Fantasy Holiday Name Generator

Holy days, feast days and folk holidays for your world

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Generate fantasy holiday names for worldbuilding, D&D calendars and novels: compound folk names like Frostmoot and Emberfast, saints' days like Saint Orvald's Day, royal observances like Kingsday, and eerie nights like the Night of the Unlit Candle.

About fantasy holiday names

Real holidays get their names from four sources, and fantasy holidays sound authentic when they do the same. Many are worn-down compounds of an old word plus a marker for a day or season: Christmas, Candlemas, Yuletide, Whitsun. In a fantasy setting that gives you Frostmoot, Emberfast, Hearthtide or Thawmas, names that feel like they have been said for centuries. Others are saints' or founders' days (Saint Orvald's Day, Charter Day), a third group names the thing people actually do (the Salting, the Sweeping of the Ancestors, the Blessing of the Nets), and the last group names a time: the Long Night, Firstfrost, Midwinter Reversal.

The mix of those sources tells readers what kind of culture they are looking at. A kingdom with Kingsday, Coronation Day and the Oath Renewed is centralized and proud of it. A village calendar of Lambing Sabbath, First Pressing and Geese-Going Day is agrarian and practical. A faith with Ninthnight, the Tally of Souls and the Night of Open Graves has a complicated relationship with its dead. Holidays are one of the cheapest ways to imply history without writing it out.

When you pick from the list, think about what people eat, what they stop doing and who is allowed to break the rules that day; the name should hint at the answer.

How to choose fantasy holiday names

  • Build a calendar with one or two holidays per season, not twenty, and give each a different source: one compound folk name, one saint's day, one royal or civic observance, one named after an activity.
  • Choose names whose shape matches the culture: worn-down compounds like Thawmas for old rural faiths, formal phrases like the Feast of the Broken Crown for courts and temples, blunt activity names like the Salting for working towns.
  • Decide the one thing that is permitted or forbidden on the day (no iron is worked, debts are forgiven, servants rule the house) and let that inform which name you pick.
  • Pair a cheerful holiday with its grim shadow (Kingsday in the capital, Day of the Burnt Banner in the conquered province) to suggest politics without exposition.
  • Say the name the way a villager would: if a character can't shorten it to one or two words in dialogue, pick something simpler.

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between a fantasy holiday and a fantasy festival?

A festival is an event, often a fair or gathering with games and markets, while a holiday is a marked day on the calendar that can be solemn, religious or purely civic with no celebration at all. This list leans toward calendar days: holy days, saints' days, days of mourning and days of rest, alongside the feasts.

How do I name holidays for a D&D campaign calendar?

Start from the deities and the climate. Give each major god one holy day (Saint-style or 'Feast of' names work well), add a few seasonal folk days tied to farming or weather (Firstfrost, Lambing Sabbath), and one or two civic days tied to the kingdom's history. Eight to twelve holidays is plenty for a year.

Why do so many of these names end in -mas, -tide or -moot?

Because real holiday names often fossilize an old word for mass, time or meeting onto the front of the name (Christmas, Yuletide, Candlemas), and that worn-in shape reads as ancient to English speakers. Mixing these compounds with longer phrase names keeps a calendar from sounding samey.

Can I use these fantasy holiday names in a published book or game?

Yes. The names here are original combinations of common words and can be used freely in novels, tabletop campaigns and video games. If a name happens to match an existing franchise's holiday, swap one word to make it your own.

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A: 9 names

  • Accession Sabbath
  • Ancestors' Ember
  • Anvil Rest
  • Apple Bough Eve
  • Apprentice's Day
  • Ashmas
  • Ashwake
  • Astrolabe Night
  • Autumn Truce

B: 11 names

  • Bannermoot
  • Barrowfast
  • Beggar King's Feast
  • Bleakmas
  • Bloomfast
  • Brackenfast
  • Bramblefast
  • Brightkindle
  • Brightmas
  • Brinefall
  • Brook Sabbath

C: 16 names

  • Cairnfast
  • Candlefast
  • Charter Day
  • Cidermoot
  • Cinderfast
  • Cindermoot
  • Coldcandle
  • Coldcoming
  • Coldmoot
  • Comet's Return
  • Coronation Day
  • Cradlenight
  • Crown of Hay Day
  • Crownmoot
  • Crowsday
  • Cuckoo's Holiday

D: 75 names

  • Daggerfast
  • Darkmoot
  • Dawn of the Lesser Gods
  • Dawn of the Swallows
  • Dawnfast
  • Dawnwake
  • Day of Ashes
  • Day of Bells and Bread
  • Day of Broken Locks
  • Day of Closed Shops
  • Day of Kept Promises
  • Day of Lent Swords
  • Day of Long Shadows
  • Day of Open Tombs
  • Day of Sparrows
  • Day of Swapped Crowns
  • Day of the Bitter Cup
  • Day of the Broken Siege
  • Day of the Burning Crown
  • Day of the Burning Wheel
  • Day of the Burnt Banner
  • Day of the Climbing Sun
  • Day of the Closed Book
  • Day of the Cold Hearth
  • Day of the Cooled Forge
  • Day of the Drowned
  • Day of the Drowned Bell
  • Day of the Empty Throne
  • Day of the Fat Boar
  • Day of the First Furlong
  • Day of the First Letter
  • Day of the Fleece
  • Day of the Frozen Bell
  • Day of the Glass Sun
  • Day of the Green Sun
  • Day of the Hollow Oak
  • Day of the Hundred Candles

D, continued

  • Day of the Last Leaf
  • Day of the Narrow Gate
  • Day of the Oath Renewed
  • Day of the Open Market
  • Day of the Orphan King
  • Day of the Quiet Sword
  • Day of the River's Return
  • Day of the Scaled Sun
  • Day of the Scattered Seed
  • Day of the Sealed Well
  • Day of the Second Sun
  • Day of the Seventh Son
  • Day of the Shattered Moon
  • Day of the Silent Mill
  • Day of the Sour Cask
  • Day of the Split Coin
  • Day of the Standing Sun
  • Day of the Thawing Kings
  • Day of the Turning Tide
  • Day of the Two Moons
  • Day of the Unbroken Vow
  • Day of the Unknown Soldier's Return
  • Day of the Unwed
  • Day of the Waking Bear
  • Day of the Wandering Door
  • Day of the Wreathed Door
  • Day of Unsleeping
  • Day of Unspent Coin
  • Day the Gates Stand Open
  • Debt Forgiving Day
  • Deepwinter Truce
  • Dew Gathering Night
  • Dimday
  • Dragon Sabbath
  • Dun Night
  • Dunce Sabbath
  • Duskmoot
  • Dustmoot

E: 10 names

  • Eastwind Day
  • Ebbtide Vigil
  • Elder's Rest Day
  • Ember Week
  • Emberfast
  • Eve of Saint Vell's Silence
  • Eve of the Hollow Crown
  • Eve of the Hooded Moon
  • Evenfall Revel
  • Ewesday

F: 57 names

  • Fair Day
  • Feast of Brine and Bread
  • Feast of Broken Bread
  • Feast of Moths
  • Feast of Ninety Loaves
  • Feast of Saint Brannoc of the Boats
  • Feast of Saint Corwen's Boots
  • Feast of Saint Gant the Patient
  • Feast of Saint Miria of the Ford
  • Feast of Saint Olwen's Well
  • Feast of Saint Orla's Loaves
  • Feast of Saint Wren
  • Feast of the Blind Archer
  • Feast of the Boar's Crown
  • Feast of the Broken Crown
  • Feast of the Cold Hand
  • Feast of the Crooked Steeple
  • Feast of the Crossing Kings
  • Feast of the Empty Chair
  • Feast of the Fallen Gate
  • Feast of the First Frost Bride
  • Feast of the Gilded Ox
  • Feast of the Green Lady
  • Feast of the Harrowed Field
  • Feast of the Hidden Heir
  • Feast of the Last Ship
  • Feast of the Long Road
  • Feast of the Lost Cartographer

F, continued

  • Feast of the Ninth Daughter
  • Feast of the Ragged Saint
  • Feast of the Reaped Field
  • Feast of the Red Ox
  • Feast of the Returning Fleet
  • Feast of the Seven Stones
  • Feast of the Silent Choir
  • Feast of the Sleeping Queen
  • Feast of the Stranger
  • Feast of the Sunken Bell
  • Feast of the Thousand Lamps
  • Feast of the Three Hags
  • Feast of the Three Hungers
  • Feast of the Twelve Ravens
  • Feast of the Unknown Knight
  • Feast of the Weeping Bell
  • Feast of the White Hart
  • Feast of the Wolf's Share
  • Feast of the Wooden Crown
  • Feast of Unnamed Graves
  • First Melt
  • First Pressing
  • Floodmoot
  • Fool's Reckoning
  • Founders' Ember
  • Frostleave
  • Frostmend
  • Frostmoot
  • Furrow Moon

G: 12 names

  • Gallowmoot
  • Geese-Going Day
  • Goosemas
  • Grainfast
  • Gravemoot
  • Greenmas
  • Greentide
  • Greymourn
  • Greywake
  • Griffin's Moult Day
  • Grimmoot
  • Guildmoot

H: 16 names

  • Halloweave
  • Hallowtide
  • Harrowmas
  • Harrowtide
  • Harvest Moon Sabbath
  • Harvest Sabbath
  • Harvestfast
  • Hawthorn Night
  • Hearth Vigil
  • Hearthkeeping
  • Hearthtide
  • Highsummer Sabbath
  • Hollowfast
  • Hollowmoot
  • Hollownight
  • Holly King's Fall

I: 2 names

  • Ice Fair Holiday
  • Ice-Breaking Day

J: 1 name

  • Jubilee of Keys

K: 4 names

  • Kindlemas
  • Kindlenight
  • Kingsday
  • Kingswake

L: 14 names

  • Lambing Sabbath
  • Lantern Sabbath
  • Lanternmoot
  • Larksday
  • Last Sheaf Day
  • Leaf-Letting
  • Ledger's End
  • Library Vigil
  • Loamtide
  • Longest Dark
  • Longest Light
  • Longwake
  • Loom Sabbath
  • Lowtide Sabbath

M: 14 names

  • Mapmakers' Holiday
  • Mast Night
  • Maypole Sabbath
  • Meteor Tithe
  • Midsummer Unrest
  • Midwinter Reversal
  • Mill Wheel Day
  • Moonfall Eve
  • Moonmend
  • Morrownight
  • Mothernight
  • Mourning of the Old Year
  • Mournmas
  • Muster Sabbath

N: 35 names

  • Night of a Hundred Hands
  • Night of Ash Masks
  • Night of Borrowed Names
  • Night of Candled Ships
  • Night of Floating Crowns
  • Night of No Names
  • Night of Red Bread
  • Night of Reversed Stars
  • Night of Seven Knocks
  • Night of the Blue Lanterns
  • Night of the Ember Boats
  • Night of the Fallen Star
  • Night of the Hanging Lamps
  • Night of the Hungry Stars
  • Night of the Iron Shoes
  • Night of the Kneeling Kings
  • Night of the Long Tables
  • Night of the Moth Queen
  • Night of the Nine Bells
  • Night of the Open Graves
  • Night of the Paper Boats
  • Night of the Paper Moons
  • Night of the Patient Widow
  • Night of the Returning Geese
  • Night of the Returning Light
  • Night of the Silver Plough
  • Night of the Stag King
  • Night of the Unlit Candle
  • Night of the Wakened Dead
  • Night of the Walking Lanterns
  • Night of the Wax Kings
  • Night of Unanswered Knocks
  • Night the Dead Dine
  • Ninthnight
  • Nutting Day

O: 4 names

  • Oathmoot
  • Oathnight
  • Oldyear's Wake
  • Orchard Sabbath

P: 4 names

  • Peace of the Rivers Day
  • Phoenix Tide
  • Pilgrim's Sabbath
  • Plough Sabbath

Q: 3 names

  • Queen of the Hedge Day
  • Quietmas
  • Quietnight

R: 6 names

  • Ravenwake
  • Red Moon Vigil
  • Remembrance of the Ford
  • Rivenday
  • Rookmoot
  • Rushlight Vigil

S: 60 names

  • Sabbath of the Skull Lanterns
  • Saint Aldous's Chain
  • Saint Aubric's Fire
  • Saint Brigantia's Beacon
  • Saint Bryn of the Bridge
  • Saint Cadoc's Lantern
  • Saint Calder's Penance
  • Saint Dagmar's Thaw
  • Saint Doran of the Deep
  • Saint Efra's Ninth Day
  • Saint Ermengilde's Rest
  • Saint Ewan's Walk
  • Saint Gwenna's Hearth
  • Saint Hale's Homecoming
  • Saint Halvard's Lamp
  • Saint Ilsabet's Day
  • Saint Ivo of the Roads
  • Saint Kestrel's Flight
  • Saint Lioba's Loaf Day
  • Saint Lodric's Keep
  • Saint Mabyn's Crossing
  • Saint Marrow's Day
  • Saint Merrow's Tide
  • Saint Morwen of the Mere
  • Saint Odric's Cup
  • Saint Orvald's Day
  • Saint Pell of the Orchard
  • Saint Perrin's Folly
  • Saint Peverel's Watch
  • Saint Rowena's Bread

S, continued

  • Saint Tancred's Door
  • Saint Tessaline's Vigil
  • Saint Wendrick's Crossing
  • Saint Ysbail's Mercy
  • Saint Ysolde's Eve
  • Saltmas
  • Scholars' Sabbath
  • Scythemoot
  • Seedfast
  • Shearing Moon
  • Shearsday
  • Shepherd's Tithe
  • Shortest Shadow Day
  • Silvertithe
  • Skyfall Eve
  • Snowmoot
  • Solstice Truce
  • Sorrow's End
  • Sowers' Night
  • Springwell Day
  • Stillnight
  • Stoneday
  • Stormleave
  • Stormwake
  • Sunstand
  • Sunwake
  • Sunward Day
  • Sunwheel Eve
  • Sweeping of the Ancestors
  • Swineherd's Sabbath

T: 126 names

  • Tallow Prince's Day
  • Tanner's Holiday
  • Thaw Vigil
  • Thawmas
  • Thawmoot
  • The Accounting
  • The Acorn Pardon
  • The Baring of Heads
  • The Barley Oath
  • The Barrel Blessing
  • The Binding of Threads
  • The Blessing of the Oxen
  • The Bone Supper
  • The Breaking of Staves
  • The Bride's Vigil
  • The Bright Tithe
  • The Burning of Bonds
  • The Burying of the Winter
  • The Candling of the Eggs
  • The Carrying of the Keys
  • The Clearing
  • The Coin Pardon
  • The Corn Dolly's Wake
  • The Counting of Lambs
  • The Crowning of the May Hag
  • The Day of Open Doors
  • The Deepening
  • The Dipping
  • The Drowning of Sorrows
  • The Feast of Ashes and Apples
  • The Feast of Salt and Iron

T, continued

  • The Ferrying of the Dead
  • The First Candle
  • The Forgetting of Debts
  • The Forgiving
  • The Frost Wedding
  • The Gander's Wedding
  • The Gift of Salt
  • The Grain Pardon
  • The Grave Sweeping
  • The Greening of the Gates
  • The Hallowing of the Hearth
  • The Hearth Pardon
  • The Hearth Truce
  • The Hoard Opening
  • The Hooding of the Hawks
  • The Hop Bride
  • The Hour of Returning
  • The Hour of Small Mercies
  • The Hungry Month Fast
  • The Hunt of the White Stag
  • The Inkless Day
  • The Kindred Vigil
  • The King's Birthday Pardon
  • The Knotting
  • The Last Warm Night
  • The Leaping of the Flames
  • The Leaving
  • The Lengthening
  • The Lighting of the Shores
  • The Log Lighting
  • The Long Night
  • The Long Silence

T, continued

  • The Lord of Misrule's Day
  • The Lord's Reprieve
  • The Marching Out
  • The Master's Feast
  • The Mending
  • The Mercies
  • The Mock Coronation
  • The Mourning Bells
  • The Night of Small Gifts
  • The Night Without Dark
  • The Ninefold Fast
  • The Opening of the Roads
  • The Pardon of the Road
  • The Parting of Waters
  • The Pouring
  • The Promising
  • The Queen's Pardon
  • The Quenching
  • The Quiet Week
  • The Reaping Moon
  • The Reckoning of Lamps
  • The Ringing In
  • The Salting
  • The Sealing
  • The Second Lambing
  • The Sky Burning
  • The Smith's Tithe
  • The Snowdrop Mass
  • The Sparing of the Calf
  • The Star Counting
  • The Sundering Feast

T, continued

  • The Swallowing of the Sun
  • The Sweeping
  • The Sword Sleeping
  • The Tally of Souls
  • The Thirteenth Candle
  • The Tithing of Hours
  • The Tolling of the Year
  • The Topsy Hour
  • The Treaty Feast
  • The Truce of Lanterns
  • The Turning of the Keys
  • The Unbarring
  • The Unburdening
  • The Uncrowning
  • The Unfreezing
  • The Unlit Night
  • The Unsealing of the Cellars
  • The Unyoking
  • The Veiling
  • The Wall-Raising
  • The Warding of the Walls
  • The Washing of the Stones
  • The Weighing
  • The Wending
  • The Whispering
  • The Widow's Lantern Walk
  • Thistlemoot
  • Thornfast
  • Threshing Tide
  • Tinder Eve
  • Torchfast
  • Turning of the Hinge

U: 1 name

  • Unicorn Vigil

V: 2 names

  • Veterans' Lantern Night
  • Vintner's Vigil

W: 17 names

  • Wakefast
  • Wakenight
  • Wardensday
  • Warmnight
  • Weaver's Holiday
  • Weaver's Knot Day
  • Wellsday
  • Willowtide
  • Winnowing Night
  • Wintermoot
  • Winterthaw Revel
  • Wolf Moon Sabbath
  • Wolfmas
  • Wolfsfast
  • Wool Market Holiday
  • Wyrm's Sleep
  • Wyrmwake

Y: 1 name

  • Yule Pardon