How are Frankish names generated?

A Markov chain walks 432 male and 560 female attested forms, producing each next letter, so each name is one synthesised word.

Why do they feel Germanic and compound-like?

Early Frankish names were dithematic, built from two meaningful elements, and the chain reproduces those clustered shapes, as in Baltelda.

Is the female set as rich as the male set?

Here the female bank is actually larger (560 vs 432), so feminine outputs are at least as varied as the masculine ones.

Male Frankish Names · Frankish Name Generator

About male frankish names

How male frankish names are built

Markov synthesis builds each name letter-by-letter from two attested banks: 432 male forms and 560 female forms. The chain reproduces the Germanic dithematic shapes of early Frankish names, so compounds and -da, -in endings recur. Bank outputs include Dadin, Baltelda, and Majorian.

Dadin
Markov-synthesised from the male bank
Baltelda
Markov-synthesised from the female bank
Majorian
Markov-synthesised from the male bank

Naming notes

The phonetic tell is the Germanic two-element feel inherited from the source corpus, hard stops and -theld/-elda clusters (Baltelda) against softer -a and -in tails (Hela, Rina, Dadin). Notably the female bank is the larger of the two here (560 vs 432), so feminine variety is strong. Outputs are plausible early-medieval Frankish-flavoured coinages for historical fiction, not verified rulers or saints.

Questions about male frankish names

How are Frankish names generated?: A Markov chain walks 432 male and 560 female attested forms, producing each next letter, so each name is one synthesised word.
Why do they feel Germanic and compound-like?: Early Frankish names were dithematic, built from two meaningful elements, and the chain reproduces those clustered shapes, as in Baltelda.
Is the female set as rich as the male set?: Here the female bank is actually larger (560 vs 432), so feminine outputs are at least as varied as the masculine ones.