Female Arthurian Legend Names

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1. ACHEFLOUR: Arthurian legend name of King Arthur's sister, meaning "white flower." 
2. ANGHARAD: Welsh Arthurian legend name of a love of Peredur in the Mabinogion, meaning "more love." In some versions of the story the lovers first meet at King Arthur's court.
3. ANGHARAT: Variant of Welsh Angharad, meaning "more love."
4. AVALON: "Island of apples." Probably derived from Celtic abal or Welsh afal, meaning "apple." Name of the legendary island somewhere in the British Isles, where the body of King Arthur is said to be buried, having been brought there by his half-sister Morgan le Fay, and where he is supposed to one day return. 
5. AVARON: Variant of Avalon, meaning "island of apples."
6. AVILON: Variant of Avalon, meaning "island of apples."
7. BELAKANE: In the German epic poem, Parzival, this is the name of Percival's stepmother, an African queen and mother of Feirefiz, Percival's mulatto half-brother.
8. BLANCHEFLEUR: Variant of Blancheflour.
9. BLANCHEFLOR: Variant of Blancheflour.
10. BLANCHEFLOUR: "White flower." Arthurian legend name from French Flores and Blancheflour, a popular romantic poem from the Middle Ages. She was Tristan's mother, known as the "white flower" of the House of Cornwall. She was the daughter of King Felix, sister of King Mark of Cornwall, mother of Sir Tristan, and wife to Rivalen, Lord of Armenye. She died giving birth to her son.
11. BRANGAINE: Name of a servant from the legend of Isolde who is rescued by Palamedes just before he joins Arthur's Round Table.
12. BRANWEN: "Fair raven." Welsh Arthurian legend name of the daughter of Llyr in the Mabinogion. Sometimes considered a goddess of love and beauty. The name is composed of the Welsh elements bran "raven" and gwen "fair, white."
13. CLARISSANT: Arthurian legend name of Gawain's long-lost sister in Chretien de Troyes's Perceval, the Story of the Grail.
14. CONDWIRAMURS: Arthurian legend name of Percival's wife in the German poem Parzival.
15. CUNDRIE: Arthurian legend name from the German poem Parzival in which she is a messenger of the Grail who condemns Percival. 
16. DINDRANE: Arthurian legend name of the Grail Maiden and sister of Percival. She was a major character in many of the Holy Grail stories. 
17. ELAINE: Old French form of Helen, meaning "torch" or "moon" or more likely "to elope." Because most Arthurian legend names are of Celtic origin, some etymologists believe that the name Elaine may originally have derived from a Welsh element meaning "fawn, hind."
18. ELAINE of ASTOLAT: Daughter of Bernard of Astolat. Famous as a figure of unrequited love. In Malory's Morte D'Arthur (Death of Arthur), she dies of grief when Lancelot cannot return her love. She is also known as Elaine the Fair and Elaine the White. 
19. ELAINE of BENOIC: Sister of Evaine, wife of King Ban, and mother of Lancelot. 
20. ELAINE of CARBONEK: "The Grail Maiden." Daughter of Pelles, the Fisher King. Sometimes confused with Elaine the Peerless. Her father was prophesied to be the grandfather of the bearer of the Holy Grail. 
21. ELAINE of GARLOT: Daughter of Gorlois and Igraine, sister of Morgan le Fay and Morgause, and half-sister of King Arthur. She is wife of King Nentres and mother of Galeshin who later becomes a Knight of the Round Table.
22. ELAINE the PEERLESS: Niece of the Lord of the Fens and wife of Persides the Red of the Castle of Gazevilte.
23. ENID: Welsh Arthurian legend name of Geraint's wife, meaning "purity" or "soul."
24. ENIDE: Variant of Enid.
25. ETTARD: Arthurian legend name of the insensitive lover of Pelleas. 
26. ETTARE: Variant of Ettard, name of a lover of Pelleas.
27. ETTARRE: Variant of Ettard, name of a lover of Pelleas.
28. GANIEDA: In Welsh legend, this is the name of Merlin's sister.
29. GUINEVERE: French form of Welsh Gwenhwyvar, meaning "white and smooth." This is the name of the queen consort of King Arthur. Welsh Gwenhwyvar may have been derived from Proto-Celtic *vindo-siabraid, meaning "white phantom." In Welsh literature she appears as Gwenhwyvach's sister. There is another theory that the names of the sisters may mean "Gwenhwy the Great" (Gwenhwy-vawr) and "Gwenhwy the Less" (Gwenhwy-vach). Guinevere is most renowned for her love affair with Arthur's chief knight Lancelot. 
30. GWENEVAK: Sister of Guinevere in early Welsh legend. Possibly wife to Mordred. Apparently, Gwenevak and Guinevere did not get along well; in fact, Triad 84 of the Culhwch states that the Battle of Camlann was caused by the enmity between these two sisters. Triad 53 lists the slap that Gwenevak gave Guinevere as one of the "Three Harmful Blows of the Island of Britain." And Triad 54 describes how Mordred raided Arthur's court and threw Guinevere to the ground and beat her. 
31. GWENHWYVACH: Variant of Gwenevak.
32. GYNETH: Arthurian legend name of the daughter of King Arthur, in Sir Walter Scott's The Bridal of Triermain. The name is an altered form of Gwyneth, meaning "luck, happiness."
33. HELAINE: Another name for Elaine of Benoic.
34. HERZELOYDE: In the German poem Perzival, this is the name of Percival's biological mother.
35. IBLIS: In Lanzelet, this is the name of Lancelot's wife.
36. IGRAINE: Wife of Uther Pendragon, her second husband. Mother of Elaine, Morgause, Morgan le Fay, and King Arthur. While still married to Gorlois, her first husband, Uther falls in love with her and makes forceful advances. She tells Gorlois who takes her to Cornwall without asking the king's leave, giving Uther an excuse to make war on Gorlois. 
37. ISABELLE OF CORNWALL: Arthurian legend name of the mother of Tristan.
38. ISEULT of IRELAND: The name derives from an older name Adsiltia, meaning "She who is gazed upon." Iseult of Ireland was the wife of Mark of Cornwall, daughter of King Anguish of Ireland and Queen Iseult (the Elder), and adulterous lover of Sir Tristan. 
39. ISEULT of the WHITE HANDS: The name derives from an older name Adsiltia, meaning "She who is gazed upon." This Iseult is the daughter of Hoel of Brittany, and sister of Sir Kahedin. Tristan meets and marries her after his banishment to Brittany. Their marriage is never consummated because of his love for Iseult of Ireland. 
40. ISOLDE: "Fair aspect." Arthurian legend name of the tragic Irish princess who was the mistress of Tristram.
41. LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN: see Laudine.
42. LADY OF THE LAKE: There are several Ladies of the Lake in Arthurian legend. First, there is the Lady of the Lake who gives Arthur the Excalibur sword. Second, the Lady of the Lake who takes Arthur to Avalon after the Battle of Camlann. Third, the Lady of the Lake who enchants Merlin. Fourth, the Lady of the Lake who takes Lancelot to her underwater kingdom after the death of his father. According to the Merlin section of the Lancelot-Grail, Merlin becomes enchanted by Vivian's beauty. She refuses to return his love until he teaches her all his secrets; after he does, she betrays him by using her newly-acquired skills to trap him beneath a stone.
43. LAUSANNE: In the Middle Ages, this was the name for Lake Geneva.
44. LAUDINE: Also known as the Lady of the Fountain. She is the ruler of the mystical Castle of Landuc near a magical spring in Broceliande Forest guarded by her husband Esclados. When water from this magic spring is poured onto a nearby basin, a huge storm begins. Calogrenant did this and was beaten for it. To avenge his cousin, Ywain killed Esclados. He fell instantly in love with Laudine the moment he saw her. Her servant Lunete talks her into marrying him.
45. LISANOR, LADY: Had a brief fling with King Arthur prior to his marriage, thereby mothering Sir Loholt illegitimately.
46. LLAMREI: In Arthurian legend, this was the name of a mare belonging to King Arthur. It may be a feminine form of Lamri, meaning "curveter."
47. LYNETTE: Arthurian legend name of the sister of Lyonesse, meaning "idol, image."
48. LYONES: Variant of Lyonesse.
49. LYONESSE: Sister of Lynette and wife of Gareth who saved her from Sir Ironside, the Red Knight of the Red Launds, possibly meaning "lion island." Note: See Lyonesse on the male names page for the sunken land.
50. MODRON: "Divine mother." Daughter of Avalloc, mother of Mabon, and probably the prototype of Morgan le Fay. 
51. MORGAN le FAY: Fay derives from Old English faie, meaning "fairy." Morgan ultimately derives from Old Welsh mor "sea" and cant "circle." Therefore, "Fairy from the Sea Circle." She was a powerful sorceress, daughter of Igraine and Uther Pendragon, and half-sister to Arthur. 
52. MORGAUSE: Half-sister of King Arthur, daughter of Gorlois and Igraine. Wife to King Lot, an enemy of Arthur. She slept with Arthur, producing Mordred, who later brought about Camelot's downfall. 
53. MORVYDD: Arthurian legend name of the twin sister of Sir Ywain.
54. NIMUE: Welsh myth name of the sorceress who stole away the infant Lancelot, known in Arthurian legend as the Lady of the Lake. Probably related to Greek Mneme, meaning "memory." 
55. NINEVE: Another name for the Lady of the Lake.
56. OLWEN: "Footprint/track of the holy one." Heroine of Culhwch and Olwen in the Mabinogion. Daughter of the fierce giant Ysbaddaden who was fated to die if she ever married. When Culhwch came to seek her hand, Ysbaddaden required that he complete a series of nearly impossible tasks before he would grant permission for them to marry. 
57. SHALOTT: Name of an island in Tennyson's romantic poem "The Lady of Shalott," concerning Elaine of Astolat, a maiden who falls in love with Lancelot, but dies of grief when he cannot return her love. Shalott is located in a river near Camelot.
58. TEGAU EURFON: "Gold-breast." Name of the wife of Sir Briefbras.
59. VIVIAN: Arthurian legend name of the Lady of the Lake, derived from Roman Vivianus, meaning "alive; animated; lively." 
60. YGRAINE: Variant of Igraine.

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