Fantasy World Name Generator

The famous fantasy worlds show how few rules there really are. Tolkien's Middle-earth is a translation of the Old Norse Midgard. Westeros, Narnia and Tamriel are invented words with one strong stressed syllable. Earthsea and Discworld are plain English compounds. Roshar, Thedas and Eorzea sound like languages that exist off the page. What they share is that each name is short, easy to say aloud, and sets a mood rather than describing the map: Narnia is soft, Mordor is hard, Azeroth is grand.

Invented world names tend to follow a few templates. Latinate endings (-ia, -aria, -oria) read as old and civilized, which is why Aurelia and Veloria feel like empires. Norse and Germanic endings (-heim, -gard, -mark, -holm) read cold and martial. Elvish-flavored names stack liquid consonants and open vowels (Laurelindor, Ellorien). English compounds built from landscape words (Everwinter, Dawnmere, Wintermark) are instantly readable and suit a setting meant to feel familiar. Titled names such as The Sundered Realms tell the reader what happened to the world before the story starts.

The list below mixes all of these, plus a few canon worlds and legendary lands like Hy-Brasil and Hyperborea for reference. Pick the template that matches your setting, then make sure the world's name does not clash with your major kingdoms and cities, which usually follow their own language rules.