Dragon Kingdom Name Generator

Names for realms ruled by dragons and dragonriders

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Generate dragon kingdom names for realms ruled by wyrms, dragon-blooded dynasties and rider orders: formal titles like Kingdom of the Ember Throne, draconic realm names like Vyrathos and Ashkarath, and blunt compounds like Wyrmfell and Emberhold.

About dragon kingdom names

A dragon kingdom can mean two different things, and the name should say which. In one version the dragons rule: a great wyrm sits on a hoard while the humans, kobolds or dragonborn around it pay tribute, as in the Dragon Empire of Arkhosia from D&D lore. In the other, a mortal dynasty claims dragon blood or commands riders, like the Targaryens of Westeros or the Dragonriders of Pern. Wyrm-ruled realms take heavy hoard-and-throne names (Kingdom of the Ember Throne, Realm of the Hoard Kings); rider realms take aerie, wing and gate names (Kingdom of the High Aerie, Wyrmgate).

Formal titles pair a political word with a draconic image: Kingdom, Realm, Empire, Khanate or Queendom of the Red Wyrm, the Thousand Hoards, the Scorched Plains. Invented realm names use draconic phonology: hard k, th, r and z sounds and endings like -oth, -ath and -yr (Ashkarath, Veszaroth, Kaldrassyl), or softer vowels for silver and gold dragon realms (Aurelyss, Seraphane). Compounds weld fire, scale, wing or hoard to a place word: Emberhold, Wyrmfell, Talonreach, Cinderholm.

A Fallen Kingdom, a Last Wyrmhold or a Kingdom of the Cold Egg tells players the dragons are gone or dying, which is often a better story than a realm at the height of its power.

How to choose dragon kingdom names

  • Decide who rules before you pick: a wyrm on a hoard wants throne, hoard and scale words; a dragonrider dynasty wants aerie, wing, gate and crown words.
  • Match the color of your dragons to the sound of the name: red and black realms suit harsh names like Ghazrakhar or Kingdom of the Black Talon, while silver and gold realms suit Aurelyss or Realm of the Silver Wing.
  • Give the kingdom two names, the formal title the court uses (Kingdom of Drakoria) and the short name everyone else says (Drakoria or the Drakelands), so dialogue sounds natural.
  • Anchor it to geography: a caldera, a smoking peak, a glass desert or a volcanic coast explains why dragons settled there and gives you a capital name for free.
  • For a ruined or legendary realm, add a past tense word (Fallen, Lost, Sundered, Forgotten) or a relic image like the Cold Egg or the Bonehoard.

Frequently asked questions

What are some famous dragon kingdoms in fantasy?

Arkhosia, the dragonborn empire of D&D's Nentir Vale lore; the Dragon Empire of Takhisis in Dragonlance; Westeros under the dragon-riding Targaryens; the Dragonriders' Weyrs of Pern; Skyrim's ancient Dragon Cult era; and Alagaësia's Dragon Riders from Eragon. The original names here are built to sit beside those without copying them.

How should a dragon kingdom name sound?

Heavy and a little archaic. Draconic-sounding names use hard consonants (k, th, z, r) and endings like -oth, -ath, -ar or -yr. English-style names work best as compounds of a dragon word (ember, wyrm, scale, talon, hoard) and a place word (hold, fell, reach, mark, holm).

What is the difference between a dragon kingdom and a dragon empire?

A kingdom is usually one realm under one ruler, often a single great wyrm or a dragon-blooded king. An empire implies several conquered kingdoms under a high ruler, such as a dragon overlord with vassal wyrms or a rider dynasty holding many provinces. Dominion, Khanate, Sultanate and Queendom let you vary the flavor further.

Can I use these names in my book, game or D&D campaign?

Yes. Every name in the list is original and free to use in novels, tabletop campaigns, video games and worldbuilding projects. Only the franchise examples mentioned on this page, like Arkhosia or Pern, belong to their owners.

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A: 14 names

  • Aelthorin
  • Arandraxa
  • Ashcrown
  • Ashenhythe
  • Ashenreach
  • Ashfall Dominion
  • Ashgard
  • Ashkarath
  • Ashmere
  • Ashvault
  • Aurakhan
  • Aurelyss
  • Auremond
  • Azhendral

B: 18 names

  • Beaconfell
  • Belzoraith
  • Blackscale Hold
  • Blackwing Dominion
  • Blazemoor
  • Blisterhold
  • Brandhallow
  • Brazhanthe
  • Brennoth
  • Brightfang
  • Brightscale
  • Brightwing Reach
  • Brimgard
  • Brimhaven
  • Brimstone Vale
  • Bronzescale
  • Bryzantyr
  • Burnthollow

C: 17 names

  • Caeldrassa
  • Caldera Kingdom of Kharzeth
  • Celesthyr
  • Charcombe
  • Charwood
  • Cinderholm
  • Cindermark
  • Cinderspire Realm
  • Cindertor
  • Cindralore
  • Clawcombe
  • Coalwing
  • Commonwealth of the Riders
  • Confederation of the Lesser Hoards
  • Corvandrak
  • Court of the Amber Wyrm
  • Cyrendal

D: 26 names

  • Dominion of Ash and Amber
  • Dominion of Ghazrakhar
  • Dominion of the Red Drake
  • Dominion of the Winged Flame
  • Dragonhome
  • Dragonreach
  • Drakehelm
  • Drakemark
  • Drakenbury
  • Drakenmoor
  • Drakeshire
  • Drakespine Dominion
  • Drakewarden Kingdom
  • Drakewater
  • Drakoria
  • Draksyl
  • Dromundar
  • Drovhennar
  • Duchy of the Ashen Tithe
  • Duchy of the Ember Marches
  • Dulmyrrak
  • Duskwing
  • Dusthoard
  • Dynasty of the Celestial Wyrm
  • Dynasty of the Golden Scale
  • Dynasty of the Pearl Dragon

E: 24 names

  • Ebon Wyrm Empire
  • Ebonthrax
  • Elarwyn
  • Elsvarrin
  • Elumyr
  • Ember Hegemony of Torrvynd
  • Emberbourne
  • Emberdeep
  • Emberhold
  • Emberthrone Empire
  • Emberthwaite
  • Emberwatch
  • Emberwynd
  • Empire of Smoke and Cinders
  • Empire of the Black Scale
  • Empire of the Burning Wing
  • Empire of the Dragon Sun
  • Empire of the Eternal Flame
  • Empire of the Hoard
  • Empire of the Nine Wyrms
  • Empire of the Ninefold Brood
  • Empire of the Unbroken Scale
  • Empire of the Wyrm Lords
  • Ezrakhan

F: 16 names

  • Faldorrim
  • Fangmoor
  • Fangreach
  • Fangthorpe
  • Feranthys
  • Fireholm
  • Flamecrest
  • Flameguard
  • Flamehollow
  • Flamewing
  • Flintscale Hold
  • Forgewater
  • Free Drakeholds
  • Frostfang Hold
  • Frostwyrm Kingdom
  • Furnacefell

G: 11 names

  • Galdramoor
  • Ghazrakhar
  • Ghorvandir
  • Gledefell
  • Glimmerhoard
  • Glimmervast
  • Gloomscale
  • Glowmoor
  • Goldhoard
  • Goldwing Hold
  • Greater Ashkarath

H: 13 names

  • Halcyndor
  • Hearthfell
  • Hearthscale
  • Helvyrra
  • Hierarchy of the First Egg
  • Highscale
  • Hightalon
  • Hoardfell
  • Hoardwick
  • Hollow Kingdom of Dulmyrrak
  • Hollowyr
  • Hraethmar
  • Hyrrenvoss

I: 11 names

  • Ignathar
  • Ignivar
  • Ignollos
  • Ilmoreth
  • Ilvaranthe
  • Irizhael
  • Ironscale Reach
  • Ironwing
  • Istravane
  • Ithildrake
  • Ithyrrakh

J: 2 names

  • Jazrenthos
  • Jorvaskar

K: 86 names

  • Kaelorvash
  • Kaldrassyl
  • Karrenthos
  • Kaszorin
  • Kazhamyr
  • Khaganate of the Thunder Herd
  • Khanate of Aurakhan
  • Khanate of the Steppe Drakes
  • Kharzeth
  • Kilnholm
  • Kilnreach
  • Kindlehold
  • Kingdom Above the Clouds
  • Kingdom Beneath the Ash
  • Kingdom Beyond the Wyrmwall
  • Kingdom of Bones and Scales
  • Kingdom of Dragonriders
  • Kingdom of Scale and Flame
  • Kingdom of Smoke and Scale
  • Kingdom of Ten Talons
  • Kingdom of the Amber Drake
  • Kingdom of the Ashen Crown
  • Kingdom of the Black Talon
  • Kingdom of the Broken Wing
  • Kingdom of the Broodmother
  • Kingdom of the Burning Lake
  • Kingdom of the Burning Sky
  • Kingdom of the Cinder Coast

K, continued

  • Kingdom of the Coiled Serpent
  • Kingdom of the Cold Egg
  • Kingdom of the Cooling Ash
  • Kingdom of the Crimson Crest
  • Kingdom of the Dead Wyrm
  • Kingdom of the Dragon Isles
  • Kingdom of the Dragon Marsh
  • Kingdom of the Dragon's Rest
  • Kingdom of the Dragonspine
  • Kingdom of the Drowned Wyrm
  • Kingdom of the Egg-Keepers
  • Kingdom of the Ember Isles
  • Kingdom of the Ember Throne
  • Kingdom of the Endless Smoke
  • Kingdom of the Fallen Scale
  • Kingdom of the Fire-Tithe
  • Kingdom of the First Flame
  • Kingdom of the Flame Forest
  • Kingdom of the Frost Drake
  • Kingdom of the Gilded Scale
  • Kingdom of the Glass Desert
  • Kingdom of the Golden Hoard
  • Kingdom of the Great Caldera
  • Kingdom of the High Aerie
  • Kingdom of the Hollow Mountain
  • Kingdom of the Horned Wyrm
  • Kingdom of the Jade Dragon
  • Kingdom of the Last Wyrm
  • Kingdom of the Molten Oath

K, continued

  • Kingdom of the Molten Throne
  • Kingdom of the Obsidian Shore
  • Kingdom of the Obsidian Wing
  • Kingdom of the Red Wyrm
  • Kingdom of the Sapphire Wyrm
  • Kingdom of the Scaled Covenant
  • Kingdom of the Scorched Plains
  • Kingdom of the Seven Scales
  • Kingdom of the Seven Sires
  • Kingdom of the Shed Skin
  • Kingdom of the Sleeping Wyrm
  • Kingdom of the Smoking Peaks
  • Kingdom of the Smoldering Coast
  • Kingdom of the Stone Egg
  • Kingdom of the Sulphur Vale
  • Kingdom of the Tamed Flame
  • Kingdom of the Thousand Eggs
  • Kingdom of the Thousand Hoards
  • Kingdom of the Twice-Crowned Wyrm
  • Kingdom of the Unsleeping Sire
  • Kingdom of the Wyrm Coast
  • Kingdom of the Wyrm's Shadow
  • Kingdom of the Wyrm's Tithe
  • Kingdom of the Wyrmback Hills
  • Kingdom of the Wyvern Kings
  • Kingdom Under the Dragon Gate
  • Kingdom Where the Sky Burns
  • Kreszanth
  • Kryndahl

L: 9 names

  • Last Roost of the Elder Sire
  • Lavamere
  • Lithandrax
  • Lorvanthis
  • Lost Kingdom of Belzoraith
  • Lothvaryn
  • Lumendraal
  • Lysmorrath
  • Lyssakaar

M: 12 names

  • Magmamark
  • Maldrakkar
  • Malkhedra
  • Marches of the Black Wyrm
  • Margravate of the Wyrmwall
  • Meridrakos
  • Meszaroth
  • Mirrivane
  • Moltenfell
  • Moravakh
  • Morrkhazad
  • Morvaneth

N: 8 names

  • Naelthyr
  • Nakshira
  • New Vyrathos
  • Nezzoran
  • Nighthoard
  • Norrvane
  • Northern Scalemark
  • Nythraxis

O: 10 names

  • Obsidara
  • Old Drakoria
  • Ondrakkar
  • Oriandra
  • Orlathis
  • Ormvaskar
  • Orrinvaal
  • Oskarrim
  • Othmaroun
  • Othrankul

P: 10 names

  • Pellavyr
  • Phaedrakos
  • Principality of the Ember Coast
  • Principality of the Smoking Gate
  • Protectorate of the Hatchlings
  • Pyraskar
  • Pyrehaven
  • Pyreholt
  • Pyreshire
  • Pyrrhenia

Q: 6 names

  • Quasarith
  • Queendom of the Amber Wyrm
  • Queendom of the Brood Mother's Peace
  • Queendom of the Last Hatchery
  • Quelthoras
  • Quorrenth

R: 38 names

  • Realm of Ashes and Crowns
  • Realm of Ten Thousand Scales
  • Realm of the Ancient Wyrm
  • Realm of the Azure Long
  • Realm of the Burning Crown
  • Realm of the Drake Riders
  • Realm of the Ember Queen
  • Realm of the Gold Drake
  • Realm of the Hatchery
  • Realm of the Hoard Kings
  • Realm of the Iron Wyrm
  • Realm of the Long Shadow
  • Realm of the Magma Sea
  • Realm of the Molting Kings
  • Realm of the Nine Sons
  • Realm of the Patient Flame
  • Realm of the Rain Dragon
  • Realm of the River Dragon Kings
  • Realm of the Scorched Covenant
  • Realm of the Scorched Earth
  • Realm of the Silver Wing
  • Realm of the Sky-Burned Reach
  • Realm of the Sleeping Mountain
  • Realm of the Smoke Lords
  • Realm of the Storm Drake
  • Realm of the Sunken Hoard
  • Realm of the Tamed Sun
  • Realm of the Thunder Drake
  • Realm of the Tithe-Burnt
  • Realm of the Winged Throne
  • Realm of the Wyrm Mother
  • Republic of the Drakewardens
  • Rhaegoth
  • Rhazmyrra
  • Roaringholm
  • Roostlands of Ghorvandir
  • Rubyscale
  • Ruzhgaroth

S: 38 names

  • Sanctum of the Elder Wyrm
  • Saphyrion
  • Sauroth
  • Scaldmoor
  • Scale Dominion of Ithyrrakh
  • Scaleby
  • Scalefast
  • Scalehaven
  • Scalewatch
  • Scorchfell
  • Scorchmere
  • Scorchwater
  • Seat of the Wyrm Kings
  • Sekhandar
  • Selvarrak
  • Seraphane
  • Shadowscale
  • Skaldrith
  • Skyfang
  • Slagmoor
  • Smokehold
  • Smolderfell
  • Smolderhame
  • Soothold
  • Sootmarch
  • Stonewing
  • Stormscale
  • Stormwing Hold
  • Sulphurgard
  • Sultanate of Kazhamyr
  • Sultanate of the Glass Dunes
  • Sultanate of the Sand Wyrm
  • Sulvanthos
  • Sunscale
  • Sunscale Empire
  • Suthandria
  • Sylvadrake
  • Syrrakhan

T: 81 names

  • Talonmark
  • Talonreach
  • Talonwick
  • Tarkhenvaal
  • Tessaryn
  • Thal-Morrak
  • Tharnokk
  • The Aerie Kingdom
  • The Aerie Lords' Dominion
  • The Ash Principalities
  • The Ashen Concord
  • The Ashen Remnant of Corvandrak
  • The Bonehoard Kingdom
  • The Brood Cantons
  • The Brood-Lands of Ysgaroth
  • The Burned Kingdom
  • The Burning Court
  • The Cinder Compact
  • The Cinderfast
  • The Crown of Cinders
  • The Dragon Crown Lands
  • The Dragon Marches
  • The Drake Satrapies
  • The Drakelands
  • The Egg-Vaults of Malkhedra
  • The Ember Court of Vyss
  • The Emberlands

T, continued

  • The Fallen Kingdom of Morrkhazad
  • The Fang Confederacy
  • The Fire-Sworn Cantons
  • The Flame Marches
  • The Forgotten Drakelands
  • The Hatchlands
  • The Hoard-Peace of Brazhanthe
  • The Hoardlands
  • The Kindled Crown
  • The Kindling Realms
  • The Last Wyrmhold
  • The Long Roost
  • The Molten Concordat
  • The Onyx Throne Kingdom
  • The Pact-Lands of Vrindalor
  • The Pyre Crowns
  • The Red Hegemony
  • The Satrapies of Sekhandar
  • The Scalded Marches
  • The Scaled Court
  • The Scaled Hegemony
  • The Scaled Kingdoms
  • The Scaled Reach
  • The Sire's Dominion
  • The Smoke Marches
  • The Smouldering Peace
  • The Sovereign Hoard of Ilmoreth

T, continued

  • The Sundered Wyrmrealm
  • The Tenth Hoard
  • The Thousandfold Coil
  • The Throne of Embers
  • The Tinder Provinces
  • The Waking Caldera
  • The Wings of Ruzhgaroth
  • The Wyrm Throne of Syrrakhan
  • The Wyrm-Tithe Provinces
  • The Wyrmking's Realm
  • The Wyrmreach
  • The Wyrmwall Kingdom
  • Theocracy of the Great Wyrm
  • Thessalyn
  • Thindrassa
  • Thornback Reach
  • Throne of Scales
  • Thunderhoard
  • Thuvandrel
  • Tianlong Dynasty
  • Tinderhold
  • Torrakhan
  • Torrvynd
  • Tributary Realms of Oskarrim
  • Tyrandel
  • Tyranny of the Red Sire
  • Tyvoreth

U: 5 names

  • Ulkravar
  • Ulthraxane
  • Ulvareth
  • United Wyrmholds
  • Uzkarrim

V: 12 names

  • Vaelkarith
  • Vaelorien
  • Valdreth
  • Vaulkareth
  • Vellumbra
  • Vermilion Reach
  • Veszaroth
  • Vondrakesh
  • Vorrhaskar
  • Vrindalor
  • Vyrathos
  • Vysskaroth

W: 19 names

  • Western Drakelands
  • Wyrmbrood Dominion
  • Wyrmdale
  • Wyrmdrakka
  • Wyrmfell
  • Wyrmgard
  • Wyrmgate
  • Wyrmhallow
  • Wyrmhaven
  • Wyrmhome
  • Wyrmking's Peace
  • Wyrmlands of the West
  • Wyrmrest
  • Wyrmshae
  • Wyrmspire
  • Wyrrenhal
  • Wyvern Marches
  • Wyvernhold
  • Wyvernreach

X: 3 names

  • Xal'vorak
  • Xandrakkor
  • Xerranthul

Y: 5 names

  • Yldrakhar
  • Ysgaroth
  • Ysmeralda
  • Ysoldrene
  • Ythrandir

Z: 6 names

  • Zalvoreth
  • Zeddrathune
  • Zhaarkhem
  • Zorrhavan
  • Zyrantheum
  • Zyrrendahl