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Generate fanfic names and fic titles that sound like they belong on AO3 or Wattpad: lowercase lyrical titles, 'five times' and 'in which' formats, trope-forward AU titles, one-word titles, parenthetical twists, and angst-heavy lines. Works for any fandom, ship, or rating.

About fanfic names

Fanfic titles follow conventions that are different from published novels, and readers can tell a fic's register from its name before they open the tags. The AO3 house style leans lowercase and lyrical: a fragment that sounds like a lyric or a line of poetry (the space between heartbeats, what the river keeps), a single loaded word (hiraeth, undertow, tether), or a deliberately long literal title that promises a specific scene. Structural formats carry their own signals too: 'five times X (and one time Y)' marks a 5+1 fic, 'in which...' promises a light, self-aware tone, and a parenthetical twist like (un)lucky or i hate you (don't leave me) flags a reveal.

The best titles match the fic's mood and length. Crack and fluff want short, funny, or domestic titles (sunday pancakes, emotional support nemesis); slow burns and longfics suit grand, slightly melancholy phrases; angst and hurt/comfort want something that aches a little without spoiling the ending. Trope-forward AU titles (one bed, two cowards; rival bakeries) tell browsers exactly what they are getting and do well in search. The titles here are original rather than song lyrics, so you will not collide with the dozens of fics already named after the same chorus.

How to choose fanfic names

  • Match the title's length to the fic: one or two words for a drabble or one-shot, a fuller phrase for a multichapter, and a structural format like 'five times...' only if the fic actually uses that structure.
  • Before committing, search the title on AO3 filtered to your fandom; if ten fics share it, tweak a word so yours is findable.
  • A lowercase title signals a lyrical or introspective fic, while Title Case reads more like a published book; choose the casing that fits the tone.
  • Trope titles (fake dating for dummies, the bodyguard clause) help browsers pick your fic from the tag page, while poetic titles reward readers who are already invested.
  • Pair the title with a summary that does the explaining, so the title itself can stay short, evocative, and spoiler-free.

Frequently asked questions

Are these fanfic names actual song lyrics?

No. Lyric titles are common on AO3 but they get reused constantly and can collide with hundreds of other fics. Everything here is an original phrase written to sound lyrical, so you can use it without sharing a title with half the tag.

Can I use these titles for original fiction or a Wattpad story?

Yes. The shorter poetic and trope titles work for original stories, Wattpad serials, and even chapter titles. Titles are not copyrightable, but do check that the name is not already famous in your genre.

What does '5+1' or 'in which' mean in a fic title?

'Five times... (and one time...)' is the 5+1 format, a fic built from five short scenes plus one that breaks the pattern. 'In which...' introduces the premise in a wry, summary-like voice and usually signals humor or fluff.

Should my fanfic title be lowercase?

It is a stylistic choice. Lowercase reads as soft, lyrical, and very AO3; Title Case reads more traditional and suits longfic or crossover epics. Either is fine, but stay consistent across a series.

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A: 52 names

  • à bientôt, my love
  • a brief history of saying goodbye
  • a comedy of errors, mostly mine
  • a coward's prayer
  • a crown of thorns and paper flowers
  • a diary of unsent things
  • a door left open
  • a field guide to loving difficult people
  • a gentler apocalypse
  • a handbook for haunting the living
  • a hundred sleepless nights
  • a hymn for the drowned
  • a lesson in gravity

A, continued

  • a list of things to do before the end
  • a litany of small betrayals
  • a little bit of heaven in a teacup
  • a pillow fort for two
  • a prayer for the departing
  • a slow kind of drowning
  • a slow waltz in a burning room
  • a soft place to fall
  • a study in almost
  • a tally of what was lost
  • a thousand paper suns
  • a thousand small surrenders
  • a very cozy apocalypse

A, continued

  • a very inconvenient soulmate
  • a war of quiet things
  • a wolf in winter
  • ad astra per aspera
  • adventures in babysitting
  • after the applause
  • afterglow
  • aftermath
  • alea iacta est
  • all roads lead back
  • all the king's horses
  • all the ways we almost were
  • all's fair (in love and lawsuits)

A, continued

  • amnesia, as a plot device and a tragedy
  • amor fati
  • an account of the night everything changed
  • an anatomy of falling
  • an inventory of small mercies
  • an ode to bad decisions
  • anchor
  • and still, I stayed
  • and then there were none of us
  • ashes, ashes
  • ask me anything
  • atlas
  • aubade

B: 17 names

  • bad blood, good intentions
  • bakery wars
  • ballroom lessons for the terminally awkward
  • be gentle, it's my first apocalypse
  • bed and breakfast and bickering
  • beneath a borrowed sky
  • better late than never, better never than late
  • bitter and then sweet

B, continued

  • blackout
  • blanket thief
  • bloom
  • blue hour
  • bone orchard
  • breakfast for dinner
  • bruised knuckles, soft heart
  • burn the map
  • bury me in the garden

C: 18 names

  • call it what it is
  • carpe noctem
  • cartography of a scar
  • catch me on the way down
  • catharsis
  • cinder and silk
  • cobalt
  • coffee, black, with a side of pining
  • cold front

C, continued

  • cold iron, warm blood
  • come find me
  • come morning, come home
  • coming up for air
  • counting backwards from forever
  • counting stars on a cracked ceiling
  • crash landing
  • crooked halos
  • cursed objects and other houseguests

D: 12 names

  • darling, the war is over
  • dear you,
  • devotion
  • dog park diplomacy
  • domestic bliss, probably
  • don't let go of my hand
  • don't look down
  • draft saved at 2:47 a.m.
  • dragon-sitting for beginners
  • dramatic exit, stage left
  • dulce periculum
  • dust motes in a sunbeam

E: 10 names

  • eclipse
  • embers
  • emotional support nemesis
  • enemies to something softer
  • ephemera
  • et in arcadia ego
  • even the stars go out
  • every version of this
  • everything I never said
  • everything is on fire and that's fine

F: 19 names

  • fake dating for dummies
  • falling (with style)
  • falling is just flying with a deadline
  • fathom
  • fault lines
  • fever dream in three acts
  • fine. (i'm not fine.)
  • fireflies in a jar
  • firelight confessions

F, continued

  • first snow
  • five first dates (and a last one)
  • five kisses that didn't count (and one that did)
  • five times he didn't say it (and one time he did)
  • five ways to say goodbye
  • follow the thread
  • forget me not, forget me never
  • four funerals and a wedding
  • four seasons and a funeral
  • frost on the window glass

G: 11 names

  • ghost in the passenger seat
  • ghost of the lighthouse
  • give me your tired
  • glass hearts and iron wills
  • glass houses and stone hearts
  • glasswing
  • golden hour, again
  • gossamer
  • gravity, and other lies
  • grief is a house with no doors
  • grocery lists and other love letters

H: 22 names

  • halcyon
  • halfway home
  • halfway to somewhere
  • hearthfire
  • heavy is the head
  • heliotrope
  • hiraeth
  • hired muscle, tender heart
  • hockey and other contact sports
  • hold my beer
  • hold still

H, continued

  • hollow
  • hollow kings
  • home is a person
  • homeward
  • honey and gunpowder
  • hot chocolate season
  • house on the hill
  • how to disappear completely and take him with you
  • how to hold a storm
  • how to lose a villain in ten days
  • hush now, the world is burning

I: 15 names

  • I am not a cat
  • I did not sign up for this
  • i hate you (don't leave me)
  • i'll carry the rest
  • if found, please return
  • in the wreckage, a garden
  • in vino veritas
  • in which a cat solves everything
  • in which nobody dies, for once
  • in which the villain makes tea
  • in which they are very bad at pretending
  • in which time travel solves nothing
  • into the undercity
  • it was always going to be you
  • it's not a phase, mom

J: 1 name

  • jusqu'à la fin

K: 5 names

  • kalopsia
  • keep the light on
  • kintsugi
  • kiss me like you mean it
  • knives out, hearts open

L: 19 names

  • la vie en bleu
  • lacuna
  • landslide
  • leave the porch light
  • let it pour
  • let the dead be dead
  • lighthouse
  • limerence
  • liminal

L, continued

  • little deaths, small victories
  • lodestar
  • long live the king, whoever he is
  • look at me
  • lost and found and lost again
  • love in the time of deadlines
  • love is a loaded question
  • love letters to the wrong address
  • love, actually (not)
  • lux aeterna

M: 9 names

  • maps to nowhere in particular
  • meet me at the bottom
  • memento vivere
  • meridian
  • mon coeur, mon coeur
  • morning, eventually
  • moss grows on the north side
  • movie night negotiations
  • mutual pining: a case study

N: 12 names

  • nightshade and nectar
  • no one came
  • nobody tell the boss
  • nocturne in blue
  • north of nowhere
  • not a love story (a love story)
  • not all who wander are lost, but I am
  • notes from the passenger seat
  • notes left on the fridge
  • nothing gold
  • nothing hurts here
  • nothing to see here (move along)

O: 6 names

  • oak and iron
  • of course it's you
  • office hours
  • on the proper care and feeding of dragons
  • one bed, two cowards
  • orbit

P: 8 names

  • p.s. i'm still here
  • paper cranes and promises
  • penumbra
  • persistence
  • petrichor
  • petty crimes and pettier men
  • porch light left on
  • practice makes perfect (kissing)

Q: 1 name

  • quiet is the new loud

R: 15 names

  • rainwater and rust
  • rainy day playlist
  • re: the thing we don't talk about
  • relic
  • requiem
  • requiem for a sunday
  • resonance
  • reverie
  • ricochet
  • rival bakeries
  • river mouth
  • road trip to nowhere
  • roommate agreement, amended
  • ruination
  • run, rabbit, run

S: 47 names

  • salt and starlight
  • salt roads
  • salt the earth
  • sanctuary
  • saudade
  • say it again
  • scar tissue
  • sea glass and second chances
  • seasonal affection disorder
  • seven days in the wrong timeline
  • seven minutes in purgatory

S, continued

  • sharing an umbrella
  • she says yes
  • sic transit gloria
  • sing it soft
  • sing me to sleep, soldier
  • single dad, plural problems
  • six impossible things before breakfast
  • small gods of the kitchen table
  • snowed in
  • snowed in at the inn
  • snowmelt
  • so this is love, apparently

S, continued

  • socks on the radiator
  • soft epilogue
  • soft hands, sharp edges
  • solace
  • some kind of homecoming
  • someday, some town, some version of us
  • something like forgiveness
  • sonder
  • sotto voce
  • soulmarks and other inconveniences
  • stardust and static
  • starfall

S, continued

  • starlight
  • stay the night
  • still, the stars
  • stormglass
  • subject: come home
  • sunburnt and sorry
  • sunday pancakes
  • sunflowers face the light
  • sunlight on the kitchen floor
  • swear it on the sea
  • sweetness and other violences
  • sword-sworn

T: 161 names

  • taking the long train home
  • teach me the word for this
  • teach me to bake
  • team bonding, against all odds
  • tell me a story
  • tell me when it stops hurting
  • tell them I was brave
  • tempus fugit
  • ten thousand words for rain
  • terms and conditions (may apply)
  • tether
  • thaw
  • the accidental marriage handbook
  • the architecture of us

T, continued

  • the art of staying
  • the art of the slow dance
  • the ash princess
  • the beekeeper's daughter
  • the best laid plans
  • the best of a bad year
  • the bet
  • the blooming season
  • the body remembers
  • the bodyguard clause
  • the bookshop with the leaky roof
  • the boundary between stars
  • the boy at the end of the world
  • the boy who stayed
  • the boy with the thunder in his chest

T, continued

  • the cartographer's apprentice
  • the cat approves
  • the city that swallowed a summer
  • the color of a bruise at dawn
  • the crooked road to you
  • the definitive list of reasons not to kiss him
  • the detective and the decoy
  • the devil you know
  • the distance between us is a war
  • the distance of a held breath
  • the divorce AU nobody asked for
  • the dragon's ledger
  • the fake engagement, annotated
  • the fix-it nobody asked for but everybody needed

T, continued

  • the flower shop across from the tattoo parlor
  • the garden wall between us
  • the girl next door is a werewolf
  • the girl who was a storm
  • the gods we make of each other
  • the good kind of trouble
  • the great escape (from brunch)
  • the great lasagna incident
  • the group chat knows
  • the heart is a muscle and it aches
  • the heist that wasn't
  • the hero needs rescuing
  • the hollow crown of thorns
  • the hollow year
  • the honey pot incident

T, continued

  • the hour the birds wake
  • the hunger and the harvest
  • the improbable survival of small things
  • the incomplete works of a coward
  • the inconvenient truth about soulmates
  • the intervention
  • the jar of good days
  • the keeper of the far gate
  • the kindest cut
  • the kindness of thieves
  • the last dance before the war
  • the last good thing
  • the last letter home
  • the last ship out of orbit
  • the laundry day chronicles

T, continued

  • the library closes at nine
  • the long dark
  • the long goodbye, abbreviated
  • the long quiet
  • the long way round
  • the low tide hours
  • the many deaths of a hopeful man
  • the masquerade
  • the matchmaker's mistake
  • the mercy of strangers
  • the mixtape
  • the moon has no answers either
  • the neighbor with the loud dog
  • the one true thing

T, continued

  • the one where everyone knows but them
  • the one where it goes right
  • the one where the couch is too small
  • the one where they finally talk about it
  • the one with the matching tattoos
  • the only light in the room
  • the orchard, after
  • the patron saint of lost causes
  • the pirate's ransom
  • the practice of forgetting
  • the prince and the pickpocket
  • the problem with forever
  • the quiet after the war
  • the quiet violence of waiting
  • the river runs both ways

T, continued

  • the roommate who hums
  • the royal and the rebel
  • the ruin and the rebuild
  • the saint and the sinner both
  • the same river twice
  • the sea does not forgive
  • the secret life of the second lead
  • the shape of the absence
  • the shape of your name
  • the silver road home
  • the slow burn of a Tuesday
  • the sound a heart makes when it breaks quietly
  • the space between heartbeats
  • the stars we sold
  • the summer we pretended

T, continued

  • the sweater you never gave back
  • the taste of copper and apologies
  • the tax implications of time travel
  • the tenderness of knives
  • the thing about Thursdays
  • the tide and the tethered
  • the trouble with twins
  • the trouble with wanting
  • the unbearable gentleness of being known
  • the understudy
  • the unfortunate incident with the llama
  • the universe in a teacup
  • the universe is kind, briefly
  • the unreliable narrator's guide to falling in love

T, continued

  • the unsent letter
  • the wayward empire
  • the wedding planner's revenge
  • the weight of a borrowed coat
  • the winter we stayed
  • the witch of the salt marsh
  • the world ends on a tuesday (and other good news)
  • the worst wingman in the galaxy
  • the wound is where the light gets in
  • the wrong number
  • the year we learned to breathe underwater
  • the year without a spring
  • this is how it ends
  • this is not a date
  • this meeting could have been a kiss

T, continued

  • threadbare
  • three a.m. confessions
  • three times she almost left
  • thunderstorm weather
  • tides of the broken moon
  • tidewater
  • tiny kitchen, big feelings
  • to be seen and not saved
  • to the ends of the earth and back for coffee
  • tomorrow's news
  • turn back the tide
  • tutor me, tutor you
  • tutoring the enemy
  • two ghosts in a borrowed house
  • two idiots, one bed

U: 4 names

  • (un)lucky
  • undertow
  • unsteady
  • untitled document (3)

V: 4 names

  • velvet
  • vertigo
  • vespers
  • vivere militare est

W: 29 names

  • wait for it
  • wake me when it's spring
  • warm hands, cold nights
  • we don't talk about the summer
  • we were infinite once
  • wedding date for hire
  • what survives the fire
  • what the hands remember
  • what the ocean took
  • what the oracle kept
  • what the river keeps
  • what the wildfire left
  • what we do in the dark (and the light)
  • what we owe the dead

W, continued

  • what you leave behind when you leave
  • whatever remains
  • when the lights come up
  • where the moss remembers
  • where the wild things wait
  • white flags
  • wildfire season
  • wildflower
  • wintering
  • with love, from the enemy
  • with teeth
  • wolves at the door
  • wreckage
  • wrong number, right time
  • wrong side of the river

Y: 3 names

  • you, in every lifetime
  • your hands, my undoing
  • yours, etc.