Town, kingdom and map names
Four generators for everything that gets written on a map, from a whole realm down to a single alley. Towns and landmarks use compounds and syllable blends, streets use trades and sign words, and kingdoms use invented roots with a title.
Fantasy town and village name generator
Compound place names with ford, wick and mere endings, plus old-tongue syllable blends.
Kingdom and realm name generator
Invented realm roots from syllable blends, with duchy, march and dominion titles.
City district and street name generator
Streets named for trades and sign objects, and wards, rookeries and quarters to put them in.
Mountain, forest and river name generator
Peaks, woods and waters from describing words, compounds and old-tongue blends.
How to name the places on a fantasy map
Real place names are mostly short descriptions that wore smooth with use: a ford where oxen crossed, a new town by a bridge. Names built the same way feel right without anyone knowing why. The town and landmark generators work like this, joining a first part such as a plant, an animal or a founder to an ending such as ford, wick or mere.
Scale decides the pattern. A village gets a plain compound. A kingdom is older and bigger than any one feature, so it gets an invented root built from syllables, often with a title in front. A street is named by the people who use it, which is why the district generator is full of trades and everyday objects.
Give one region one sound. If the towns along a river all draw on the same endings, the map looks like somebody lived there. You can do this with the starting-letter filter and by locking an ending you like, then re-rolling the first part.
Names on a map are read small and said often. Use the longest-name filter to keep labels short, and say each name aloud before you ink it. If two names on the same map could be confused in speech, change one.
A taste of each generator
- Fantasy town and village name generator: Korosse, Hither Gorsemarket, Lost Merrit's Green, Talessa, Doresk, Lesser Wrenmarket
- Kingdom and realm name generator: The Lake League, Coronenne, Dravyn, Elder Daralune, Dravavmere, The Bankrupt Margravate of Aurgard
- City district and street name generator: Glaziers Yard, Soot Passage, Fishmongers Stairs, Clothiers Yard, Gaoler's Way, Ropemakers Row
- Mountain, forest and river name generator: Babbling Otter River, The Far Peak, Primeval Ember Cascade, The Solitary Spire of Brynoth, The Primeval Mossholt, Gleaming Snow River