This is a list of submitted names in which the description contains the keyword knight.
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SergismArthurian Cycle Sergis is the knight who informs Artegall of Irena's impending death in Book 5, Canto 11 of "The Faerie Queene".
ShermadinmLiterature, Georgian Meaning uncertain. According to one Russian source, the name is a combination of the Persian noun شیر (sher) meaning "lion" (see Sher) with the Arabic noun مدينة (madina) meaning "town, city"... [more]
Shiwenf & mChinese From Chinese 诗 (shī) meaning "poetry, poem, verse" or 士 (shì) meaning "scholar, gentleman, warrior, knight" combined with 文 (wén) meaning "literature, culture, writing" or 雯 (wén) meaning "cloud patterns"... [more]
Shumaf'emCircassian Derived from the Circassian word shu meaning "knight, horseman" and maf'e that possibly means "fire".
SiguranomArthurian Cycle A knight slain by Tristan at a tournament in Ireland. Sigurano’s brother, Oris the Harsh, tried to avenge him but was also slain.
SingoallafLiterature The heroine of Swedish writer Viktor Rydberg's popular novel Singoalla (1858) (published in English as The Wind Is My Lover), about a gypsy girl who falls in love with a knight (set in the Middle Ages).
SirmEnglish Possibly from the title "Sir", typically used to address any male whose name is unknown or out of respect, or who is of a higher rank, or who has been bestowed the title ('knighted') by royalty. Derived from the Old French sire 'master, sir, lord', from the Latin senior 'older, elder'.
TanabosmArthurian Cycle, Literature A necromancer who lived in Britain some time between the time of Joseph of Arimathea and Uther Pendragon. He was hailed as the greatest magician ever to reside on the island, save Merlin.... [more]
TanréefArthurian Cycle, Literature Sister of the Little Knight, a friend of Gawain. She fell in love with Gawain and became his paramour.
TantalidesmArthurian Cycle, Literature A scribe from Vercelli, Italy, who served Arthur and recorded the deeds of the Knights of the Round Table.
TatainmArthurian Cycle Son of Pharien and brother of Anguin. He was raised by the Lady of the Lake and knighted by Sir Lionel.
TaullasmArthurian Cycle A knight who is said to be one of those who started in the first and second quests of Lancelot.
TholomesmArthurian Cycle One of the knights whom the false Guenevere (Genievre) entrusts with the task of capturing Arthur and his followers in the wood, where he imagines he is following a boar.
ThumasmArthurian Cycle One of the four wise clerks Arthur charges to chronicle the deeds of his knights.
TidogolainmArthurian Cycle A dwarf who served Helie, the lady-in-waiting of Queen Esmeree the Blonde of Wales.... [more]
TisbefLiterature, Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare), Catalan (Rare) Italian, Spanish and Catalan form of Thisbe, as well as an alternate Latin form. It occurs in the medieval French romance Floriant et Florete (c. 1250-75) belonging to a friend of Florete, the wife of Arthur's knight Floriant.
TitilusmArthurian Cycle A Roman knight and nephew of Lucius the Roman in the Vulgate Merlin. Prior to the Roman War, Arthur sent an envoy to Lucius to discuss possible peace terms. Titilus, who was present, laughed at the Britons’ empty threats... [more]
ToplicamSerbian (Rare) A toponym literally meaning "warm river" (from the Slavic element topao, toplo ''warm''). Toplica is a river in southern Serbia which gave its name to Toplica District with the administrative center in the city of Prokuplje... [more]
TorecmArthurian Cycle (Dutchified) Meaning uncertain. This is the name of the hero in a 13th-century Dutch romance by Jacob van Maerlant; for the love of a maiden, Sir Torec defeats all the Knights of the Round Table except Arthur.
TorgautmOld Norwegian, Medieval Scandinavian Torgaut was the name of a Torgaut Jonson who was assumed to be the son of knight Jon Ragnvaldson who was the founder of the Smør house around the mid 13th century for being lord of Blindheim at the time, the Smør house was one of the few remaining original Norwegian houses that survived from being wiped out by the Black Plague.... [more]
TraelusmArthurian Cycle A Knight of the Round Table defeated in a tournament against the Queen’s Knights.
Tseregm & fMongolian Means "knight, soldier, army" in Mongolian.
TydomiefArthurian Cycle, Literature The Queen of Karmerie (Kamerie) who married Meleranz, Arthur’s nephew. The two met and fell in love when Meleranz was on his way to Arthur’s court. When he had been knighted, she sent him tokens of a belt, a wreath and a clasp.... [more]
TydoriansmArthurian Cycle A knight who fought on the side of the King with a Hundred Knights during King Mark’s tournament at Lancien.
VaruchmArthurian Cycle A Syrian knight present at the tournament of Sorgarda, which Gawain won.
VasparianomArthurian Cycle Son of the famous knight named Guiron the Courteous. Vaspariano guarded the castle of Crudele, at which he was slain in combat by Sir Lamorat, who had to assume his post.
VerdoanafArthurian Cycle The lady of the castle Aspetta Ventura in La Tavola Ritonda. She suffered from leprosy and could only be cured by the blood of a royal virgin. In the quest to heal her, her knights bled hundreds of virgins, most of whom perished... [more]
ViamundusmArthurian Cycle Gawain’s foster-father, a poor but nobly-born fisherman living near the city of Narbonne in Gaul.... [more]
WinlogeefArthurian Cycle On the Modena Archivolt, the name of a lady apparently held in a tower by a lord named Mardoc and his knight, Caradoc. Arthur and his knights, including Yder and Gawain, are embroiled in an attempt to rescue her.... [more]
YgraynefArthurian Cycle Variant of Igraine used in 'Le Morte d'Arthur', a 15th-century Middle English prose reworking by Sir Thomas Malory of tales about the legendary King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, Merlin and the Knights of the Round Table—along with their respective folklore.
YsmainefArthurian Cycle Origin unknown, probably unrelated to Ismay. It was used in a 13th-century continuation of Chrétien de Troyes' Perceval, the Story of the Grail, where it belongs to Perceval's cousin who marries the knight Faradien... [more]
ZaïrmLiterature Appears in medieval legends of the knight-errant Amadis, perhaps related to Zaïre or a place name mentioned in the Old Testament (2 Kings 8:21), Za'ir meaning "little".