DnD Place Name Generator

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Generate D&D place names for every pin on your campaign map: crossroads villages and walled cities, dungeons and ruined temples, forests, mountain passes, ports, islands and whole kingdoms. Mixes Forgotten Realms classics with original names in the same register so your homebrew locations sit naturally beside Waterdeep and Phandalin.

About DnD place names

Most D&D place names follow one of a few patterns, and mixing them is what makes a map feel lived in. Human settlements use English compounds built from a landscape word and a feature: Phandalin, Greenest, Red Larch and Triboar sit next to homebrew names like Brackenhollow, Thornwick or Saltwind because they all sound like somewhere a farmer would name. Ports and fishing towns lean on tide, salt and harbor; mountain holds take dwarven consonants (Khaz Morrun, Dun Varek); elven sites use flowing vowels and liquid consonants (Lorathil, Eryn Galad); and older or stranger cities get apostrophes and unfamiliar clusters (Vel'Thaar, Xal'thanis) that hint at a non-human founder.

Wilderness and dungeon names work differently. They are usually descriptive phrases, often starting with 'The' and often unsettling: the Mere of Dead Men, the Wailing Fens, the Crypt of Nine Sorrows, Widow's Pass. A place name like that is a rumor and a hook at the same time. Regions and kingdoms tend to be short and proper (Cormyr, Chult, Thay) or titled (the Duchy of Ostwall, the Free City of Karth).

The list below covers all of those layers, from named streets to whole realms, so a session's worth of locations can come from one page.

How to choose DnD place names

  • Name by who founded the place: plain English compounds for human farm towns, hard dwarven syllables for mountain holds, flowing elven sounds for forest settlements, and apostrophe-laden names for ancient or alien ruins.
  • Give dungeons and wild places a descriptive 'The' name that doubles as a rumor, such as the Howling Barrow or Widow's Pass, then let the name itself be the reason players go there.
  • Keep one or two landscape roots consistent across a region (mere, moor, fell, wick) so nearby towns feel related, and switch roots when the party crosses a border.
  • Reuse a name at different scales: a town called Ashford on the River Ash in the Ashen Vale tells players the geography without a map.
  • Check published settings before using a name in a commercial product; canon Forgotten Realms names here are owned by Wizards of the Coast.

Frequently asked questions

Are these Forgotten Realms place names or original ones?

Both. Around fifty well-known canon locations (Waterdeep, Phandalin, Candlekeep, Barovia, Menzoberranzan) are included as anchors, and the rest are original names written in the same styles so homebrew towns, dungeons and regions blend into a published setting.

How do I name a D&D town so it sounds authentic?

Use an English compound of a landscape feature and a qualifier, the way real English villages do: Thornwick, Eastmere, Coldharbor. Two or three syllables is the sweet spot. If the town was founded by dwarves or elves, switch to that race's phonology instead.

What kinds of places does this generator cover?

Villages, towns and cities; forests, marshes, mountains, passes, rivers and lakes; dungeons, tombs, towers and ruins; forts and castles; ports and islands; city districts; and kingdoms, duchies and regions, so a whole campaign map can be named from one list.

Can I use these place names for Pathfinder or other fantasy games?

Yes. Apart from the canon Forgotten Realms and Ravenloft names, everything here is generic fantasy and works for Pathfinder, Dungeon World, novels and worldbuilding projects.

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This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

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A: 11 names

  • Abbot's Reach
  • Aelindra
  • Amberdale
  • Ambrath
  • Anauroch
  • Ashenvale
  • Ashford
  • Ashkarra
  • Athkatla
  • Autumnvale
  • Azgul Khar

B: 25 names

  • Baldur's Gate
  • Baraz Ulum
  • Baronsbridge
  • Barony of Thorne
  • Barovia
  • Barrow of the Pale Queen
  • Barrowdown
  • Basilisk Rock
  • Bastion of Tyr
  • Beacon Rock
  • Bearclaw Crossing
  • Belloran
  • Bishop's Gate
  • Blackwater
  • Bleakmire
  • Blingdenstone
  • Boarsbridge
  • Brackenhollow
  • Brambleford
  • Briarglen
  • Brightvale
  • Brightwater
  • Brinehaven
  • Bryn Shander
  • Bugbear Hill

C: 35 names

  • Caer Dunmar
  • Calimport
  • Calloway's Ford
  • Candlekeep
  • Carrowmere
  • Castle Ashgrave
  • Castle Blackthorn
  • Castle Dunmere
  • Castle Greymark
  • Castle Ravencourt
  • Castle Ravenloft
  • Castle Vexmoor
  • Catacombs of Saint Veran
  • Caverns of Everlasting Night
  • Celondil
  • Chapel Down
  • Chasm of Tears
  • Ched Nasad
  • Chimera Ridge
  • Chult
  • Cinderfall Gorge
  • Cinderford
  • Cinderhold
  • Citadel of Glass
  • Cloakwood
  • Coffin Road
  • Coldharbor
  • Conyberry
  • Copperhill
  • Coral Gate
  • Cormyr
  • County of Bramblewick
  • Cragmaw Castle
  • Crowhaven
  • Crypt of Nine Sorrows

D: 18 names

  • Daggerford
  • Dawnbreak
  • Dead Man's Walk
  • Deepwell
  • Dragon Isle
  • Dragon's Reach
  • Dragon's Tooth
  • Dragonspine Mountains
  • Dragonwatch
  • Dravenmoor
  • Duchy of Ostwall
  • Dukesfell
  • Dul Karrim
  • Dun Morrig
  • Dun Varek
  • Dunmoor
  • Dusklight
  • Duskwatch

E: 12 names

  • Eagle's Eyrie
  • Earldom of Greyhaven
  • Eastmere
  • Elithrien
  • Elmsworth
  • Elturel
  • Emberfall
  • Empire of Valdoria
  • Erathis Keep
  • Eryn Galad
  • Evereska
  • Evermeet

F: 14 names

  • Faelith
  • Faerie Crossing
  • Fallcrest
  • Fernbrook
  • Ford of the Nine
  • Fort Brannock
  • Fort Dawnguard
  • Fort Hallowmere
  • Fort Ironhold
  • Fortress of the Iron Fist
  • Foxglove Hollow
  • Foxmere
  • Free City of Karth
  • Frostmere

G: 21 names

  • Gallows Reach
  • Gallows Square
  • Garrison Hill
  • Gharlok Deep
  • Giant's Stair
  • Gildenford
  • Glimmerpool
  • Gloomshroud
  • Gnollwatch
  • Goblin Hollow
  • Goldenfield
  • Goldleaf Forest
  • Gorgon's Stair
  • Gorhast
  • Gracklstugh
  • Graymantle
  • Greenest
  • Greymoor
  • Greywater
  • Griffon's Perch
  • Gullhaven

H: 27 names

  • Hadrathan
  • Hag's Hollow
  • Halfmoon Bay
  • Hall of the Iron Duke
  • Halls of Echoing Stone
  • Hammerfall Peak
  • Hammerfast
  • Hangman's Pass
  • Harpy Cliffs
  • Harrowfield
  • Hartsfield
  • Hawksbury
  • Hawkwind
  • Heatherdown
  • Hermit's Crag
  • Hermit's Isle
  • Herringbay
  • High Pass
  • Highcliff
  • Highwatch
  • Holds of Dunmark
  • Hollow Gorge
  • Hollowdale
  • Hollowgast Abbey
  • Honeywick
  • Hornmere
  • Hydra's Fen

I: 11 names

  • Icewind Dale
  • Ilmarand
  • Ironmoor
  • Isle of Bone
  • Isle of Cinders
  • Isle of Glass
  • Isle of Mists
  • Isle of the Dead
  • Isle of Thorns
  • Ithildor
  • Ithilvane

J: 1 name

  • Journey's Rest

K: 14 names

  • Kael Varys
  • Kar Ghorum
  • Keep of the Last Ward
  • Kestrel's Rest
  • Khaz Morrun
  • Khor Bazzan
  • Kingdom of Aelmere
  • Kingsbridge
  • Kingsford
  • Knight's Hollow
  • Kobold Warrens
  • Korastyr
  • Kraken's Maw
  • Krezk

L: 19 names

  • Lair of the Dreaming Wyrm
  • Lake Ashmere
  • Lake Everdeep
  • Lake Mirrormoor
  • Lake of Steam
  • Lake Silverfin
  • Land's End
  • Lantern's End
  • Lanternmoor
  • Leviathan's Rest
  • Lighthouse Point
  • Lindenhall
  • Lizardfolk Marsh
  • Lorathil
  • Lordsgate
  • Lothraen
  • Loudwater
  • Lowmarsh
  • Luskan

M: 27 names

  • Manticore Pass
  • Maradune
  • March of the Wolves
  • Marrowgate
  • Marshend
  • Mel'kurdim
  • Menzoberranzan
  • Mere of Dead Men
  • Mermaid's Rest
  • Merrowby
  • Millbrook
  • Mine of the Lost Dwarves
  • Mirilorn
  • Mistfall
  • Monksbridge
  • Moonhaven
  • Moonshae Isles
  • Moorcliffe
  • Morn Kaldrin
  • Mossgrove
  • Mount Cinder
  • Mount Grimnir
  • Mount Hotenow
  • Mount Sorrow
  • Mount Valdris
  • Mulmaster
  • Myth Drannor

N: 8 names

  • Nenharma
  • Netherby
  • Nettlebrook
  • Neverwinter
  • Nightfall Keep
  • Nightstone
  • Ninestones
  • Nyrath

O: 13 names

  • Oakenshire
  • Oakhurst
  • Ogre's Fist
  • Oldstone
  • Orcfang Pass
  • Ormundar
  • Orrin's Hold
  • Osgarath
  • Ossuary of Vell
  • Ostelon
  • Owlcreek
  • Oxcombe
  • Oysterhaven

P: 17 names

  • Pearl Cove
  • Pellham Cross
  • Phandalin
  • Pilgrim's Rest
  • Pilgrim's Way
  • Pinehallow
  • Pirate's Landing
  • Port Blackmast
  • Port Driftwood
  • Port Gallows
  • Port Kestrel
  • Port Llast
  • Port Mourning
  • Port Nyanzaru
  • Port Sable
  • Port Wrackham
  • Priory Hill

Q: 5 names

  • Quar'mir
  • Queensmere
  • Quel'aris
  • Quesseth
  • Quillford

R: 16 names

  • Ravamar
  • Raven Pass
  • Raven's Bluff
  • Raven's Wood
  • Ravensmoor
  • Red Larch
  • Redbrook
  • Redoubt of Helm
  • Redrock Canyon
  • Republic of Vesk
  • River Blackfell
  • Rivermouth
  • Roc's Nest
  • Rookmere
  • Rowanhill
  • Ruins of Kaldrath

S: 37 names

  • Sable Hollow
  • Sallow Fen
  • Saltcove
  • Saltmarsh
  • Saltwind
  • Sapphire Isle
  • Secomber
  • Serathiel
  • Serpent Isle
  • Serpent's Spine
  • Shadowfell Gate
  • Shadowmere
  • Shatterstone Canyon
  • Shipwreck Bay
  • Shipwreck Isle
  • Shrine of the Silent Maiden
  • Sigil
  • Silverford
  • Silverymoon
  • Skullport
  • Smuggler's Cove
  • Sorrowmoor
  • Spine of the World
  • Springwell
  • Squire's Rest
  • Stagmoor
  • Stairs of Kethrin
  • Starfall
  • Stonebridge
  • Stormbreak Harbor
  • Stormhold
  • Stormreach
  • Summerhall
  • Sunderfell
  • Sunderwick
  • Sunhaven
  • Sunken Temple of Zhuul

T: 121 names

  • Tallow Cross
  • Tarkuun
  • Tarnmouth
  • Tarrowgate
  • Temple of the Drowned God
  • Thaer Vallis
  • Thalorien
  • Thay
  • The Abyssal Stair
  • The Ashen Waste
  • The Black Lake
  • The Black Spire
  • The Blasted Heath
  • The Bleeding Stair
  • The Bone Cathedral
  • The Bone Desert
  • The Borderlands
  • The Broken Keep
  • The Broken Teeth
  • The Burning Keep
  • The Cankerwood
  • The Cloudreach Mountains
  • The Copper Labyrinth
  • The Crown Peaks
  • The Deadlands
  • The Devil's Chimney
  • The Devil's Hearth
  • The Dragonmere
  • The Dreadwood
  • The Drowned Coast
  • The Endless Steppe
  • The Everfrost
  • The Evermoors
  • The Feywild Door
  • The Fields of Ruin
  • The Frostfell
  • The Frozen Reach
  • The Giant's Ribs
  • The Glacier of Sighs
  • The Glass Desert

T, continued

  • The Gnawed Hills
  • The Grand Bazaar
  • The Great Gorge
  • The Grey Road
  • The Greyspine
  • The Greywater Marsh
  • The High Forest
  • The Hollow Throne
  • The Howling Barrow
  • The Howling Steppe
  • The Hungry Deep
  • The Icewall
  • The Iron Hegemony
  • The Ironteeth
  • The Lake of Dreams
  • The Last Kingdom
  • The Lich's Larder
  • The Long Road
  • The Marches of Teth
  • The Moonsea
  • The Moonwell
  • The Mourning Tree
  • The Narrow Way
  • The Nelanther
  • The Nine Hells Gate
  • The Obsidian Gate
  • The Old King's Road
  • The Plains of Ash
  • The Red Waste
  • The Rift of Uldur
  • The River Chionthar
  • The River Dessarin
  • The Rusted Keep
  • The Salt Flats of Oru
  • The Sawtooth Range
  • The Scarlet Principality
  • The Screaming Pit
  • The Sea of Grass
  • The Sea of Sand
  • The Shadow Crossing

T, continued

  • The Shattered Crown
  • The Shivering Spire
  • The Singing Sands
  • The Sleeping Giant
  • The Spice Road
  • The Stormcrags
  • The Sundered Peaks
  • The Sundering
  • The Sunken Road
  • The Sunlit Realm
  • The Sword Coast
  • The Thornwall
  • The Three Sisters
  • The Thunderpeaks
  • The Trade Way
  • The Unclaimed Lands
  • The Undervault
  • The Wailing Fens
  • The Weeping Plains
  • The Weeping Tor
  • The Whispering Vault
  • The Whisperwood
  • The Wildlands
  • The Wyrm's Gullet
  • The Wyrmspire
  • The Wyrmwood
  • Thistledown
  • Thornbury
  • Thornwick
  • Three Rivers
  • Thunder Gap
  • Thundertree
  • Thundrak
  • Tiraskan
  • Tol Brannoch
  • Tomb of the Forgotten King
  • Tower of the Mad Wizard
  • Traveler's Rest
  • Triboar
  • Tumblewater
  • Twinbridge

U: 3 names

  • Ulmorath
  • Umbergate
  • Undermountain

V: 10 names

  • Valarin
  • Vale of Larks
  • Vallaki
  • Varlund
  • Vashtari
  • Vel'Thaar
  • Vellmoor
  • Velmoran
  • Verdenhall
  • Vor Dhuram

W: 26 names

  • Watchtower of Eldric
  • Waterdeep
  • Wave Echo Cave
  • Waycross
  • Weirbridge
  • Wellspring
  • Wererat Alley
  • Westgate
  • Westhaven
  • Whitmarsh
  • Wickhollow
  • Widow's Pass
  • Widow's Watch
  • Widowmaker Ridge
  • Willowmere
  • Windrest
  • Winterhaven
  • Witchlight Carnival
  • Wolf Pass
  • Wolfpine
  • Wolfsbane Forest
  • World's Edge
  • Wrenfield
  • Wynthal
  • Wyrmford
  • Wyvern's Rest

X: 2 names

  • Xal'thanis
  • Xerethis

Y: 5 names

  • Yarrowdale
  • Yartar
  • Yavanor
  • Yewmarch
  • Yldris

Z: 2 names

  • Zhentil Keep
  • Zorathar