It was to some extent modelled after the earlier Hungarian monarchical order, the Order of St. George ("Societas militae Sancti Georgii"), founded by King Carol Robert of Anjou in 1318.
Sodobnejši viri glede tega reda, ga imenujejo z več podobnimi imeni, kot so "Gesellschaft mit dem Trakchen", "Divisa seu Societate Draconica", "Societate Draconica seu Draconistrarum" in "Fraternitas Draconum".