Empire Name Generator

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Empire Name Generator: 20 empires

The Ruvenic Ascendancy, which rules a cluster of sixteen young stars. It is held together by a library that lends to every province.

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NameRuvenic
FormAscendancy
What it rulesa cluster of sixteen young stars
Held together bya library that lends to every province

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The Tavrine Overlordship, which rules forty star systems. It is held together by a school in the capital for one child of every town.
The Elthurian Paramountcy, which rules two spiral arms and the gulf between. It is held together by a postal relay that never sleeps.
The Pharethi Dominion, which rules the inner worlds and the comet halo. It is held together by a secret police with no name.
The Tavrine Principate, which rules everything it can reach before winter. It is held together by a senate with a seat for every province.
The Ysmerian Empire, which rules a cluster of sixteen young stars. It is held together by a senate with a seat for every province.
The Wessarine Realm, which rules a hundred walled cities and the roads that join them. It is held together by a calendar every province keeps.
The Ysmerian Hegemony, which rules the highland clans and the lowland towns alike. It is held together by judges who travel a circuit of all the provinces.
The Nemorian Ascendancy, which rules the delta, the cataracts and the desert beyond. It is held together by a code of laws read aloud each spring.
The Ulthene Dominion, which rules every moon that circles one banded giant. It is held together by fear of the capital's garrisons.
The Estrine Suzerainty, which rules twelve colony worlds and the lanes between them. It is held together by governors who are never left in one place for long.
The Malthene Empire, which rules the grasslands from the mountains to the sea. It is held together by a curfew kept everywhere at once.
The Isthene Principate, which rules all the harbors of one landlocked sea. It is held together by a single silver coin accepted everywhere.
The Kessarid Imperium, which rules the whole length of one great river. It is held together by fear of the capital's garrisons.
The Ulthene Suzerainty, which rules more sea than land. It is held together by a levy of soldiers from every province.
The Urvaline Suzerainty, which rules half a world, with claims on the rest. It is held together by a curfew kept everywhere at once.
The Rastine Empire, which rules seven desert oases and the caravan routes. It is held together by a school in the capital for one child of every town.
The Urvaline Imperium, which rules three peninsulas and the straits between. It is held together by a single silver coin accepted everywhere.
The Sorvanic Overlordship, which rules every moon that circles one banded giant. It is held together by grain ships that feed the capital and the frontier alike.
The Hadrune Realm, which rules the forest provinces and the timber rivers. It is held together by the memory of what happened to the last rebel city.
The Veskaric Dominion, which rules the terraced mountains and the plains they feed. It is held together by one system of weights and measures.

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How it works

This empire name generator deals an invented name, a word for an empire such as Imperium or Hegemony, the lands it rules and what holds them together. Each word for an empire comes with its dictionary meaning.

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One press, four parts

Press New empire name. Tap a part to lock it, then press again for the rest. It works as a random empire name generator for a map, a campaign or a history that never happened. Lock the name and press to try it as a Dominion, a Hegemony or a Suzerainty.

Fantasy lands or star systems

The lands row runs from nine conquered river kingdoms to forty star systems. To use it as a space empire name generator, lock that row on a line about worlds, moons or stations. The list under the tool groups the lines.

Tips

The last row is the plot: ask what happens when the trade route, the coin or the fleet fails.
A hegemony has authority over other nations; a suzerainty lets them keep their own governments.

Questions and answers

What is another word for empire?

Imperium, dominion, hegemony, suzerainty, ascendancy, paramountcy and overlordship are all words for kinds of rule over other lands. The list under the tool gives the dictionary meaning of each.

What makes a state an empire?

A dictionary calls an empire a state that has grown far beyond its first size by conquering the lands around it, or one ruled by an emperor or empress. For a single crown and its flag, use the kingdom name generator.

Can it name an evil empire?

Yes. The last row has a sinister group, with lines such as informers in every marketplace. To use the page as an evil empire name generator, lock one of those lines and press for names.

Are the names real?

No. Every name was made up and screened against a dictionary, GeoNames places, Wikipedia page titles and fantasy fan wikis, so none should be a real people, country or published setting. Search a name before you publish it.

Name: all 72 names

A 2

Aldrevine
Althric

B 1

Borethic

C 1

Corvaline

D 3

Delmaric
Dessaric
Draevan

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E 3

Elthurian
Estrine
Evrene

F 2

Fenthic
Forvine

G 2

Gaskaric
Grellian

H 4

Hadrune
Halcyric
Helvoric
Hovaric

I 3

Iskarine
Isthene
Ithrene

J 2

Jaluric
Jovanthic

K 3

Kessarid
Kethian
Kolvine

L 1

Lanthic

M 4

Malthene
Meridine
Mervidian
Morvantine

N 4

Nardric
Nemorian
Nethric
Noctaric

O 5

Olvaran
Ombrevic
Orrhene
Ossarine
Ostrene

P 3

Paldaric
Pharethi
Praedian

Q 3

Quendric
Quillaric
Quorine

R 3

Rastine
Rhuvaric
Ruvenic

S 4

Sarethi
Sathrene
Selthine
Sorvanic

T 3

Tavrine
Tellaric
Thorvic

U 4

Ulmaric
Ulthene
Urvaline
Uvarid

V 4

Valdoric
Vendric
Veskaric
Vorcine

W 3

Wendaric
Wessarine
Wolmaric

Y 4

Yrrine
Ysmerian
Yssine
Yvoric

Z 1

Zelthic

How this list was compiled: Our own list of 72 invented names in the form that goes in front of a word for an empire. None is a name of the kingdom name page of this site or starts as one of its names does, and none is meant for a real people, country or faith. Each was screened by script on 2026-10-02 and dropped on a hit: an English dictionary, United States first-name and surname files, GeoNames places (https://download.geonames.org/export/dump/, CC BY 4.0), every list on this site and its sister sites, a rude-word list (https://github.com/LDNOOBW/List-of-Dirty-Naughty-Obscene-and-Otherwise-Bad-Words), a list of well-known names from fantasy books and games and names one letter from them, 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). 17 candidates were cut (5 taken out on a second reading; 3 a rude word inside or across the join; 3 a name from published fiction, or one letter from it; 2 on another list of this site; 2 a Wikipedia page title; 2 that started as a name of the kingdom name page does), among them Cassurian, Galdric, Zephrine, Varnic, Bravonic, Lorvane. No list of names is complete, so search a name before you publish it. Licence: own work

Form: all 11 words for an empire

A 1

Ascendancy Dominant control; supremacy.

D 1

Dominion Power or sovereignty over something, and so a governed territory.

E 1

Empire A state that has grown far beyond its first size by conquest, or one ruled by an emperor or empress.

H 1

Hegemony The domination or authority of one nation over others.

I 1

Imperium Supreme power: the right to command the force of the state.

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O 1

Overlordship The position of an overlord, or the realm of overlords.

P 2

Paramountcy The condition of being paramount: precedence or supremacy.
Principate A state ruled by a prince; in Rome, the early period of the empire.

R 1

Realm A territory ruled by an absolute authority, especially a king.

S 2

Sovereignty A territory under the rule of a sovereign.
Suzerainty Rule over a nation that keeps its own government but cannot act abroad on its own.

How this list was compiled: 11 English words for an empire or a kind of rule over other lands. Each meaning was checked against the word's English Wiktionary entry on 2026-10-02 (linked on each line; CC BY-SA 4.0); the wording of each line is ours. Licence: own work

What it rules: all 45 lines

On the ground 22

a chain of islands a month's sail long
a coast of nine hundred lighthouses
a hundred walled cities and the roads that join them
all the harbors of one landlocked sea
both banks of a river too wide to bridge
the delta, the cataracts and the desert beyond
eleven city-states that once fought one another

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On the ground, continued

everything within a year's march of the capital
five former kingdoms that still keep their own flags
the forest provinces and the timber rivers
forty valleys, each with its own dialect
the grasslands from the mountains to the sea
the highland clans and the lowland towns alike
nine conquered river kingdoms
the northern ice ports and the fur roads
the old salt roads and every town along them
seven desert oases and the caravan routes
the terraced mountains and the plains they feed
three peninsulas and the straits between
twelve hill tribes and the passes between them
two continents and the narrow sea between
the whole length of one great river

In space 14

a cluster of sixteen young stars
a ring of stations around a dead star
a thousand ships and no planet at all
the asteroid belts of five suns
every charted world within fifty light-years
every moon that circles one banded giant
forty star systems
the inner worlds and the comet halo
nine worlds around one old red sun
one home world and sixty outposts
seven gate stations and whatever lies beyond them
three hundred orbital cities
twelve colony worlds and the lanes between them
two spiral arms and the gulf between

Hard to draw on a map 9

a border that takes three years to ride
a single city and its hundred colonies
everything it can reach before winter
half a world, with claims on the rest
lands so wide the capital moves with the seasons
more sea than land
the mountain passes and little else
thirty peoples who share no language
the trade winds and every port they touch

How this list was compiled: Our own list of 45 lines on what a made-up empire rules, from river kingdoms to star systems, written on 2026-10-02. No real country, people or place is named. Checked by script against every list on this site and its sister sites. Nothing was cut. Licence: own work

Held together by: all 43 lines

Roads, coins and laws 23

a calendar every province keeps
a census taken every seventh year
a civil service anyone may enter by examination
a code of laws read aloud each spring
a common tongue taught in every school
a fleet that reaches any port within a season
a library that lends to every province
a marketplace too rich to leave

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Roads, coins and laws, continued

a postal relay that never sleeps
a school in the capital for one child of every town
a senate with a seat for every province
a shared memory of one hard winter
a single silver coin accepted everywhere
a treaty each province signs again every generation
an oath sworn to the throne and not to whoever sits on it
festivals held on the same day everywhere
grain ships that feed the capital and the frontier alike
great works no province could afford alone
judges who travel a circuit of all the provinces
marriages between the great houses
one system of weights and measures
one trade route that crosses every province
patient governors and low taxes

Sinister 20

a curfew kept everywhere at once
a debt no province can ever repay
a levy of soldiers from every province
a line of forts that face inward
a monopoly on salt
a prophecy the court dares not test
a rule that all trade must pass through the capital
a rumor that the old emperor still listens
a secret police with no name
a throne the generals take turns guarding
an emperor nobody has seen in thirty years
fear of the capital's garrisons
governors who are never left in one place for long
hostages raised at court from every noble house
informers in every marketplace
maps that only the palace may own
the memory of what happened to the last rebel city
one family that owns every granary
routes that lead only to the capital
walls built to keep its people in

How this list was compiled: Our own list of 43 lines on what holds a made-up empire together, written on 2026-10-02; the sinister group is for villains and is kept mild. No real government is named or meant. Checked by script against every list on this site and its sister sites. On a second reading three lines that fit only an empire on the ground were cut and five were reworded, so that every line also reads after a line about star systems. Licence: own work