Funny Planet Name Generator

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Generate funny planet names for comedy sci-fi, tabletop one-shots and the worlds you discover in space games, from Planet Kevin and New New Jersey to Kepler-Oops and Slightly Too Much Gravity.

About funny planet names

A funny planet name works because space is supposed to be grand. Science fiction has trained everyone to expect worlds called Arrakis or Coruscant, so a captain's log that reads "entering orbit around Planet Kevin" gets a laugh before anything else happens. Comedy sci-fi has leaned on this for decades: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy files Earth under "mostly harmless", and Spaceballs has a princess from the planet Druidia.

Most of the jokes in this list come from a handful of reliable moves. One is the letdown, where a mighty title ends in an ordinary name, as in The Glorious Throneworld of Doug. Another is the colonial habit of putting New in front of somewhere familiar, pushed one step too far in New New Jersey. Real exoplanets carry catalog designations such as Kepler-22b, where the letter b marks the first planet found around that star, so Kepler-Oops and HD 404 Not Found b parody the format. Then come travel brochure lines, paperwork worlds like Planet Pending Approval, snack planets and plain puns such as Marsmallow.

The list aims to stay clean, without crude jokes, so it suits a family game table, a classroom story or a shared game save. Pick the names that match the tone of your world and keep a few spares for the moons.

How to choose funny planet names

  • Match the joke to the tone of the table. A deadpan name like Slightly Too Much Gravity suits dry humor, while Bloopiter fits a sillier, cartoon style of game.
  • Say the name in a serious voice, the way a ship's computer or a narrator would. If it is still funny when announced with a straight face, it will hold up over a whole session.
  • Games often cap the length of a custom planet name, so check the naming box first. Short entries like Nacho Prime and Tutorial World fit almost anywhere.
  • Give a running gag room to grow. Goldilocks (Too Hot), Goldilocks (Too Cold) and Goldilocks (Just Wrong) work best as three planets in the same system.
  • In a longer campaign, use one joke world per star system. A funny name lands harder when the planets around it sound serious.

Frequently asked questions

What are some funny planet names?

Names that undercut the grandeur of space tend to work best: Planet Kevin, New New Jersey, World's Okayest World and Oops All Oceans are examples from this list. Catalog parodies such as Kepler-Oops and HD 404 Not Found b suit players who like a nerdier joke.

Are there real planets with funny names?

Real planet names are mostly formal. Apart from Earth, the planets of our solar system are named after figures from Roman and Greek mythology, and most exoplanets only have a catalog designation such as Kepler-22b. The International Astronomical Union has run public naming campaigns for some exoplanets, but the chosen names are respectful rather than funny, so the jokes are left to fiction and games.

Can I use these names in No Man's Sky or Stellaris?

Yes, wherever a game gives you a naming box. No Man's Sky lets you rename the planets you discover, and Stellaris lets you rename the worlds in your empire. Check the length limit before you settle on a long one such as The Glorious Throneworld of Doug.

Are these planet names family-friendly?

Yes. The list is written to stay clean: it leaves out toilet, drug and adult jokes and does not aim a joke at a real person. The humor comes from letdowns, paperwork, snacks and puns, as in Planet Five More Minutes, Scenic Overlook IV and Marsmallow.

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All 500 funny planet names

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: 18 names

  • A Whole New World (Lightly Used)
  • Accidentally Lava
  • Adequate Prime
  • All the Good Names Were Taken
  • All You Can Eat IX
  • Almost Kansas
  • Always Almost Lunch
  • An Orbit Too Far
  • Ancestral Homeworld of the Coupon Clippers
  • Angry Robots, One Star
  • Any Day Now Prime
  • Apocalypse Later
  • Asdf Prime
  • Ask About Our Moons
  • Ask Your Manager IV
  • Ask Your Mother IV
  • Aunt Carol's Moon
  • Award-Winning Gravity

B: 27 names

  • Backup Earth
  • Barbara IX
  • Barnard's Other Star b
  • Base Here I Guess
  • Batteries Not Included
  • Because I Said So
  • Beigeworld
  • Beta Version b
  • Big Phil
  • Big Rock Candy Planet
  • Biggest Little Planet in the Sector
  • Birthplace of Nothing Yet
  • Biscuit Minor
  • Bit Nippy
  • Bleep Bloop
  • Bloopiter
  • Blorptune
  • Bob's Other Planet
  • Brenda IV
  • Bring a Jacket
  • Bring Two Jackets
  • Brochure Looked Nicer
  • Brouhaha Minor
  • Bubble Wrap World
  • Buffet World
  • Burrito Majoris
  • Buyer's Remorse

C: 28 names

  • Candidate 9 (Rejected)
  • Capital of the Known Cul-de-Sac
  • Captain Fuzzypants Major
  • Carbon and Regret
  • Carl VII
  • Catnap Colony
  • Charming (Means Old)
  • Cinnamon Roll Central
  • Citation Needed IV
  • Class M for Meh
  • Cleveland But in Space
  • Closed for Renovations
  • Come for the Rings, Stay for the Parking
  • Continental Breakfast Included
  • Copy of Planet
  • Core Values
  • CoRoT-Cake 7b
  • Could Be Worse IV
  • Could Not Agree on a Name
  • Cozy (Means Small)
  • Crater Expectations
  • Crater Tots
  • Crouton IV
  • Crown Jewel of the Lint Sector
  • Crumb
  • Crust Issues
  • Cul-de-Sac Seven
  • Custard Minor

D: 22 names

  • Dad's Garage
  • Damp
  • Dark Lord's Timeshare
  • Dark Side of the Room
  • Day One Patch
  • Death World (Mostly Pollen)
  • Default Planet
  • Dennis Beta
  • Department of Planets, Window 6
  • Designation Pending b
  • Didn't Mean to Land Here
  • Diet Earth
  • Discombobulon
  • Discount Earth
  • Do It Tomorrow V
  • Do Not Land Here
  • Don't Make Me Turn This Ship Around
  • Don't Touch the Thermostat
  • Doom Planet of Doom
  • Doug's Rock
  • Dust on the Telescope c
  • Duvet World

E: 20 names

  • Early Access World
  • Early Bird Special
  • Earth (Off-Brand)
  • Earth 2: The Sequel
  • Earth But Bigger
  • Earth Classic
  • Earth Lite
  • Earth-ish
  • Earth: Director's Cut
  • East West Virginia
  • Elevenses
  • Epsilon Eridani Etc.
  • Et Al. Prime
  • Eta Lotta Pizza
  • Eternal Dominion of Snacks
  • Eternal Tuesday
  • Even More Rocks
  • Eventually
  • Evil Lair, Nice Kitchen
  • Exoplanet TBD-7

F: 20 names

  • Faces the Wrong Way
  • False Positive IV
  • Family Owned Since the Big Bang
  • Far Far Rockaway
  • Far Side of the Couch
  • Feta Accompli
  • Fetch Quest IV
  • Fiddlesticks V
  • Floob
  • Floofworld
  • Floor Is Lava (Literally)
  • Flumpus IX
  • Forbidden World of Mild Spice
  • Forgot to Save
  • Form 27-B
  • Fortress of Moderate Solitude
  • Forty Winks IV
  • Frank-7
  • Free Parking Prime
  • Free Samples III

G: 24 names

  • Gary Major
  • Gary Minor
  • Gateway to the Next Planet Over
  • Generic Earth-Like Planet
  • Gift Shop Prime
  • Gliese 581 Whatever
  • Glorbax Seven
  • Go Ask Your Father V
  • Goldilocks (Just Wrong)
  • Goldilocks (Too Cold)
  • Goldilocks (Too Hot)
  • Goldilocks Zone Out
  • Good Bones, Bad Atmosphere
  • Gouda Enough
  • Grand Duchy of Leftovers
  • Grandpa's Shed
  • Gravity Fails
  • Gravity on Request
  • Gravy Station
  • Greater Floob
  • Greater Lesser Antilles
  • Greater Metropolitan Nowhere
  • Greg Prime
  • Guacamole Major

H: 17 names

  • Habitable-ish
  • Hammock Station
  • Hamster Wheel (It Spins)
  • Hang On, I Wrote It Down
  • HD 404 Not Found b
  • Hi Hungry, I'm Planet
  • Hibernation Station
  • HIP Hooray b
  • Historic Downtown Zog
  • Hit Snooze Again
  • Hive World (Actual Bees)
  • Home of the Galaxy's Second Biggest Crater
  • Homeowners Association Prime
  • Honk Honk Beta
  • Houston's Problem
  • Howard's End of the Galaxy
  • HR Will See You Now b

I: 7 names

  • Imperial Capital (Population 9)
  • Inhabitable, Technically
  • Insert Name Here
  • Inventory Full
  • It's a Dry Heat
  • It's Fine
  • It's Fine, Really

J: 4 names

  • Jeff Again
  • Jupiter, Florida (But Bigger)
  • Just Dale
  • Just Rocks

K: 6 names

  • Keith's Landing
  • Kepler-Oops
  • Kerfuffle VI
  • Kevin_2
  • Kids Orbit Free
  • Kyle (The Planet, Not the Guy)

L: 20 names

  • Lag Prime
  • Lasagna (All Seven Layers)
  • Last Fuel for a Parsec
  • Later VII
  • Lava Actually
  • Lazy Susan (Rotates Slowly)
  • Left at the Nebula
  • Leftover Pizza VIII
  • Lens Smudge b
  • Lesser Floob
  • Linda Secundus
  • Line 3, Column B
  • Little Phil
  • Loading Screen
  • Long Weekend
  • Lord Kevin's Reach
  • Lorem Ipsum IV
  • Lovely This Time of Year
  • Lower Upper Sandusky
  • Lukewarm Beta

M: 17 names

  • M-Class (Barely)
  • Magma Cum Laude
  • Margin of Error VI
  • Mars, Pennsylvania (The Planet)
  • Marsmallow
  • Meh Major
  • Meteor Shower Thoughts
  • Midnight Snack Minor
  • Mildly Toxic Prime
  • Missing Lid Minor
  • Mister Whiskers Prime
  • Moderate Peril
  • Mom Said No
  • Moon Sold Separately
  • More Rocks
  • Mostly Wasps
  • My First Planet

N: 26 names

  • Nacho Prime
  • Named by Committee
  • Nana's Porch
  • Nap Major
  • Neptuna Melt
  • New Folder
  • New Gary
  • New Light Year's Eve
  • New New Jersey
  • New New Mexico
  • New Old York
  • Newer Zealand
  • Newest Hampshire
  • Newfoundland Again
  • Next Planet 900 Light Years
  • NGC You Later
  • Nice View, Bad Storms
  • Nigel III
  • No Refunds
  • No Signal Here
  • Norman Prime
  • North South Dakota
  • Not Earth
  • Nova Nova Scotia
  • Now Serving 47
  • Now With Atmosphere

O: 15 names

  • Object 12 (Working Title)
  • Off-Season Rates Apply
  • Ohio II
  • Old Man Henderson's Rock
  • Old New England
  • Oops All Oceans
  • Oops Wrong Button
  • Optional Boss World
  • Orbit at Your Own Risk
  • Our Second Choice
  • Out of Fuel Again
  • Out of Office Prime
  • Out of This World Buffet
  • Outer Milton Keynes
  • Overlord's Summer Home

P: 97 names

  • Palette Swap Prime
  • Parsecs and Recreation
  • Partly Cloudy Forever
  • Peer Review Pending
  • Per My Last Transmission
  • Permanent 4 PM
  • Permanently Drizzling
  • Permit Required
  • Pi Mensae à la Mode
  • Pillow Fort Prime
  • Placeholder Name
  • Planet (1)
  • Planet 10 out of 10
  • Planet AFK
  • Planet Are We There Yet
  • Planet B (There Is One)
  • Planet Bedtime
  • Planet Brunch
  • Planet Buffering
  • Planet Charcuterie
  • Planet Cheese Board
  • Planet Dad Joke
  • Planet Dave
  • Planet Day Off
  • Planet DLC
  • Planet Do Not Disturb
  • Planet Do Over
  • Planet Extra Guac
  • Planet Five More Minutes
  • Planet Fixer-Upper
  • Planet Garlic Bread
  • Planet Glitter (It Never Comes Off)

P, continued

  • Planet Good Enough
  • Planet Grandma's House
  • Planet Grounded
  • Planet Group Project
  • Planet Hummus
  • Planet In a Minute
  • Planet Janet
  • Planet Junk Drawer
  • Planet Just Jeff
  • Planet Kazoo
  • Planet Kevin
  • Planet Leftovers
  • Planet Lost and Found
  • Planet Maybe Tomorrow
  • Planet McPlanetface
  • Planet Mike (No Relation)
  • Planet Mild Salsa
  • Planet Minivan
  • Planet Mittens
  • Planet Name Taken
  • Planet Nine-ish
  • Planet of a Thousand Lakes (Three, Actually)
  • Planet of Ample Parking
  • Planet of Lost Pens
  • Planet of the Bees (So Many Bees)
  • Planet of the Capes
  • Planet of the Crepes
  • Planet of the Daves
  • Planet of the Grapes
  • Planet Oh Well
  • Planet Other Mike
  • Planet Overencumbered

P, continued

  • Planet Pajamas
  • Planet Pancake
  • Planet Pending Approval
  • Planet Potluck
  • Planet Rename Me
  • Planet Show and Tell
  • Planet Shrug
  • Planet Sleep-In
  • Planet Snackbar
  • Planet Snooze Button
  • Planet Speedrun
  • Planet Sprinkles
  • Planet Sweatpants
  • Planet Tiramisu
  • Planet Uh, Hold On
  • Planet Um
  • Planet Waffle
  • Planet Wet Socks
  • Planet Whatchamacallit
  • Planet Wheee
  • Planet_Final_v3
  • Pleasantish
  • Please Visit Glorbax
  • Pluto's Participation Trophy
  • Pop Quiz Prime
  • Princess Sparkle's Dominion
  • Probably Haunted
  • Procedurally Generated Dave
  • Procrastinus IV
  • Proxima Centauri Bea
  • PSR B-Minus
  • Pudding Cup Prime
  • Put a Ring on It

R: 12 names

  • Ralph's Rest Stop
  • Randomly Generated, Sorry
  • Recess
  • Respawn Point
  • Rho Rho Rho Your Boat
  • Rhode Planet
  • Rinse, Spin, Repeat
  • Rock With Potential
  • Ross 128 Bee
  • Rounding Error Prime
  • Rubber Duck Delta
  • Runner-Up in the Naming Contest

S: 48 names

  • Same Planet, Different Color
  • Sample Size of One
  • Sand in Everything
  • Saturnday Morning
  • Save File 3
  • Scenic Overlook IV
  • Seat of the Galactic Book Club
  • Second Breakfast
  • See Attached
  • Seven Layer Dip VII
  • Shenanigan Prime
  • Siesta IX
  • Sir Barks-a-Lot Minor
  • Sir Reginald's Pebble
  • Skull Planet (Friendly)
  • Slightly Burnt Toast II
  • Slightly Oval
  • Slightly Too Much Gravity
  • Small Planet, Big Attitude
  • Small World, Actually
  • Snack Drawer Prime
  • Snooze Prime
  • Snorfle Prime
  • Snow Day

S, continued

  • Sofa So Good
  • Sol 3 (Knockoff)
  • Some Assembly Required
  • Sorry About the Weather
  • Soup of the Day IV
  • South North Carolina
  • Souvenir Spoon World
  • Space Florida
  • Space Idaho
  • Spacechusetts
  • Spaghetti IX
  • Spare Earth
  • Spins Backwards, Nobody Knows Why
  • Stan's Place
  • Starter Planet
  • Statistical Outlier b
  • Steve's World
  • Still a Planet to Me
  • Storms, Do Not Recommend
  • Subject to Change VII
  • Sunday Afternoon
  • Supreme Fortress World Nigel
  • Surprisingly Loud
  • Survey Error 12

T: 36 names

  • Take a Number
  • Tater Tot Tertius
  • Tau Ceti Eh
  • TBD Prime
  • Terms and Conditions Apply
  • Terra Firma-ish
  • Terra Incognito
  • Terra Misu
  • Test Planet Please Ignore
  • Texture Not Loaded
  • The Big Meatball
  • The Donut (It's a Torus)
  • The Dread Citadel of Brenda
  • The Emperor's Spare Room
  • The Everything Bagel
  • The Final Front Yard
  • The Friendly Planet (Citation Needed)
  • The Garden Planet (Garden Pending)
  • The Glorious Throneworld of Doug
  • The Ominous Orb
  • The Planet Formerly Known as Rick
  • The Vote Was Close
  • Three Moons and a Gift Shop
  • Three Suns, Zero Sunscreen
  • Tilted on Purpose
  • Tim from Accounting's World
  • Toast
  • Too Many Stairs
  • Tpyo Prime
  • TRAPPIST-1 More Thing
  • Trevor's Folly
  • Tuba Major
  • Tutorial World
  • Twinned With a Moon You Haven't Heard Of
  • Two Stars, Would Orbit Again
  • Two Suns, No Shade

U: 6 names

  • Uncle Ron's World
  • Unconquerable Bastion of Naps
  • Under New Management
  • Unlimited Breadsticks
  • Untitled Planet 2 (Final)
  • Uphill Both Ways

V: 3 names

  • Venus Flytrap
  • Visitor Center (Closed Mondays)
  • Voted Most Spherical

W: 20 names

  • Walter's Backup World
  • Warlord's Rest (Bed and Breakfast)
  • Wasabi Surprise
  • WASP-Nest 12b
  • We Ran Out of Names
  • Wear a Hat
  • Weighted Blanket World
  • Welcome to Dullmoor
  • What Happens on Zog Stays on Zog
  • Where the Remotes Go
  • Where the Socks Go
  • Who's a Good Planet
  • Wish You Were Here VI
  • Wobbles a Bit
  • Wobblon
  • Wolf 359, Dog 0
  • Works on My Planet
  • World Wide Wobble
  • World's Largest Ball of Rock
  • World's Okayest World

X: 1 name

  • XO-XO b

Y: 1 name

  • Yawn

Z: 3 names

  • Zero Gravitas
  • Zeta Reticuli-ish
  • Zzz-9

0-9: 2 names

  • 404 Planet Not Found
  • 51 Pegasi Please