Thrones based upon the former.
The name is obviously an alternative spelling of South European forms of Darius.
Cersei
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature, Popular Culture
Pronounced: SUR-say(Literature) SUR-see(Popular Culture)
Personal remark: Baratheon (Lannister)
Rating: 46% based on 7 votes
Created by American author George R. R. Martin for his series of epic fantasy novels A Song of Ice and Fire, published beginning 1996, and the television adaptation Game of Thrones (2011-2019), where it belongs to an evil queen who is one of the main antagonists. The name is popularly claimed to be a variant of Circe, but Martin has stated that the mythological character was not the inspiration: 'I know my Homer, of course, but Cersei is not based on Circe. Many names sound alike.'
Catelyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAYT-lin
Personal remark: Stark (Tully)
Rating: 36% based on 7 votes
Variant of Caitlin. This name was given to 93 girls born in the USA in 2010.
Bronn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature, Popular Culture
Pronounced: BRON
Personal remark: of the Blackwater
Rating: 32% based on 6 votes
Ser Bronn of the Blackwater is the name of a character from the Song of Ice and Fire books by GRR Martin and the TV show Game of Thrones based upon the former.
Being a recent invention for a fictious world resembling Medieval Europe, no actual or alleged etymology is known, also it may refer to Bruno or brown.
Brienne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Modern, Rare), Popular Culture, Literature
Personal remark: of Tarth
Rating: 33% based on 8 votes
Variant of Brianne. This is the name of a character in George R. R. Martin's 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series, as well as the TV show based on the books 'Game of Thrones'. Martin did not originate this form, though, for it was in use in the United States well before the first book in the series was published in 1996.
Bran 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh Mythology
Personal remark: Stark
Rating: 38% based on 8 votes
Unaccented variant of Brân. This is also the Middle Welsh form.
Arya 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian, Hindi, Malayalam
Other Scripts: آریا(Persian) आर्य, आर्या(Hindi) ആര്യ, ആര്യാ(Malayalam)
Pronounced: aw-ree-YAW(Persian) awr-YAW(Persian) AR-yə(Hindi) AR-ya(Hindi, Malayalam) AR-yu(Malayalam)
Personal remark: Stark
Rating: 47% based on 9 votes
From an old Indo-Iranian root meaning "Aryan, noble". In India, this is a transcription of both the masculine form आर्य and the feminine form आर्या. In Iran it is only a masculine name.
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