Name generators for worldbuilders
Fantasy name generators that keep your map consistent
Name villages, kingdoms, islands, taverns, fae and planets from one set of word roots, so a whole region sounds like one people named it. Every name shows what its parts mean.
Build a world set in one culture
A continent, a realm, four towns with rivers, streets and taverns, two islands and four people, all named in one language.
Old Norse roots: -by, -thorpe, -vik, -heim, -holm. Sounds like the Viking north.
Continent
Jarlheim
"earl, chieftain" + "home, world"
Realm
Svartgard Empire
"black" + "enclosure, stronghold" · Capital: Kirkstad
Islands
- Hvalholm
- Katharkskerry
People
- Ketilulf
- Ketilhild
- Asdis
- Arnvor
Village
Baurnbeck
"stream"
- RiverHaugbeck
- StreetHauggate
- StreetSkoggate
- TavernThe Bjornbeck Arms
Hamlet
Ulftoft
"wolf" + "homestead plot"
- RiverThor
- StreetOrmgate
- StreetThorgate
- TavernThe Silent Skull
Hamlet
Stortoft
"big" + "homestead plot"
- RiverBjorn
- StreetMicklegate
- StreetHvitgate
- TavernThe Merry Hare
Town
Sandgard
"sand" + "enclosure, fortified yard"
- RiverSvelv
- StreetKirkgate
- StreetRavengate
- TavernThe Wizard and Dragon
Place name generators
Settlements, streets, islands and inns: the names that fill a map.
Village & Town Name Generator
Hamlets, villages, market towns. English, Norse, Celtic, Latin, Elven and more.
Wesfield · Whelton-upon-Sturk · Brindfield
Generate village names →Street Name Generator
Guild lanes, market rows, wynds and avenues for any town.
Millhurst Close · Steforkham Steps · Lickstead Hill
Generate street names →Island Name Generator
Single isles and named archipelagos, from skerries to cays.
The Ead Isles · Ember Isle · Bradholme
Generate island names →Tavern Name Generator
Inns, alehouses and harbour dives, each with a painted sign.
The Hen and Owl · The Phoenix and Familiar · The Bishham Arms
Generate tavern names →
Realm and land generators
Kingdoms, nations and continents: the big labels on a world map.
Kingdom Name Generator
Kingdoms, empires and duchies, each with a capital city.
Principality of Bradland · Kingdom of Wesmarch · Kingdom of Thornland
Generate kingdom names →Country Name Generator
Nations with official forms and demonyms, fantasy to sci-fi.
Wulfmarch · Kingdom of Follmere · Principality of Brommere
Generate country names →Continent Name Generator
Classical, directional and descriptive names for landmasses.
Ashmarch · The Sunken Expanse · Whishland
Generate continent names →
Character name generators
Names for the people and creatures who live in your world.
Fae Name Generator
Use-names, secret true names and courtly titles.
Saesiathen · Mosswick the Dreamwalker · Moththorn, Herald of the Winter Court
Generate fae names →
Sci-fi generators
Planets and star systems for stories set beyond one world.
Planet Name Generator
Mythic, alien and colony worlds, or a full star system.
Thiaxvexos · Zoion · Hayham's Landing
Generate planet names →
What makes these name generators different
One culture, one map
Pick English, Norse, Celtic, Latin, Elven, Dwarven or Sylvan and every generator uses the same roots. Your towns, kingdom and rivers sound like they belong together.
Names that mean something
Open “What it means” on any name. Ashford is “ash tree + river crossing”. Real roots come from Old English, Old Norse, Gaelic, Welsh and Latin; invented tongues keep fixed meanings.
Lock, reroll, keep
Lock the names you like and generate again to replace only the rest. Filter by length, first letter and suffix. The same seed always gives the same list.
An atlas you can export
Star names to save them, place towns inside kingdoms and streets inside towns, then export the whole map as CSV or an indented text tree.
The seven naming cultures
- EnglishOld English roots: -ton, -ham, -ford, -ley, -bury. Sounds like the English countryside.
- NorseOld Norse roots: -by, -thorpe, -vik, -heim, -holm. Sounds like the Viking north.
- CelticGaelic and Welsh roots that come first: Aber-, Inver-, Llan-, Bally-, Glen-. Sounds like the Highlands, Ireland and Wales.
- LatinRoman roots and endings: -ia, -um, -acum, -villa. Sounds classical and imperial.
- ElvenAn invented, flowing tongue with soft consonants and long vowels. Every root has a made-up meaning so names stay consistent.
- DwarvenAn invented, stony tongue with hard stops and short vowels. Roots carry made-up meanings like "deep", "forge" and "gate".
- SylvanWoodland English compounds (Thistlewick, Mossholt, Fernhollow). Sounds cozy and fey.
How the roots were chosen and where they come from is on the about and sources page.