Egyptian Town Name Generator

Villages, oasis towns, and Nile settlements

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Generate Egyptian town and village names, from ancient workers' settlements like Deir el-Medina to real modern towns such as Esna, Daraw, and Nag Hammadi and oasis communities in the Western Desert.

About Egyptian town names

Egyptian town names are a palimpsest. Beneath the modern Arabic name there is often a Coptic form, beneath that a Greek one, and at the bottom a hieroglyphic original. Asyut, the Greek Lycopolis, has kept a version of its oldest name for four thousand years. Because of this, a name that sounds thoroughly Arabic today may preserve a pharaonic root, which is why the towns in this list feel of a piece even when they span millennia. Older layers are here too, such as Per-Hebyt and Tabennese.

Modern and medieval Egyptian place names use a small set of prefixes that instantly locate a settlement. Tell ("mound") marks the ruins of an ancient town, as in Tell el-Amarna and Tell Basta. Kom ("hill") does the same in the Delta and Fayum. Deir ("monastery") signals a Coptic foundation, Beni ("sons of") records the tribe that settled there, Kafr means "hamlet," Mit means "village," Nag is an Upper Egyptian hamlet, and Wadi or Ain ("spring") name desert and oasis communities.

For worldbuilding, that prefix system is a gift: Tell el-, Kom el-, Kafr, and Beni followed by a short second element produce endless plausible villages. Reserve the plain ancient forms (Buhen, Semna, Sehel) for fortress towns and river outposts, and oasis names like Bawiti and Balat for the far western desert.

How to choose Egyptian town names

Choose the layer that matches your era: pharaonic names for ancient settings, Greek forms like Karanis for the Ptolemaic period, and Tell/Kom/Kafr forms for medieval or modern Egypt.
For a fantasy Egypt, invent villages with the real prefix system, on the model of Kafr Saqr, Kom el-Dahab, and Nag el-Hagar, and readers will accept them without question.
Frontier and Nubian towns (Buhen, Mirgissa, Faras) work well for garrison posts, border crossings, and trading stations upriver.
Check whether a name refers to a modern city before using it as a tiny hamlet; Mansura and Damanhur are sizeable places today.

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between Tell, Kom, and Deir in Egyptian place names?

Tell and Kom both mean a mound formed by centuries of settlement debris and usually mark ancient ruins, while Deir means monastery and marks a Coptic Christian site, often built on or beside an older pharaonic town.

Are these Egyptian town names ancient or modern?

Both. The list combines pharaonic-era towns (Deir el-Medina, Buhen), Greco-Roman settlements (Karanis, Oxyrhynchus), Coptic-era forms (Tabennese, Phiom), and real present-day towns and villages (Esna, Daraw, Nag Hammadi) so you can match the period of your story.

Can I use these names for a fantasy or D&D setting?

Yes. Real place names are free to use, and Egyptian-flavored settings for tabletop games and fiction commonly borrow them directly or lightly alter them.

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All 1,000 Egyptian town names

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: 100 names

Abbasa
Abbasiya
Abgig
Abis
Abnub
Abnud
Abu Ageila
Abu Durba
Abu el-Matamir
Abu el-Rish
Abu Gandir
Abu Ghurab
Abu Ghusun
Abu Greiya
Abu Hammad
Abu Handal
Abu Hoda
Abu Hor
Abu Hummus
Abu Kabir
Abu Khalifa
Abu Manaa
Abu Mandur
Abu Mena
Abu Minqar
Abu Nomros
Abu Qir
Abu Qurqas
Abu Ramad
Abu Rawash
Abu Rudeis
Abu Simbel
Abu Sultan
Abu Suweir
Abu Tig
Abu Tisht
Abu Zawal
Abu Zenima
Abuksa
Abusir
Abydos
Abyuha
Adabiya
Adliya
Afya
Aga
Agami
Aghur
Aghurmi
Agouza

A, continued

Ain Amur
Ain Asil
Ain Dalla
Ain el-Furtaga
Ain el-Muftilla
Ain el-Qudeirat
Ain el-Siliyin
Ain Hudra
Ain Labakha
Ain Shams
Ain Sukhna
Ain Umm Dabadib
Akhmim
Alamein
Amada
Amariya
Ambarkab
Amreya
Amshul
Aniba
Antinoou
Antinopolis
Apollinopolis Magna
Apollinopolis Parva
Aqalta
Arab Guhayna
Ariamun
Arish
Armant
Armenna
Asfun el-Matana
Ashmant
Ashmun
Askut
Aswan
Asyut
Ataqa
Athribis
Atmida
Atwani
Ausim
Avaris
Awlad Amr
Awlad Azzaz
Awlad Hamam
Awlad Saqr
Awsim
Ayyat
Azbakiya
Aziziya

B: 97 names

Baairat
Babylon
Bacchias
Badr
Bagour
Bahariya
Bahgura
Bahi el-Din
Bahig
Bahnabay
Bahr el-Baqar
Bahtim
Bahut
Bakhanis
Balabish
Balasfura
Balat
Baliana
Ballana
Baltim
Baluza
Banawit
Baqur
Barahma
Bardanuha
Bardis
Baris
Barq el-Ezz
Barragil
Barramiya
Barut
Basaliya
Basarta
Basatin
Bashtil
Basyun
Batanun
Bawiti
Bayad el-Arab
Bayadiya
Behbeit el-Hagar
Beit el-Wali
Belqas
Benban
Benha
Beni Adi
Beni Ahmed
Beni Amran

B, continued

Beni Ebeid
Beni Ghaleb
Beni Harun
Beni Hasan
Beni Helal
Beni Khalid
Beni Magdul
Beni Mansur
Beni Mazar
Beni Murr
Beni Qurra
Beni Salama
Beni Shuqeir
Beni Suef
Beni Ubeid
Beni Zeid
Berenice
Berket el-Sab
Bernasht
Besentway
Biahmu
Biba
Bigeh
Bilad el-Rum
Bilbeis
Bilgay
Bir Abbad
Bir Abraq
Bir el-Abd
Bir Gifgafa
Bir Hasana
Bir Lahfan
Bir Sayyala
Bir Thamada
Bir Umm Fawakhir
Birma
Birqash
Biyala
Bordein
Bubastis
Budkhulu
Buhen
Bulaq
Buq Buq
Burg el-Arab
Burg Mighizil
Burullus
Bush
Buto

C: 5 names

Cabasa
Canopus
Cenon Hydreuma
Coptos
Cusae

D: 78 names

Dabaa
Dababiya
Daghbag
Dahab
Dahshur
Dairut
Dakhla
Dalas
Dalga
Damanhur
Damaris
Damietta
Damru
Daqadus
Daqahla
Dar el-Salam
Daraw
Dashlut
Debod
Dehmit
Deir Abu Hinnis
Deir Abu Maqar
Deir Anba Bishoi
Deir el-Abyad
Deir el-Adhra
Deir el-Atrash
Deir el-Bahari
Deir el-Ballas
Deir el-Baramus
Deir el-Bersha
Deir el-Fakhuri
Deir el-Gabrawi
Deir el-Ganadla
Deir el-Garnus
Deir el-Hagar
Deir el-Malak
Deir el-Medina
Deir el-Muharraq
Deir el-Naqlun

D, continued

Deir el-Shelwit
Deir el-Shuhada
Deir el-Suryan
Deir Mawas
Deir Rifa
Deir Tasa
Dekheila
Delengat
Dendera
Dendur
Denshawai
Derr
Desouk
Dest el-Ashraf
Deversoir
Didamun
Dikirnis
Dimai
Dimira
Dingway
Dionysias
Dishasha
Dishna
Disunis
Diwan
Diyarb Negm
Diyast
Djed-Snefru
Djed-sut
Djemnouti
Dokki
Domitiane
Dra Abu el-Naga
Dukhmis
Dundeit
Dunqul
Durunka
Dush
Duweir

E: 54 names

Ebot
Edfina
Edfu
El-Aguz
El-Areg
El-Ashmunein
El-Askar
El-Badari
El-Bagawat
El-Bahnasa
El-Ballah
El-Birba
El-Dakka
El-Fashn
El-Fath
El-Gedida
El-Haiz
El-Hara
El-Heita
El-Hesa
El-Hiba
El-Kab
El-Kilh
El-Kosheh
El-Kurdi
El-Mahalla el-Kubra
El-Marg
El-Moalla
El-Munsha
El-Muwayh
El-Nazla
El-Qasr
El-Qatai
El-Qubba
El-Qusiya
El-Ramadi
El-Riyad
El-Roda
El-Saff
El-Santa
El-Sheikh Ibada
El-Sirw
El-Tarif
El-Till
El-Tina
El-Tod
El-Waqf
El-Wasta
Elephantine
Ellesiya
Embo
Esna
Etsa
Ezbet el-Burg

F: 16 names

Fanara
Faqus
Farafra
Faras
Faraskur
Faris
Farshut
Fatira
Fayed
Feiran
Ferdan
Fidimin
Fisha Selim
Fuka
Fustat
Fuwa

G: 27 names

Gaafra
Gamaliya
Gamasa
Ganaklis
Garagos
Garawla
Garf Hussein
Garf Sarhan
Gebel el-Silsila
Gebelein
Geheina
Geneifa
Gerrha
Gerza
Ghanayim
Gharaq
Gharb el-Mawhub
Gharb Suhail
Gheit el-Nasara
Gheita
Ginah
Girba
Girga
Giza
Gouna
Gurna
Gurob

H: 33 names

Hagarsa
Hagg Qandil
Halaib
Hamata
Hammam
Hamra Dum
Hamrawein
Hamul
Haraga
Harraniya
Hasana
Hawamdiya
Hawara
Hawaret Adlan
Hawaret el-Maqta
Hawata
Hawatka
Hayatim
Heliopolis
Helwan
Heracleion
Herakleopolis
Hermopolis
Hibis
Hierakonpolis
Higaza
Hihya
Hindaw
Housh Issa
Hu
Hurghada
Husseiniya
Hypsele

I: 22 names

Ibrahimiya
Ibshaway
Ibtu
Ibyar
Idfa
Idku
Idwa
Ihnasya
Ikhmindi
Ikhtab
Imbaba
Inebu-hedj
Inshas
Iqlit
Ismailia
Ismant
Istanha
Itay el-Barud
Itjtawy
Itlidim
Itmaniya
Iunu-Montu

K: 84 names

Kabrit
Kafr Abu Gindi
Kafr Ammar
Kafr Dawud
Kafr el-Arab
Kafr el-Badamas
Kafr el-Battikh
Kafr el-Dawwar
Kafr el-Deir
Kafr el-Ghab
Kafr el-Hamam
Kafr el-Manazla
Kafr el-Mayasra
Kafr el-Meselha
Kafr el-Sheikh
Kafr el-Wastani
Kafr el-Zayat
Kafr Ghattati
Kafr Hakim
Kafr Saad
Kafr Sandanhur
Kafr Saqr
Kafr Shukr
Kafr Tarkhan
Kafr Tukh
Kagug
Kahun
Kaine Latomia
Kais
Kalabsha
Kalahin
Kamshish
Kanayis
Karanis
Karnak
Kasion
Kassasin
Kawamil
Kerdasa
Khanka
Kharga
Kharuba

K, continued

Khataana
Khatatba
Khusus
Khuzam
Kom Abu Billo
Kom Abu Radi
Kom Abu Yasin
Kom Aushim
Kom Barnishu
Kom el-Ahmar
Kom el-Ahmar Sawaris
Kom el-Dahab
Kom el-Ghoraf
Kom el-Hetan
Kom el-Hisn
Kom el-Kharaz
Kom el-Khilgan
Kom el-Kolzum
Kom el-Nana
Kom el-Rasras
Kom el-Shuqafa
Kom Firin
Kom Hamada
Kom Ishqaw
Kom Medinet Ghurab
Kom Mir
Kom Ombo
Kom Ruqayya
Kom Sharik
Kom Tuman
Kom Wasit
Kombera
Korosko
Kos Berbir
Kotama
Kubban
Kubbaniya
Kumma
Kuntilla
Kureimat
Kurkur
Kushtamna

L: 7 names

Lahun
Latopolis
Leontopolis
Letopolis
Lisht
Luxor
Lycopolis

M: 107 names

Maadi
Maamura
Maasara
Maaten Bagush
Magdaba
Maghagha
Mahallet Abu Ali
Mahallet Bishr
Mahallet Damana
Mahallet Marhum
Mahallet Musa
Mahallet Ruh
Mahamid
Mahmudiya
Mahsama
Makhadma
Maks Bahri
Maks Qibli
Malig
Mallawi
Malqata
Manawat
Mandisha
Manfalut
Manhari
Mankabad
Manqabad
Mansafis
Manshiyet Abu Ali
Manshiyet Ekhwa
Manshiyet el-Bakri
Manshiyet el-Qanater
Manshiyet Nasser
Manshiyet Sadat
Manshiyet Sultan
Mansura
Mansuriya
Manzala
Maragha
Maraqi
Marashda
Mariya
Marsa Alam
Marsa Matruh
Marsafa
Mashtul el-Suq
Masir
Matai
Matanya
Matariya
Maximianopolis
Maymun
Medinet el-Fayum

M, continued

Medinet Habu
Medinet Madi
Mediq
Meidum
Meir
Memphis
Mendes
Meniat el-Nasr
Menouf
Mer-wer
Merwaw
Migdol
Minshat Abbas
Minshat Damallu
Minshat el-Amir
Minshat Iyad
Minshat Rushdi
Minya
Minya el-Qamh
Minyat el-Heit
Mirgissa
Mishta
Mit Abu el-Kom
Mit Abu Ghaleb
Mit Badr Halawa
Mit Bera
Mit Damsis
Mit el-Amil
Mit el-Attar
Mit el-Kholi
Mit el-Shuyukh
Mit Ghamr
Mit Ghazal
Mit Halfa
Mit Ishna
Mit Kanana
Mit Khamis
Mit Khaqan
Mit Qadus
Mit Rahina
Mit Salsil
Mit Ukba
Mit Yaish
Moghra
Mons Claudianus
Mons Porphyrites
Mostorod
Motobas
Munira
Musha
Mushiya
Mustagidda
Mut
Myos Hormos

N: 45 names

Nabaruh
Nabq
Nag Abu Zeid
Nag el-Deir
Nag el-Fuqara
Nag el-Gharib
Nag el-Habashi
Nag el-Hagar
Nag el-Hasaya
Nag el-Madamud
Nag el-Sabaa
Nag Hammadi
Nag Suweid
Nahtay
Nahya
Nakhl
Nakla
Naqada
Naqada Town
Nashart
Nasr el-Nuba
Naukratis
Nawag
Nawasa el-Gheit
Nazlet Awlad el-Sheikh
Nazlet el-Badraman
Nazlet el-Batran
Nazlet el-Gabarti
Nazlet el-Samman
Nazlet el-Sultan
Nazlet Fanus
Nazlet Khater
Nazlet Sultan Pasha
Nefisha
Negeila
Nekhen
Nekla el-Enab
Nibeira
Nicopolis
Nikheila
Nikiou
Nitentore
Nub Tarif
Nubariya
Nuweiba

O: 3 names

Odaysat
Ombos
Oxyrhynchus

P: 17 names

Panaho
Panopolis
Pelusium
Pemdje
Per-Hebyt
Pernoudj
Petpeh
Phacusa
Pharbaethus
Phelbes
Philae
Phiom
Phoenicon
Pi-Ramesses
Port Fuad
Port Said
Port Tawfiq

Q: 33 names

Qaha
Qalamshah
Qalamun
Qallin
Qalyub
Qanater el-Khayriya
Qantara
Qantara Sharq
Qantir
Qarara
Qasr el-Basil
Qasr el-Farafra
Qasr el-Sayyad
Qasr el-Zayyan
Qasr Hur
Qasr Ibrim
Qasr Qarun
Qatiya
Qatta
Qau el-Kebir
Qena
Qenayat
Qift
Qiman el-Arus
Quesna
Qulubba
Qulusna
Qurein
Qus
Quseir
Qusseima
Qustul
Qutur

R: 21 names

Rafah
Rahamna
Rahmaniya
Rairamun
Raithu
Raqaqna
Ras el-Bar
Ras el-Hekma
Ras el-Ish
Ras el-Naqb
Ras Gharib
Ras Mohammed
Ras Sudr
Rashda
Rashid
Rhinocorura
Ridisiya
Riqqa
Rod el-Farag
Rosetta
Rumana

S: 125 names

Sa el-Hagar
Sadat City
Safaga
Safaniya
Saft el-Enab
Saft el-Khammar
Saft el-Laban
Saft el-Muluk
Saft Rashin
Saft Turab
Sahel Selim
Sahil el-Gawabir
Sahragt el-Kubra
Saint Catherine
Sais
Sakha
Salamun
Salhiya
Salimiya
Sallum
Samadun
Samalut
Samannud
Samhud
San el-Hagar
Sanabu
Sananiya
Sandafa
Sandub
Sanhur
Sannur
Saqqara
Saqulta
Sau
Sawada
Sawamaa
Sayala
Sebaiya
Sebennytos
Sedment
Sehel

S, continued

Semabehdet
Semna
Serabit el-Khadim
Serapeum
Shabas el-Malh
Shabas el-Shuhada
Shabramant
Shabshir
Shakshuk
Shalateen
Shali
Shallufa
Shalshalamun
Shanawan
Shanbarat el-Maymuna
Shandawil
Shanhur
Sharabas
Sharm el-Sheikh
Sharnub
Sharuna
Shata
Shatanuf
Shatura
Shaturma
Shawa
Shawashna
Sheikh Abada
Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Sheikh Attiya
Sheikh Dirgham
Sheikh Fadl
Sheikh Hamad
Sheikh Marzuq
Sheikh Mubarak
Sheikh Wali
Sheikh Zayed
Sheikh Zuweid
Shellal
Shenshef
Sherbin
Shibin el-Kom

S, continued

Shirinqash
Shiyata
Shohada
Shotep
Shuara
Shubra Bakhum
Shubra el-Kheima
Shubra el-Namla
Shubrakhit
Sibirbay
Sidfa
Sidi Abd el-Rahman
Sidi Barrani
Sidi Ghazi
Sidi Haneish
Sidi Kerir
Sidi Salem
Sigin el-Kom
Sila el-Gharbiya
Silsilis
Silwa Bahari
Simbo Maqam
Sinaru
Sinbillawein
Sindiyun
Sinhut
Sinnuris
Sintiris
Sirs el-Layyan
Sirsina
Siryaqus
Sitra
Siwa
Sohag
Soknopaiou Nesos
Subk el-Ahad
Subk el-Dahhak
Suez
Sukkari
Sumusta
Sunbat
Syene

T: 82 names

Ta-ihu
Taba
Tabennese
Tafahna el-Ashraf
Taha el-Aamida
Tahma
Tahnasha
Tahta
Tala
Talkha
Tamalay
Tamiati
Tamit
Tamiya
Tamwah
Tanis
Tant el-Gazira
Tanta
Taposiris Magna
Tarabin
Taramsa
Tarkhan
Tasa
Tbo
Tebtunis
Tell Abu Seifa
Tell Atrib
Tell Basta
Tell Belim
Tell Defenneh
Tell Edfu
Tell el-Amarna
Tell el-Balamun
Tell el-Dab'a
Tell el-Eisa
Tell el-Farain
Tell el-Farkha
Tell el-Ghaba
Tell el-Herr
Tell el-Iswid
Tell el-Kebir

T, continued

Tell el-Maskhuta
Tell el-Muqdam
Tell el-Retaba
Tell el-Rub'a
Tell el-Samara
Tell el-Yahudiya
Tell Hebua
Tell Ibrahim Awad
Tell Kedwa
Tell Mutubis
Tell Nabasha
Tell Tebilla
Tell Timai
Tell Umm el-Harb
Terenouti
Tersa
Tetaliya
Theadelphia
Themed
Thinis
Tihna el-Gebel
Tilbana
Tima
Timay el-Amdid
Timsahiya
Tineida
Tinnis
Tizmant
Tjaru
Tjeny
Tkow
Toshka
Tubhar
Tukh
Tukh el-Qaramus
Tumas
Tuna el-Gebel
Tunis
Tur
Tura
Tusun

U: 6 names

Umm Bugma
Umm el-Atl
Umm el-Baragat
Uronarti
Usayrat
Uyun Musa

V: 1 name

Vicus Judaeorum

W: 19 names

Wadfa
Wadi el-Allaqi
Wadi el-Arab
Wadi el-Rayan
Wadi el-Sebua
Wadi es-Seboua
Wadi Gharandal
Wadi Gimal
Wadi Halfa
Wadi Hammamat
Wadi Kalalat
Wadi Kid
Wadi Maghara
Wadi Natrun
Wadi Sudr
Wadi Watir
Walidiya
Wardan
Warraq

X: 1 name

Xois

Y: 1 name

Yusuf el-Siddiq

Z: 16 names

Zabara
Zabu
Zafarana
Zagazig
Zamalek
Zankalun
Zarqa
Zawaida
Zawyet Abu Musallam
Zawyet Barmasha
Zawyet el-Aryan
Zawyet el-Karadsa
Zawyet el-Maiyitin
Zawyet el-Masloub
Zeiniya
Zifta