DnD Place Name Generator

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.