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Generate fantasy country names with the weight of real nations: Latinate empires, Germanic marches, desert sultanates, island republics and northern jarldoms. Made for worldbuilders drawing maps, novelists naming kingdoms, and game masters who need a rival nation by Saturday.

About fantasy country names

Real country names come from a small number of sources: a founding people (France from the Franks, England from the Angles), a geographic feature (Iceland, Montenegro, Netherlands), a ruler or dynasty (Saudi Arabia, Bolivia), or an old word for 'the land of us' (Deutschland, Nihon). Fantasy country names that follow the same logic feel like they have history behind them. Names ending in -ia, -land, -mark, -holm, -reach and -vale each carry a different flavour: Latinate -ia for old empires and republics, Germanic -mark and -holm for northern kingdoms and border marches, -reach and -vale for frontier realms named by settlers.

The form of government belongs in the full name even if everyone uses the short form. 'Serene Republic of Meridiana', 'Khanate of Turghal' and 'Grand Duchy of Belmont' each tell you who rules, how big the place is and roughly what its neighbours think of it. Real maps also carry descriptive regions that are not countries at all, such as the Silver Marches or the Ashen Steppe, and mixing a few of these among your nations makes the map read as geography rather than a list of tidy borders.

This list spans linguistic families from Latinate, Celtic, Norse and Slavic to Arabic, Persian, Indic, steppe, Finnic, East Asian, Pacific and Mesoamerican-inspired, plus founder-named countries, so each region sounds consistent.

How to choose fantasy country names

Give neighbouring countries names from the same language family (Vinterheim, Isenfjord, Nordskaal) so the map implies shared history, and switch families across mountain ranges or seas.
Write both a formal name (Holy Empire of Castellane) and the everyday short name (Castellane); characters use the short one, treaties and heralds use the long one.
Suffixes are cheap flavour: -mark for border regions, -holm for islands and strongholds, -ia for old civilisations, -reach for frontier land.
Name a few regions descriptively (The Saltlands, The Weeping Marches) rather than as nations; not everything on a map is a country.
Avoid names that clash with well-known real ones like Britannia or Camelot unless you want readers to import their associations.

Frequently asked questions

How do fantasy authors come up with country names?

Most borrow the sound of a real language family and adjust it: Tolkien's Gondor and Rohan draw on Sindarin and Old English, George R. R. Martin's Westeros and Dorne echo English and Iberian place names. Picking a real-world source language and applying its typical suffixes gives your names internal consistency.

What suffixes are common in fantasy country names?

-ia (Eldoria, Silvaria) for classical or Latinate realms; -land and -mark for Germanic kingdoms and borderlands; -holm for islands and strongholds; -vale, -reach and -moor for regions named after landscape; and -stan, -abad or -kand for Persian and Central Asian flavour.

Should a fantasy country name include its type of government?

The formal name usually does (Kingdom of Aldmere, Republic of Corvenna, Sultanate of Qamar) because it tells the reader who holds power. Day-to-day, characters just say Aldmere, the same way people say France rather than the French Republic.

Can I use these fantasy country names in my novel or game?

Yes. The invented names are free to use in fiction, games and commercial worldbuilding. A few on the list are historical or literary (Albion, Mercia, Ruritania, Hyperborea) and are public domain, though they carry existing associations.

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A: 66 names

Abbacy of Greywold
Aber Cennin
Acatlanco
Achterland
Acquaforte Marina
Adelmark
Adomara
Aetheria
Aigiane
Ain Fidda Lands
Aksubalik
Aktolgay
Al-Muzhir
Al-Qamariyya
Al-Rashad
Al-Sarabiyya
Alarica
Albion
Aldenroth
Aldheim
Aldmere
Aldwyn
Almadara
Almazul
Almenar
Altamarea
Altantal
Altynbel
Ambercombe
Anterre
Anthemara
Aomarama
Aquilaria

A, continued

Aquilonia
Aragonne
Aranyavarta
Aranymezo
Arcadia
Archbishopric of Sankt Evrard
Archduchy of Ellander
Ard al-Milh
Ard na Gaoithe
Ardashan
Ardelune
Ardenmark
Ardenne
Ardglass
Ardmoor
Argolis
Argyrokampos
Arroyo Plateado
Asagiri no Kuni
Ashanti Vale
Ashenmoor
Ashkerin
Ashvale
Athelmark
Atlantis
Aubrenne
Aurelis
Aurentia
Ausonis
Avalonia
Averon
Azargan Marches
Azuolyne

B: 45 names

Bab al-Fajr
Bahr al-Nur
Baiyun Guo
Bakhtar
Baldwin's Crown
Ballymorrow
Balruk
Baltupe
Banate of Sevrin
Barony of Stanmarch
Bayansang
Beauvernois
Bellefougere
Bellerade
Bellmar
Bellonia
Belmarais
Belmont
Belograd
Belokrai
Belovar
Belsavre

B, continued

Beornmark
Bergsholm
Bernsteinland
Berrand
Beylik of Karasun
Bilad al-Rih
Bishopric of Ostrom
Bjarkholm
Bjarmaland
Bjornholm
Blackmarsh
Bogdanov Krai
Bolverk Skerries
Borgonero
Borislav's Lands
Bozdala
Briarwall
Brightholm
Brindesse
Brisevent
Bro Heledd
Bruckenwald
Bryn Tywyll

C: 68 names

Cabo Rosso
Cael Duin
Cael Morrow
Caer Bran
Caer Lyon
Caer Wyddel
Cairnmoor
Calderis
Caledonia
Caliphate of Al-Zahir
Caliphate of Az-Zamir
Campo de Estrellas
Campovento
Cantref Gwyn
Captaincy of Porto Brasa
Caravesse
Carraig Dubh
Carrowen
Casimira
Cassimore
Castellane
Castellar
Castemar
Castra Nivalis
Castrolobo
Castrum Aeli
Celestial Empire of Xu
Cetatea Soarelui
Chacbalam Reach
Chalonne
Champdor
Chandanpattan
Chandrakoot Raj
Cheonsan

C, continued

Chernograd
Chernolesk
Chiefdom of the Tall Grass
Chrysaline
Cill Aran
Cimmeria
Clairemont
Clar Glas
Cnoc Fiodha
Coatlinca
Cockaigne
Coldwater Lands
Collefiore
Commonwealth of Fennmoor
Commonwealth of Wexholm
Confederacy of the River Kings
Confederation of the Nine Vales
Confederation of the Salt Cantons
Consulate of Marren
Corbrenne
Corradon
Corran Tuath
Corsinia
Corvenna
Corvinum
Costa Ambrina
County of Hessalow
Crown Lands of Aldavere
Crowned Republic of Venasse
Csillagvar
Cuzcani
Cwm Eryr
Cymru
Cythera

D: 36 names

Dagmar's Peace
Dainora Hills
Dal Faelan
Dalbit Nara
Dalmatra
Dalvenna
Dar al-Yasmin
Dar-es-Sultan
Daryavand
Dealu Cerbului
Delphaine
Derrowyn
Despotate of Morrhold
Devashikhar
Diarchy of Aln and Ostre
Dinas Emrys
Dobrava
Dobrovata
Dolina Vran
Dominion of Cael Morrow
Dominion of Ravenmoor
Dorvigne
Drachenfeld
Draconia
Drakenes
Dravenfell
Drevnograd
Druim Fearna
Duchy of Carvaine
Dun Aravel
Dun Cairbre
Dun Morrigan
Dunhollow
Dunkelheim
Dvergheim
Dyffryn Aur

E: 41 names

Earldom of Wythencombe
Eberstein
Edmar's Hold
Eisenmark
Eisernes Tal
Elderwatch
Eldfjall
Eldoria
Elective Kingdom of Polvara
Electorate of Kraushaven
Ellander
Ellsmere
Elvaria
Emberfall
Emberwold
Emirate of Qassam
Emirate of Tarikh
Emirate of Wadi Halim
Empire of Great Tavros
Empire of Illvane

E, continued

Empire of Ninefold Suns
Empire of Osterlund
Empire of Sarnoth
Empire of Tarsis
Empire of the Ever-Sun
Empire of the Jade Throne
Empire of the Sapphire Sea
Empress Sabela's Province
Ennisfell
Ephyra
Erdovar
Erlenau
Escarra
Eschenfurt
Estivelle
Estramar
Estrelle
Eunsan Reach
Evandrel
Exarchate of Vellis
Ezustvolgy

F: 21 names

Faldrey
Falkenreich
Fauvelle
Fennmoor
Fennrick
Fenrisdal
Fenua Mata
Feuerberg
Firuzdasht
Florentia
Fontesanta
Forest Kingdom of Sylvenhal
Founder's Landing
Foxhollow Shires
Free Cities of Halvard
Free Cities of the Delve
Free Kingdom of Wyrmsend
Free Port of Laskerry
Free State of Corrin
Frostholm
Frostvik

G: 29 names

Gajanagar
Gallantia
Gallowmead
Gandharvalaya
Gavarra
Gintarava
Girivan
Glaivemont
Glen Arrach
Glen Ossara
Glenmarrow
Godwin's Fee
Goldene Heide
Goldengrass
Golzar-e Kohan
Grand Duchy of Belmont
Grand Principality of Volsk
Grauenfels
Graustark
Greifenmark
Greyhaven
Greywold
Grijsdijk
Gris-Marais
Gulistan
Gullvidda
Gwenllore
Gwlad y Niwl
Gwynedd Mor

H: 40 names

Hadramar
Haeguk
Haldane's Reach
Hallanmaa
Halvard
Halvenmark
Halvorheim
Hanseatic League of Vaskerholm
Harmasfolyo
Harrowend
Hartsmoor
Hautefalaise
Havaskapu
Havnholm
Havsrike
Hawkspur
Hegemony of Antessar
Heptarchy of the Seven Hearths
Hesperia
Hestrel
Hetmanate of the Open Steppe
Hibernia
Highreach
Hiidenkorpi
Hirschental
Hjalmarsey
Hochwald
Hogewold
Hohenmark
Hollisande
Hollowmere
Holy Empire of Castellane
Holy Kingdom of Sanctarre
Honkavirta Reach
Hoshimori
Hrafnholm
Hualing
Huitzcalli
Hvalstrand
Hyperborea

I: 31 names

Ifemara Coast
Ilios
Ilkhara
Illapampa
Illyria
Ilmanranta
Ilmareth
Ilverron
Imamate of Sharqand
Imbrel
Imperium of Vastelon
Indravan
Ingrid's Gift
Inis Ceo
Innis Bran
Innismere
Ionaria
Irawan Delta
Ironvale
Isbjorn Vale
Isenfjord
Isfahara
Island Republic of Costamare
Ismere
Isola Sospira
Istria Nova
Isvold
Ithmar
Itzakan
Ivanovar
Iverlund

J: 9 names

Jabal Nuhas
Jarldom of Skarne
Jarldom of Vestfold
Jarnvik
Jasagh Lands
Jazira
Jinhe
Jocelyn's Coast
Jotunvald

K: 65 names

Kaelrun
Kaimalu Isles
Kalb al-Sahra
Kaldoran
Kalimara
Kallidros
Kaltenquell
Kamalnagri
Kamengrad
Karatuz Ulus
Karesh
Karsk
Kelloran
Kernow
Kernwick
Kesselry
Kestrelfield
Khaganate of Tumen Uul
Khalij al-Marjan
Khanate of the Grey Banner
Khanate of Turghal
Khanate of Ulgar
Khorramdar
Khurenbat
Kilbrannon
Kingdom Beyond the Wall
Kingdom of Aldmere
Kingdom of Ardglass
Kingdom of Ashvale
Kingdom of Baekje Reach
Kingdom of Beornmark
Kingdom of Carrowdun

K, continued

Kingdom of Gyldenstrand
Kingdom of Kholat
Kingdom of Marrowen
Kingdom of Ryushima
Kingdom of Tavish Mor
Kingdom of Ten Rivers
Kingdom of the Iron Crown
Kingdom of the Long Coast
Kingdom of the Sundered Isles
Kingdom of the Two Rivers
Kingdom of Thornwall
Kingsholm
Kiralyerdo
Kirov Reach
Kirundi Reach
Kisumaro
Kokyurt
Konradsland
Koryodan
Kostrovia
Kraushaven
Kresnograd
Kronenwald
Kuhsar-e Sabz
Kultasuo Lands
Kumbel
Kumozan
Kursava
Kuuranmaa
Kvennmark
Kwazimba
Kyrenia
Kyzylkent

L: 38 names

Lacs-Jumeaux
Lady Elowen's Vale
Lagoscuro
Lajvardin
Lan Kham
Land of Vaskar
Langfjordland
Lanimoe Atolls
Larkspur Dale
Larossa
Lavinia
League of the Amber Ports
Lemuria
Leofric's Hundred
Leukari
Lindenholm
Lindmark
Lissendre
Ljosalfheim
Llanmorgan
Llys Arian
Loch Airgid
Loch Fannon
Lochmoor
Longteng Dao
Lorenhal
Loriane
Lothair's Portion
Louhivaara
Lowengau
Lowmoor
Lualanga
Lucanne
Lucerna
Lusaran Reach
Lusitania
Luxentum Magna
Lyonesse

M: 52 names

Machair Lands
Magh Loinn
Magocracy of Ithrendil
Mahadwipa
Mahtaban
Majapahit Vale
Mandate of the Vermilion Court
Manutai
Maramond
Marcellia
Marches of the Long Winter
Marchland of Dunhollow
Marcovia
Mare Quietum
Margraviate of Ostrand
Marikit Isles
Maritime Republic of Seravento
Marj Dhahab
Marrakan
Marren
Marudhan
Maximond
Mayuradwip
Mazandar
Mbalawe
Medvedgora

M, continued

Merchant League of Varros
Merchant Republic of Talvane
Mercia
Meridiana
Merrowstrand
Mirevale
Miroslavia
Mistral Downs
Mixtepan
Moana Uli
Mongke Gol
Montalvo
Montcalme-sur-Mer
Monteluna
Montes Albi
Monteverra
Morgenau
Morozovia
Morrowind Vale
Morvenna
Motu Kura
Mountain Kingdom of Kharzul
Muirlands
Mwenekazi
Mynydd Eira Reach
Myrkholm

N: 25 names

Nachtholm
Nahr Azraq
Nakhlistan
Nantarre
Narvanestan
Nazrid
Nebelheim
Nephelene
Ngoc Giang
Nieuw Aldenburg
Nihonmaru
Nilaparvat Rajya
Nimrokh
Njordsey
Nolweth
Nordskaal
Nordveld
Nordvik
Norrland
Northumbria
Novaria
Noyonbat
Nukutere
Numantis
Nyasaru

O: 28 names

Octavium
Odinsmark
Odunmara
Oligarchy of Vint
Olivarra
Ollinco
Ombasi
Ombrevane
Oostwaal
Ophir
Ordakent
Orestane
Orlanne
Ornefjell
Orsinia
Osric's Land
Ossmar
Osterlund
Ostgard
Ostia Maris
Ostrand
Ostravia
Ostreval
Ostrogard
Ostrogoth Reach
Ostrovka
Otmar's March
Ozerovka

P: 29 names

Padishahi of Nur-Alam
Padmasar
Palatinate of Wesenberg
Palmera
Papacy of Sant Alesso
Parsumash
Pavonia
Pays de Lune
Pellowe
Pendrath
Penmarrow
Perindar
Perusca
Piatra Lunii
Pietraforte
Pirouzan
Podlesina
Pohjanraja
Pontevero
Portemar
Portus Aurorae
Prefecture of Han-Sui
Prince-Bishopric of Lautenfurt
Principality of Elmoor
Principality of Monte Sereno
Principality of Sarne
Protectorate of Emberfall
Protectorate of the Iron Coast
Puerto Lucero

Q: 10 names

Qadesh
Qamar
Qasr Zumurrud
Qeshm Alay
Qhapaqmarka
Qinglan
Queen Sunniva's Shore
Queendom of Ilvessa
Quenmore
Quetzalmar

R: 42 names

Rabenstein
Radomir Krai
Ragnhildsey
Rajakesar
Ramallan
Rangimotu
Rannikula
Rathlin Mor
Rathmorran
Ratnadesh
Ravanshah
Ravencrag Heights
Ravenmoor
Ravennia
Ravensdale
Ravnfjord
Ravnsholm
Reach of the Wolf Kings
Realm of Ashenmoor
Redfern Weald
Regency of Ithmar

R, continued

Republic of Corvenna
Republic of Portemar
Republic of the Thousand Lanterns
Republic of Vantis
Revontulenmaa
Rheinmark
Rhosgarth
Rhunland
Ribadalta
Rio Dormido
Rivabianca
River Republic of Lodrane
Rocavella
Rochecendre
Rolandine
Ros Fada
Rotenwacht
Rudbaran
Runedal
Ruritania
Ruthenia

S: 95 names

Saarteland
Sabaea
Sabinia
Sahil al-Lulu
Sahrabad
Sahrimand
Saint Aldric's Land
Sainte-Aurore
Salvamonte
Sanctarre
Sarawang
Sarkand
Sarmatia
Sarne
Sarnoth
Sarrowmere
Satrapy of Ghurash
Sauleskalns
Savalei
Schwanengau
Second Empire of Valcaron
Seigneury of Montferrane
Senekala
Sepidaran
Serebrovo
Serene Republic of Lucanne
Serene Republic of Meridiana
Serrachiara
Serravia
Sevenmoor
Shahdom of Parvand

S, continued

Shanhe
Shankhapura
Sheikhdom of Wahat Sidr
Shepherd's Crown
Shiosaijima
Shogunate of Kaminori
Sierra Calma
Sierra Vela
Sigismark
Sigurdshavn
Silberwald
Silvanum
Silvaria
Simorghan
Sindhuvan
Sinegorye
Siratharn
Sjaland
Skaldsund
Skarne
Skellig Mor
Skjaergard
Skjoldland
Sliabh Orga
Snaefold
Sokolova Dal
Solenne
Solveigsholm
Solvfjord
Sombreval
Songhai Dawn
Spadalonga

S, continued

Starolesk Marches
Stavgard
Sterrenzand
Stewardship of Ilmareth
Stonebridge Hundred
Stormhav
Stormreach
Strath Aelwyn
Stribor
Sturmfeld
Sturmgau
Sudmark
Sudrabkalne
Sultanate of Ashkar
Sultanate of Barsheba
Sultanate of Qamar
Sultanate of the Red Sands
Sultanate of Zerafend
Sumulinna
Sunda Reach
Sundermark
Sunset Kingdom of Hesperan
Suryakund
Susimetsa
Suvannathep
Suzerainty of Great Orrun
Svartvatn
Svetlograd
Swarnatat
Sylvaterra
Synod Lands of Aurevane
Szelorszag

T: 119 names

Tabaristan
Takere Reef Kingdoms
Tallisande
Talvane
Tamradwip
Tannenwald
Tara Vulturilor
Tarentum
Tarkhanate of Sevik
Tarnovar
Tarsis
Tavaiki
Tavarre
Te Tai Roa
Tell Hammurat
Tembekwe
Temirkazyk Horde
Templar State of Corradon
Tenocha
Terra Solis
Terrefort
Tessaline
Tessamir
Tetrarchy of the Four Winds
Thalassa
Thalassocracy of Pelagor
Thanedom of Glen Corrach
The Amber Coast
The Ashen Steppe
The Aurelian Marches
The Bitter Lakes
The Black Sand Shore
The Bramble Kingdoms
The Broken Crown Highlands
The Cedar Slopes
The Chalk Kingdoms
The Cinder Flats
The Copper Downs
The Drowned Counties

T, continued

The Ember Chain
The Emerald Shallows
The Everfrost
The Featherstone Hills
The Gilded Delta
The Godsreach
The Hadric Counties
The Heron Marshes
The Hinterwolds
The Hollow Lands
The Honey Plains
The Iron Hills
The Kingsmoor
The Lantern Shore
The Marches of Ostmark
The Merovane Inheritance
The Mistwall
The Ottoline Provinces
The Oxbow Country
The Pale Uplands
The Quiet Sea Provinces
The Red Clay Country
The Regent's Thirds
The Saltlands
The Shattered Coast
The Silver Marches
The Smoking Mountains
The Starfall Plateau
The Storm Wrack Shore
The Sunken Vineyards
The Thornwood Fens
The Three Sisters' Realm
The Tin Islands
The Valerian Dominions
The Verdant Reach
The Weeping Marches
The Whale Road Islands
The Windward Cays
The Wintergate Passes
The Wolfwater

T, continued

Theocracy of Aurelis
Theocracy of Solenne
Theodrica
Theramene
Thessaly Reach
Thien Long Quoc
Thornwall
Thornwick
Thule
Tianlong
Tiberrae
Tikhovod
Tir Coed
Tir Fionn
Tir na Rúin
Tir Ollam
Tirasol
Tlalxochi
Tonalco
Torrealondra
Torrelume Alta
Torresol
Torsmark
Torvald
Tremonte
Triumvirate of Ossos
Trizemye
Trollheim
Tsagaan Tal
Tsardom of Krasnovar
Tsardom of Velikozar
Tsukihara
Tuamaru
Tuath Ruadh
Turghal
Tuulensuu
Twelvepines
Twin Duchies of Var and Sel
Twin Kingdoms of Elder and Ash
Tyrsvangr

U: 12 names

Udayagar
Ulfheim
Ulus of the Nine Tugs
Ulvmark
Ulvskog
Umbria Alta
Umm Qasira
Union of the Free Marches
United Provinces of Zuidermeer
Urvane
Ushabar
Usvasaari

V: 43 names

Vaelmark
Vajrakuta
Val d'Ombre
Val-des-Corbeaux
Valcourte
Valdespina
Valdoria
Valdorra
Valea Lupilor
Valentia
Vallis Cervina
Valmonte
Valverano
Vandermeer
Vantis
Varenhal
Vargmark
Varros
Vaskerholm
Vaskivuori
Vasterland

V, continued

Velikopole
Velimir Reach
Vellamora
Verenthia
Verrucia
Vestria
Vestrisund
Vetrogor
Viceroyalty of the Pearl Coast
Vidarsland
Vignerac
Viherumaa
Vilkamezs
Vinterheim
Voivodeship of Zelmir
Volgorod
Volhynia
Vorenna
Voskaya
Vossenmeer
Vranograd
Vysokogor

W: 23 names

Wadi Sarn
Wahat al-Nujum
Wai Tiare
Wainuku
Waldenberg
Wardenship of the North Gate
Wayfinder's Wake
Wayracancha
Weissmark
Wesenberg
Wessex
Westerholt
Wexholm
Whitecliff
Wilhelmara
Windmere
Wintergau
Wolfenmark
Wolkenhaven
Wolokani
Wolstenholm
Wolvenhame
Wyrmsend

X: 2 names

Xiangzhou
Xochilan

Y: 13 names

Yaroslavia
Yarrowmoor
Yaxha
Yggdal
Yildizova
Ymirsholm
Ynys Mor
Ys
Ysabeau's Dower
Ystrad Wen
Ystrewyn
Yunhai
Yuraqmayo

Z: 18 names

Zamburu
Zaporova
Zapotlan
Zaraband
Zarrinkuh
Zelenograd
Zelenomorye
Zelmir
Zemgara
Zemyra
Zenithia
Zephrane
Zhulin Marches
Zilverduin
Zimnaya Zemlya
Zlatograd
Zorograd
Zwarte Heide