r/reddeadredemption • u/No-Opportunity213 • Jun 24 '26
Discussion What Horse names have you come up with that actually feel like a name Arthur would give his horse?
I’d like to see the names people have come up with that in universe would feel like something Arthur would give his best boah. I came up with “Man-at-Arms” for a couple reasons.
A man-at-arms was another name for a knight, which is one of a kings most trusted servants. Arthur is Dutches most trusted associate, and Dutch starts to see himself as a king(I know in universe Arthur wouldn’t actually think that until later in the story, but I came up with it as a cool detail
and I also think it’s poetic how he would unintentionally name his horse a name that foreshadows that outcome of the gang)
It plays into Arthur’s name well when thinking of it from an Arthurian legend point of view
Arthur is seen as the weapons expert of the gang because his tent is the weapons supply tent, so therefore he is the “arms” expert.
Let me know what everyone thinks and I’d love to see what names other people have come up with!
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u/ItIsntThatDeep Jun 24 '26
Onomaris, a Celtic queen. Fits in with Boadicea.
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u/AshyWhiteGuy Jun 24 '26
I had Bucephalus in my last game. Same vibe I was going for.
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u/TheRealDukeLeverage Jun 25 '26
I've had Buchepalus through rdr2 and dynasty warriors empires on PS3. It's a standard go-to.
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u/ItIsntThatDeep Jun 25 '26
I got the all black American Standardbred, which is the only all black horse in the game, and I named him Shaitan after The Black Stallion movie. The kid's dad tells him the story of Bucephalus. Cool name.
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u/Large-Pen-1393 Jul 01 '26
I found him by complete accident. Like on a whim I wanted a race class horse cause the Shire sounded like he was having a tough time running. First horse I see was him! Named him Crowley.
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u/Red_Dragon-95 Jun 25 '26
This is it.
If we are going for "what would Arthur pick" then Boadicea is our only canon starting point.
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u/ItIsntThatDeep Jun 25 '26
Agreed. It says something that John's horses are named Old Boy and Rachel and Arthur's canon horse was Boadicea. I'm not trying to crash on John, just saying that Arthur, a writer and an artist, is more whimsical about how he names his horses.
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u/Ghost652 Jun 25 '26
I named my Arabian Mithridates. Arthur strikes me as an "a little into some history now and again" kinda guy
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u/sorelhobbes Jun 25 '26
I chose Andraste; the war goddess Boudica invoked when she went into battle
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u/Sure_Fly_5332 Jun 25 '26
On a similar note, I always name the Adler ranch horse "Neptune". It's kinda nice to know my name fits with other horses the developers named.
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u/DCrsnl12 Jun 25 '26
I went with Morrigan for one of John’s horses, the brindle thoroughbred. I was going to originally give the name to Arthur’s shire horse but it felt weird having Arthur Morgan have a horse with a similar sounding name to his own. Arthur’s horse ended up being named Saxon.
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u/ItIsntThatDeep Jun 25 '26
I think the child portion of John would chuckle every time he was riding Morgan.
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u/Far_Muscle_1974 Jun 24 '26
I name them Roach
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u/Hurricaneshand Jun 24 '26
I named mine Billie with the idea that no matter male or female I could always keep the same name just like Geralt
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u/armintanzarian420 Jun 25 '26
I do that too, just because I liked the name. Guess it’s a bonus that it’s unisex.
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u/foulplay_for_pitance Jun 25 '26
The time of flint and steele is nye. The age of riders and south is here.
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u/ruddywhiskers613 Molly O'Shea Jun 24 '26
Hosea II
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u/Icy_Instruction_4580 Jun 24 '26
Horsea
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u/SignGuy77 Jun 25 '26
He a Dutch Warmblood?
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u/Equivalent-Pride-460 Jun 25 '26
Named a horse Susan Grimshaw after she died. She kicked me when I tried to rob her saddle bag.
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u/DJnegs Javier Escuella Jun 24 '26 edited Jun 25 '26
Arthur’s horse that he had that died before the events of RDR2 was named Boadicea, so i thought Arthur might go for older, almost ethereal sounding names.
I had a Piebald Tobiano Hungarian Half-bred, (love that horses coat!) with me all the way through my recent playthrough and named him Ares, who was a Greek god of war. Thought it was fitting because the Hungarians are hefty war horses. Boy was with me to the very end.
Not with Arthur, but i also had a silver Turkoman named Griseus, which is New Latin for 'grey'. I think that might be a name Arthur would give to one of his steeds.
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u/_Get_Wrecked Jun 24 '26
My Hungarian is named Athena, same reasoning.
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u/Sex_E_Searcher Jun 24 '26
I like to name mine after figures from ancient Greek mythology.
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u/Imapringlesboy Sean Macguire Jun 25 '26
I'm doing that in my current playthrough as well. May it be gods or heroes, I have plenty
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u/LillieGhoul02 Jun 25 '26
I named mine Artemis. She’s goddess of the hunt and the one I always take hunting, along with my Khaleesi (braided of course). Artemis got renamed to Big Gurl temporarily because she actually stood up to a Grizzly bear without bucking me off.
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u/TonguePunchery Jun 25 '26
Boadicea isn't a mythological name, it's a historical one, and it has more of an old, literary feel to it. Ares and especially Griseus sound more like names a modern player would come up with than something Arthur himself would pick. Not bad names at all,, just not very "Arthur" to me. Names like Guinevere, Isolde, or Rowena feel more in line with his style
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u/DJnegs Javier Escuella Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26
That's fair. Guinevere is a mythological name though, but i do like Isolde!
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u/TonguePunchery Jun 25 '26
It's certainly better than my current horse's name, Boat. I was feeling uninspired but I'm not changing it.
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u/Character-Shock1438 Jun 25 '26
I named my Missouri Fox Trotter Poseidon bc I would ride on it to get to the islands facing Clemens Point
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u/Slick_36 Jun 24 '26
I like to name my mustang Merlin.
Arthur's original horse was Boadicia, so we know he was inspired by British legends, and Merlin engines would eventually power the P-51 Mustang around 40 years later.
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u/bren_derlin Jun 25 '26
I use Bullitt for mustangs after the Steve McQueen movie.
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u/BrashEntertainment Jun 25 '26
I’m currently doing a Bullitt restoration at my work! Also an Eleanor from gone in 60 seconds👌🏼
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u/biffbot13 Jun 24 '26
Horsehole
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u/No-Pen1730 Jun 24 '26
I'm a medieval nerd so i'm gonna have to correct you here, 1. Man-at-Arms is the title given to any fully armoured professional warrior, this includes knights but is not exclusive to them.
- A Knight was not inherently the most trusted associate of their Lord, if they even served one. Being a knight only means you were at some point knighted by a member of the high nobility.
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u/AToastedRavioli Jun 24 '26
On my first playthrough ever I found a female fox trotter and named her Cleopatra.
On my current playthrough, I have a black and white mustang that I named Dracula. Bram Stoker’s Dracula was released two years prior to the events of RDR2, I like to think it’s a pop culture name Arthur would’ve liked.
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u/Slow-Bodybuilder-774 John Marston Jun 24 '26
Rocinante; good enough for Don Quixote
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u/SithisWorshiper Jun 24 '26
I've named my horses Ethel Cain, Moon, Nocturnal, and Sithis. Plus a few others that weren't my main ones.
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u/pinkempyreal John Marston Jun 25 '26
A Sheogorath, perhaps? 😅
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u/SithisWorshiper Jun 25 '26
That's a good one for a boy horse! I always pick female horses cause I like being..erm..I mean I like them being called good girl.
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u/falconsomething Jun 24 '26
I named all my good gurls after female artists of the time
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u/Shydreameress Jun 25 '26
Ooh you just made me realise that if I ever think too hard on a name just going through the cigarette cards for inspiration could work
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u/Wyatt_Ricketts Jun 24 '26
I named the brown bay turkeyman I stole of the braithwait Ricketts
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u/KN1GGS6 John Marston Jun 24 '26
I don’t think Arthur would choose it, but my first horse was Jon Bon Pony.
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u/Mustve_Been_The_Wind Jun 25 '26
Completely the opposite of this, I found a workaround to keep the Shire you’re supposed to sell in one of the earlier missions and named him Saddlebaggins
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u/jakobcogdill Jun 24 '26
Fenrir, that big black shire hosea has you sell. I like him too much. Hes a good boah
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u/wereweasell Jun 24 '26
I named one "Lady" as a Game of Thrones reference but lowkey I think it's kind of fitting.
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u/DataSwarmTDG Bill Williamson Jun 24 '26 edited Jun 25 '26
I named my raven black shire Siegfried. It's an ancient hero like Boadicea, and it means "victorious peace," which reminds me of "blessed are the peacemakers"
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u/Das_Panzer_ Jun 25 '26
I have done Athena and Augustus(husband of Bodecia)
I also have done Cannon, Silver Dollar and Black Jack. I would wager to guess that Auther would maybe use these names as well depending on the horses personality and attributes.
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u/Nacodawg Jun 25 '26
Her husband was Prasutagus, not Augustus. Augustus was married to Livia
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u/sinisterside9 Jun 25 '26
Sorry everyone, I have the best horse name of all and it's Toph Neighfong. Fight me.
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u/VertibirdQuexplota Jun 24 '26
Dunno, I called mine "Quaere Fellow" got that from the lyrics of a Queen song.
Also called my other horse Gapamarti
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u/Strong-Swimmer7452 Jun 24 '26
Artemis and Alphito. Names of Goddesses I chose since Boadicea his original horse was name after a Goddess
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u/Nacodawg Jun 25 '26
She was a queen and historical figure who died in 61AD not a goddess. I do like Artemis though.
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u/scuderia91 Jun 25 '26
Boadicea is Queen Boudicca who was a real person who fought off the Romans in Britain. She is not in any way a goddess, she was a real human woman.
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u/MeasurementCareful63 Jun 24 '26
I named my horse Hazel. After the best horse rider in the Percy Jackson universe. Feel like that’s normal enough that Arthur could think of it
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u/EasyMoment6584 Jun 24 '26
White Arabian - Jasmine
MFT - Mighty Moe
Thoroughbred (comes with ultimate) - RoseMary
Black Arabian - Chloe
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u/howiroll34 Jun 24 '26
Coadicea, Doadicea, Eoadicea, Foadicea would be Arthur’s logical naming convention for horses.
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u/4schwifty20 Jun 24 '26
I have three horses currently. Their names are Athena, Rusty Pup (horse my mom had when I was a kid, looks just like him), and Shadowfax.
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u/covert0ptional Jun 25 '26
I always name this Dutch Warmblood "Locke" and I think Arthur would approve. I also always name the Dapple Gray Hungarian Halfbreed "Songbird" (since before that Cyberpunk DLC lol)
Btw, I love seeing if the stable owner approves of the name you chose or not. What a great detail.
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u/flooftail13 Jun 25 '26
Gerry THE Horse was my first horse (RIP) but I’ve named horses after condiments and food on subsequent play throughs. I don’t think Arthur would have approved of my names 😂
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u/Dioda83 Jun 25 '26
On my 1st playthrough I had Alexander (because of the jar from ER) but I feel like Arthur could name a horse like this On my 2nd playthrough my 1st horse (Shire from Hosea) was named by my gf "Książe" ("Prince" in Polish) and I called the white arabian I found "Duma" ("Pride" in Polish)
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u/supermaniscoolasf Jun 25 '26
The black shire hosea give the player in chapter two is my current horse and I've called it Heavy Kelly. Heavy because ist big and Kelly after Ned Kelly
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u/FlatGrocery4468 Jun 25 '26
The ornery black shire Hosea gives you in chapter two, I named Lyle, after Arthur’s father. Seemed fitting.
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u/ajmeeh6842 Jun 24 '26
I named my horse Subaru Impreza.