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Generate cemetery and graveyard names for novels, D&D settings, horror games and worldbuilding maps: old churchyards, memorial parks, potter's fields, necropolises and haunted hollows, from serene to sinister.

About cemetery names

Real cemetery names follow a handful of patterns, and knowing them is the fastest way to make a fictional one feel authentic. The oldest burial grounds are simply named for the church they surround (St. Cuthbert's Churchyard, Old North Churchyard) or for the parish and a blunt noun: burial ground, graveyard, kirkyard. The nineteenth-century rural-cemetery movement replaced those with landscape names built from a natural feature and a gentle noun, which is why so many cemeteries are called something like Mount Hope, Greenwood or Oak Lawn. Twentieth-century commercial grounds softened the language further into memorial park and memorial gardens, often with a consoling word such as Rest, Peace or Eternal attached.

For fiction you can steer the mood with that vocabulary. Churchyard, kirkyard and burial ground sound old and rural; memorial park sounds modern and suburban; necropolis, ossuary and catacombs sound ancient or fantastical. A name like Candlewick Cemetery or Willowmere Memorial Park is a place the living visit with flowers, while Gallows Hill Burial Ground, Bonehollow or Pauper's Field tells players there is a reason nobody goes there after dark.

The list below mixes all of these registers, plus biblical memorial-park names, occupational grounds like Sailors' Rest and Miners' Hill, and fantasy necropolises for tabletop maps.

How to choose cemetery names

  • Match the noun to the era: churchyard or burial ground for anything pre-1850, cemetery for Victorian grounds, memorial park or memorial gardens for modern suburban ones.
  • Name the ground after a real feature of your map (a hill, creek, tree or the church beside it) so the cemetery feels like it grew out of the place rather than being dropped onto it.
  • For horror, pick a name with an ugly history baked in (Gallows Hill, Plague Pit Hollow, Drowned Mill Graveyard); the backstory writes itself.
  • Small towns usually have one consoling, generic name (Pleasant Hill, Evergreen, Fairview) and one older, forgotten ground; giving your setting both adds instant depth.
  • For fantasy settings, swap in necropolis, ossuary, barrow or catacombs and attach the name of a dynasty or order (Tombs of the Silent Kings, Crypts of the Ashen Order).

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between a cemetery, a graveyard and a churchyard?

A graveyard or churchyard is a burial ground attached to a church, usually old and small. A cemetery is a standalone burial ground, a word that became common in the nineteenth century when towns opened grounds outside church control. Memorial park is the modern commercial term.

How do I name a cemetery for a horror story or D&D campaign?

Lead with a grim landmark or event: Hangman's Oak Burial Ground, Bonehollow, Charnel Hollow or Wailing Wood Graveyard. For fantasy, words like necropolis, ossuary and barrow combined with a faction or royal line (Tombs of the Silent Kings) signal something ancient and dangerous.

What are realistic names for a modern memorial park?

Modern grounds favor soft landscape words plus a comforting noun: Evergreen Hill Memorial Park, Rosehaven Memorial Gardens, Quiet Meadow, Lakeview or Forest Lawn. Biblical place names such as Mount Olive, Zion Hill and Bethany Gardens are also extremely common.

Can I use these names for a real cemetery, pet cemetery or memorial garden?

Yes. The names here are original or built from common descriptive words, so they are free to use. Check that no existing cemetery in your region already uses the name to avoid confusing families and visitors.

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A: 18 names

  • Abbotsford Churchyard
  • Alderbrook Memorial Park
  • Aldergate Cemetery
  • Amaranth Gardens of Remembrance
  • Amberhill Cemetery
  • Amberlea Memorial Gardens
  • Amity Rest
  • Angel Oak Memorial Gardens
  • Angel's Landing Memorial Park
  • Antioch Cemetery
  • Applecross Cemetery
  • Ararat Rest
  • Ashbury Rest
  • Ashcombe Rest
  • Ashenvale Burial Ground
  • Ashford Rest
  • Ashgrove Burial Ground
  • Autumnfield Cemetery

B: 30 names

  • Barnaby Yard
  • Barrow of the First Queens
  • Barrowcroft Burial Ground
  • Beaconsfield Rest
  • Beechwood Cemetery
  • Bell Tower Memorial Gardens
  • Bellwether Cemetery
  • Bethany Gardens
  • Bethel Hill Memorial Park
  • Beulah Land Cemetery
  • Beyond the Veil Memorial Park
  • Birchwood Memorial Park
  • Bitterroot Graveyard
  • Black Gate Necropolis
  • Blackthorn Burial Ground
  • Blackwater Cemetery
  • Blackwell Graveyard
  • Bleakmoor Cemetery
  • Blessed Hope Memorial Gardens
  • Bluebell Wood Cemetery
  • Bone Orchard
  • Bonehollow Cemetery
  • Boneyard Flats
  • Brackenridge Memorial Park
  • Bracknell Rest
  • Bramble Hill Cemetery
  • Bramblegate Cemetery
  • Briarwood Rest
  • Brightwater Cemetery
  • Brookhaven Cemetery

C: 46 names

  • Cairn Hill Cemetery
  • Cairnfield Burial Ground
  • Caldermoor Cemetery
  • Calvary Heights Memorial Park
  • Canaan Hill Burial Ground
  • Candlewick Cemetery
  • Carmel Gardens of Remembrance
  • Carrowmore Cemetery
  • Castlemoor Burial Ground
  • Catacombs of St. Ivo
  • Cavendish Cemetery
  • Cedarbrook Rest
  • Chantry Field Rest
  • Chapel-on-the-Hill Churchyard
  • Charnel Hollow
  • Cherrybrook Memorial Gardens
  • Chestnut Grove Cemetery
  • Cinder Hill Burial Ground
  • Cinderfall Cemetery
  • Clearview Cemetery
  • Clearwater Rest
  • Clocktower Yard
  • Cloverleaf Cemetery

C, continued

  • Coalbrook Cemetery
  • Cobbler's Hill Cemetery
  • Cobblestone Churchyard
  • Cold Comfort Cemetery
  • Cold Harbour Graveyard
  • Coldspring Graveyard
  • Columbarium of the Seven Lamps
  • Compline Churchyard
  • Copperbeech Cemetery
  • Corbie Yard
  • Covenant Memorial Gardens
  • Cragside Graveyard
  • Cranmoor Cemetery
  • Cresthaven Cemetery
  • Crestview Lawn Cemetery
  • Cromwell Yard
  • Crookback Hollow Graveyard
  • Crooked Yew Graveyard
  • Crowfall Burial Ground
  • Crowhurst Graveyard
  • Crypts of Halloway
  • Crypts of the Ashen Order
  • Cypress Hollow Cemetery

D: 15 names

  • Daisy Hill Memorial Park
  • Dalewood Cemetery
  • Darkwater Rest
  • Dawnfield Cemetery
  • Dead Acres
  • Dead Man's Hollow Graveyard
  • Deadfall Hollow
  • Dirge Hill Burial Ground
  • Dovecote Yard
  • Dovehaven Cemetery
  • Driftwood Cemetery
  • Drowned Mill Graveyard
  • Dunmore Abbey Burial Ground
  • Dunwich Cemetery
  • Duskwood Cemetery

E: 18 names

  • Eastgate Cemetery
  • Ebenezer Churchyard
  • Ebonhollow Cemetery
  • Eden Hill Memorial Park
  • Elegy Gardens
  • Ellery Churchyard
  • Elmhurst Lawn Cemetery
  • Elysian Fields Memorial Park
  • Emberfield Cemetery
  • Emmaus Gardens
  • Eternal Rest Memorial Park
  • Eternity Gardens
  • Evening Star Memorial Gardens
  • Eventide Cemetery
  • Everafter Gardens
  • Evergreen Hill Memorial Park
  • Evergreen Memorial Gardens
  • Everlasting Peace Memorial Park

F: 20 names

  • Fairhaven Cemetery
  • Fairlawn Memorial Gardens
  • Fairmount Cemetery
  • Fallbrook Cemetery
  • Fallowmere Graveyard
  • Fenwick Kirkyard
  • Fernbrook Cemetery
  • Fernhallow Memorial Gardens
  • Field of Folded Hands
  • Fieldstone Cemetery
  • Final Harbor Memorial Gardens
  • Fishermen's Memorial Gardens
  • Forest Lawn Memorial Park
  • Forgotten Hill Graveyard
  • Forsaken Hollow Graveyard
  • Founders' Rest
  • Foxglove Hollow
  • Foxhollow Cemetery
  • Friar's Well Churchyard
  • Frostmere Cemetery

G: 33 names

  • Gallowgate Cemetery
  • Gallows Hill Burial Ground
  • Gardens of the Last Breath
  • Gatekeeper's Cemetery
  • Gentle Slope Memorial Park
  • Gethsemane Gardens
  • Ghostwood Cemetery
  • Glendale Memorial Gardens
  • Glenmoor Memorial Park
  • Gloaming Hill Cemetery
  • Gloomwater Rest
  • Golden Gate Memorial Park
  • Goldenrod Memorial Gardens
  • Goldleaf Cemetery
  • Good Night Cemetery
  • Good Shepherd Memorial Gardens
  • Gorse Hill Burial Ground
  • Goshen Memorial Gardens
  • Grace Abbey Churchyard
  • Grace Hill Memorial Park
  • Grand View Memorial Gardens
  • Grave of the Nameless Tide
  • Gravelstone Yard
  • Gravesend Yard
  • Gravesmoor Cemetery
  • Green Pastures Memorial Park
  • Green Willow Memorial Gardens
  • Greenbriar Rest
  • Greenlawn Cemetery
  • Gresham Churchyard
  • Greystone Graveyard
  • Grimsby Yard
  • Gullwing Burial Ground

H: 43 names

  • Hagstone Burial Ground
  • Hall of Sleeping Stone
  • Hallowed Ground Cemetery
  • Hallowell Green
  • Hangingstone Burial Ground
  • Hangman's Field
  • Hangman's Hollow
  • Harbor View Memorial Gardens
  • Harmony Grove Memorial Park
  • Harrow's End Graveyard
  • Harrowgate Cemetery
  • Hartfield Cemetery
  • Hartswood Memorial Park
  • Hawkshead Rest
  • Hawthorn Lane Cemetery
  • Hazelbrook Cemetery
  • Heartsease Cemetery
  • Heavenly Acres Memorial Park
  • Heavenly Rest Memorial Park
  • Hemlock Ridge Cemetery
  • Hereafter Gardens

H, continued

  • Heron Marsh Cemetery
  • Hexham Yard
  • Highland Rest
  • Highmoor Rest
  • Hilltop Memorial Gardens
  • Hogsback Burial Ground
  • Hollow Hill Burial Ground
  • Hollow Oak Cemetery
  • Hollow of the Quiet Bell
  • Hollowbrook Rest
  • Hollowmere Graveyard
  • Hollybrook Memorial Gardens
  • Holy Cross Cemetery
  • Holy Trinity Churchyard
  • Homeward Rest
  • Honeysuckle Memorial Gardens
  • Hope Springs Memorial Gardens
  • Hopewell Cemetery
  • Horeb Hill Cemetery
  • Hush Valley Rest
  • Hushwood Cemetery
  • Hyacinth Memorial Gardens

I: 7 names

  • Inglewood Cemetery
  • Ironbridge Cemetery
  • Ironhollow Graveyard
  • Ironwood Burial Ground
  • Ivory Hill Cemetery
  • Ivy Chapel Yard
  • Ivygate Cemetery

J: 3 names

  • Jordan River Memorial Park
  • Journey's End Cemetery
  • Juniper Lane Burial Ground

K: 6 names

  • Keening Moor Cemetery
  • Kestrel Hill Burial Ground
  • Kettlewell Burial Ground
  • Kingsfield Cemetery
  • Kirkgate Yard
  • Knightsbridge Churchyard

L: 25 names

  • Lakeshore Memorial Gardens
  • Lakeside Rest Memorial Park
  • Lakeview Memorial Gardens
  • Lament Hollow
  • Lamplighters' Cemetery
  • Lantern Hill Cemetery
  • Lantern Light Memorial Gardens
  • Larchmont Memorial Gardens
  • Larkfield Cemetery
  • Last Light Memorial Park
  • Laurel Crest Memorial Gardens
  • Lavender Hill Memorial Gardens
  • Lepers' Churchyard
  • Lily of the Valley Memorial Gardens
  • Lilyfield Memorial Park
  • Linden Grove Memorial Park
  • Lindenwood Rest
  • Lonesome Pine Graveyard
  • Long Sleep Burial Ground
  • Lorne Hill Graveyard
  • Lornwood Graveyard
  • Lost Souls Cemetery
  • Low Fell Graveyard
  • Lullaby Lane Memorial Park
  • Lych Gate Yard

M: 39 names

  • Mapleshade Memorial Park
  • Marbleton Cemetery
  • Marigold Memorial Gardens
  • Mariners' Chapel Yard
  • Marrowgate Cemetery
  • Marsh of Drowned Prayers
  • Marshwood Graveyard
  • Mausoleum Row
  • Meadowbrook Rest
  • Meadowlark Rest
  • Meadowsweet Memorial Park
  • Mercy Gardens of Remembrance
  • Mercy Hill Memorial Gardens
  • Mercy Seat Burial Ground
  • Merriweather Cemetery
  • Merrowfield Rest
  • Millbrook Graveyard
  • Miners' Hill Burial Ground
  • Mirewood Rest
  • Mirrorlake Memorial Gardens
  • Mistletoe Churchyard
  • Misty Vale Memorial Gardens
  • Moonshadow Rest
  • Moor of the Unlit Lanterns
  • Moorland Memorial Gardens
  • Morning Glory Memorial Park
  • Morningside Memorial Gardens
  • Morrow Field Memorial Park
  • Mossmere Burial Ground
  • Moth Hollow Cemetery
  • Mount Carmel Memorial Gardens
  • Mount Hope Memorial Park
  • Mount Moriah Memorial Park
  • Mount Olive Memorial Gardens
  • Mount Serenity Memorial Gardens
  • Mount Tabor Memorial Park
  • Mount Zion Memorial Park
  • Mournbrook Cemetery
  • Mourning Dove Cemetery

N: 7 names

  • Necropolis of Vael
  • Netherfield Cemetery
  • Nethermoor Rest
  • Nettlebed Burial Ground
  • Nightingale Rest
  • Nightshade Rest
  • Northfield Rest

O: 17 names

  • Oakhaven Rest
  • Oakmoor Cemetery
  • Old Burying Ground
  • Old Dutch Churchyard
  • Old Kirkbride Graveyard
  • Old North Churchyard
  • Old Parish Burying Ground
  • Old Quaker Burial Ground
  • Old Scots Kirkyard
  • Old Stone Church Yard
  • Oldfield Cemetery
  • Olivet Rest
  • Orchard Hill Rest
  • Ossuary of St. Keyne
  • Ossuary of the Nine Bells
  • Our Lady of Sorrows Churchyard
  • Owlhaven Cemetery

P: 24 names

  • Paradise Lawn Memorial Park
  • Parkview Memorial Gardens
  • Pauper's Field
  • Paupers' Rest
  • Peace Be Still Cemetery
  • Peace Haven Memorial Gardens
  • Peaceful Valley Memorial Park
  • Pemberton Cemetery
  • Pennington Churchyard
  • Pennyroyal Cemetery
  • Peony Hill Memorial Gardens
  • Pewter Hill Graveyard
  • Pickering Churchyard
  • Pilgrim's Rest Cemetery
  • Pinecrest Cemetery
  • Pioneers' Cemetery
  • Pisgah View Memorial Park
  • Pitchfork Hollow
  • Plague Pit Hollow
  • Pleasant Hill Memorial Park
  • Pleasant Ridge Memorial Park
  • Plover Point Cemetery
  • Poorhouse Burial Ground
  • Potter's Field Cemetery

Q: 4 names

  • Quarantine Island Burial Ground
  • Quarrymoor Burial Ground
  • Quiet Hours Memorial Park
  • Quiet Meadow Memorial Gardens

R: 20 names

  • Raven's Roost Cemetery
  • Ravenscroft Cemetery
  • Ravensfield Cemetery
  • Redbrick Cemetery
  • Redemption Hill Cemetery
  • Redfern Cemetery
  • Requiem Hill Cemetery
  • Restful Glen Memorial Park
  • Resting Place of the Old Gods
  • Restwood Memorial Park
  • Resurrection Memorial Gardens
  • Riverbend Memorial Park
  • Riverside Rest
  • Rolling Hills Memorial Gardens
  • Rookery Cemetery
  • Rookwood Rest
  • Roseglen Cemetery
  • Rosehaven Memorial Park
  • Rosemary Hill Memorial Gardens
  • Rustling Leaves Memorial Park

S: 70 names

  • Sable Hill Cemetery
  • Sacred Heart Churchyard
  • Sacred Oak Memorial Gardens
  • Sailors' Rest Cemetery
  • Saint Jude Memorial Park
  • Saint's Rest Memorial Park
  • Salem Ridge Memorial Park
  • Sallowmere Graveyard
  • Saltcoats Burial Ground
  • Saltmarsh Cemetery
  • Sanctum of Ashes
  • Sepulchre Hill
  • Serenity Lane Memorial Park
  • Settlers' Hill Memorial Park
  • Seven Sisters Cemetery
  • Shadowbrook Cemetery
  • Shadowmere Rest
  • Shady Grove Cemetery
  • Shepherd's Fold Cemetery
  • Shiloh Rest
  • Shrine of Ten Thousand Lanterns
  • Silence Hill Cemetery
  • Silverbrook Memorial Park
  • Silverleaf Cemetery
  • Sleepy Pines Cemetery
  • Sleepy Willow Memorial Park
  • Slumber Hill Memorial Gardens
  • Snowdrop Rest
  • Soldiers' Field Cemetery
  • Sorrow's End Rest
  • Sorrowfield Burial Ground
  • Sparrowfield Rest
  • Sparrowhawk Rest
  • Spindlewood Burial Ground
  • Spring Hill Memorial Gardens

S, continued

  • St. Agnes Kirkyard
  • St. Aldhelm's Yard
  • St. Anselm's Yard
  • St. Bartholomew's Churchyard
  • St. Botolph's Yard
  • St. Brendan's Churchyard
  • St. Columba's Kirkyard
  • St. Cuthbert's Churchyard
  • St. Dunstan's Yard
  • St. Etheldreda's Yard
  • St. Hilda's Kirkyard
  • St. Michael's Kirkyard
  • St. Ninian's Churchyard
  • St. Oswald's Churchyard
  • St. Swithun's Churchyard
  • St. Wilfrid's Kirkyard
  • St. Winifred's Yard
  • Starling Hill Cemetery
  • Still Waters Rest
  • Stillbrook Memorial Gardens
  • Stillmoor Cemetery
  • Stillwater Lawn
  • Stonechapel Yard
  • Stonewall Burial Ground
  • Stoneybrook Cemetery
  • Stormcrow Burial Ground
  • Strangers' Ground
  • Summerfield Cemetery
  • Sunnyvale Lawn Cemetery
  • Sunrise Memorial Gardens
  • Sunset Lawn Memorial Gardens
  • Sunset Ridge Memorial Gardens
  • Swanmere Churchyard
  • Sweetbriar Memorial Park
  • Sycamore Rest

T: 17 names

  • Tallow Hill Graveyard
  • Tanglewood Graveyard
  • Tarnwater Cemetery
  • Thistledown Cemetery
  • Thistlemoor Graveyard
  • Thornecroft Burial Ground
  • Thornfield Cemetery
  • Thornhaven Rest
  • Thornwick Burial Ground
  • Threnody Memorial Park
  • Tidewater Memorial Park
  • Tollhouse Burial Ground
  • Tombs of the Silent Kings
  • Tombstone Gulch
  • Tranquil Shores Memorial Park
  • Tranquility Gardens
  • Twin Oaks Memorial Gardens

U: 2 names

  • Umbermoor Cemetery
  • Unmarked Acres

V: 5 names

  • Vale of Rest Memorial Park
  • Valley of Peace Memorial Park
  • Vault of the Forgotten Vow
  • Vesper Hill Cemetery
  • Vespers Rest

W: 30 names

  • Wake Field Rest
  • Weeping Birch Cemetery
  • Wellspring Cemetery
  • Westgate Rest
  • Whispering Pines Cemetery
  • Whitechapel Yard
  • Whitethorn Rest
  • Wickerfield Burial Ground
  • Widow's Walk Cemetery
  • Wildrose Memorial Gardens
  • Willow Creek Memorial Park
  • Willowdale Cemetery
  • Willowmere Memorial Park
  • Windmere Cemetery
  • Winterbourne Rest
  • Wintermere Cemetery
  • Wisteria Court Cemetery
  • Witches' Knoll Burial Ground
  • Witchwood Rest
  • Wold of Whispers
  • Wolf Creek Burial Ground
  • Wolfpine Cemetery
  • Wolfsbane Hollow
  • Woodlawn Memorial Gardens
  • Wormwood Graveyard
  • Wraithmoor Cemetery
  • Wrenfield Memorial Gardens
  • Wrenwood Cemetery
  • Wyndham Cemetery
  • Wyvern Hill Burial Ground

Z: 1 name

  • Zion Hill Rest