Inn Name Generator

One press names an inn: its kind, where it stands, the price of a bed and tonight's supper.

Inn Name Generator: 20 inns

The Homebound Trencher, a boarding house on the old king's road. A bed costs three coppers and a song. Tonight's supper: onion soup under a crust of cheese.

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AdjectiveHomebound
NounTrencher
Kind of lodgingboarding house
Where it standson the old king's road
Price of a bedthree coppers and a song
Supperonion soup under a crust of cheese

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Inn of the day

The Napping Ox, a coaching inn on the harbor steps. A bed costs three coppers for the bench by the door. Tonight's supper: cabbage rolls in tomato sauce.
The Weatherbeaten Donkey, a hostel above a bakery. A bed costs three coppers for the bench by the door. Tonight's supper: griddle cakes with bacon.
The Grateful Quilt, a boarding house under a rock overhang. A bed costs whatever the last guest paid, plus one. Tonight's supper: spiced lentils and flatbread.
The Stormstayed Wheel, a roadhouse on the quiet side of the market square. A bed costs three coppers and a song. Tonight's supper: pease pudding and ham.
The Blistered Dumpling, an inn on the windy side of the hill. A bed costs three coppers and a song. Tonight's supper: baked apples with honey.
The Mistbound Chimney, a pension on the windy side of the hill. A bed costs a silver and a promise to come back. Tonight's supper: noodle broth with spring onions.
The Eastbound Packman, a caravanserai under the old aqueduct. A bed costs six coppers, breakfast not included. Tonight's supper: pork and apple sausages.
The Yawning Pillow, a hostel at the last bridge before the pass. A bed costs a silver and a promise to come back. Tonight's supper: spiced lentils and flatbread.
The Faithful Waymark, a ryokan halfway up the mountain road. A bed costs six coppers, breakfast not included. Tonight's supper: a bean pot with smoked sausage.
The Thawing Latecomer, a mansio at the edge of the forest. A bed costs a fair trade from your pack. Tonight's supper: yesterday's stew, improved.
The Homesick Peddler, a mansio at the end of the causeway. A bed costs five coppers by the fire and three away from it. Tonight's supper: corn chowder and crackers.
The Punctual Footbridge, a xenodochium next door to the wheelwright. A bed costs half a day's work in the kitchen. Tonight's supper: pease pudding and ham.
The Frostbitten Minstrel, an inn by the hot springs. A bed costs half a day's work in the kitchen. Tonight's supper: roast goose with red cabbage.
The Yawning Tomcat, a bed and breakfast at the edge of the forest. A bed costs three coppers and a song. Tonight's supper: turnip mash with brown gravy.
The Dozing Bolster, a mansio where the paved road ends. A bed costs a copper for the hayloft. Tonight's supper: split pea soup with a ham bone.
The Dozing Chimney, a bed and breakfast at the mouth of the gorge. A bed costs half a day's work in the kitchen. Tonight's supper: pancakes with lemon and sugar.
The Muddy Snorer, a ryokan under a rock overhang. A bed costs three coppers for the bench by the door. Tonight's supper: baked apples with honey.
The Wellfed Footbridge, a ryokan beside the travelers' well. A bed costs a silver in summer and two in the snow. Tonight's supper: a herb omelet as wide as the pan.
The Snoring Warmingpan, a caravanserai over the tanners' yard. A bed costs nothing, if you mend the gate. Tonight's supper: chicken and leek dumplings.
The Thawing Causeway, a ryokan under a rock overhang. A bed costs a silver for a room with a lock. Tonight's supper: a herb omelet as wide as the pan.

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How it works

This inn name generator sets up a whole inn for a story or a game table: a sign such as The Weary Wayfarer, a real kind of lodging house, where it stands, the price of a bed and tonight's supper.

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Keep the sign, change the rest

Press New inn name. When the sign is right, tap its two words to lock them, then press again for a new place, price and supper. As a random inn name generator for a long road, Print 20 inns gives one for every night.

Kinds of inn that were real

The third row holds real kinds of lodging house, each explained under the tool. A caravanserai gave lodging to travelers, merchants and caravans; a mansio was an official stopping place on a Roman road; a coaching inn rested coach travelers and their horses.

Tips

The best fantasy inn names can be drawn: every noun here is something a sign painter could paint.
Lock the kind of lodging and print 20 for a chain of posting stations along one road.

Questions and answers

What is the difference between an inn and a tavern?

An inn is a place where travelers find lodging and usually a meal. A tavern is a gathering place, and in the past many also gave travelers a bed. This page is about beds: every result has a price for the night and a supper.

Can I use these as fantasy tavern names?

Yes. The signs follow the old pattern of The, a describing word and a thing, so The Drowsy Peddler or The Wayward Coachman hangs as well over a tavern door as over an inn.

Does it work as an rpg tavern name generator at the table?

Yes. Read the whole line aloud when the party arrives: the sign, the place, the price of a bed and what is cooking. Nothing follows one game's rules.

Are these the names of real or famous inns?

Every sign was searched, with and without The, as a Wikipedia page title and on fantasy fan wikis, and the words that made a taken name were cut. Nothing is checked against real businesses.

Adjective: all 66 adjectives

Tired and footsore 15

Blistered
Dozing
Dreaming
Drowsy
Footsore
Homesick
Limping
Napping

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Tired and footsore, continued

Nodding
Resting
Saddlesore
Sleeping
Snoring
Weary
Yawning

Weather 14

Becalmed
Drenched
Dripping
Frostbitten
Hailstruck
Mistbound
Muddy
Rainsoaked
Snowbound
Stormstayed
Sunburnt
Thawing
Weatherbeaten
Windblown

Warmth and welcome 19

Borrowed
Candlelit
Faithful
Fireside
Grateful
Hearty
Honest
Humming
Hushed
Lamplit
Mended
Patient
Sheltered
Snug
Thankful
Toasted
Trusty
Welcome
Wellfed

Roads and directions 18

Departing
Eastbound
Halfway
Homebound
Late
Lonely
Lost
Meandering
Midway
Northbound
Outbound
Punctual
Returning
Roundabout
Southbound
Tardy
Wayward
Westbound

How this list was compiled: Our own list of 66 adjectives for the first word of an inn sign, after The, written on 2026-10-02 about travelers, weather and the road. Every one of the 3,960 signs the two sign rows can spell was built by script and screened that day: with and without "The" as an English Wikipedia page title, as an exact page title on 5 fantasy fan wikis (lotr.fandom.com, forgottenrealms.fandom.com, elderscrolls.fandom.com, harrypotter.fandom.com, witcher.fandom.com), against the famous inns of published fantasy, and with a rude-word list read across the words (https://github.com/LDNOOBW/List-of-Dirty-Naughty-Obscene-and-Otherwise-Bad-Words). A word that made a taken sign was cut. Counted by script: 14 of 66 of these adjectives and 17 of 60 of the nouns are also on the sign rows of the fantasy shop page. 3 candidates were cut (1 a rude word inside or across the join; 1 other reasons; 1 a Wikipedia page title), among them Farthest, Sleepless, Last. Nothing is checked against real inns: search a name before you trade under it. Licence: own work

Noun: all 60 nouns

People of the road 15

Coachman
Ferryman
Juggler
Latecomer
Lodger
Minstrel
Muleteer
Ostler

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People of the road, continued

Packman
Peddler
Postboy
Snorer
Tinker
Tollkeeper
Wayfarer

Beasts and birds 12

Carthorse
Cricket
Donkey
Dormouse
Gander
Goose
Mastiff
Moth
Mule
Ox
Packhorse
Tomcat

House and hearth 17

Bedroll
Blanket
Bolster
Chimney
Doorstep
Dumpling
Footstool
Garret
Hayloft
Latchkey
Pillow
Quilt
Rafter
Shutter
Stewpot
Trencher
Warmingpan

Road and yard 16

Bootheel
Byway
Cartwheel
Causeway
Crossroads
Fingerpost
Footbridge
Gatepost
Handcart
Knapsack
Milestone
Signpost
Tollgate
Turnpike
Waymark
Wheel

How this list was compiled: Our own list of 60 nouns for the second word of an inn sign: things a painter could draw. The screen of the signs is described under the adjectives. 10 candidates were cut (6 a Wikipedia page title; 3 a rude word inside or across the join; 1 a fan wiki page title), among them Stranger, Nightjar, Keyhole, Hare, Sleeper, Wagon. Licence: own work

Kind of lodging: all 15 kinds of lodging

A 1

auberge The French word for an inn or hostel.

B 2

bed and breakfast A small lodging that offers a night's stay and breakfast.
boarding house A house where lodgers rent rooms by the night or for months, with some meals.

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C 2

caravanserai An inn that gave lodging to travelers, merchants and caravans.
coaching inn A resting point for coach travelers and their horses, until the railways came.

G 1

guest house A kind of lodging; in some places a private home turned over to visitors.

H 1

hostel Low-cost shared lodging where a guest rents a bed, usually in a dormitory.

I 1

inn A place where travelers can find lodging and, usually, a meal.

M 1

mansio An official stopping place on a Roman road.

P 2

pension A type of guest house or boarding house, a word used in Continental Europe.
posting station A stop on a main road where a traveler can rest or change tired horses for fresh ones.

R 3

relay station On the Mongol yam route, relay stations gave messengers food, shelter and spare horses.
roadhouse A small house on a main road in thinly peopled country that feeds and lodges passing travelers.
ryokan A traditional Japanese inn with tatami-matted rooms and communal baths.

X 1

xenodochium In the early Middle Ages, a hostel or hospital for foreigners or pilgrims.

How this list was compiled: 15 real kinds of lodging house, each read on 2026-10-02 in the English Wikipedia article named on the item; the words each line rests on were matched to that article by script. The one-line descriptions are ours. Licence: own work

Where it stands: all 50 places

A 15

a day's walk from anywhere
above a bakery
across from the horse fair
at the bend where carts tip over
at the border post
at the edge of the forest
at the edge of the salt flats
at the end of the causeway

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A, continued

at the foot of the glacier
at the fork nobody signposted
at the last bridge before the pass
at the mouth of the gorge
at the summit of the pass
at the top of the hundred steps
at the well in the dunes

B 12

behind the corn exchange
below the hill fort
beside a frozen waterfall
beside the drovers' pens
beside the ferry landing
beside the mill pond
beside the toll gate
beside the travelers' well
between two rival villages
built into a ruined gatehouse
by the hot springs
by the standing stones

H 1

halfway up the mountain road

I 8

in a cave behind a waterfall
in a hollow oak the size of a barn
in a walled orchard
in the last village before the moor
in the lee of a great rock
in the middle of the long bridge
in the shadow of the lighthouse
inside the old city wall

N 1

next door to the wheelwright

O 9

on a river island
on stilts over the marsh
on the cliff road
on the harbor steps
on the old king's road
on the quiet side of the market square
on the windy side of the hill
opposite the clock tower
over the tanners' yard

U 2

under a rock overhang
under the old aqueduct

W 2

where the paved road ends
where three roads meet

How this list was compiled: Our own list of 50 places for an inn to stand, written on 2026-10-02. Checked by script against every list on this site. Licence: own work

Price of a bed: all 20 prices

A 8

a copper for the hayloft
a fair trade from your pack
a gold piece for the whole top floor
a silver and a promise to come back
a silver for a room with a lock
a silver in summer and two in the snow
a silver, or a copper and your own blanket
a story nobody here has heard

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F 2

five coppers by the fire and three away from it
four coppers if you share with a peddler

H 1

half a day's work in the kitchen

N 1

nothing, if you mend the gate

O 2

one copper a boot
one silver, stabling included

S 1

six coppers, breakfast not included

T 4

three coppers and a song
three coppers for the bench by the door
two coppers for the common room floor
two silvers for the room with a window

W 1

whatever the last guest paid, plus one

How this list was compiled: Our own list of 20 prices for a bed in a made-up world, in coppers, silvers and favors, written on 2026-10-02. No real currency or real price is meant. Licence: own work

Supper: all 60 suppers

A 6

a bean pot with smoked sausage
a cold pie and a hot potato
a herb omelet as wide as the pan
a plowman's plate of bread, cheese and pickle
a whole roast onion each
apple fritters dusted with cinnamon

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B 6

baked apples with honey
barley stew with a dumpling the size of a fist
beetroot soup with sour cream
berry cobbler from the big dish
bread pudding with raisins
buttered noodles and black pepper

C 6

cabbage rolls in tomato sauce
carrot and ginger soup
cheese and onion pasties
cheese on toast with pickled onions
chicken and leek dumplings
corn chowder and crackers

D 1

duck legs with plums

F 4

fish chowder, thick enough to stand a spoon in
flat mushrooms on fried bread
flatbread with goat cheese and thyme
fried eggs on potato hash

G 2

goat curry with flatbread
griddle cakes with bacon

H 2

honey cake, one slice each
hot milk and gingerbread

L 2

lamb skewers off the fire
leek and potato pie

M 3

mushroom pasties, still too hot to hold
mussels steamed with garlic
mutton broth and dark bread

N 1

noodle broth with spring onions

O 2

oatcakes with soft cheese
onion soup under a crust of cheese

P 7

pancakes with lemon and sugar
parsnips roasted in dripping
pease pudding and ham
plum tart with cream
pork and apple sausages
potato dumplings in mushroom gravy
pumpkin soup with toasted seeds

R 7

rabbit stewed with prunes
rice pudding with a skin on top
rice with saffron and almonds
river trout fried in butter
roast goose with red cabbage
roast squash stuffed with nuts
roasted chestnuts by the handful

S 6

salt cod fritters
smoked eel on rye bread
spiced lentils and flatbread
spinach pie in flaky pastry
split pea soup with a ham bone
stuffed marrow in cheese sauce

T 2

toasted cheese and a baked potato
turnip mash with brown gravy

V 1

venison stew with juniper

W 1

whatever the cook was given at the door

Y 1

yesterday's stew, improved

How this list was compiled: Our own list of 60 suppers for an inn table, written on 2026-10-02: food only. Checked by script against every list on this site. Licence: own work