Fantasy Building Name Generator

Guildhalls, libraries, bathhouses, mills and manors for fantasy towns

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Generate 500 fantasy building names such as The Brass Orrery, Hall of Honest Weights, The Steaming Lily Bathhouse and Hollowmere Manor. The list covers guildhalls, libraries, bathhouses, barracks, observatories, mills, shrines, manors and civic buildings for towns and maps.

About fantasy building names

A fantasy town feels real when its buildings have names the locals would use, and most of those names are plain and practical. Medieval and early modern towns named buildings after the trade inside (the Cloth Hall, the Weigh House), the owner or patron, a saint, or a painted sign over the door in an age when few people could read. This generator follows the same habits, which is why The Coopers' Guildhall and The Tithe Barn sit beside grander inventions such as The Brass Orrery and Hall of Honest Weights.

The list draws on ten building types: guild and trade halls, libraries and academies, bathhouses and places of healing, barracks and gaols, observatories and arcane workshops, mills and works, shrines and cloisters, manors and cottages, civic buildings such as mints, courts and theaters, and a last group of strange places like The House That Walks and The Door Between Streets. Inns, shops, towers, castles and temples have their own generators, linked below, so they are kept to a minimum here.

Use the names as map labels and quest locations. A possessive plural (The Ratcatchers' Lodge) implies an organization your players can join or offend, while a person in the name (The Reading Room of Queen Ismene) implies a piece of history you can fill in later.

How to choose fantasy building names

  • Name the building for what happens inside before you reach for an adjective. The Dye Vats and The Siege Workshop tell a player more than any number of gilded spires.
  • Give each district one landmark from a different group: a guildhall for the market, a shrine for the old quarter, a mill for the riverside. It makes a small map look planned.
  • Let locals shorten long names. The Scriptorium of Saint Wren becomes Saint Wren's in conversation, and that shorthand makes the town sound lived in.
  • Save the odd names, such as The Bathhouse of Ghosts or The Inside-Out Manor, for one location per town. A single strange building is a mystery, and five is a theme park.
  • Reuse a founder or saint across several buildings. If Queen Ismene has a reading room, she can also have a bridge, a statue and an old grudge with the guild across the square.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of buildings are in the list?

Ten types: guildhalls, libraries and academies, bathhouses and healing houses, barracks and gaols, observatories and arcane workshops, mills and works, shrines and cloisters, manors and cottages, civic buildings, and a small group of wondrous or ruined places. Examples include The Vellum Archive, The Pike Yard Barracks, Threewheel Mill and Shrine of the Patient Rain.

How do I name a fantasy guildhall?

Start with the trade in the possessive plural and add the kind of room or building: The Coopers' Guildhall, The Inkmakers' Chambers, The Wayfinders' Lodge. For a guild with pretensions, swap the trade for a virtue or a symbol, as in Hall of Honest Weights.

Does this cover inns, taverns and shops?

Only in passing. Inns and shops are the most often named buildings in a fantasy town, so they have dedicated pages. The fantasy inn and fantasy shop generators are linked under this list, along with towers, castles and temples, and this page fills in the rest of the street.

Do the names work for a modern setting?

Mostly not, since they assume guilds, shrines and siege workshops. If you need apartment blocks, offices or developments, use the building name generator instead, which is written for modern real estate.

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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: 8 names

  • Abbey of the Salt Wind
  • Academy of the Ninth Star
  • Arcade of the Amber Traders
  • Archive of Broken Seals
  • Archive of the Last Census
  • Ashenwick Hall
  • Assembly of the Nine Trades
  • Athenaeum of the Seven Lamps

B: 6 names

  • Bakery of the Twelve Ovens
  • Bathhouse of the Three Fountains
  • Belfry of the Nine Hours
  • Bibliotheca Umbra
  • Blackthistle Grange
  • Briarcourt

C: 5 names

  • Chapel of the Unlit Candle
  • Cindermoor Manor
  • Convent of the Veiled Moon
  • Courthouse of the Blind Scales
  • Customs House of the Three Quays

D: 1 name

  • Dunmarrow Grange

E: 3 names

  • Embassy of the Pearl Coast
  • Emberlyn Court
  • Examination Court of the Jade Brush

F: 1 name

  • Foxglove Cottage

G: 6 names

  • Garrison of the Iron Ninth
  • Golemwrights' Foundry Court
  • Greywater Hall
  • Gristle Brook Mill
  • Guildhall of the Open Hand
  • Guildhall of the Silver Thimble

H: 5 names

  • Hall of Honest Weights
  • Hall of the Gilded Scale
  • Hippodrome of the Four Winds
  • Hollowmere Manor
  • House of Quiet Hands

I: 1 name

  • Infirmary of the Open Palm

L: 3 names

  • Laboratory of Volatile Salts
  • Larkspur Terrace
  • Library of Unfinished Maps

M: 7 names

  • Marrowby Lodge
  • Masons' Lodge of the Level Stone
  • Mausoleum of the First Mayor
  • Millrace Cottage
  • Monastery of the Turning Wheel
  • Moonvine Villa
  • Mortuary Chapel of the Ferryman

O: 4 names

  • Observatory of the Hollow Moon
  • Old Mossback Mill
  • Oldcastle Mews
  • Oratory of the Dawn Bell

P: 4 names

  • Pagoda of a Thousand Ribbons
  • Palazzo of Masks
  • Pennywhistle Court
  • Priory of the Grey Sisters

Q: 1 name

  • Quillon Chase

R: 1 name

  • Ravenscroft Grange

S: 16 names

  • Sablewood Lodge
  • Saint Aldith's Reading Rooms
  • Saint Orla's Almshouse
  • Saltmarsh Manor
  • School of the Patient Quill
  • Shrine of Small Mercies
  • Shrine of the Crossroads Mother
  • Shrine of the Drowned Bell
  • Shrine of the Kind Stranger
  • Shrine of the Last Lantern
  • Shrine of the Laughing Fox
  • Shrine of the Patient Rain
  • Shrine of the Thrice-Blessed Plow
  • Sky Ledger Observatory
  • Starfall Observatory
  • Stonecrop Farmstead

T: 422 names

  • Tanglewood Grange
  • The Abbey Brewhouse
  • The Aetherium
  • The Alchemists' Athanor
  • The Aldermen's Chamber
  • The Alembic Cellar
  • The Almanac Office
  • The Ambassador's Residence
  • The Amphitheater of Laurels
  • The Anatomists' Theater
  • The Anchorite's Cell
  • The Annex of Lost Volumes
  • The Anvil Shed
  • The Apiary
  • The Apothecaries' Court
  • The Apothecary's Cottage
  • The Apprentices' Dormitory
  • The Arcane Registry
  • The Archers' Butts Lodge
  • The Archive of Ash
  • The Archive of Lineages
  • The Armory of Saint Bram
  • The Assize Court
  • The Astrolabe Gallery
  • The Atlas Room
  • The Bailiff's Office
  • The Barber-Surgeons' Parlor
  • The Bardic College of Three Strings
  • The Bathers' Colonnade
  • The Bathhouse of Ghosts
  • The Beacon at Wrecker's Point
  • The Beacon Keeper's Hut
  • The Beastmasters' Lodge
  • The Beekeepers' Moot
  • The Beggars' Oratory
  • The Bell Foundry
  • The Bell-Ringers' Chapel
  • The Bellfounders' Yard

T, continued

  • The Bestiary Wing
  • The Black Barrel Brewery
  • The Boathouse at Swan Reach
  • The Bonesetter's Rooms
  • The Bottled Storm Laboratory
  • The Bounty Board Office
  • The Brass Orrery
  • The Bread Dole
  • The Brewers' Assembly Rooms
  • The Brickyard
  • The Bronze Arsenal
  • The Building With No Doors
  • The Burgomaster's Residence
  • The Burned Guildhall
  • The Butchers' Shambles
  • The Butter Market
  • The Cabinet of Wonders
  • The Cadets' Quarters
  • The Candlemakers' Shrine
  • The Cartographers' Vault
  • The Cartularium
  • The Cartwrights' Wheel Yard
  • The Catacomb Gatehouse
  • The Cedar Steam Lodge
  • The Celestial Rotunda
  • The Chained Library
  • The Chainmakers' Shed
  • The Chancery
  • The Chandlers' Moot
  • The Chantry of Forgotten Names
  • The Charcoal Burners' Lodge
  • The Charcoal Yard
  • The Charity Kitchens
  • The Circle Lodge
  • The Clockkeepers' Garret
  • The Clockwork Atelier
  • The Cloister of Falling Leaves
  • The Cloud-Tethered Pavilion

T, continued

  • The Codex Gallery
  • The Cold Cellars
  • The College of Banners
  • The Collegium Arcanum
  • The Comet Watcher's Loft
  • The Communal Ovens
  • The Conjurers' Conservatory
  • The Conservatory of Echoes
  • The Convalescents' Terrace
  • The Coopers' Guildhall
  • The Copper Cauldron Baths
  • The Copper Stillroom
  • The Copyists' Gallery
  • The Council Rotunda
  • The Counting-House on Coin Street
  • The Courier Roost
  • The Covered Market
  • The Crofter's Steading
  • The Crooked Parliament
  • The Crooked Sails Windmill
  • The Crucible Works
  • The Crystal Opera
  • The Customs Shed
  • The Debating Chamber
  • The Debtors' Prison
  • The Deepfire Forge
  • The Diviners' Dome
  • The Door Between Streets
  • The Dovecote
  • The Dowager's Townhouse
  • The Dragon's Breath Steam Rooms
  • The Drill Yard
  • The Drowned Exchange
  • The Dry Dock Sheds
  • The Dwarven Counting-Hall
  • The Dye Vats
  • The Dyers' Court
  • The Eclipse Dome
  • The Elementalists' Proving Pit

T, continued

  • The Ember Shrine
  • The Enchanters' Workrooms
  • The Endless Stairwell
  • The Falconers' Mews
  • The Ferrymen's Landing
  • The Fish Market Arcade
  • The Fisherfolk's Shrine
  • The Fletchers' Loft
  • The Floating Granary
  • The Forbidden Wing
  • The Forge Beneath the Hill
  • The Foundling Scholars' College
  • The Foundlings' Home
  • The Foundry of Nine Hammers
  • The Fountain Court
  • The Friary of Bare Feet
  • The Frozen Observatory
  • The Furriers' Pelt Market
  • The Gallery of Forty Mirrors
  • The Gallery of Kings
  • The Gardener's Bothy
  • The Gatekeeper's Cottage
  • The Gatewardens' Bunks
  • The Gearworks
  • The Giant's Pantry
  • The Gilded Basin
  • The Glass Conservatory
  • The Glass Dome of Ilvaren
  • The Glass Library
  • The Glassblowers' Guildhall
  • The Glassworks of Emberlane
  • The Gnomish Pumpworks
  • The Goblin Scrapworks
  • The Goldsmiths' Strongroom
  • The Golem Yard
  • The Governor's Villa
  • The Grain Exchange
  • The Great Cistern

T, continued

  • The Great Granary of Harrowmead
  • The Griffon Mews
  • The Grove Chapel
  • The Half-Built Basilica
  • The Halfling Burrow-Hall
  • The Hall of Ancestors
  • The Hall of Dead Languages
  • The Hall of Familiars
  • The Hall of Judgment
  • The Hall of Ledgers
  • The Hall of Petitions
  • The Hall of Ten Thousand Scrolls
  • The Hall That Hums
  • The Hangman's Lodge
  • The Harbor Chain Winch
  • The Harbormaster's Office
  • The Harvest Altar
  • The Healers' Cloister
  • The Hearthmother's Chapel
  • The Hedge School
  • The Hedge Wizards' Meeting Rooms
  • The Heiress's Folly
  • The Heralds' Office
  • The Hermitage on Gull Rock
  • The Hold of Last Appeals
  • The Hollow Embassy
  • The Hollow Oak Library
  • The Homunculus Workshop
  • The Honest Porters' Rest
  • The Hop Kiln
  • The Hospice of Weary Feet
  • The Hourglass Rotunda
  • The House of Seven Chimneys
  • The House That Walks
  • The House with the Blue Door
  • The Hunting Lodge at Staghollow
  • The Ice Cutters' Depot
  • The Illuminators' Studio

T, continued

  • The Illusionists' Stage
  • The Incense Nave
  • The Index
  • The Indigo Works
  • The Ink-Stained Cloister
  • The Inkmakers' Chambers
  • The Inside-Out Manor
  • The Ivy-Choked Manor
  • The Kennels of the Hunt
  • The Lamp Keeper's Lighthouse
  • The Lamplighters' Depot
  • The Lantern Guild Commons
  • The Lantern Theater
  • The Lanternlit Library
  • The Last House Before the Wall
  • The Laughing Gaol
  • The Laundry on the Weir
  • The Leaning Tenement
  • The Leechcraft Ward
  • The Library Beneath the Stairs
  • The Library That Moved
  • The Lightning Loft
  • The Lime Kiln
  • The Lion Gate Guardhouse
  • The Locksmiths' Benevolent Society
  • The Loom Shed
  • The Lord Mayor's Mansion
  • The Loremaster's Rotunda
  • The Lotus Court Baths
  • The Lyceum of Brass and Glass
  • The Lychgate
  • The Magistrates' Bench
  • The Maltings
  • The Map Room of the Marshals
  • The Mapmakers' Rotunda
  • The Marble Baths of Queen Oriel
  • The Marginalia
  • The Meadery at Honeyford
  • The Menagerie of Lord Quill

T, continued

  • The Menders' Ward
  • The Merchant Prince's Palazzo
  • The Merchants' Bourse
  • The Merfolk Tidehall
  • The Meridian Room
  • The Midwinter Chapel
  • The Midwives' Lodge
  • The Mill That Grinds at Midnight
  • The Minstrels' Gallery
  • The Moneychangers' Colonnade
  • The Moneylenders' Arcade
  • The Moon Dial Court
  • The Moon Pool Sanctuary
  • The Moss-Grown Senate
  • The Moth-Eaten Archive
  • The Mourners' Parlor
  • The Museum of Curious Relics
  • The Museum of Things That Never Were
  • The Muster Field Pavilion
  • The Nailery
  • The Necromancers' Annex
  • The Night Watch Roundhouse
  • The Notaries' Arcade
  • The Oil Press
  • The Old Gaol on Tallow Street
  • The Old Guard Refectory
  • The Old Mint
  • The Old Rectory
  • The Old Wool Staple
  • The Oracle's Porch
  • The Orcish Longhouse
  • The Ossuary Chapel
  • The Oubliette
  • The Painted Moon Playhouse
  • The Palace of Remembering
  • The Palimpsest
  • The Pantheon of Heroes
  • The Paper Mill on the Quill

T, continued

  • The Peacock Pavilion
  • The Pearl Divers' Grotto
  • The Peat Sheds
  • The Physic Garden Lodge
  • The Pigeon Loft
  • The Pike Yard Barracks
  • The Pilgrims' Footbath
  • The Pilgrims' Rest Oratory
  • The Planetarium of Master Ozrin
  • The Portal Court
  • The Portcullis Lodge
  • The Post Relay
  • The Postern Guardroom
  • The Potion Kitchens
  • The Potters' Kilns
  • The Poultice Rooms
  • The Powder Mill
  • The Prayer Wheel Pavilion
  • The Proving Ground
  • The Public Scales
  • The Public Wellhead
  • The Puppet Theater on Wick Lane
  • The Quarantine Ward
  • The Quarrymaster's Office
  • The Quartermaster's Stores
  • The Quiet Floor
  • The Ratcatchers' Lodge
  • The Rattling Cells
  • The Reading Room of Queen Ismene
  • The Red Cloak Barracks
  • The Red Sand Arena
  • The Reeve's Hall
  • The Registry of Deeds
  • The Registry of Names
  • The Reliquary of Saint Ebba
  • The Roadside Niche of Saint Pell
  • The Roofless Chapel
  • The Rookery

T, continued

  • The Root-Bound Schoolhouse
  • The Ropemakers' Lodge
  • The Ropewalk
  • The Rose Water Baths
  • The Royal Assay Office
  • The Royal Aviary
  • The Rune Library of Karsgate
  • The Runecarvers' Guildhall
  • The Runesmiths' Cold Room
  • The Sailors' Chapel
  • The Salle of Blades
  • The Salt Granary
  • The Salt Pools
  • The Salt Works
  • The Salt-Eaten Pier Office
  • The Saltwrights' Assembly
  • The Sanatorium at Cold Spring
  • The Sappers' Depot
  • The Sawmill at Pinefall
  • The Scarlet Cloth Market
  • The Scriptorium of Saint Wren
  • The Scriveners' Chambers
  • The Scrying Chamber
  • The Seed Vault
  • The Seer's Glasshouse
  • The Seers' Cloister
  • The Sellswords' Muster
  • The Seminary of the Open Book
  • The Sending Station
  • The Sergeant's Row
  • The Seven-Year Stores
  • The Shieldwall Barracks
  • The Shipwrights' Longhall
  • The Shuttered Manse
  • The Siege Workshop
  • The Signal Station
  • The Silk Reeling Rooms
  • The Sleeping Foundry
  • The Sliver on Needle Lane

T, continued

  • The Smokehouse on Herring Quay
  • The Sorcerers' Senate
  • The Speakers' Steps
  • The Spearmen's Dormitory
  • The Spice Stores
  • The Spicers' Vaulted Court
  • The Spinning Gallery
  • The Standing Stone Shrine
  • The Star Chart Archive
  • The Stargazers' Pavilion
  • The Starwell
  • The Steaming Lily Bathhouse
  • The Steward's Lodge
  • The Stockade
  • The Stonecutters' Commons
  • The Storm Chapel
  • The Sulfur Springs
  • The Summoning Hall
  • The Sunken Baptistery
  • The Sunken Library
  • The Sunken Pit Arena
  • The Sunward Winepress
  • The Sweating Rooms
  • The Tallowmen's Chambers
  • The Tannery Row Works
  • The Tax Collector's Office
  • The Tea Pavilion
  • The Tepid Pool
  • The Thirteenth Warehouse
  • The Thorn and Mask Theater
  • The Thunder Vane Station
  • The Tidal Mill at Saltmouth
  • The Tide Clock
  • The Tidewater Chapel
  • The Tinkerers' Loft
  • The Tinkers' Exchange
  • The Tithe Barn
  • The Tollgate Lodge

T, continued

  • The Tollkeeper's Arch
  • The Tourney Grounds Pavilion
  • The Town Moot
  • The Transmuters' Foundry
  • The Treasury Vault
  • The Trebuchet Yard
  • The Treetop Moot
  • The Tribunal of Tides
  • The Twin Gables
  • The Upside-Down Almonry
  • The Vault of a Hundred Locks
  • The Vellum Archive
  • The Venturers' Charter Rooms
  • The Veterans' Rest
  • The Votive Alcove
  • The Wand-Testing Gallery
  • The Wandwrights' Bench
  • The War College
  • The Warded Vault
  • The Wardens' Redoubt
  • The Warhorse Stables
  • The Washerwomen's Pavilion
  • The Watch Post at Crooked Bridge
  • The Wayfinders' Lodge
  • The Waygate Pavilion
  • The Wayside Chapel of Bells
  • The Weatherworkers' Station
  • The Weeping Hospice
  • The Wheelwright's Barn
  • The Whispering Stacks
  • The Wind-Reading Loft
  • The Windmill on Kestrel Rise
  • The Winter Garden
  • The Wire-Drawers' Works
  • The Wishing Well Shrine
  • The Wizard's Lending Library
  • The Wyvern Stables
  • Thistledown Manor
  • Threewheel Mill

V: 2 names

  • Vesper Hill Villa
  • Villa Serpentine

W: 4 names

  • Weavers' Commons
  • Widow Harrow's Cottage
  • Widows' Row Cottages
  • Wyrmwood Manor