Steampunk Name Generator

One press names a person of a brass-and-steam world: title, first name, workshop surname and trade.

Steampunk Name Generator: 20 steampunk names

Curator Rufus Tinbury, a luthier.

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TitleCurator
First nameRufus
SurnameTinbury
Tradeluthier

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Captain Genevieve Pulleyworth, a farrier.
Doctor Horace Boltcot, a fog cartographer.
Engineer Adeline Tindergate, a crossing sweeper.
Doctor Ferdinand Fusethwaite, a fog cartographer.
Major Ezekiel Ratchetgate, a switchboard operator.
Navigator Leopold Tinderhurst, a moonlight meter reader.
Magistrate Horace Tallowley, a boiler whisperer.
Professor Genevieve Coalcot, an ice cutter.
Constable Hector Fluefield, a clockmaker.
Navigator Napoleon Fobroyd, a rain-piano tuner.
Envoy Augustus Copperbury, a moonlight meter reader.
Professor Casper Clockgarth, a brass-goggle fitter.
Navigator Ambrose Smokedale, a machinist.
Engineer Adeline Tindergate, an echo collector.
Inspector Lavinia Boltcot, a lightning bottler.
Navigator Beatrice Pulleyworth, a gear-tooth counter.
Envoy Elias Furnacehythe, a rain-piano tuner.
Commodore Harriet Ferrulethwaite, a spare-hour broker.
Professor Adelaide Girderby, a whistle-pitch inspector.
Major Horace Boltroyd, an aether surveyor.

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How it works

This steampunk name generator makes a person of a brass-and-steam world in one line: a title, a first name given to babies in 1880, an invented surname built on a workshop word, and a trade.

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Press New steampunk name. Tap a part to lock it, then press again. Lock the surname and each press adds a relative to one family firm. Lock the trade on lamplighter and press for the whole night shift.

Many of the trades were real

A knocker-up woke sleeping workers in time for work. A computer was a person who did calculations. A lamplighter lit the street lamps and looked after them. The list under the tool explains every real trade and marks the invented ones.

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The Surname row in the list under the tool is a list of steampunk last names on its own.
Use it as a random steampunk name generator for a crew: press six times and keep them all.

Questions and answers

How are the steampunk surnames made?

Each joins a workshop word, such as copper, cog or valve, to an old English place-name ending. Wick, for one, means a place or settlement. The list under the tool gives both parts of every surname.

What jobs did people have in Victorian times?

Many that are gone now. A lamplighter lit the street lamps, a knocker-up woke workers, a crossing sweeper cleared a path across a dirty street, and a telegraphist sent messages in Morse code.

What was a computer before computers?

A person. From the early 17th century the word computer meant one who computes: someone who did mathematical calculations.

Are the first names really from the 1880s?

Yes. Each first name is in the United States Social Security file of names given to babies in 1880, and the list under the tool says how common each one was.

Are these names from a book or a game?

No. The surnames are our own and were checked against a file of real surnames, Wikipedia and fan wikis; the ones that turned up were cut. Search a name before you publish it.

Title: all 14 titles

C 5

Captain Commands a ship of the sea or of the air.
Colonel Retired, and still keeps regimental hours.
Commodore Commands more than one ship, and mentions it.
Constable Walks the same beat every night at the same pace.
Curator Keeps a museum of things that still tick.

D 1

Doctor Of medicine, of letters or of something newer.

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E 2

Engineer The title of someone who would rather be at the workbench.
Envoy Carries sealed letters between powers that are not speaking.

I 1

Inspector Carries a notebook and asks where everyone was at midnight.

M 2

Magistrate Hears forty cases before lunch.
Major A rank that suits anyone who walks with a cane.

N 1

Navigator Finds the way by star, chart and stubbornness.

P 1

Professor Holds a chair at a university, or says so on the card.

S 1

Surveyor Measures the city faster than it can grow.

How this list was compiled: Our own choice of 14 titles, each with our own line. Titles tied to men or to women (Lady, Miss, Sir) were left out, because the rows are dealt independently. Licence: own work

First name: all 74 first names

Given to boys in 1880 40

Alonzo One of the 250 most common boys' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Ambrose One of the 500 most common boys' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Archibald One of the 500 most common boys' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.

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Given to boys in 1880, continued

Asa One of the 250 most common boys' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Augustus One of the 250 most common boys' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Bartholomew A rare name: outside the 700 most common boys' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Casper One of the 500 most common boys' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Clarence One of the 100 most common boys' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Cyrus One of the 250 most common boys' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Elias One of the 250 most common boys' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Erasmus A rare name: outside the 700 most common boys' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Ernest One of the 100 most common boys' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Ezekiel One of the 500 most common boys' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Felix One of the 250 most common boys' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Ferdinand One of the 500 most common boys' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Gideon One of the 750 most common boys' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Hector One of the 500 most common boys' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Horace One of the 100 most common boys' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Horatio One of the 500 most common boys' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Jasper One of the 250 most common boys' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Josiah One of the 500 most common boys' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Julius One of the 100 most common boys' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Lemuel One of the 250 most common boys' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Leopold One of the 750 most common boys' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Lucius One of the 500 most common boys' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Luther One of the 100 most common boys' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Marcellus One of the 750 most common boys' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Mortimer One of the 750 most common boys' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Napoleon One of the 500 most common boys' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Nathaniel One of the 250 most common boys' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Phineas A rare name: outside the 700 most common boys' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Quincy One of the 750 most common boys' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Rufus One of the 100 most common boys' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Silas One of the 250 most common boys' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Solomon One of the 250 most common boys' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Thaddeus One of the 750 most common boys' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Theodore One of the 100 most common boys' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Tobias A rare name: outside the 700 most common boys' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Valentine One of the 750 most common boys' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Victor One of the 250 most common boys' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.

Given to girls in 1880 34

Adelaide One of the 250 most common girls' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Adeline One of the 250 most common girls' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Agatha One of the 500 most common girls' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Aurelia One of the 500 most common girls' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Beatrice One of the 250 most common girls' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Clementine One of the 500 most common girls' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Cordelia One of the 250 most common girls' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Dorothea One of the 500 most common girls' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Drusilla One of the 750 most common girls' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Edith One of the 100 most common girls' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Eleanora A rare name: outside the 700 most common girls' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Eudora A rare name: outside the 700 most common girls' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Florence One of the 100 most common girls' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Genevieve One of the 250 most common girls' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Georgiana One of the 500 most common girls' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Harriet One of the 100 most common girls' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Hester One of the 250 most common girls' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Imogene One of the 750 most common girls' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Isadora A rare name: outside the 700 most common girls' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Josephine One of the 100 most common girls' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Lavinia One of the 500 most common girls' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Leonora One of the 500 most common girls' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Lucretia One of the 500 most common girls' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Matilda One of the 250 most common girls' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Millicent One of the 750 most common girls' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Octavia One of the 500 most common girls' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Ophelia One of the 250 most common girls' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Penelope A rare name: outside the 700 most common girls' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Permelia One of the 750 most common girls' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Philomena One of the 750 most common girls' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Rosetta One of the 250 most common girls' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Sophronia One of the 500 most common girls' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Victoria One of the 250 most common girls' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.
Viola One of the 100 most common girls' names in the United States Social Security file for 1880.

How this list was compiled: 74 first names that are all in the United States Social Security Administration file of names given to babies in 1880 (yob1880.txt in https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/names.zip, a work of the United States government in the public domain; two saved copies of the file were read on 2026-10-02, because the address refuses requests from a script). The line on each name gives a band, not a place: the names of each sex were put in order of the number of babies, and a name is in the 100, 250, 500 or 750 most common only if every name tied with it is too, in both copies. Our own choice of names from the file. Licence: own work

Surname: all 128 surnames

A 3

Anvilgarth Anvil and garth: the old place-name ending garth means an enclosure.
Anvilhurst Anvil and hurst: the old place-name ending hurst means a wooded hill.
Anvilley Anvil and ley: the old place-name ending ley means a woodland clearing.

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B 12

Bellowsgate Bellows and gate: the old place-name ending gate means a road.
Bellowshurst Bellows and hurst: the old place-name ending hurst means a wooded hill.
Bellowsworth Bellows and worth: the old place-name ending worth means an enclosure.
Bobbinfield Bobbin and field: the old place-name ending field means open land.
Bobbinhythe Bobbin and hythe: the old place-name ending hythe means a wharf or landing place.
Bobbinshaw Bobbin and shaw: the old place-name ending shaw means a wood or thicket.
Boilercombe Boiler and combe: the old place-name ending combe means a valley.
Boilerfield Boiler and field: the old place-name ending field means open land.
Boilerhythe Boiler and hythe: the old place-name ending hythe means a wharf or landing place.
Boltcombe Bolt and combe: the old place-name ending combe means a valley.
Boltcot Bolt and cot: the old place-name ending cot means a cottage or small building.
Boltroyd Bolt and royd: the old place-name ending royd means a field or clearing.

C 20

Chimneybury Chimney and bury: the old place-name ending bury means a fortified enclosure.
Chimneyham Chimney and ham: the old place-name ending ham means a farm or homestead.
Chimneythwaite Chimney and thwaite: the old place-name ending thwaite means a forest clearing with a dwelling.
Cinderdale Cinder and dale: the old place-name ending dale means a valley.
Cinderthwaite Cinder and thwaite: the old place-name ending thwaite means a forest clearing with a dwelling.
Cinderton Cinder and ton: the old place-name ending ton means an enclosure, estate or homestead.
Clockby Clock and by: the old place-name ending by means a settlement or village.
Clockgarth Clock and garth: the old place-name ending garth means an enclosure.
Clockstead Clock and stead: the old place-name ending stead means a place or enclosed pasture.
Coalcombe Coal and combe: the old place-name ending combe means a valley.
Coalcot Coal and cot: the old place-name ending cot means a cottage or small building.
Coalhythe Coal and hythe: the old place-name ending hythe means a wharf or landing place.
Coggate Cog and gate: the old place-name ending gate means a road.
Cogham Cog and ham: the old place-name ending ham means a farm or homestead.
Copperbury Copper and bury: the old place-name ending bury means a fortified enclosure.
Copperham Copper and ham: the old place-name ending ham means a farm or homestead.
Copperthwaite Copper and thwaite: the old place-name ending thwaite means a forest clearing with a dwelling.
Crankby Crank and by: the old place-name ending by means a settlement or village.
Crankroyd Crank and royd: the old place-name ending royd means a field or clearing.
Crankstead Crank and stead: the old place-name ending stead means a place or enclosed pasture.

F 18

Ferruledale Ferrule and dale: the old place-name ending dale means a valley.
Ferrulethwaite Ferrule and thwaite: the old place-name ending thwaite means a forest clearing with a dwelling.
Ferruleton Ferrule and ton: the old place-name ending ton means an enclosure, estate or homestead.
Flangegarth Flange and garth: the old place-name ending garth means an enclosure.
Flangeley Flange and ley: the old place-name ending ley means a woodland clearing.
Flangestead Flange and stead: the old place-name ending stead means a place or enclosed pasture.
Fluefield Flue and field: the old place-name ending field means open land.
Flueshaw Flue and shaw: the old place-name ending shaw means a wood or thicket.
Fluewick Flue and wick: the old place-name ending wick means a place or settlement.
Fobcombe Fob and combe: the old place-name ending combe means a valley.
Fobcot Fob and cot: the old place-name ending cot means a cottage or small building.
Fobroyd Fob and royd: the old place-name ending royd means a field or clearing.
Furnacecombe Furnace and combe: the old place-name ending combe means a valley.
Furnacecot Furnace and cot: the old place-name ending cot means a cottage or small building.
Furnacehythe Furnace and hythe: the old place-name ending hythe means a wharf or landing place.
Fusebury Fuse and bury: the old place-name ending bury means a fortified enclosure.
Fusethwaite Fuse and thwaite: the old place-name ending thwaite means a forest clearing with a dwelling.
Fuseton Fuse and ton: the old place-name ending ton means an enclosure, estate or homestead.

G 18

Gasketdale Gasket and dale: the old place-name ending dale means a valley.
Gasketton Gasket and ton: the old place-name ending ton means an enclosure, estate or homestead.
Gasketwick Gasket and wick: the old place-name ending wick means a place or settlement.
Gaugegate Gauge and gate: the old place-name ending gate means a road.
Gaugehurst Gauge and hurst: the old place-name ending hurst means a wooded hill.
Gaugeley Gauge and ley: the old place-name ending ley means a woodland clearing.
Geargate Gear and gate: the old place-name ending gate means a road.
Gearhurst Gear and hurst: the old place-name ending hurst means a wooded hill.
Gearley Gear and ley: the old place-name ending ley means a woodland clearing.
Gimbalgate Gimbal and gate: the old place-name ending gate means a road.
Gimbalham Gimbal and ham: the old place-name ending ham means a farm or homestead.
Gimbalworth Gimbal and worth: the old place-name ending worth means an enclosure.
Girderby Girder and by: the old place-name ending by means a settlement or village.
Girdercot Girder and cot: the old place-name ending cot means a cottage or small building.
Girderroyd Girder and royd: the old place-name ending royd means a field or clearing.
Goggleby Goggle and by: the old place-name ending by means a settlement or village.
Goggleroyd Goggle and royd: the old place-name ending royd means a field or clearing.
Gogglestead Goggle and stead: the old place-name ending stead means a place or enclosed pasture.

K 3

Kettlefield Kettle and field: the old place-name ending field means open land.
Kettleshaw Kettle and shaw: the old place-name ending shaw means a wood or thicket.
Kettlewick Kettle and wick: the old place-name ending wick means a place or settlement.

L 4

Lampdale Lamp and dale: the old place-name ending dale means a valley.
Levergarth Lever and garth: the old place-name ending garth means an enclosure.
Leverley Lever and ley: the old place-name ending ley means a woodland clearing.
Leverstead Lever and stead: the old place-name ending stead means a place or enclosed pasture.

P 9

Pewtergate Pewter and gate: the old place-name ending gate means a road.
Pewterham Pewter and ham: the old place-name ending ham means a farm or homestead.
Pewterworth Pewter and worth: the old place-name ending worth means an enclosure.
Pistonby Piston and by: the old place-name ending by means a settlement or village.
Pistonroyd Piston and royd: the old place-name ending royd means a field or clearing.
Pistonstead Piston and stead: the old place-name ending stead means a place or enclosed pasture.
Pulleybury Pulley and bury: the old place-name ending bury means a fortified enclosure.
Pulleyham Pulley and ham: the old place-name ending ham means a farm or homestead.
Pulleyworth Pulley and worth: the old place-name ending worth means an enclosure.

R 6

Ratchetgate Ratchet and gate: the old place-name ending gate means a road.
Ratchethurst Ratchet and hurst: the old place-name ending hurst means a wooded hill.
Ratchetworth Ratchet and worth: the old place-name ending worth means an enclosure.
Rivetgarth Rivet and garth: the old place-name ending garth means an enclosure.
Rivetley Rivet and ley: the old place-name ending ley means a woodland clearing.
Rivetstead Rivet and stead: the old place-name ending stead means a place or enclosed pasture.

S 20

Shuttledale Shuttle and dale: the old place-name ending dale means a valley.
Shuttleshaw Shuttle and shaw: the old place-name ending shaw means a wood or thicket.
Shuttlewick Shuttle and wick: the old place-name ending wick means a place or settlement.
Smokedale Smoke and dale: the old place-name ending dale means a valley.
Smokeshaw Smoke and shaw: the old place-name ending shaw means a wood or thicket.
Smokewick Smoke and wick: the old place-name ending wick means a place or settlement.
Soldercombe Solder and combe: the old place-name ending combe means a valley.
Solderfield Solder and field: the old place-name ending field means open land.
Solderhythe Solder and hythe: the old place-name ending hythe means a wharf or landing place.
Sootfield Soot and field: the old place-name ending field means open land.
Soothythe Soot and hythe: the old place-name ending hythe means a wharf or landing place.
Sootshaw Soot and shaw: the old place-name ending shaw means a wood or thicket.
Spindlebury Spindle and bury: the old place-name ending bury means a fortified enclosure.
Spindleham Spindle and ham: the old place-name ending ham means a farm or homestead.
Sprocketbury Sprocket and bury: the old place-name ending bury means a fortified enclosure.
Sprocketthwaite Sprocket and thwaite: the old place-name ending thwaite means a forest clearing with a dwelling.
Sprocketton Sprocket and ton: the old place-name ending ton means an enclosure, estate or homestead.
Steamby Steam and by: the old place-name ending by means a settlement or village.
Steamcot Steam and cot: the old place-name ending cot means a cottage or small building.
Steamroyd Steam and royd: the old place-name ending royd means a field or clearing.

T 9

Tallowgarth Tallow and garth: the old place-name ending garth means an enclosure.
Tallowhurst Tallow and hurst: the old place-name ending hurst means a wooded hill.
Tallowley Tallow and ley: the old place-name ending ley means a woodland clearing.
Tinbury Tin and bury: the old place-name ending bury means a fortified enclosure.
Tindergate Tinder and gate: the old place-name ending gate means a road.
Tinderhurst Tinder and hurst: the old place-name ending hurst means a wooded hill.
Tinderley Tinder and ley: the old place-name ending ley means a woodland clearing.
Tinham Tin and ham: the old place-name ending ham means a farm or homestead.
Tinthwaite Tin and thwaite: the old place-name ending thwaite means a forest clearing with a dwelling.

V 3

Valvecombe Valve and combe: the old place-name ending combe means a valley.
Valvecot Valve and cot: the old place-name ending cot means a cottage or small building.
Valveroyd Valve and royd: the old place-name ending royd means a field or clearing.

W 3

Whistleby Whistle and by: the old place-name ending by means a settlement or village.
Whistlegarth Whistle and garth: the old place-name ending garth means an enclosure.
Whistlestead Whistle and stead: the old place-name ending stead means a place or enclosed pasture.

How this list was compiled: Our own list of 128 invented surnames, written on 2026-10-02: a workshop word joined to an old English place-name ending. The meaning of each ending is from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_elements_in_place_names_in_the_British_Isles, read that day (CC BY-SA 4.0). Each surname was screened by script: the surname file of the 2010 United States Census; an English dictionary; first-name 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 read across the join; exact page titles on English Wikipedia; every page title of 16 fantasy fan wikis; and exact page titles on 8 more (forgottenrealms.fandom.com, harrypotter.fandom.com, disney.fandom.com, bioshock.fandom.com, dishonored.fandom.com, discworld.fandom.com, finalfantasy.fandom.com, wowpedia.fandom.com). 7 candidates were cut (3 a rude word inside or across the join; 1 other reasons; 1 on another list of this site; 1 a real first name or surname; 1 a dictionary word), among them Brassthwaite, Brasston, Brassdale, Cogworth, Spindleworth, Lampton. No list of names is complete, so search a name before you publish it. Licence: own work

Trade: all 55 trades

Real trades of the 1800s 30

boilermaker Shaped steel, iron or copper into boilers and kept them in repair.
clockmaker Made and repaired clocks.
computer Before the machine, a computer was a person who did calculations.
cooper Made casks, barrels, buckets and tubs from wooden staves.
coppersmith Made things from copper and brass. Also called a brazier.

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Real trades of the 1800s, continued

cordwainer A shoemaker who made new shoes from new leather.
costermonger Sold fruit and vegetables in the street in British towns.
crossing sweeper Swept a path across a dirty street for people on foot, in return for a tip.
draper A seller of cloth, mainly for clothing.
farrier A specialist in the care of horses' hooves.
haberdasher In British English, a seller of small things for sewing, such as buttons and ribbons.
ice cutter Cut ice from lakes and rivers in winter, to be stored and used for cooling.
knocker-up Woke sleeping people so that they got to work on time. The job began in the Industrial Revolution.
lamplighter Was employed to light the street lamps and look after them.
luthier Built and repaired string instruments. The word comes from the French for lute.
machinist Worked machine tools such as lathes and drilling machines.
milliner Designed, made and sold hats.
millwright Installed, repaired and moved the machinery of mills and factories.
mudlark Searched the banks of a river for things of value, as many did in London in the 1700s and 1800s.
navvy Short for navigator: a laborer on great works of engineering.
organ grinder Played a street organ, a mechanical organ made to be moved from street to street.
ostler Looked after horses in a stable, usually at an inn.
sailmaker Made and repaired sails.
scrivener A professional copyist or scribe who wrote out official documents.
stevedore Loaded and unloaded ships.
stoker Tended the fire of a boiler or a steam engine, mostly with a shovel.
switchboard operator Connected telephone calls by hand at a switchboard.
telegraphist Sent and received messages in Morse code with a telegraph key.
tinsmith Made and repaired things of tin and other light metals.
wheelwright Built and repaired wooden wheels. Wright comes from an Old English word for a worker.

Invented trades 25

aether surveyor Invented for this page. Measures what lies between the stars with a very long ruler.
automaton tailor Invented for this page. Fits waistcoats on clients made of brass.
boiler whisperer Invented for this page. Calms an angry engine by talking to it.
brass-goggle fitter Invented for this page. Measures faces for goggles, and never asks why.
clockwork gardener Invented for this page. Prunes hedges that are wound up each spring.
clockwork-canary breeder Invented for this page. Winds two hundred small brass birds every morning.
cloud-bank pilot Invented for this page. Guides airships to their moorings through low cloud.
comet lamplighter Invented for this page. Claims to relight the comets, and sends a bill.
echo collector Invented for this page. Gathers echoes in copper horns for the museum.
fog cartographer Invented for this page. Maps the fog banks of the harbor, hour by hour.
gear-tooth counter Invented for this page. Counts the teeth of every gear in the city, twice.
kite-train guard Invented for this page. Rides at the back of a train pulled by kites.
lightning bottler Invented for this page. Sells stored thunderstorms by the jar.
mechanical-owl trainer Invented for this page. Teaches brass owls to deliver the night post.
moonlight meter reader Invented for this page. Bills the city for the moonlight it uses.
rain-piano tuner Invented for this page. Tunes the gutters of a concert hall to play in the rain.
smoke-ring signaler Invented for this page. Sends messages in rings of smoke from the tallest chimney.
spare-hour broker Invented for this page. Buys the hours people waste and sells them to the busy.
steam-carousel conductor Invented for this page. Takes tickets on a merry-go-round the size of a square.
teacup engineer Invented for this page. Builds very small machines for very polite purposes.
thunder accountant Invented for this page. Keeps the books of every storm.
time-table poet Invented for this page. Writes the railway timetable in rhyme.
watch-spring surgeon Invented for this page. Operates on watches too small for other hands.
weathervane tamer Invented for this page. Persuades stubborn weathervanes to point the right way.
whistle-pitch inspector Invented for this page. Checks that every factory whistle is in tune.

How this list was compiled: 55 trades in two groups. The real ones were checked against the English Wikipedia article linked on each line on 2026-10-02 (CC BY-SA 4.0); the wording of each line is ours. The invented ones are our own and each line says so. Licence: own work