How it works
This gnome city name generator is a gnome town name generator at heart, because a gnome city is small. It joins a tinkering, garden or shiny word to a homely ending, as in Sprocketburrow and Pumpkinhatch.
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Press, then lock a part
Press New town name. The name is two small words joined: Sprocket and burrow make Sprocketburrow. Tap either part to lock it and press again. Lock the second part on works for a row of workshop towns, or on burrow for garden ones.
Three kinds of first part
The first parts come in three groups, shown in the list under the tool: tinkering words such as Sprocket and Ratchet, burrow and garden words such as Pumpkin and Beetle, and shine words such as Glimmer. The line after the name hides the town somewhere small and gives it one thing to be proud of.
Tips
- Read the hiding place and the claim to fame together. Some pairs are a story already.
- Lock a first part to name a family of towns: Gizmobottom, Gizmoyard, Gizmoshed.
Questions and answers
What is a good name for a gnome town?
Two small plain words joined: something a gnome makes or grows, then a snug kind of place. Sprocketburrow, Pumpkinhatch and Gizmobottom follow that pattern. Short words work best.
What is a gnome?
A gnome is a mythological creature, a diminutive spirit in Renaissance magic and alchemy, introduced by Paracelsus in the 16th century. Gnomes are typically shown as small humanoids who live underground.
Could a name be a real town?
Plain English words often spell real towns, so every name the rows can make was checked, as one word and as two, against GeoNames tables of the United Kingdom and the United States, and matches were cut. Search a name before you publish it.