Choose the role first: female lead, duke, saint, knight, mage, priest, maid, butler or scholar. The name, the title and the house then come back to fit that role.
Table settings
Character name
Young Lady Lysbeth van den Berg
Say it: LYS-beth vun-dun-BERKH
My God is an oath
House van den Berg: From the hill or mountain Address as: My Lady
Low CountriesMedium confidence
Character name
Lady Helena von Sternberg
Say it: heh-LEH-nah fon SHTAIRN-bairk
Torch or shining light
House von Sternberg: Star mountain, named for an elevated castle Address as: My Lady
Byzantine courtMedium confidence
Character name
Young Lady Leticia dos Rios
Say it: leh-TEE-syah doosh REE-oosh
Joy, gladness
House dos Rios: Of the rivers Address as: My Lady
Spanish and Iberian courtOverusedMedium confidence
Character name
Lady Nadezhda Dolgorukov
Say it: nah-DYEZH-dah dahl-gah-ROO-koff
Hope
House Dolgorukov: Long-armed, an ancestral epithet celebrating far-reaching military and political power Address as: My Lady
Invented empireMedium confidence
Character name
Lady Therese von Falkenstein
Say it: teh-RAY-zeh fon FAHL-ken-shtyn
Of uncertain meaning, possibly meaning 'to harvest' or 'summer'
House von Falkenstein: Falcon's stone or high cliff of the falcon Address as: My Lady
Holy Roman EmpireOrigin debatedMedium confidence
Character name
Countess Geneviève de Broglie
Say it: zhen-vee-EV duh BROY
Woman of the tribe
House de Broglie: An Italian town name derived from an old word for meadow or enclosure Address as: Madame la Comtesse
French court
Glossary of these names
Start with the job in the story
Manhwa are Korean comics read on screens, and many romance fantasy (rofan) series share a cast of stock roles. This page lets you start there. The title follows the role: a duke gets Duke or Grand Duke, a knight gets Sir or Dame, a saint or priest gets a clergy title, and a maid or butler gets none.
Villains and royals have their own pages: villains and royal families. The role picker links out to them.
The overused alarm
A famous complaint is that every story draws from the same short list. In the data, Aisha, Felix, Ian and Lloyd are marked Overused. Lloyd and Sebastian are both tagged butler, so a butler card may show the alarm.
Open Details and you get fresher names that sound alike. Felix offers Florian, François, Friedrich and Fyodor. Aisha offers Astri, Agnes, Aura and Martha. The swap keeps the sound, so it still fits the role.
Names that match the world
Readers also object when a name does not belong in the setting. Here the first name and the house are matched by court, and the Say it line helps you pick a name you can read every chapter. The site holds no lists of characters from published series, so you will not get a copy of someone else's lead.
A maid or butler is a servant, not a noble. The card shows only a first name and house, which is how such a character is usually named.
Are the heroine and the lady different roles?
Both are female-lead choices in the role picker. If you are unsure, draw with each and compare the tone tags on the cards.
Does this page copy names from existing series?
No. Names come from historical-style name lists, not from characters in published works. A name can still match a character by chance, so search before you print a title.
How do I keep the exact same cast tomorrow?
Press Save on each card, or Copy link to keep the draw. Saved names stay in your own browser.