This magic school name generator names a school for a fantasy story or game: an invented founder or place, a real word for a place of learning, and an art of magic with its dictionary meaning.
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Press New magic school name. Tap the name, the kind or the art to lock it, then press again to change the rest. Lock the name and the kind and keep pressing to list every art one school teaches.
What the words mean
Academy comes from the grove outside Athens where Plato taught, and lyceum from the gymnasium where Aristotle set up his school. Most words in -mancy name a kind of divination: pyromancy is by fire, hydromancy by water. Thaumaturgy is the working of wonders. For fantasy school names from the ancient world, lock Lyceum or Athenaeum.
Tips
For rival schools, lock one art and press for two different kinds of school.
Questions and answers
What is a good name for a magic school?
A founder or a place, a word for a school and the art it teaches: the three parts on this page. Academy and Lyceum both go back to schools in ancient Athens.
What does -mancy mean?
The ending -mancy means divination: pyromancy is divination by fire and oneiromancy by dreams. In fantasy the ending also names a variety of magic that controls one thing, so pyromancy can mean fire magic.
What is thaumaturgy?
Thaumaturgy is the working of miracles: wonderworking, or magic. On this page it is one of the arts a school can teach.
Are these schools from a book or a film?
No. Every name was written for this page and searched on Wikipedia and on fan wikis of published series. The kinds of school and the arts are ordinary dictionary words.
How this list was compiled: 71 names of invented founders and places for a school of magic, written for this page. Each made-up name was checked by script on 2026-10-02 against a dictionary, lists of first names and surnames, GeoNames places (towns of the world, and every name in the tables for the United Kingdom and the United States; https://download.geonames.org/export/dump/, CC BY 4.0), names from published fiction, every list on this site, the page titles of English Wikipedia and a full-text search of English Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/, CC BY-SA 4.0). 31 of 104 candidates were cut (8 already on another list of this site; 8 found on English Wikipedia; 7 a name from published fiction, or one letter from one; 5 a real place; 2 a rude word inside the letters; 1 a real first name or surname). The names come from one list kept for all the made-up place pages of this site, so none is on two pages. No list of names is complete, so search a name before you publish it. Each name was also searched as a page title 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). Two names were taken out after a second check: each is close to a name in a published fantasy series. No name of a place, a house or a school from a published series is used. Licence: own work
Kind of school: all 9 kinds of school
A 3
AcademyFrom the Akademia, a grove outside Athens where Plato taught.
AtelierThe workshop of a master artist, where students and apprentices work and are trained.
AthenaeumFirst a temple of Athena; later an institution for the advancement of learning.
C 2
CollegeAn academic institution; also a group of people who share a purpose.
ConservatoryIn the US, a music school.
Show all 9 kinds of school (4 more)
L 1
LyceumFrom the gymnasium near Athens where Aristotle set up his school.
P 1
PhrontisteryA place for thinking: an establishment devoted to education or study.
S 1
SchoolAn institution dedicated to teaching and learning.
U 1
UniversityAn institution of higher education that teaches, does research and confers degrees.
How this list was compiled: 9 real words for a place of learning. The meaning or origin on each line follows the word's English Wiktionary entry, or for Atelier the English Wikipedia article on it (both CC BY-SA 4.0), read on 2026-10-02. Licence: own selection; meanings from English Wiktionary and English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
Art: all 51 arts
Elements and forces 10
AeromancyDivination by the conditions of the air.
BrontomancyA rare word for divination by thunder.
CeraunomancyDivination by thunder or lightning; also the power of conjuring them.
ChronomancyDivination of the best time to do something.
GeomancyDivination using earth or the ground, such as reading marks on the ground.
HydromancyDivination by water or another liquid.
PhotomancyDivination using light.
PyromancyDivination by fire; in fantasy, the power of conjuring or controlling fire.
TechnomancyMagic that affects technology or works through it.
UmbramancyA rare fantasy word for control over shadows.
Show all 51 arts (41 more)
Spells and workings 13
AlchemyThe premodern study of physical changes, in pursuit of an elixir or a philosopher's stone.
ConjurationConjuring, legerdemain or magic.
DweomercraftA rare fantasy word for magic and the magical arts.
EnchantmentThe act of enchanting; also a magical spell.
EvocationThe act of calling out or forth.
GlamourOriginally enchantment: a spell that makes things look other than they are.
IllusionA magician's trick; a false impression of what is real.
RunecraftKnowledge of runes, or skill in using them for magical purposes.
SorceryMagical power; the use of magic arts.
SpellcraftMagical practices that involve the casting of spells.
ThaumaturgyThe working of miracles: wonderworking, magic.
TransmutationThe conversion of one thing into something else.
WizardryThe art of a wizard.
Plant, stone and word lore 6
HerbalismThe use or study of medicinal herbs.
LeechcraftA historical word for the art of healing.
MetallurgyThe science of metals: getting them from ores, purifying and working them.
StonecraftThe art or skill of working in stone.
WordcraftSkill with words; clever use of words or speech.
WortcunningKnowledge of the medicinal uses of plants and herbs.
Reading sky and living things 10
AstromancyDivination by the stars.
AustromancyDivination from observing the winds or clouds.
BotanomancyDivination by plants.
DendromancyDivination by the leaves and branches of plants and trees.
HippomancyDivination by the appearance and behavior of horses.
NephomancyDivination by the movement of clouds.
OneiromancyDivination by the interpretation of dreams.
OphiomancyDivination using snakes.
OrnithomancyDivination by means of birds: their behavior, flight and calls.
SelenomancyDivination by the appearance and phases of the moon.
Reading objects 12
AstragalomancyDivination by dice.
CapnomancyDivination by smoke rising from a fire.
CatoptromancyDivination by mirrors or other reflective surfaces.
CeromancyDivination by pouring melted wax into water.
CrystallomancyThe use of a crystal ball or another transparent solid for divination.
LampadomancyDivination by the flame of a lamp.
LithomancyDivination with stones or gemstones, by the light they reflect or how they fall.
LogomancyDivination with words.
LychnomancyDivination using a lamp or a candle flame.
OnomancyDivination by the letters of a name.
OomancyDivination through the use of eggs.
RhabdomancyDivination with wands or rods, especially to find things below the ground.
How this list was compiled: 51 real English words for an art of magic or an old craft, most of them ending in -mancy. The dictionary meaning on each line follows the word's English Wiktionary entry (CC BY-SA 4.0), read on 2026-10-02; many lines keep the entry's own words. Most -mancy words name an old kind of divination; they are here as words for a story, and the page tells no fortunes. Licence: own selection; meanings from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)