Evil Kingdom Name Generator

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Generate evil kingdom names for villains' homelands, dark empires and cursed realms: harsh invented toponyms like Mordrath and Kha'zuul, titled realms like the Kingdom of the Black Sun, and grim names drawn from Latin, Norse, Slavic and other traditions.

About evil kingdom names

An evil kingdom name has to do two jobs at once: sound like a real place where people are born and farm and pay taxes, and warn the reader that something is wrong there. Tolkien set the template with Mordor and Angmar, built on the Black Speech root mor (dark) and hard consonant clusters that feel hostile in the mouth. Most dark-fantasy kingdoms since follow the same recipe: gutturals and voiced stops (g, k, kh, dr, th, zh), dark vowels (o, u, aa), and the occasional apostrophe or diaeresis to signal a foreign tongue, giving names like Vhalgoroth, Kha'zuul or Dûn Morghul.

The second approach is the descriptive title, the way real regimes name themselves or get named by their victims: the Kingdom of the Black Sun, the Iron Tyranny, the Dominion of Teeth. It works because it states the regime's self-image or the world's verdict on it. A third flavor borrows a real language for texture: Latin (Regnum Noctis), Norse (Niflgard), German (Schattenreich), French (Royaume des Ombres), Slavic (Czarnogród) or Japanese (Yomi-no-Kuni).

This generator mixes all three so you can pick a name that fits the scale of your villain, from a cursed border fief to a continent-spanning dread empire, and pair it with an epithet like Vaskhar, the Kingdom of Nails when one word is not enough.

How to choose evil kingdom names

  • Match the name to the villain's self-image. A tyrant who thinks he is a savior names his realm the Ascendancy or the Concordat; only his enemies call it the Kingdom of Chains.
  • Give the evil kingdom a neighbor with a soft, vowel-heavy name (Avalonia, Eldoria) so Mordrath or Kha'zuul sounds harsher by contrast in the same sentence.
  • Keep the root short so you can build on it: Ghaur gives you Ghaurite soldiers, the Ghaurish tongue and the Wyrm Kingdom of Ghaur, all without a pronunciation guide.
  • Use an epithet for history, not just menace. Ulgoreth, Where the Sun Was Slain, tells players a story they will want to hear.
  • Avoid real-world slurs, regimes and ethnic names; evil-sounding phonology is enough, and a name like Schattenreich borrows German texture without pointing at real Germans.

Frequently asked questions

What makes a kingdom name sound evil?

Hard consonants (k, g, kh, dr, th, zh, x), dark back vowels (o, u), and clustered endings like -oth, -gar, -uul, -akh and -roth read as hostile in English. Words that evoke death, rot, night, iron, blood or bone do the same job in descriptive names. Mordor, Angmar, Carcosa and Stygia are the classic models.

Should I use an invented name or a descriptive title?

Both have a place. An invented name (Vhalgoroth, Kha'zuul) feels like a real country with its own language and history; a descriptive title (the Kingdom of the Black Sun, the Iron Tyranny) reads as propaganda or as the name its victims gave it. Many settings use both: the kingdom is Maloth, but everyone calls it the Seat of the Skinned God.

Can I use these evil kingdom names in D&D, novels or games?

Yes. Original names here are free to use in homebrew campaigns, fiction, video games and worldbuilding wikis. A handful of famous names from existing works (Mordor, Angmar, Angband) are included as reference points and should not be used in published commercial work.

How do I name the people and language of an evil kingdom?

Take the root and add a demonym suffix: Mordrath gives Mordrathi or Mordrathian, Ghaur gives Ghaurite, Vossk gives Vosskan. For the language, reuse the root with -ish, -ic or -ese, or give it a separate name the locals use, which hints that the kingdom's name is an outsider's label.

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All 500 evil kingdom 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: 12 names

  • Abyssal Throne of Y'gol
  • Acheron
  • Angband
  • Angmar
  • Angrboda's Brood-Realm
  • Annwn's Shadow
  • Ard al-Ramad
  • Ashenfall
  • Ashfall Marches
  • Ashkarn
  • Ashkhar, Crown of Embers
  • Az'Khoruun

B: 16 names

  • Baalgorath
  • Baelgorath
  • Balor's Kingdom
  • Bane-Kingdom of Sorrow
  • Bhaalgorn
  • Bilad al-Dam
  • Blackfell
  • Blackreach
  • Blackspire
  • Blackthorn Realm
  • Bleakholm
  • Blight Kingdom of Harrow
  • Blood-Court of Karnstein
  • Bloodhollow
  • Bloodstone
  • Blutmark

C: 23 names

  • Caer Dubh
  • Caligo
  • Carcosa
  • Charnel Reach
  • Chernobog's Dominion
  • Chernovale
  • Cinderkeep
  • Cinderlands
  • Clockwork Tyranny
  • Cocytus
  • Coldharrow
  • Corpse Kingdom of Thrael
  • Corvaux
  • Court of Famine
  • Court of Maggots
  • Court of the Red Queen
  • Crowhaven
  • Crown of Broken Teeth
  • Crown of Cinders
  • Crown of the Devourer
  • Crown of the Drowned Queen
  • Crown of the Eater of Kings
  • Czarnogród

D: 30 names

  • Deadwater
  • Desolation of Morghast
  • Dharkesh
  • Dhaxor
  • Direhelm
  • Direwood Realm
  • Dødsriket
  • Dominion of Skulls
  • Dominion of the Unblinking Eye
  • Dominion of the Unseen Hand
  • Doomgate
  • Dornreich
  • Dra'Vosh
  • Dragon-Tyranny of Karrth
  • Drakhenvaal
  • Drakmoor
  • Drauglund
  • Draumhold, the Dreamless Throne
  • Draven's Hundred Gibbets
  • Dread Empire of Zaragor
  • Dread Marches of Ulkar
  • Dread Principality of Vossk
  • Dreggmoor
  • Drezhgar, the Gnashing Realm
  • Drimhaal
  • Drogath
  • Drust's Dominion
  • Dûn Morghul
  • Dun Scaith
  • Duskfall

E: 13 names

  • Ebonhallow
  • Emberfall Dominion
  • Empire of Broken Gods
  • Empire of Chains and Ash
  • Empire of Rust
  • Empire of the Black Orchid
  • Empire of the Bone Throne
  • Empire of the Crimson Moon
  • Empire of the Grasping Dark
  • Empire of the Nine Hells
  • Empire of the Sunless Sea
  • Erebos
  • Eternal Kingdom of Dust

F: 2 names

  • Finsterreich
  • Fomoria

G: 18 names

  • Gale-Kingdom of Vossk
  • Gallowfen
  • Gallowsgate
  • Ghar'Zuul
  • Ghaskar, Where the Dead Pay Tithe
  • Ghezmarak
  • Ghorrah, the Land of Broken Bells
  • Ghostmarch
  • Ghûl Akhar
  • Ghulmoor
  • Gor'Thaak
  • Gorath Kar
  • Grakhul
  • Grave-Kingdom of Ulm
  • Gravewater Realm
  • Grimmarrow
  • Grimvaal
  • Gwaelod the Sunken

H: 13 names

  • Hadal Kingdom
  • Hangman's Reach
  • Harrowgate
  • Harrowmere
  • Harrowmoor Ascendant
  • Hazmoreth
  • Hel's March
  • Helheim Ascendant
  • Hexmark
  • Hollowgard, the Gutted Crown
  • Horde-Kingdom of Gharkh
  • Horgoth Morr
  • Hrafnmark

I: 9 names

  • Ilmoreth of the Weeping Walls
  • Ilnoth
  • Ilvenmere
  • Imperium of the Flayed
  • Imperium Tenebris
  • Infernum
  • Iron Kingdom of Dravakh
  • Ironbarrow
  • Ishkar Dûm

J: 1 name

  • Járnviðr

K: 53 names

  • Kaar Sethis, the Flayed Throne
  • Kael Dhuum, the Bleeding Realm
  • Kage no Kuni
  • Kaldrheim
  • Kar'Dreth
  • Karnoth
  • Karzûn
  • Kethra Vol
  • Kethrun of the Drowned Bells
  • Kha'zuul
  • Khar'Vol
  • Khazmoor
  • Khemrath
  • Kingdom at the End of Light
  • Kingdom Behind the Veil
  • Kingdom Beneath the Bone Sea
  • Kingdom Beyond the Black Gate
  • Kingdom of Chains
  • Kingdom of Dread Hollow
  • Kingdom of Nightmares
  • Kingdom of Nothing
  • Kingdom of Tears
  • Kingdom of Ten Thousand Tombs
  • Kingdom of the Black Sun
  • Kingdom of the Black Thorn
  • Kingdom of the Broken Crown

K, continued

  • Kingdom of the Broken Wheel
  • Kingdom of the Crooked Spire
  • Kingdom of the Drowned Bells
  • Kingdom of the Drowned Sun
  • Kingdom of the Final Door
  • Kingdom of the Gallows-Tree
  • Kingdom of the Gnawing Dark
  • Kingdom of the Hollow King
  • Kingdom of the Hungry God
  • Kingdom of the Long Night
  • Kingdom of the Mad King
  • Kingdom of the Ninth Circle
  • Kingdom of the Open Grave
  • Kingdom of the Seven Gibbets
  • Kingdom of the Skull Queen
  • Kingdom of the Sleeping Tyrant
  • Kingdom of the Starving Moon
  • Kingdom of the Undying King
  • Kingdom of the Waking Nightmare
  • Kingdom of Vorkath
  • Kingdom Under the Mountain of Skulls
  • Koschei's Realm
  • Kostograd
  • Krähenfeld
  • Kraken's Crown
  • Krvavá Zem
  • Kurayami

L: 6 names

  • Laufey's Dominion
  • Leviathan's Dominion
  • Lich-Kingdom of Orzhul
  • Lichdom of Azmar
  • Lorghul
  • Lyonesse Drowned

M: 30 names

  • Mal'Drakar
  • Malgothia
  • Maloth, Seat of the Skinned God
  • Malveaux
  • Malvoria
  • Mamlakat al-Zulm
  • Mavroth
  • Mek'Thalos
  • Mhorrogh, the Widow-Maker's Realm
  • Moloch's Reach
  • Mor'Vessah
  • Morana's Kingdom
  • Morbidia
  • Mordigrad
  • Mordor
  • Mordrath
  • Morgul Vale
  • Morgwyr
  • Mørkland
  • Morkuul
  • Morrigast
  • Morrim
  • Morrowgrave
  • Mortaine, Kingdom of the Bell-Tolled
  • Morteval
  • Morvenna of the Bleeding Oaks
  • Mrakovia
  • Mummified Realm of Khet
  • Murkmire
  • Muspelreach

N: 22 names

  • Nachtland
  • Nagrath Morn
  • Nar'Vaxis
  • Naströnd
  • Nattmark
  • Necropolis of Vhul
  • Negralia
  • Nekhros, the Grey Kingdom
  • Nekrothis
  • Nerocuore
  • Nethermarch
  • Nhaaran of the Empty Cradles
  • Nhul'gath
  • Niflgard
  • Night's Reach
  • Nightfall Hold
  • Nightmere
  • Noctavia
  • Nox Imperia
  • Nurgath
  • Nyr'Kadesh
  • Nyxheim

O: 8 names

  • Oathbreak
  • Oblivion Reach
  • Old Ghorran
  • Onigashima
  • Orgrath
  • Ossaria
  • Ossoth, the Kingdom of Bones
  • Ostrakhon

P: 3 names

  • Phlegethon
  • Plague Dominion
  • Pyre Kingdom

Q: 3 names

  • Qasr al-Adam
  • Qel'Thuzar
  • Quor'Malith

R: 20 names

  • Ravaged Tsardom of Volkh
  • Ravager Kingdom of Thrag
  • Ravenmoor
  • Ravenspire
  • Ravenstone Ascendant
  • Ravkhar
  • Realm at the Edge of Screaming
  • Realm of Eternal Dusk
  • Realm of the Flayed King
  • Realm of the Nine Hangings
  • Realm of the Unburied
  • Realm of the Unforgiven
  • Redgallows
  • Regno della Cenere
  • Regnum Noctis
  • Regnum Ossium
  • Reino Carmesí
  • Reino de Sangre
  • Royaume des Ombres
  • Ruins of Kaer Vhol

S: 30 names

  • Saarg, the Kingdom of Hooks
  • Saltanat al-Layl
  • Sanguinara
  • Sarkhet, the Sand-Tomb Kingdom
  • Sarkonia
  • Sarkoth
  • Sarzuun
  • Schattenreich
  • Screamholt
  • Serpent Kingdom of Ssathra
  • Shadowmere Dominion
  • Shahr-e Khun
  • Skadi's Reach
  • Skaldrith of the Singing Bones
  • Skarnveth
  • Slaver Kingdom of Vashk
  • Smrtnia
  • Sombravia
  • Sombrevaux
  • Sorrowdeep
  • Sorvak's Dominion of Salt
  • Sovereignty of the Black Goat
  • Ssil'thuun
  • Stonegrave
  • Stygia
  • Sulgoroth
  • Surtr's Kingdom
  • Suzerainty of Ash
  • Svartholm
  • Sythereth

T: 134 names

  • Taal Hyrrum
  • Tal'Reth
  • Tartarus Reach
  • Temnograd
  • Ténèbres
  • Terra Morta
  • Thal'Ghuur
  • Thar Vezzul of the Nine Chains
  • The Ashen Dynasty
  • The Ashlands
  • The Badlands Crown
  • The Basilisk Crown
  • The Black Concordat
  • The Black Country of Grol
  • The Black Fief
  • The Black Throne
  • The Bleak Winter Court
  • The Bleeding March
  • The Blighted Crown
  • The Bone-White Throne
  • The Boneyard Throne
  • The Brimstone Realm
  • The Carrion Court
  • The Court of Bones
  • The Court of Endless Night
  • The Court of Knives
  • The Court of the Black Mirror
  • The Crimson Throne
  • The Crow Kingdom
  • The Cursed Kingdom
  • The Deadlands of Sarn
  • The Deep Tyranny
  • The Dominion of Teeth

T, continued

  • The Dreadlands
  • The Dreaming Dark
  • The Drowned Kingdom
  • The Drowned Lands
  • The Duchy of Thorns
  • The Ebon Throne
  • The Fang Dominion
  • The Fell Country
  • The Festering Crown
  • The Flayed Imperium
  • The Fomorian Reach
  • The Forgotten Kingdom
  • The Frozen Throne of Nargh
  • The Gilded Cage
  • The Gnawed Crown
  • The Grave Dominion
  • The Hanging Court
  • The Hegemony of Vaal
  • The Hollow March
  • The Howling Dominion
  • The Iron Hills of Dûr
  • The Iron Tsardom
  • The Iron Tyranny
  • The Iron Wood
  • The Ivory Tyranny
  • The Jotun Throne
  • The Khanate of Red Grass
  • The Khanate of Skulls
  • The Kingdom Below
  • The Kingdom of Ash
  • The Kingdom of Hunger
  • The Kingdom of Maggots
  • The Kingdom of Rust and Ruin
  • The Kingdom That Burns

T, continued

  • The Last Night Kingdom
  • The Molten Throne
  • The Necrocracy of Sarn
  • The Null Throne
  • The Obsidian Compact
  • The Pale Hegemony
  • The Principality of Ash
  • The Realm of Cold Stars
  • The Realm of Teeth and Sorrow
  • The Realm of the Unlit Sun
  • The Rotted Crown
  • The Ruined Kingdom
  • The Salt-Crowned Realm of Ysk
  • The Serpent Throne
  • The Shogunate of Crows
  • The Shogunate of the Red Sun
  • The Silent Realm
  • The Skinned Throne
  • The Starless Court
  • The Starving Kingdom
  • The Sundered Crown
  • The Sunken Crown
  • The Tetrarchy of Bones
  • The Thanatocracy
  • The Theocracy of Teeth
  • The Theocracy of the Hungry God
  • The Thousand Gallows
  • The Throne of Chains
  • The Triumvirate of Thorns
  • The Tsardom of Wolves
  • The Undercrown of Sirrah
  • The Undying Dominion
  • The Unkingdom

T, continued

  • The Void Kingdom
  • The Wastes of Korr
  • The Weeping Kingdom
  • The Weeping Throne
  • The White Rot Kingdom
  • The Wolf Dominion
  • The Wyrm Kingdom of Ghaur
  • Thornhallow
  • Thornwick
  • Thrakhaan
  • Thrall-Kingdom of Vexmar
  • Thraxis of the Burning Wheel
  • Threnhallow
  • Throne of Frozen Screams
  • Throne of Maghroth
  • Throne of Nails
  • Throne of Severed Crowns
  • Throne of the Black Tide
  • Throne of the Drowned
  • Throne of the Headless King
  • Throne of Worms
  • Thuunvar, the Howl Beneath
  • Tierra de Huesos
  • Tír na Marbh
  • Tmavohrad
  • Tomb-Kingdom of Ankhar
  • Totenmark
  • Tyranny of Kalmoor
  • Tyranny of the Black Hand
  • Tyranny of the Burning Eye
  • Tyranny of the Iron Mask
  • Tyranny of the Red Hand
  • Tyranny of the Thousand Whips
  • Tzeval

U: 10 names

  • Uffern
  • Ul'Drazeth
  • Ulgoreth, Where the Sun Was Slain
  • Ulthwar
  • Ulus of the Iron Yoke
  • Umbraeus
  • Unrath, the Iron Grievance
  • Ur'Gashk
  • Utgard
  • Uzgoth

V: 25 names

  • Vaar Nûl, Land Without Dawn
  • Vaelkirth
  • Vallée des Damnés
  • Vampire Kingdom of Vhol
  • Vargholm
  • Varnoth, the Kingdom of Locks
  • Vashkul
  • Vaskhar, the Kingdom of Nails
  • Vassalage of Korrath
  • Vel'Sharuun
  • Velgarath
  • Velhorra of the Poisoned Springs
  • Vermoth
  • Vexhollow
  • Vhaal's Thousand-Year Night
  • Vhalgoroth
  • Vhenmarr, Realm of the Eyeless
  • Vhûl Kadaar
  • Vol'Tharaq
  • Vollrath
  • Vorgothan
  • Vorlagand
  • Vorsk Karath
  • Vranovia
  • Vrathmoor

W: 5 names

  • Wasteland of the Gnawing King
  • Witch-Kingdom of Hexmoor
  • Wolfscar
  • Wraithmoor
  • Wyrdmere

Y: 3 names

  • Yomi-no-Kuni
  • Yrgoth of the Thousand Eyes
  • Ys Beneath the Waves

Z: 11 names

  • Zarthûl
  • Zaun Morgha
  • Zek'Harun
  • Zhaal, the Silent Tyranny
  • Zhal Mor
  • Zhur-Kaleth
  • Zlovest
  • Zoltrath
  • Zul'Varak
  • Zulmat
  • Zur'Khavesh