Name generator

Kingdom and realm name generator for fantasy worlds

Twenty realm names per click. The core of each is an invented root blended from an opening, a middle and an ending; around it go titles such as duchy, march or dominion. Choose noble, grim, ancient, wild or comic and name every border on your map.

These are 20 seeded examples. Press Generate for a new batch.

The Splendid MarchThe describing word + kind of realm
Coravvaleopening syllable + middle syllable + ending
The Lion PalatinateThe emblem + kind of realm
The Timeless Grand Duchy of SelholmThe describing word + kind of realm of opening syllable + ending
The Undying Dominion of ThalreachThe describing word + kind of realm of opening syllable + ending
Not Quite IthmereNot Quite opening syllable + ending
Thalmarkopening syllable + ending
The Frozen CommonwealthThe describing word + kind of realm
Earldom of the Thorned Steppekind of realm of the describing word + emblem
Aralune That Wasopening syllable + middle syllable + ending That Was
The Most Western TetrarchyThe Most describing word + kind of realm
The Howling Principality of CoriaThe describing word + kind of realm of opening syllable + ending
The Tide CommonwealthThe emblem + kind of realm
Kalvaleopening syllable + ending
Grand Duchy of Selanwaldkind of realm of opening syllable + middle syllable + ending
The Mist MargravateThe emblem + kind of realm
The Undying MarchThe describing word + kind of realm
League of Toradmerekind of realm of opening syllable + middle syllable + ending
The Howling Commonwealth of EldethThe describing word + kind of realm of opening syllable + ending
Maradyn That Wasopening syllable + middle syllable + ending That Was

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Kingdom and realm name generator: example names by style

Each group below is a fixed batch made with this generator, with only the style filter changed. 50 names are on this page before you press anything.

Noble and grand

Commonwealth of the Sovereign Moon
Uldinoran
Glorious Mararia
Norune
Uldovia
The Most Illustrious Palatinate

Grim and dark

Darvale
The Last Empire of Ostgard
Zararoran
The Bleak Protectorate
Northern Ithia
Commonwealth of Wenelreach

Ancient and mythic

Earldom of Norreach
Realm of Eldane
Empire of Eldonyn
Kingdom of the Primordial Eagle
The Ancestral Commonwealth
Garorond That Was

Wild and rugged

Ranath
Windswept Lanesholm
The Star Regency
The Twin Earldom
The Flame March
The Moon Commonwealth

Comic and light

The Southern Grand Duchy
Aloresse
Lesser Arolreach
Lesser Veniroran
The Tiny Margravate of Joraria
Not Quite Garmere

How these kingdom names are built

This generator draws from 186 hand-picked words in 6 lists and uses 17 naming patterns, plus 5 more that wrap around a keyword you type. The patterns can combine into up to 2,271,336 different names before filters. Every name in the list shows the pattern behind it, so you can see why it reads the way it does.

Word lists

List	Words	A few of them
Opening syllable	34	Ith, Thal, Ran, Kal, Mar, Eld, Lan
Middle syllable	20	en, av, on, im, el, and, in
Ending	22	mark, ora, ia, enne, une, reach, ane
Kind of realm	20	Palatinate, Tetrarchy, Barony, Dominion, Empire, Sovereignty, Realm
Describing word	60	Burning, Savage, Blighted, Radiant, Lost, Sovereign, Eastern
Emblem	30	Coast, Star, Summit, Dawn, Tower, Frost, Shore

Patterns

Pattern	Example	Used for
opening syllable + ending	Ithond	any style
opening syllable + middle syllable + ending	Skelinovia	any style
kind of realm of opening syllable + middle syllable + ending	Duchy of Kalarora	any style
kind of realm of opening syllable + ending	Protectorate of Skelyn	any style
The describing word + kind of realm	The Inner Sovereignty	any style
kind of realm of the describing word + emblem	League of the Rusted Banner	any style
The emblem + kind of realm	The Moon Regency	any style
describing word + opening syllable + ending	Blighted Eskholm	any style
describing word + opening syllable + middle syllable + ending	Temporary Arelenne	any style
The Most describing word + kind of realm	The Most Timeless Earldom	Noble and grand
The Last kind of realm of opening syllable + ending	The Last Protectorate of Seleth	Grim and dark
The describing word + kind of realm of opening syllable + ending	The Undying Commonwealth of Garost	Grim and dark, Noble and grand, Comic and light
Old opening syllable + middle syllable + ending	Old Selolholm	Ancient and mythic
opening syllable + middle syllable + ending That Was	Vasameth That Was	Ancient and mythic
The describing word + emblem + march	The Glorious Dawnmarch	Wild and rugged
Lesser opening syllable + middle syllable + ending	Lesser Kalangard	Comic and light
Not Quite opening syllable + ending	Not Quite Osteth	Comic and light
kind of realm of your keyword	Empire of Halcyon	any style
The describing word + kind of realm of your keyword	The High Principality of Halcyon	any style
your keyword + ending	Halcyonwald	any style
New your keyword	New Halcyon	any style
your keyword and opening syllable + ending	Halcyon and Jormark	any style

The words are written by hand for kingdom names, not scraped. Pressing Generate runs the same seeded routine that built the names above, so the same seed always gives the same list.

Naming guide for your kingdom

A kingdom is older and wider than any hill or river in it, so its name is rarely a plain description. This generator builds an invented root instead. An opening syllable such as Bren, Thal or Cyr is joined to an ending such as mark, wald, ovia or eth, sometimes with a short middle syllable between them: Bren plus mark is Brenmark, Thal plus an plus eth is Thalaneth. The endings carry a faint meaning. Mark and reach suggest a border, wald a forest, holm an island, mere a lake.

Around the root goes a title, and the title is politics. A kingdom has a crown, a duchy answers to somebody, a march is a militarised frontier, a league or a compact is a bargain between equals, a protectorate did not get a choice. Changing the title while keeping the root is the quickest way to give two neighbours a history: the Duchy of Corwald was once part of the Kingdom of Corwald, and both remember.

The moods change the describing words. Noble gives the names courts give themselves, grim the names left after a war, ancient the names on maps nobody trusts, and wild the frontier marches named after frost, thorn and wolf. Comic is for the tiny, bankrupt or disputed state every campaign needs once.

Before you commit to a name

Say the name aloud twice. If you stumble, your players or readers will too, and a name nobody can say gets replaced by a nickname.
Check that it does not sound like another name already in your campaign or story. Two places that start with the same letter and end the same way get mixed up at the table.
Search the web for it. The names are built from this site's own word and syllable lists, but a random blend can match a name from a published book, game or setting by chance. If it does, pick another.
If you plan to publish or sell your work, treat the name like any other: you are responsible for checking it is not a trademark or a well-known name from someone else's world.
Write it on the map or the character sheet and read it small. Long names get shortened in play, so check that the short form also works.

Questions

How are the invented kingdom names put together?

From three lists on this page: openings, middles and endings. The pattern shown beside each name tells you which were used. A two-part name is an opening plus an ending; a three-part name adds a middle syllable for a longer, grander sound.

How do I get neighbouring realms that sound related?

Lock the ending. Open Lock a word on a name you like, press the ending, and generate again: the new batch keeps it, so you get a family such as Brenmark, Ostmark and Jormark. Locking the opening instead gives rival branches of one house.

Can I use my own root, such as a dynasty name?

Yes. Type it into the include-my-word box. It is placed after a title, as in Duchy of Halcyon, or joined to an ending, as in Halcyonmark.

Which title should a small state have?

Barony, earldom and march suit a state a party can ride across in a few days. Empire, dominion and commonwealth imply many peoples under one rule. Set the number of words to one if you want the bare root and plan to add the title yourself.