Elf City Name Generator

The elven city names most people picture, Rivendell, Lothlórien, Gondolin, Nargothrond, are Tolkien's, and almost all of them are built from Sindarin or Quenya roots that you can reuse. Sindarin uses -lond for haven (Mithlond, the Grey Havens), -rond for a vaulted hall (Nargothrond, Menegroth), Caras for a walled city (Caras Galadhon), Ost for a fortress (Ost-in-Edhil), Eryn for a wood, Nan for a valley, Amon for a hill, and words like galadh (tree), celeb (silver), ithil (moon), nim (white) and elen (star). Quenya, the high-elven tongue, has softer, longer forms ending in -ë, -mar and -ië: Alqualondë, Tirion, Eldamar, Ondolindë. Rivendell itself is Imladris, 'deep dale of the cleft'.

Other settings borrow the same music. Forgotten Realms gives Evereska, Myth Drannor, Suldanessellar and Leuthilspar; Warcraft has Silvermoon, Suramar and Darnassus; Dragon Age's lost elven capital is Arlathan. All share flowing consonants (l, r, n, th, s), open vowels and a lack of hard stops, which is why 'Silvermoon' sounds elven and 'Ironforge' does not.

The list above starts with those canon cities for reference, then builds new ones from real Sindarin and Quenya elements (Celeblond, Caras Nimloth, Amon Ithil, Ithilmar), and finishes with English-language elven names in the Silvermoon style for settings that prefer translated names. Pick the register that fits your world: Sindarin for high-fantasy grandeur, English compounds for lighter or younger settings.