Fantasy State Name Generator
Kingdoms, republics, free states and marches for your map
Generate fantasy state names for sovereign realms and the provinces inside them: free states, principalities, cantons, marches, theocracies and city-states, plus bare place-names like Kessenmark and Ashvareth ready for any government you choose.
About fantasy state names
A state name does two jobs at once: it names a piece of land and it tells you how that land is ruled. A 'Free State' (Orange Free State, Irish Free State) signals independence won from someone; a 'March' or 'Mark' (Denmark, the Welsh Marches) is a militarized frontier; a 'Palatinate' or 'Landgraviate' belongs to a count with royal powers; 'Serene Republic' was Venice's way of sounding older and calmer than its rivals. Borrowing these forms, or inventing new ones such as Oathmark or Hexarchy, gives a fantasy polity a constitution without a paragraph of exposition.
The place-name half should follow one linguistic family per region. Germanic-sounding states end in -mark, -holm, -wick and -gard; Romance ones in -ia, -ance and -onte; Slavic ones in -grad, -ova and -nost; desert states borrow Arabic and Persian shapes like -abad, -esh and Ras or Tel prefixes. When neighboring states share a sound family and distant ones do not, readers feel the geography before they see the map.
The list here mixes bare names you can attach any title to with fully styled states, so you can populate a continent: a few great kingdoms, a web of duchies and cantons between them, and the odd island matriarchy or mountain theocracy that makes the world feel lived in.
How to choose fantasy state names
- Vary the government form across the map. If every state is a Kingdom of Something, the world feels flat; give your largest powers plain names (Tessaly, Keldara) and save titles like Protectorate or Free State for places with a story behind them.
- Build names in clusters. States that share a border should share suffixes or sounds, so Kessenmark, Dravenmark and Hochvell read as old neighbors while Sethrabad and Ur-Sadaq clearly lie across the desert.
- Use 'Minor', 'Greater', 'Lesser' or 'Upper' to imply a split or a lost war: Greater Brannel and Lesser Brannel tell readers there was once one Brannel.
- Let the title hint at the ruler's rank in your hierarchy: Grand Duchy and Archduchy outrank Duchy, Margravate and March sit on frontiers, and a Regency means the real monarch is a child or missing.
- Say the name aloud with 'the army of' and 'the people of' in front of it. Good state names work in both phrases and yield an easy demonym (Vantry becomes Vantrian, Ilvaren becomes Ilvarene).
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between a fantasy state, kingdom and country?
A kingdom is a country ruled by a monarch; a state is any organized polity, whether kingdom, republic, theocracy or city-state. 'State' also means a province inside a larger federation, so this generator covers both sovereign realms and member states of an empire or union.
How do I name the states inside a fantasy empire?
Give them a shared administrative term (Province, Canton, Prefecture, March) and let the individual names come from local languages the empire conquered. That contrast, an imperial label on a native name, is exactly how real empires such as Rome and the Ottomans named their subdivisions.
Can I use these names for D&D, Pathfinder or a novel?
Yes. They are original and work equally well for tabletop campaign settings, video game worldbuilding and fiction. Bare names like Ashvareth or Quillon can take any title, while styled entries such as the Serene Republic of Orvane come with built-in political flavor.
How do I make a state name sound ancient or recently founded?
Old states have short, worn-down names with irregular spelling (Hesk, Morcant, Caer Idris). New states carry explicit, almost bureaucratic titles (Free State of Embermere, Commonwealth of Ember and Ash, Federation of the Ninety Rivers) because their founders needed to spell out what they were.
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All 500 fantasy state names
A: 35 names
- Abbey-State of Glenmoor
- Alderwick Free State
- Aldric's March
- Allodium of Vess
- Amarellis
- Ambardine
- Ambarinth
- Ambergrave
- Ambrach
- Ambrose Hold
- Ambrosial Sea State
- Anthelion
- Aquilane
- Archdiocese of Pallen
- Archduchy of Sovran
- Archduchy of Velm
- Ardacre
- Ardenfast
- Ardenmoor
- Ardwen
- Argentia
- Arvendia
- Ashbury Free State
- Ashcombe
- Ashenreach
- Ashgrave
- Ashpeak Hold
- Ashtarak
- Ashvareth
- Auldhallow
- Aurelline
- Autarchy of Vance
- Autonomous Hold of Myre
- Avennor
- Aznahar
B: 21 names
- Barony of Lochmoor
- Bastide of Coll
- Bastion of Hale
- Bel Amarth
- Belgrane
- Belindra
- Belovard
- Beranthe
- Bishopric of Sallow
- Bishopric of Wendel
- Blackreach Compact
- Brackenholt
- Bremmerhold
- Brennock
- Brevanne
- Briarhold
- Briarwood Cantons
- Bright Cantons
- Brightlands Republic
- Brindlecombe
- Brunnhold
C: 37 names
- Caddock
- Caer Avallach
- Caer Idris
- Caerlyon
- Calaestra
- Caldrassa
- Caliphate of Idrun
- Callowmere
- Calvestry
- Candlewick State
- Canton of Vesselry
- Cantons of Hesk
- Cantons of Weald
- Carrowin
- Carthane
- Cassovar
- Castellany of Pryde
- Colliesmere
- Commandery of Saint Ortho
- Commonwealth of Ember and Ash
- Commonwealth of Taradoc
- Commonwealth of the Long Ford
- Condominium of Rath and Oste
- Confederacy of the Nine Fords
- Confederation of Oakenreach
- Confederation of the Dales
- Corriebrand
- Corrovane
- Corsinara
- Corvanthe
- Costa Aurin
- Covenant of the Reeve
- Coventry of Sorrel
- Crown Colony of Isenmoor
- Crown Holding of Rennick
- Crown Protectorate of Dour
- Crownland of Esper
D: 18 names
- Dales of Carrick
- Danubria
- Dawnfast
- Despotate of Hyrcane
- Despotate of Myrrh
- Doldrey
- Dominion of Korr
- Dominion of Thale
- Dominion of Umbra
- Dorsa Vey
- Dravenmark
- Drumhollow
- Duchy of Ardent
- Duchy of Hollinmere
- Duchy of Sable
- Duchy of Weir
- Durramund
- Dusklands
E: 25 names
- Eastfold
- Eastmarch
- Ebrinthe
- Edravin
- Elder Republic of Morane
- Electorate of Brandt
- Ellismere
- Ellsworth Reach
- Eltheris
- Emberhold
- Emberwick
- Emirate of Qasar
- Emirate of Zahrabad
- Enclave of Shardmoor
- Endersvale
- Ennisbrook
- Ensgarde
- Esk Reach
- Eskhelm
- Esperance
- Estate of Fenmere
- Esterhold
- Exarchate of Isola
- Exarchy of Umber
- Eyrie of Tor
F: 12 names
- Faenwyck
- Faruqabad
- Federation of the Ninety Rivers
- Fennimore
- Free Cantons of Sarn
- Free City of Vell
- Free Holding of Amberlee
- Free Republic of Tarrin
- Free State of Embermere
- Free State of Harrowmere
- Free State of Kellindra
- Freehold of Tarnaby
G: 16 names
- Galdrevain
- Gallant Republic of Tessa
- Gilded Republic of Aurum
- Glasswater
- Gloaming Cantons
- Gossamer Coast
- Grand Canton of Ruhl
- Grand Commandery of Xanth
- Grand Duchy of Maravel
- Grand Duchy of Orme
- Grand Duchy of Sallow
- Grand Duchy of Torvald
- Grand Principality of Wend
- Grand Republic of Tarsk
- Greater Brannel
- Greater Halvor
H: 28 names
- Hadrimere
- Halidom of Grane
- Halidor
- Hallovar
- Halloway
- Harrowgate
- Hasperdine
- Haverlane
- Hawthorne Vale
- Heptarchy of Mauth
- Heskaroth
- Hesperal Compact
- Hesperion
- Hexarchy of Tamsin
- High Kingdom of Aruvan
- High March of Eskeland
- Highstone Free Hold
- Hinterland of Corvus
- Hochvell
- Holdfast of Brannoc
- Holding of Nair
- Holding of the Quiet Sea
- Hollowfast
- Holm of Rennick
- Holy State of Ostmere
- Hosk
- Hundred of Feyning
- Hundred of Wyrm
I: 18 names
- Ildis Confederacy
- Ildrun
- Ilfenmoor
- Ilomeir
- Ilsenvard
- Ilthmar
- Ilvador
- Ilvaren
- Ilyrande
- Imperium of Aster
- Imperium of Sol
- Irkandor
- Iscandria
- Ishkavar
- Iskarra
- Isle-State of Tarra
- Istvander
- Ivaskar
J: 1 name
- Jurisdiction of the Black Rood
K: 32 names
- Kasseldine
- Kaz Valdur
- Keldara
- Kelderhaven
- Kessendry
- Kessenmark
- Kestreline
- Kethmar
- Ketrin
- Khaganate of Orduk
- Khanate of Sarn Ulak
- Khanate of Tugral
- Kingdom of Arvane
- Kingdom of Ashenfold
- Kingdom of Caerwyn
- Kingdom of Farrow
- Kingdom of Fennlach
- Kingdom of Halcyon
- Kingdom of Lanterne
- Kingdom of Merrowind
- Kingdom of Orrin
- Kingdom of Ravenscar
- Kingdom of Sarnth
- Kingdom of Skarrow
- Kingdom of Stonegarde
- Kingdom of Vaelcrest
- Kingdom of Vesper
- Kingdom of Wyrd
- Kingdom of Ysmere
- Kirandal
- Kyrene Coast
- Kyrrhen
L: 12 names
- Lake State of Tanis
- Landgraviate of Morrow
- Lantrova
- Lesser Brannel
- Lindisfold
- Lordship of Gale
- Lordship of the Grey Skerries
- Lorentia
- Lothmire
- Lune
- Lycaeum State
- Lyrasene
M: 25 names
- Malvoria
- Mandate of Quorr
- March of Kethrin
- Marchioness Hold of Tess
- Marchland of Dree
- Margravate of Kell
- Margravate of Sundry
- Margraviate of Ostvane
- Marisvale
- Maritime State of Pell
- Marrowhold Republic
- Marrowmont
- Matriarchy of Sunken Elowen
- Mereland
- Mereth Tarn
- Meridian Compact
- Meridian Free State
- Mirrendell
- Moonshard Compact
- Moorland Compact
- Morcant
- Mornavane
- Morningmark
- Morvannon
- Mountain Cantons of Bryn
N: 8 names
- Naurova
- Nerissande
- Nimraith
- Nine Crowns
- Noorvind
- Norrhavn Republic
- Northwatch
- Nymaris
O: 15 names
- Oakhurst Hold
- Oathbound Cantons
- Oathmark of Cassiel
- Oldenreach
- Olenvar
- Oligarchy of Tarse
- Oriande
- Orlon
- Orsallow
- Orsov
- Orvastine
- Orvessa
- Oskareth
- Ossary
- Ostmere
P: 27 names
- Palatinate of Greywater
- Palatine State of Orrin
- Pale Reach
- Peerage of Ilsa
- Pellinoth
- Pellucid Coast
- Pendarran
- Pendle Hold
- Penmarrow
- Pentarchy of Vire
- Polvane
- Pontevere
- Pradhesh
- Pravnost
- Prelacy of Dawnhollow
- Princely State of Jhandar
- Principality of Anselm
- Principality of Dunmire
- Principality of Evening
- Principality of Lune
- Principality of Marrowick
- Principality of Swale
- Principality of Vane
- Protectorate of Dunmarrow
- Protectorate of Hollin
- Protectorate of Marrowind
- Protectorate of the Salt Road
Q: 8 names
- Qirath
- Quarrel Reach
- Queendom of Amaranthe
- Quelsarra
- Quendaris
- Quenoth
- Querendal
- Quillon
R: 24 names
- Ramsgate Hold
- Ravenhold
- Ravensbourne Republic
- Ravenskeld
- Realm of Thornwold
- Regency of Ailsa
- Regency of Marrow
- Regency of the Twin Crowns
- Republic of Aldermere
- Republic of Candor
- Republic of Coryn
- Republic of Ilm
- Republic of Mariner
- Republic of Pellucid
- Republic of Rust
- Republic of the Seven Quays
- Republic of Vantry
- Rhoslyn
- Rhovannar
- Ridderland
- Riemstad
- Rook Hold
- Rusk and Vey
- Ruthenmark
S: 45 names
- Sablehold
- Saelindor
- Samarkesh
- Sarroway
- Sarsinath
- Sarvenn
- Satrapy of Meshrel
- Satrapy of Qel Marran
- Satrapy of Ushar
- Sauvillon
- Selvane
- Senthoria
- Serene Republic of Orvane
- Serenity of Lorvane
- Sethrabad
- Sevenmoor
- Sevrene
- Shatterhold
- Sheriffdom of Calder
- Shireholding of Oak
- Shogunate of Kaen
- Silent Republic of Thrane
S, continued
- Sindarel
- Sirrush
- Skaldholm
- Skerrymark
- Solvaris
- Sovereign Cantons of Ashvareth
- Sovereign City of Bellamar
- Sovereign Hold of Pike
- Sovereign Republic of Kell
- Sovereignty of the Sundered Isles
- Stadtholdership of Kaasveld
- Stavrosk Voivodeship
- Stewardship of Corran
- Stiriya
- Stormhallow
- Sultanate of Amaranth
- Sultanate of Ras Zahir
- Sunderholm
- Sundry Cantons of Ilm
- Sunless Cantons of Ygg
- Suvaria
- Sylvanholt
- Syndicate of Perrin
T: 42 names
- Tallowine
- Tamsarind
- Tanglewood Cantons
- Tansy Reach
- Tarasque
- Tarnmoor
- Tarnwick
- Tarsova
- Tarsullia
- Tel Ashur
- Tellemar
- Tessaly
- Tessenhaag
- Tethys Reach
- Tetrarchy of Maelis
- Thalassocracy of Pirrin
- Thane-Hold of Ulf
- Tharn Protectorate
- The Amber Compact
- The Saffron Principality
- The Sisterhood of Pale Isles
T, continued
- Theocracy of Ormund
- Theocracy of the Ninefold Flame
- Theocracy of the Third Star
- Thessaline
- Thessamund
- Thornbrook Free State
- Thornbury Free Hold
- Thornreach
- Thornvault
- Thraxis
- Tiberon
- Tirsa
- Tollivant
- Tollmark
- Torvesk
- Triarchy of Moonwell
- Triune State of Kessel
- Tsardom of Velikov
- Twilight Compact
- Twinned Duchies of Rell
- Tyrrhene Compact
U: 9 names
- Ulmaris
- Ulmgrave
- Ulsgarde
- Ulvaskar
- Ulwyn
- Union of Saltmarsh and Reed
- Union of the Salt Cantons
- Ur-Sadaq
- Uzmeret
V: 24 names
- Vaal Teris
- Vael Sorath
- Valderen
- Valmonte
- Valsard
- Varthel
- Vaskarine
- Veilmoth
- Vellatrix
- Vendahar
- Veradis
- Verdancy of Linden
- Verdant Mandate
- Verdonne
- Vermillion Reach
- Vestry-State of Penhale
- Vicarage of Long Coombe
- Vicereine Holding of Gale
- Viceroyalty of Naiad
- Vindicate of Sorrow
- Vintharis
- Voivodeship of Drask
- Vossland
- Vyshgrad
W: 9 names
- Wardenry of the Pale
- Westerholm
- Westerlings
- Whitford Hold
- Whitmarsh
- Wistmere
- Wyldermere
- Wyrmhold
- Wyrmsreach
Y: 5 names
- Yevgorod
- Yllaren
- Yorath
- Ystrad Mawr
- Ythrandel