Guides & worldbuilding tips
Practical advice on naming characters, places and everything else in your world, plus how to get the most out of the generators.
How to name a fantasy character
A repeatable method for names that fit your world and stick in readers’ heads.
Read the guideCharacter & creature naming
Give the people and beasts of your world names that fit and stick.
Elf naming conventions
The sounds, surnames and house names that make a name feel elven, and how to keep it sayable.
Read the guideDwarf names and clans
Stout first names and clan or craft surnames, and the logic of dwarven lineage.
Read the guideHuman fantasy names
Believable names by culture, era and station: the trick to sounding real, not invented.
Read the guideHalf-elf names
Leaning elven or human, and how the blend quietly tells your character’s story.
Read the guideHalfling names
Warm, homely first names and homestead surnames with proper cosy charm.
Read the guideOrc names and war-names
Guttural first names and earned war-names like Skullsplitter, across four kinds.
Read the guideDragon names and epithets
One grand invented name plus a dread epithet, matched to the dragon’s element.
Read the guideDemon names
Invented infernal names and dread titles, across five breeds of fiend.
Read the guideVampire names
Elegant, immortal names across four bloodlines, with aristocratic surnames.
Read the guideWerewolf names
Feral pack and lycan names across four lineages, with earned beast names.
Read the guideFairy names
Tiny, melodic, invented fey names across five courts, with nature epithets.
Read the guideGoblin names
Sneaky, scrappy, invented names across five breeds, with grubby nicknames.
Read the guideWorldbuilding & places
Name the places, factions and things your story is built from.
Kingdom names
Realm, empire and dominion names across five kinds, with crowned forms.
Read the guideCity and town names
City, town, port and village names across five kinds, with settlement forms.
Read the guideTavern names
Inn, tavern and alehouse names across five kinds, from cosy to eerie.
Read the guideForest names
Forest, wood and grove names across five kinds, from ancient to haunted.
Read the guideMountain names
Peak, range, pass and summit names across five kinds, from alpine to frozen.
Read the guideRealm and plane names
Plane, realm, void and reach names across five cosmic kinds, from celestial to dream.
Read the guideGuild names
Order, guild and company names across five kinds, from knightly to sacred.
Read the guideClan names
Clan, house and tribe names across five kinds, from highland to ancient.
Read the guideShip names
Ship, warship and airship names across five kinds, from naval to ghostly.
Read the guideWeapon names
Blade, axe and bow names across five kinds, from heroic to cursed.
Read the guideSpell names
Hex, incantation and ritual names across five kinds, from elemental to druidic.
Read the guidePotion names
Draught, elixir and brew names across five kinds, from healing to witchbrew.
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