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Eskerhithe, a town of two parishes, about 2,500 people in Wyrmark, on the world of Irevar. Look for the clock tower with a face on only one side.

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OpeningEsker
Endinghithe
Sizetown of two parishes, about 2,500 people
RealmWyrmark
WorldIrevar
Landmarkthe clock tower with a face on only one side

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Eskerhithe, a town of two parishes, about 2,500 people in Wyrmark, on the world of Irevar. Look for the clock tower with a face on only one side.
Lesperfoss, an old city of about 20,000 people in Talvoria, on the world of Kerrowan. Look for the pair of stone hounds, one missing an ear.
Veskerchester, a city of three gates, about 18,000 people in Tarvenny, on the world of Althenar. Look for a stone trough carved with a row of sleeping dogs.
Matinminster, a city of five districts, about 35,000 people in Bravland, on the world of Kastmera. Look for a cracked bell kept on the ground beside its tower.
Vervainmere, a town of three guildhalls, about 8,000 people in Velmark, on the world of Erevos. Look for the house built across the road, with a tunnel through it.
Sloeminster, a walled town of about 5,000 people in Umbermark, on the world of Iskanne. Look for the weathervane in the shape of a key.
Spitepool, a small town of about 1,200 people in Gavroth, on the world of Selvara. Look for the wall with a name scratched on every brick.
Tarragongate, a hamlet of about 40 people in Brenland, on the world of Galemar. Look for the boundary stone everyone touches for luck.
Crucibleworth, a village of two lanes, about 500 people in Hallovia, on the world of Nysselle. Look for the stone bench worn into three seats.
Bilberrywold, a town of two parishes, about 2,500 people in Gavroth, on the world of Hollith. Look for a statue of a founder nobody can name.
Avaricelow, a great city of about 60,000 people in Mornmark, on the world of Kastmera. Look for the crooked signpost that points the wrong way.
Usuryton, an old village of about 250 people in Harrowland, on the world of Nysselle. Look for the lantern that is kept burning day and night.
Aglenstow, a village of about 150 people in Dravmark, on the world of Tyromar. Look for a candle in every window that faces the road.
Tarragonton, a village of one long street, about 200 people in Grevonia, on the world of Zarevos. Look for the plinth that has never held a statue.
Penancevale, a village of two lanes, about 500 people in Velmark, on the world of Sorindar. Look for a row of seven hitching posts, each a different height.
Rillenbourne, a free city of about 30,000 people in Brannovia, on the world of Tyvald. Look for the empty house that people lift their hats to.
Cursebury, a village of about 600 people in Dalmyria, on the world of Kerrowan. Look for the weathervane in the shape of a key.
Aevorfall, an old city of about 20,000 people in Quessaria, on the world of Tarevos. Look for a bundle of herbs hung above every door.
Carneliandale, a village of about 300 people in Dravmark, on the world of Thandrelle. Look for a gate with no wall on either side.
Lumenbourne, a market town of about 3,000 people in Carnmark, on the world of Irevar. Look for a cracked bell kept on the ground beside its tower.

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Opening: all 162 openings

Weather and light 21

Aether
Equinox
Eventide An old, poetic word for evening.
Flare
Flurry
Frore An archaic word for extremely cold or frozen.
Halo
Hither

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Weather and light, continued

Kindle
Lantern
Lumen The physicist's unit for a flow of light.
Matin An old word for morning, from matins, the service once sung before dawn.
Nadir The point of the sky directly underfoot, opposite the zenith.
Smolder
Solstice
Spume Foam or froth, above all on seawater.
Swelter
Taper A long, thin candle.
Umbra The fully shaded inner part of a shadow.
Yonder
Yule

Plants and beasts 37

Betony Any plant of the genus Stachys.
Bilberry A low shrub of poor, acid soil, and its small dark berry.
Bittern A bird of the heron family.
Borage A Mediterranean herb with rough, cucumber-flavored leaves.
Bryony A climbing hedge plant with red berries, poisonous in every part.
Celandine
Damson A kind of plum, very deep purple.
Dunlin A small wading bird of the coast.
Eglantine The sweet briar, a wild rose whose leaves smell of apples.
Ermine A northern weasel, and the white fur it gives.
Fieldfare A large thrush that winters in flocks on open fields.
Henbane A poisonous plant, Hyoscyamus niger.
Juniper
Lanner The lanner falcon.
Lichen
Madder A plant grown for the red dye taken from its root.
Medlar A fruit tree, Mespilus germanica.
Mullein A plant of the genus Verbascum, most kinds with yellow flowers.
Nightjar A nocturnal bird that feeds mostly on moths.
Osprey
Peregrine The wandering falcon; the word once meant a traveller from abroad.
Ptarmigan A grouse of mountain and tundra that turns white in winter.
Rampion A bellflower once grown for its root and leaves; the Rapunzel tale takes its name from it.
Saffron
Saker A large falcon of open grassland, flown by falconers since ancient times.
Samphire A name for several salt-tolerant plants, some of them edible.
Shrike A bird known for impaling its prey.
Siskin A small green and yellow finch.
Skein A flock of wild geese in flight; also a loose coil of yarn.
Sloe The small, sharp fruit of the blackthorn.
Tansy A herb with yellow flowers, genus Tanacetum.
Tarragon A kitchen herb with narrow leaves and a hint of anise.
Vervain A herb of the genus Verbena, long used as a medicine.
Vixen
Wigeon A freshwater dabbling duck.
Woodbine A climbing vine, especially honeysuckle.
Yaffle A British dialect name for the green woodpecker.

Stone and metal 30

Carmine
Carnelian A hard, reddish brown stone used in jewelry.
Chalcedony A fine-grained, milky quartz; carnelian is one kind of it.
Cinnabar A deep red mineral, the principal ore of mercury.
Citrine Yellow quartz, cut as a gem.
Clinker A very hard paving brick, or the hard residue of a furnace.
Crucible
Drumlin An elongated hill of glacial drift.
Esker A long, winding ridge left by a stream that ran under a glacier.
Feldspar A large group of rock-forming minerals.
Gabbro A coarsely crystalline igneous rock.
Hematite An iron ore that leaves a rust-red streak.
Latten A yellow copper alloy of the Middle Ages, beaten into thin sheets.
Lodestone A piece of magnetite that is a magnet as it comes from the ground.
Malachite A bright green copper mineral, once ground for paint.
Moraine Rocks and debris carried and dropped by a glacier.
Mortar
Natron A soda salt from dry lake beds, used in ancient Egypt to dry mummies.
Ochre
Onyx
Pewter
Porphyry A hard igneous rock with large crystals; Rome kept the purple kind for emperors.
Pumice A light, porous volcanic rock.
Pyrite Fool's gold: a brassy iron mineral that throws sparks when struck on steel.
Resin
Sardonyx An onyx banded with red sard.
Sinter The mineral crust that builds up around a hot spring.
Tourmaline A gem mineral that comes in a wide range of colors.
Travertine A pale limestone laid down around mineral springs and quarried for building.
Zircon A mineral whose crystals are sometimes cut as gems.

Grim 34

Ague A fever that comes in alternate cold and hot fits.
Arson
Avarice Greed for wealth.
Banshee
Beggar
Cadaver
Canker
Carrion
Curse
Dirge
Dreary
Eerie
Famine
Fury
Malice
Malison An obsolete word for a curse.
Misery
Murrain An archaic word for plague, above all a plague of cattle.
Mutiny
Ossuary A chest, vault or building that holds the bones of the dead.
Pallor
Penance
Penury Extreme need; destitution.
Rancor
Reaper
Reaver
Ruin
Sepulchre A tomb, often one cut in rock.
Somber
Spectre
Spite
Strife
Usury Lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest.
Vulture

Invented syllables 40

Aevor
Aglen
Aldre
Amrin
Ayther
Bexen
Bovar
Cander
Cavren
Cossar
Cresten
Dalmer
Dinver
Dunver
Duxen
Elvre
Falder
Faxen
Felmar
Fulvar
Harven
Hilvar
Ibren
Jolven
Kirren
Lesper
Lorven
Nilvar
Nolver
Osren
Relven
Rillen
Selken
Skarren
Tolver
Urren
Vesker
Wexen
Zelken
Zorven

How this list was compiled: Our own list of 162 openings: English words for weather, plants, beasts, stone and dread, plus made-up syllables. Each ends in a letter that none of our 58 endings starts with, so no join doubles a letter. Every opening was joined to every ending, 9,396 names, and any opening was cut that spelled a real place, a city on our two real city pages, a rude word across the join, or a name in our check list of published fiction. The first screen ran on 2026-09-19. A second, on 2026-09-20, added the GeoNames US table (2,241,404 rows: towns, parks, fords, hollows and fields) and the alternate names column of every table, and sent every name as an exact title to the English Wikipedia API (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php) and to 21 fan wikis, among them forgottenrealms.fandom.com, warcraft.wiki.gg, pathfinderwiki.com, elderscrolls.fandom.com and finalfantasy.fandom.com. It cut 29 openings, Rime, Omen, Coffin, Traitor, Quince and Shale among them, and put 29 screened words in their places, so the count is unchanged. After the cuts, 0 of the 9,396 names match a name or an alternate name in the GeoNames tables cities15000 (34,146 rows), cities500 (235,844 rows), GB (109,179 rows) or US (https://download.geonames.org/export/dump/, CC BY 4.0), and none is a page title on Wikipedia or on those wikis. English has joined parts like these for about 1,500 years, so a result can still match a hamlet outside those tables, and no list of fiction is complete. The notes beside 70 rarer words are in our own words; each was checked against the word's entry on https://en.wiktionary.org/ or its page on https://en.wikipedia.org/ on 2026-09-19 or 2026-09-20. Licence: own work

Ending: all 58 endings

Water and harbor 16

beck Old Norse and Old English: a stream, as in Troutbeck.
bourne Old English: a large brook or small river, as in Eastbourne. Scotland still says burn.
fall From Old English feallan, to fall. As a noun it can mean a waterfall.
firth From Old Norse fjorðr: a sea inlet, as in Solway Firth. A second firth means a wood.

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Water and harbor, continued

ford Old English: a ford or river crossing, as in Bradford and Guildford.
foss Old Norse: a waterfall, as in Janet's Foss. A second foss, from Latin, is a ditch.
haven Old English hæfen, a harbor or port, perhaps taken from Old Norse hǫfn.
hithe Old English: a wharf, a place for landing boats, as in Rotherhithe.
holm Old Norse and Old English: an island, or holly, as in Lindholme.
keld Old Norse: a spring, as in Threlkeld.
mere Old English: a lake or pool, as in Windermere.
moss Old English and Scots: a swamp or bog, as in Lindow Moss.
mouth Middle English: the mouth of a river, or a bay, as in Plymouth.
pool Old English: a harbor, as in Liverpool.
port Middle English: a port, harbor or landing ground, as in Southport.
tarn Old Norse: a lake, as in Malham Tarn.

Hill, valley and wood 18

berg Old English and Old Norse: a hill, as in Sedbergh. Compare iceberg.
combe Brythonic: a valley, as in Ilfracombe. Usually said 'coom', and kin to Welsh cwm.
crest Through Old French from Latin crista. It can mean the top of a ridge or hill.
dale Old English and Old Norse: a valley, as in Rochdale.
den Old English denu: a valley, as in Walkden. Only the ground tells it from -don, a hill.
don Brythonic, through Old English: a hill or down, as in Abingdon.
field Old English: open land or a forest clearing, as in Sheffield.
gill Old Norse: a ravine or narrow gully, as in Garrigill.
hollow Old English holh, a hollow. As a landform, a little valley set among mountains.
hope Old English: a valley or enclosed area, as in Woolhope.
howe Old Norse haugr: a mound, hill or knoll.
hurst Old English: a wooded hill, as in Lyndhurst.
ley Old English leah: a woodland clearing, as in Barnsley.
low Old English hlaw: a rounded hill, often with a barrow on top, as in Ludlow.
shaw Old English sceaga: a wood or thicket, as in Openshaw.
thwaite Old Norse thveit: a clearing in a forest with a dwelling, as in Braithwaite.
vale Through Old French from Latin vallis, a valley. It pushed aside the native word dell.
wold Old English: high woodland, as in Southwold. Also spelled weald.

Farm and village 12

by Old Norse: a settlement or village, as in Grimsby and Whitby. It survives in bylaw.
cot Old English: a cottage or small building, as in Didcot.
fold Old English: a pen or enclosure, as in Chiddingfold.
ham Old English: a farm or homestead, as in Rotherham and Nottingham.
stead Old English: a place or enclosed pasture, as in Hampstead.
stoke Old English stoc: a dependent farmstead or secondary settlement, as in Basingstoke.
thorpe Old Norse: a secondary settlement, an outlier of an older one, as in Scunthorpe.
toft Old Norse: a homestead, as in Lowestoft.
ton Old English tun: an enclosure, estate or homestead, as in Skipton. Once said 'toon'.
ville French. US towns hardly used it until after the Revolution; Louisville dates from 1780.
wick Old English, kin to Latin vicus: a place or settlement, as in Warwick. A Norse wick is a bay.
worth Old English: an enclosure, as in Tamworth.

Wall, road and church 12

bury Old English: a fortified enclosure, as in Canterbury.
chester Old English, from Latin: a camp or fort of Roman origin, as in Manchester.
gard Echoes Old Norse garðr, an enclosure or stronghold: Miklagarðr was Constantinople.
garth Old Norse: an enclosure, as in Aysgarth. Middle English borrowed it from Old Norse garðr.
gate Old Norse: a road, as in Harrogate.
hold From Old English healdan, to hold. It is the hold in stronghold.
keep From Old English cepan, to seize or hold. A keep is a castle's chief tower.
kirk Old Norse: a church, as in Ormskirk.
minster Old English: a large church or monastery, as in Westminster.
spire Old English spir. The sense of a pointed top on a tower dates from the 16th century.
stow Old English: a holy place or a place of assembly, as in Padstow.
watch Old English wæcce. One sense is a watchman's post.

How this list was compiled: Our own selection of 58 endings. The meaning and the example beside 47 of them follow Wikipedia's list of elements in place names in the British Isles (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_elements_in_place_names_in_the_British_Isles). The line on -ville follows https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ville, and the lines on -haven, -gard, -hold, -watch, -keep, -fall, -hollow, -crest, -vale and -spire follow the entries for those words, and for Old Norse garðr, on https://en.wiktionary.org/. All were read on 2026-09-19. Endings that begin with a vowel, n or r are left out, so that no join doubles a letter. Licence: own work

Size: all 40 sizes

Hamlets and villages, under 1,000 people 14

hamlet of about 25 people
hamlet of about 40 people
hamlet of about 70 people
hamlet of nine households
hamlet that shares one well and one oven
old village of about 250 people
outlying hamlet of six houses
village of 80 households, about 400 people

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Hamlets and villages, under 1,000 people, continued

village of about 150 people
village of about 300 people
village of about 600 people
village of about 800 people, nearly a town
village of one long street, about 200 people
village of two lanes, about 500 people

Towns, 1,000 to 9,999 people 13

busy town of about 7,500 people
large town of about 9,000 people
market town of about 3,000 people
market town of about 4,500 people
old town of about 3,500 people
small town of about 1,200 people
town of about 2,000 people
town of four wards, about 6,000 people
town of three guildhalls, about 8,000 people
town of two parishes, about 2,500 people
town that doubles in size on market day
upstart town of about 1,500 people
walled town of about 5,000 people

Cities, 10,000 people and up 13

city of about 15,000 people
city of about 25,000 people
city of five districts, about 35,000 people
city of seven wards, about 40,000 people
city of three gates, about 18,000 people
crowded city of about 45,000 people
free city of about 30,000 people
great city of about 60,000 people
great city of about 90,000 people
great city of nine parishes, about 75,000 people
great city of twelve districts, about 120,000 people
old city of about 20,000 people
small city of about 12,000 people

How this list was compiled: Our own list of 40 sizes: 14 hamlets and villages, 13 towns and 13 cities. It is a graded scale and not an idea list, so it stays short on purpose: every line has to fit every name, realm and landmark, and none names a river, a coast or a trade. The bands are ours, set so the three kinds never overlap: under 1,000 people is a hamlet or village, 1,000 to 9,999 a town, 10,000 and up a city, and 50,000 and up a great city. Household lines assume five people to a household. Licence: own work

Realm: all 85 realms

Ends in -ia 26

Avrenia Formally the League of Avrenia. Its people are Avrenians.
Belhavia Formally the Grand Duchy of Belhavia. Its people are Belhavians.
Brannovia Formally the Electorate of Brannovia. Its people are Brannovians.
Dalmyria Formally the Dominion of Dalmyria. Its people are Dalmyrians.
Drevinia Formally the Principality of Drevinia. Its people are Drevinians.

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Ends in -ia, continued

Elsavia Formally the County of Elsavia. Its people are Elsavians.
Grevonia Formally the Empire of Grevonia. Its people are Grevonians.
Hallovia Formally the Confederacy of Hallovia. Its people are Hallovians.
Halmoria Formally the Queendom of Halmoria. Its people are Halmorians.
Istavia Formally the Republic of Istavia. Its people are Istavians.
Jantavia Formally the Republic of Jantavia. Its people are Jantavians.
Karvolia Formally the Duchy of Karvolia. Its people are Karvolians.
Lestoria Formally the Palatinate of Lestoria. Its people are Lestorians.
Nerethia Formally the Regency of Nerethia. Its people are Nerethians.
Norvalia Formally the Commonwealth of Norvalia. Its people are Norvalians.
Ondaria Formally the United Provinces of Ondaria. Its people are Ondarians.
Pravinia Formally the Kingdom of Pravinia. Its people are Pravinians.
Quessaria Formally the Most Serene Republic of Quessaria. Its people are Quessarians.
Quillonia Formally the Principality of Quillonia. Its people are Quillonians.
Skarvia Formally the Duchy of Skarvia. Its people are Skarvians.
Talvoria Formally the Empire of Talvoria. Its people are Talvorians.
Tolmeria Formally the Queendom of Tolmeria. Its people are Tolmerians.
Varnolia Formally the Kingdom of Varnolia. Its people are Varnolians.
Velsoria Formally the Protectorate of Velsoria. Its people are Velsorians.
Wyndalia Formally the Grand Duchy of Wyndalia. Its people are Wyndalians.
Zelmoria Formally the Archduchy of Zelmoria. Its people are Zelmorians.

Ends in -mark 18

Askmark Formally the Crown Lands of Askmark. Its people are Askmarkers.
Carnmark Formally the Electorate of Carnmark. Its people are Carnmarkers.
Crowmark Formally the Barony of Crowmark. Its people are Crowmarkers.
Dravmark Formally the Principality of Dravmark. Its people are Dravmarkers.
Fyrmark Formally the Kingdom of Fyrmark. Its people are Fyrmarkers.
Galdmark Formally the Earldom of Galdmark. Its people are Galdmarkers.
Harnmark Formally the Margraviate of Harnmark. Its people are Harnmarkers.
Irnmark Formally the March of Irnmark. Its people are Irnmarkers.
Jarlmark Formally the Earldom of Jarlmark. Its people are Jarlmarkers.
Mornmark Formally the Margraviate of Mornmark. Its people are Mornmarkers.
Nethmark Formally the Protectorate of Nethmark. Its people are Nethmarkers.
Rovmark Formally the County of Rovmark. Its people are Rovmarkers.
Sarnmark Formally the Kingdom of Sarnmark. Its people are Sarnmarkers.
Tolmark Formally the Landgraviate of Tolmark. Its people are Tolmarkers.
Umbermark Formally the Free Cities of Umbermark. Its people are Umbermarkers.
Varmark Formally the Duchy of Varmark. Its people are Varmarkers.
Velmark Formally the March of Velmark. Its people are Velmarkers.
Wyrmark Formally the Barony of Wyrmark. Its people are Wyrmarkers.

Ends in -land 15

Aldland Formally the Crown Lands of Aldland. Its people are Aldlanders.
Bravland Formally the Commonwealth of Bravland. Its people are Bravlanders.
Brenland Formally the County of Brenland. Its people are Brenlanders.
Carrowland Formally the Barony of Carrowland. Its people are Carrowlanders.
Dornland Formally the Kingdom of Dornland. Its people are Dornlanders.
Emberland Formally the Principality of Emberland. Its people are Emberlanders.
Grimland Formally the March of Grimland. Its people are Grimlanders.
Harrowland Formally the Earldom of Harrowland. Its people are Harrowlanders.
Lindland Formally the Protectorate of Lindland. Its people are Lindlanders.
Mornland Formally the Dominion of Mornland. Its people are Mornlanders.
Ravland Formally the Duchy of Ravland. Its people are Ravlanders.
Rethland Formally the Regency of Rethland. Its people are Rethlanders.
Rimeland Formally the Queendom of Rimeland. Its people are Rimelanders.
Skelland Formally the Confederacy of Skelland. Its people are Skellanders.
Vennland Formally the Landgraviate of Vennland. Its people are Vennlanders.

Other endings 26

Calvesse Formally the Grand Duchy of Calvesse. Its people are Calvessians.
Castarre Formally the Kingdom of Castarre. Its people are Castarrans.
Domareth Formally the Empire of Domareth. Its people are Domarethans.
Dunnovar Formally the Electorate of Dunnovar. Its people are Dunnovarans.
Durnholt Formally the Landgraviate of Durnholt. Its people are Durnholters.
Esmareth Formally the Queendom of Esmareth. Its people are Esmarethans.
Falkenor Formally the Confederacy of Falkenor. Its people are Falkenorans.
Fendrane Formally the League of Fendrane. Its people are Fendraners.
Garvesse Formally the County of Garvesse. Its people are Garvessians.
Gavroth Formally the Dominion of Gavroth. Its people are Gavrothans.
Gildovar Formally the United Provinces of Gildovar. Its people are Gildovarans.
Halvane Formally the Republic of Halvane. Its people are Halvanes.
Holmarre Formally the Protectorate of Holmarre. Its people are Holmarrans.
Isvareth Formally the Regency of Isvareth. Its people are Isvarethans.
Ivessar Formally the Commonwealth of Ivessar. Its people are Ivessarans.
Keldovar Formally the Palatinate of Keldovar. Its people are Keldovarans.
Kelloran Formally the Kingdom of Kelloran. Its people are Kellorans.
Lysmar Formally the Most Serene Republic of Lysmar. Its people are Lysmarines.
Maldane Formally the Duchy of Maldane. Its people are Maldaners.
Morvenne Formally the Duchy of Morvenne. Its people are Morvennans.
Novrane Formally the Barony of Novrane. Its people are Novraners.
Pendrath Formally the Archduchy of Pendrath. Its people are Pendrathans.
Tarvenny Formally the Crown Lands of Tarvenny. Its people are Tarvennians.
Tessarane Formally the Free Cities of Tessarane. Its people are Tessaranes.
Vaskerry Formally the Earldom of Vaskerry. Its people are Vaskerrians.
Ystrane Formally the Principality of Ystrane. Its people are Ystraners.

How this list was compiled: Our own 85 invented names, each checked on 2026-09-19. Dropped: any name equal to, or one letter away from, a country, a former state or a people on Wikipedia's lists (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_adjectival_and_demonymic_forms_for_countries_and_nations), a region in the GeoNames tables (https://download.geonames.org/export/dump/, CC BY 4.0), or an entry on Wikipedia's lists of fictional countries. A third check on 2026-09-20 ran every realm name, every word for a people and every world name through the English Wikipedia full-text search (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=) and as an exact title on 20 fan wikis. Three names turned out to be real and were replaced: Urdland (a village and railway station in Norway), Kelmark (an American car builder) and Ulmera (a place in Timor-Leste and a minor planet). Their replacements, Mornland, Varmark and Tavessa, returned no result in that search, on those wikis or in the GeoNames cities500, GB and US tables. No list of fiction is complete, so search a name before you publish it. The ending -ia forms names of countries (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ia); a march or mark was a medieval borderland, and the name Denmark preserves the word (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_(territory)). The formal titles and the words for the people are our own invention. Licence: own work

World: all 68 world names

Ends in -a 13

Dornmera A moon that rises only in winter. The year runs 455 days.
Elvessa Two moons that never rise together. The year runs 402 days.
Fenorra No moon; the stars are bright enough to travel by. The year runs 298 days.
Hestara Three small moons in a line. The year runs 511 days, with two winters.

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Ends in -a, continued

Kastmera Twin moons the locals call the Oxen. The year runs 364 days.
Mavessa One moon that hangs fixed above a single sea. The year runs 333 days.
Nevessa Four moons, never all up at once. The year runs 600 days.
Ostmera One great moon that fills a tenth of the sky. The year runs 288 days.
Selvara One moon, green at the full. The year runs 377 days.
Tavessa One pale moon. The year runs 360 days.
Thalmera Two moons, one slow and one quick. The year runs 420 days.
Vellmera One moon, cracked across the middle. The year runs 390 days.
Wyssara A ring in place of a moon. The year runs 340 days.

Ends in a silent -e 16

Aubrenne One moon with a moon of its own. The year runs 412 days.
Drisolde No moon, and a faint band of light at night. The year runs 270 days.
Eythane One moon that never sets in the north. The year runs 321 days.
Feradane No moon and two suns, one a bright speck. The year runs 540 days.
Halcyre Three moons; sailors steer by the smallest. The year runs 480 days.
Iskanne One moon that is dark for a month each year. The year runs 348 days.
Jorvelle Two moons that cross once a year. The year runs 365 days, and that night is the new year.
Kymbare A pale ring by day, a moon by night. The year runs 440 days.
Myrrowe Two moons, one always a crescent. The year runs 432 days.
Nysselle One red moon. The year runs 310 days, all of it mild.
Oskarre Two moons; the second was first seen a century ago. The year runs 395 days.
Thandrelle Five moons, one for each day of the week. The year runs 500 days.
Undarre One moon, close enough to show its mountains. The year runs 256 days.
Vordane One slow moon: a month lasts 50 days. The year runs 400 days.
Ysmere Two moons, silver and rust. The year runs 384 days.
Zephane Three moons the color of bone. The year runs 369 days.

Ends in -r 14

Althenar One moon and a long summer. The year runs 450 days.
Coromar A broken moon strung out in an arc. The year runs 372 days.
Dwynar One tiny moon, quick as a bird. The year runs 280 days.
Farenor Two moons that pull fierce tides. The year runs 380 days.
Fyromar One moon that glows faintly when new. The year runs 345 days.
Galemar No moon; the nights are black. The year runs 300 days.
Harindar Two moons of equal size. The year runs 366 days.
Irevar One moon, blue at the horizon. The year runs 354 days.
Jalenor Two moons, one seen only from the south. The year runs 392 days.
Korindar One moon on a tilted path. The year runs 427 days.
Osomar One moon and a bright comet every 30 years. The year runs 361 days.
Sorindar A ring and a moon inside it. The year runs 418 days.
Tyromar Four moons; calendars disagree on the month. The year runs 560 days.
Valumar Three moons, and eclipses most months. The year runs 406 days.

Ends in -n or -l 15

Aldumen One moon that turns, showing every face. The year runs 358 days.
Amberel One amber moon. The year runs 388 days.
Berevon One moon. The year runs 336 days: 12 months of 28.
Bryndal No moon, and lights in the northern sky all winter. The year runs 290 days.
Caldumen A winter of 200 days in a year of 520. One moon.
Cymbrel One moon that wobbles, month to month. The year runs 367 days.
Dastrel One moon with a bright scar. The year runs 342 days.
Delvarin Two moons, gold and grey. The year runs 408 days.
Fyndrel Three moons; festivals fall when all are full. The year runs 444 days.
Halvion No moon; the tides follow the sun alone. The year runs 315 days.
Kerrowan Two moons that set at dawn together. The year runs 376 days.
Owyndal Two moons and a faint ring. The year runs 490 days.
Quarevon Three moons in three colors. The year runs 470 days.
Rhywel One moon behind cloud most nights. The year runs 324 days.
Yastrel Two moons, the nearer one fast. The year runs 399 days.

Ends in -s, -th or -d 10

Erevos One moon that drifts a little farther each age. The year runs 363 days.
Hollith One hollow-looking moon with a dark center. The year runs 378 days.
Lessith Two moons, the smaller one lumpy. The year runs 436 days.
Narevos Two moons, named for a pair of sisters. The year runs 396 days.
Querrath Three moons, one of them red. The year runs 530 days.
Tarevos A moon so near that it raises tides in lakes. The year runs 274 days.
Tyvald One moon, half of it always dark. The year runs 352 days.
Vessith Two moons chasing each other. The year runs 414 days.
Yessith No moon; a bright planet serves as the evening star. The year runs 305 days.
Zarevos One moon and 13 months of 30 days. The year runs 390 days.

How this list was compiled: Our own 68 invented names, checked on 2026-09-19 against the same tables as the realm names and against Wikipedia's lists of fantasy worlds and fictional universes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fantasy_worlds); any name equal to an entry, or one letter away, was dropped. A third check on 2026-09-20 ran every realm name, every word for a people and every world name through the English Wikipedia full-text search (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=) and as an exact title on 20 fan wikis. Three names turned out to be real and were replaced: Urdland (a village and railway station in Norway), Kelmark (an American car builder) and Ulmera (a place in Timor-Leste and a minor planet). Their replacements, Mornland, Varmark and Tavessa, returned no result in that search, on those wikis or in the GeoNames cities500, GB and US tables. No list of fiction is complete. The note beside each world is a prompt of ours, not a fact. Licence: own work

Landmark: all 64 landmarks

Stones and statues 16

a marker stone in a script no one here reads
a split boulder with a young tree growing through it
a statue of a founder nobody can name
a statue that faces away from the road
a statue with one foot rubbed bright by passing hands
a stone head above a doorway, tongue out

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Stones and statues, continued

a stone trough carved with a row of sleeping dogs
a sundial set in the middle of the road
the boundary stone everyone touches for luck
the flat stone where bargains are sealed by handshake
the milestone with the distance scratched out
the pair of stone hounds, one missing an ear
the plinth that has never held a statue
the standing stone with a groove worn by rope
the statue of a horse with no rider
the stone bench worn into three seats

Bells, clocks and posts 16

a bell with no clapper, polished every week
a clock with one hand
a cracked bell kept on the ground beside its tower
a horn, not a bell, blown from the tower at dusk
a post hung with hundreds of knotted ribbons
a row of seven hitching posts, each a different height
a signpost with every arm painted blank
a wind chime made of old keys
the clock tower with a face on only one side
the crooked signpost that points the wrong way
the hand bell chained to a post for anyone to ring
the iron ring in the square, too big for any horse
the lantern that is kept burning day and night
the notice board with one notice, years old
the two tower clocks that never agree
the weathervane in the shape of a key

Doors, walls and stairs 16

a chimney standing alone with no house
a doorway halfway up a wall
a gate with no wall on either side
a roof tiled in two colors that spell a name
a row of houses that share one long roof
a tower with no door at ground level
a walled-up doorway with a fresh wreath on its step
a well with a roof like a tiny chapel
the archway too low to ride under
the gatehouse with a tree growing from its roof
the house built across the road, with a tunnel through it
the narrowest house, one window wide
the oldest house, leaning on its neighbor
the one red door on a street of blue doors
the street that is paved for exactly forty paces
the wall with a name scratched on every brick

Customs you can see 16

a bowl of water set out at every corner
a broom propped outside every door at dusk
a bundle of herbs hung above every door
a candle in every window that faces the road
a knot of red thread tied to every gatepost
a line of white pebbles along every roof ridge
a painted eye above every stable door
the chalk game drawn the full length of the main street
the coins pressed into the bark of one old tree
the doorsteps scrubbed white before sunrise, every one
the empty house that people lift their hats to
the horseshoes nailed points down, not up
the shoes left in a row outside the gate
the small bells sewn to every coat hem
the third stair that locals step over, never on
the washing lines strung only with white cloth

How this list was compiled: Our own list: one odd thing a visitor could be sent to find. None names a kind of ground, a shop, a ruler, a people or a trouble, so each fits a hamlet as well as a great city. Licence: own work

How it works

A random city name generator, fantasy only. It joins one of 162 openings to one of 58 place name endings from real maps, and gives the fictional town a size, a realm, a world and a landmark.

Read the full guide

Press until the name fits, then lock it

Press until the ending fits the map, -ford for a river crossing or -kirk for a church, then lock the name. For a dark city, press until a Grim opening lands: Carrionford, Carrionkeep.

A random RPG city name generator for any system

There are no rules and no stat blocks. It is a random town and city name generator: Size decides which and gives the game master a population, from a hamlet of nine households to a great city of twelve districts. Realm names the kingdom, duchy or republic around it, and Landmark gives players something to find. It sets no ruler and no economy; roll an event for trouble.

A dwarf city suits a Stone and metal opening with -hold, -keep or -gard: Onyxhold, Pyritegard.
A random imaginary city generator needs districts too: drop the ending and an opening names one, Saffron Ward.

Questions and answers

How do I keep only the town's name?

The name is the first word of the result. Lock the name to hold it while you reroll the rest. Copy takes the whole line, so delete everything after the first comma once pasted.

Does it name the country and the world as well?

Yes. Realm names a made-up country and World names the world it sits on, from 85 and 68 names of ours. The list under the tool gives each realm a formal title and a people: the Grand Duchy of Belhavia, the Belhavians.

Is it a random medieval city name generator?

Yes, when the ending is an old one. Of the 58, 35 are Old English and 16 Old Norse, both spoken in medieval England: -ham is a homestead, -kirk a church, -chester a Roman fort. The newest, -ville, is French.

Could a name from a random fictional city name generator be a real place?

None did: all 9,396 names were screened against GeoNames tables of 235,844 towns worldwide, 109,179 named places in the United Kingdom and 2,241,404 in the United States. No random fake city generator can rule out a hamlet outside those tables, so search before publishing.

What do -by and -thorpe mean in a town name?

Both are Old Norse. A -by was a settlement or village, as in Whitby. A -thorpe was a secondary settlement, an outlier of an older one, as in Scunthorpe. The list under the tool explains all 58 endings.