This dwarven city name generator joins a hard opening for stone, metal or a deep place to an ending for what was built there. Harg is iron and -ek a forge, so Hargek is the iron forge.
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Press, then lock the part that fits
Press New city name. Four rows fill: the two halves of the name, the rock the city is carved into, and what it mines or makes. Tap any row to lock it. Lock -ek, a forge, for a string of forge cities, or lock the rock and reroll the name.
What each half means
Openings come in three groups: stone, metal and fire, and deep places. Endings name what the dwarves built: a hall, a hold, a gate, a mine. The list under the tool gives every meaning, so Dolmirk reads as the standing-stone watch. All of it is invented for this page.
Tips
A city called the iron forge can still be known for cheese. That mismatch is a story.
A short name is easier to shout down a tunnel. Two syllables is plenty.
Questions and answers
How do you name a dwarven city?
Start with what the city was dug into or what it works, then add the thing built there: a hall, a hold, a forge. Keep the sounds short and hard, with k, g, d, r and z.
What is a good name for a dwarven city?
One that says what the place is. Krondeld, the pillar hearth, suits a capital. Hargek, the iron forge, suits a working town. Lock an ending to choose the kind of place first.
Are the names from a book or a game?
No. Every part was made up for this page. The endings -dor, -rim and -heim are left out because published worlds use them, and names found in Wikipedia titles or on fantasy fan wikis were cut.
How this list was compiled: Our own list of 54 invented openings, written on 2026-10-02. Each is a made-up hard syllable, and the meaning beside it is one this page gives it; none was taken from a real language or from a published invented one. Every name the Opening and Ending rows can spell was screened that day and the part behind a hit was cut: GeoNames places of 500 people and up with their alternate names, and every named place in the United Kingdom and the United States (https://download.geonames.org/export/dump/, CC BY 4.0); an English dictionary; every list on this site; a rude-word list read across the join (https://github.com/LDNOOBW/List-of-Dirty-Naughty-Obscene-and-Otherwise-Bad-Words); a list of well-known names from fantasy books and games, with the dwarf halls of published worlds; every word of every page title of 16 fantasy fan wikis; English Wikipedia page titles; and exact page titles on 12 fantasy fan wikis (lotr.fandom.com, forgottenrealms.fandom.com, elderscrolls.fandom.com, witcher.fandom.com, dragonage.fandom.com, gameofthrones.fandom.com, wot.fandom.com, harrypotter.fandom.com, wowpedia.fandom.com, pathfinder.fandom.com, criticalrole.fandom.com, zelda.fandom.com). 18 candidates were cut (9 on another list of this site; 2 a rude word inside or across the join; 2 a name from published fiction, or one letter from it; 2 a real place on the map; 1 a dictionary word; 2 a fan wiki page title), among them Skelt, Thorg, Zund, Bolv, Gorv, Rudd, Vorg, Grunn, Trogg. No list of fiction is complete, so search a name before you publish it. Licence: own work
Ending: all 31 endings
A 5
adrunlower city
akarhall of drums
akkcrag
ammdam
azdarmory
E 5
ebarharbor underground
ebrakrampart
ekforge
eldhearth
evarhome
Show all 31 endings (21 more)
I 3
ikarquarry
irgunthrone room
irkwatch
O 7
odunstair
olgarassembly hall
ollpillared hall
olmwell
ostrfurnace
otharvault
ovdfoundry
U 11
ukkthe deeps
ulgarhigh bridge
undardeep delve
ungbridge
urdgate
ustrmarket hall
utharstronghold
uthekgatehouse
uvaldmine
uzarcounting house
uzdtreasury
How this list was compiled: Our own list of 31 invented endings, each with the kind of place this page takes it to mean. The endings -dor, -rim and -heim are left out because published worlds use them. The screen is described in the Opening row's source. 13 candidates were cut (9 on another list of this site; 2 a rude word inside or across the join; 2 a Wikipedia page title), among them ethar, obrun, ern, erd, amar, uld, ulv, ald. Licence: own work
Carved into: all 30 places
Peaks and passes 7
a pass that snow closes for half the year
a spur of the high range
the back wall of a hanging valley
the heart of a lone peak
the root of a mountain
the shoulder of a snow peak
the wall of a glacier valley
Show all 30 places (23 more)
Old volcanoes 5
a field of basalt columns
a ridge of black basalt
a tunnel left by flowing lava
the inside of a dead volcano
the neck of an old volcano
Rock, cliff and gorge 13
a canyon wall
a cliff of white chalk
a granite dome
a hill of red sandstone
a limestone plateau full of caves
a marble quarry face
a mesa in the badlands
a salt dome
a single boulder as big as a hill
a table mountain
the banks of an underground river
the cliff a waterfall pours over
the wall of a river gorge
Sea rock 5
a headland of slate
a sea stack
an island of bare rock
the back of a sea cavern
the rock wall of a fjord
How this list was compiled: Our own list of 30 places, written on 2026-10-02 to read after the words "carved into". No line names a real place. Checked by script against every list on this site for repeats. Nothing was cut. Licence: own work
Mines or makes: all 42 trades
Mined and quarried 14
blocks of rock salt
copper ingots
gold dust panned from an underground stream
granite blocks cut to order
hard coal
iron ore
millstones
roofing slate
Show all 42 trades (34 more)
Mined and quarried, continued
sharpening stones
sheets of lead
silver bars
tin ore
uncut gems
white marble
Made 28
anvils that ring true
brass scales
bronze bells
cave-aged cheese
chisels and stone saws
clockwork locks
coins struck for other kingdoms
compasses
glass lenses
gold leaf beaten thin
hinges and keys
iron gates
iron stoves
kettles and cooking pots
lantern fuel
mechanical toys
mine carts and rail
mining lamps
mosaic tiles
mushrooms grown in the dark
music boxes
nails by the barrel
pipe organs
rope and pulleys
silvered mirrors
steel chain
stone bridges built for other cities
water pumps
How this list was compiled: Our own list of 42 things a city under a mountain might mine or make, written on 2026-10-02 to read after the words "known for". No weapon is on the list. Checked by script against every list on this site for repeats. Nothing was cut. Licence: own work