Game of Thrones Castle Name Generator

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Generate castle names in the style of Game of Thrones and A Song of Ice and Fire: canon seats like Winterfell, Harrenhal and the Dreadfort alongside original keeps, holdfasts and towers that sound like they belong on the map of Westeros.

About Game of Thrones castle names

Castle names in A Song of Ice and Fire follow a recognisable logic. George R. R. Martin draws on real English and Welsh place-naming, so most seats are plain, descriptive compounds: a feature of the land plus a fortification word (Winterfell, Riverrun, Highgarden, Deepwood Motte, Raventree Hall). The Old English suffixes he favours are -fell, -hall, -holt, -ford, -gate, -watch, -fort and -keep, with the odd French-flavoured name in the Reach and the Vale (Ashemark, Strongsong) and clipped, hard names in the North (Karhold, Hornwood, the Dreadfort).

Region shapes the sound. Northern seats are short and bleak, ironborn holds are salt and stone (Pyke, Saltcliffe, Hammerhorn), Dornish castles borrow Spanish and Moorish warmth (Sunspear, Godsgrace, Hellholt, the Water Gardens) and the Wall's forts are named for what they guard (Eastwatch-by-the-Sea, Queensgate, the Shadow Tower). Many names also carry a story: Harrenhal is named for its doomed builder, Storm's End for a siege by the gods, Castamere for a drowned mine.

This generator mixes every canon seat from the books and show with hundreds of original names built the same way, so you can pick a holdfast for a custom house, a Westeros roleplay or a Crusader Kings mod that fits seamlessly alongside the real ones.

How to choose Game of Thrones castle names

  • Match the region: use clipped Old English compounds for the North and Riverlands, sunnier or Spanish-tinged names for Dorne, and salt, iron and stone for the Iron Islands.
  • Tie the castle to its house's sigil or words; House Blackwood has Raventree Hall and House Tarly has Horn Hill, so a house with a heron might hold Heronwatch.
  • Add 'the' for castles named after a single feature (the Dreadfort, the Twins, the Crag) and drop it for compound names (Winterfell, Karhold).
  • A castle's name can record its history: a ruin, a founder, a siege or a curse. Names like Oldstones, Harrenhal and Gallowsgrey suggest a backstory for free.
  • For a minor house, avoid grand words like Dragon, King or Storm; small holdfasts in the books are named for oaks, fords, hills and hearths.

Frequently asked questions

Are these real castles from Game of Thrones?

Around half the list is canon: the great seats (Winterfell, Casterly Rock, Highgarden, Storm's End, Sunspear, Pyke, the Eyrie, Riverrun, Dragonstone), dozens of lesser holds from the books' appendices and the Wall's nineteen castles. The rest are original names written in the same style for custom houses.

What are the most famous castles in Westeros?

The Red Keep in King's Landing, Winterfell, Casterly Rock, Highgarden, Storm's End, Riverrun, the Eyrie, Sunspear, Pyke, Dragonstone, Harrenhal and Castle Black are the seats most readers know. Harrenhal is the largest and most cursed; the Eyrie is considered impregnable.

How do I name a castle for a custom Game of Thrones house?

Start with the house's region, then combine a local feature (a river, hill, wood or coast) with a fortification word such as hall, keep, hold, fort, watch or gate. Link it to the sigil or motto if you can, and keep it to one or two words so it sounds like a place people have been saying for a thousand years.

Can I use these names for Crusader Kings or other mods?

Yes. The original names are free to use in AGOT mods, tabletop campaigns, fan fiction and roleplay servers. Canon names belong to their houses in the source material, so for a new holding pick one of the invented entries or alter a canon name's region.

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All 500 Game of Thrones castle 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: 12 names

  • Acorn Hall
  • Ambergate
  • Amberhall
  • Amberly
  • Applemere
  • Ashemark
  • Ashenford
  • Ashenholt
  • Ashford
  • Ashgate
  • Ashwood Hall
  • Atranta

B: 37 names

  • Badger Hall
  • Bandallon
  • Banefort
  • Barrowfield Keep
  • Barrowgate
  • Barrowholt
  • Barrowmere
  • Barrowton
  • Bear Island
  • Bitterbridge
  • Bitterwater
  • Blackbriar
  • Blackcrown
  • Blackfyre Hall
  • Blackhaven
  • Blackholt
  • Blackmere Keep
  • Blackmont
  • Blackpool Keep
  • Blacktyde
  • Blackwater Keep
  • Bleakmoor
  • Bleakwater Keep
  • Bloodmoat
  • Boarsmoat
  • Boneyard Keep
  • Bracken Keep
  • Brackenholt
  • Brackenmoor
  • Breakwater
  • Briarfort
  • Briarhall
  • Brightcrag
  • Brightwater Keep
  • Bronzegate
  • Brookhold
  • Brownhollow

C: 45 names

  • Cairnhold
  • Candlefort
  • Castamere
  • Casterly Rock
  • Castle Ashmoor
  • Castle Black
  • Castle Blackthorn
  • Castle Brightwater
  • Castle Cairnmoor
  • Castle Cerwyn
  • Castle Coldmere
  • Castle Dunmere
  • Castle Frostholm
  • Castle Goldenmere
  • Castle Greymoor
  • Castle Highmoat
  • Castle Hollowmere
  • Castle Oakenford
  • Castle Ravenscar
  • Castle Sevenoaks
  • Castle Stonewall
  • Castle Stormcrag
  • Castle Willowford
  • Castle Wolfswood
  • Chillwood
  • Cider Hall
  • Cindergate
  • Cinderhold
  • Claw Isle
  • Clegane's Keep
  • Cliffhold
  • Cloudspire
  • Coldcrag
  • Coldhall
  • Coldmoat
  • Coldspire
  • Coldwater Burn
  • Coppercrag
  • Cornfield
  • Cragwater
  • Crakehall
  • Craster's Keep
  • Crow's Nest
  • Crowhall
  • Crowsgate

D: 21 names

  • Darkdell
  • Darkspire
  • Darkwater Keep
  • Darry
  • Dawnspire
  • Deep Den
  • Deep Lake
  • Deepmire
  • Deepwood Motte
  • Dimwater
  • Direfort
  • Doomgate
  • Dragonmere
  • Dragonstone
  • Driftmark
  • Dunhollow
  • Dunmorrow
  • Dunstonbury
  • Dunwater
  • Dusk Fort
  • Dyre Den

E: 8 names

  • Eaglecrag
  • Eastwatch-by-the-Sea
  • Eelgate
  • Elkhorn Hall
  • Elmhold
  • Emberfall
  • Emberholt
  • Evenfall Hall

F: 17 names

  • Faircastle
  • Falconhold
  • Fallow Keep
  • Fallowhall
  • Feastfires
  • Fellmoor
  • Felwood
  • Fennmoat
  • Fernhold
  • Firehold
  • Flint's Finger
  • Flintspire
  • Fordhall
  • Foxcrag
  • Foxhollow
  • Frostfell
  • Frostmoat

G: 35 names

  • Gallowmere
  • Gallows Rock
  • Gallowsgrey
  • Gatehold
  • Ghaston Grey
  • Ghost Hill
  • Gildenhall
  • Gloomfort
  • Godsgrace
  • Goldengrove
  • Goldgrass
  • Goldmoat
  • Gorsehill
  • Grandview
  • Grassy Vale
  • Greenfield
  • Greenguard
  • Greenholt
  • Greenmoat
  • Greenstone
  • Grey Garden
  • Grey Glen
  • Grey Keep
  • Grey Moor
  • Greyfen
  • Greyguard
  • Greyharrow
  • Greymarch
  • Greywater Watch
  • Greywind Hall
  • Griffin's Roost
  • Grimston
  • Grimwater
  • Gullhaven
  • Gulltown

H: 40 names

  • Halfhall
  • Halfmoon Keep
  • Hammerhal
  • Hammerhold
  • Hammerhorn
  • Harlaw Hall
  • Harrenhal
  • Harrowhold
  • Harrowmere
  • Harthall
  • Hartsmoor
  • Harvest Hall
  • Hawkhall
  • Hawkmoat
  • Hayford
  • Haystack Hall
  • Hazelhold
  • Heart's Home
  • Hellholt
  • Heronwatch
  • High Hermitage
  • High Tide
  • Highgarden
  • Highgate
  • Highmeadow
  • Highpoint
  • Highwall
  • Hillfort
  • Hoarfrost Hill
  • Hollowfort
  • Hollowhill
  • Hollowmoor
  • Holyhall
  • Honeyholt
  • Horn Hill
  • Hornhold
  • Hornmere
  • Hornvale
  • Hornwood
  • Hungerford

I: 12 names

  • Icehold
  • Icemark
  • Iron Holt
  • Ironfell
  • Ironmoor
  • Ironoaks
  • Ironrath
  • Ironwatch
  • Ironwood Hall
  • Ivory Spire
  • Ivy Hall
  • Ivyhold

J: 2 names

  • Jackdaw Keep
  • Juniper Hall

K: 10 names

  • Karhold
  • Kayce
  • Kestrel Keep
  • Kettlebrook
  • Kingfisher Rock
  • Kingsfell
  • Kingsgrave
  • Kingsholm
  • Kingsmarch
  • Kingsward

L: 11 names

  • Lamplight Keep
  • Lanternwatch
  • Larkhall
  • Larkmoat
  • Last Hearth
  • Lastlight
  • Lemonwood
  • Longbow Hall
  • Longtable
  • Lowmoor
  • Lychester

M: 17 names

  • Maegor's Holdfast
  • Maidenpool
  • Marrowmont
  • Marshgate
  • Marshwatch
  • Mirefort
  • Mistmoat
  • Mistwood
  • Moat Cailin
  • Moonhall
  • Moorhold
  • Mossgate
  • Mosshold
  • Mossmere
  • Mudgate
  • Mudsend
  • Myrewatch

N: 11 names

  • Needlewood
  • Nethermere
  • Nettlewood
  • New Castle
  • Nightholt
  • Nightsong
  • Ninepines
  • Ninestars
  • Northgate
  • Northmarch
  • Nunn's Deep

O: 13 names

  • Oakenhall
  • Oakenmoat
  • Oakenshield
  • Oakgate
  • Oathkeep
  • Old Anchor
  • Old Oak
  • Oldcastle
  • Oldmoat
  • Oldstones
  • Orchard Keep
  • Owlsgate
  • Oxcross Hold

P: 11 names

  • Parchments
  • Pennyhall
  • Pike's Landing
  • Pinegate
  • Pinehall
  • Pinkmaiden
  • Ploughmere
  • Plowman's Keep
  • Poddingfield
  • Pyke
  • Pyrehold

Q: 3 names

  • Queenscrown
  • Queensgate
  • Quillmere

R: 27 names

  • Rainwatch
  • Ramsgate
  • Ravenmoat
  • Ravensfall
  • Ravenspire
  • Raventree Hall
  • Red Lake
  • Redbarrow
  • Redgate
  • Redmoat
  • Redwater
  • Reedhold
  • Reedwater
  • Rimegate
  • Rimewatch
  • Ringsend
  • Riverbend
  • Rivergate
  • Riverrun
  • Rook's Rest
  • Rookhaven
  • Rookhold
  • Rosby
  • Roseward
  • Rowanhold
  • Runestone
  • Rushford

S: 60 names

  • Sable Hall
  • Sallowmere
  • Salt Shore
  • Saltcliffe
  • Saltford
  • Saltmarch
  • Saltspire
  • Saltwyck
  • Sandstone
  • Sarsfield
  • Seagard
  • Sealskin Point
  • Sentinel Stand
  • Serpent's Rest
  • Sevenstones
  • Shadowfen
  • Shadowhall
  • Shadowmoat
  • Sharp Point
  • Shiverhall
  • Silverhill
  • Silvermoat
  • Skyreach
  • Smithyton
  • Snakewood
  • Snowspire
  • Sorrowfield
  • Sorrowspire
  • Sow's Horn
  • Sparrowhall
  • Sparrowmoat
  • Spearhold
  • Spottswood
  • Stagfell
  • Standfast
  • Starfall
  • Starpike
  • Stokeworth
  • Stone Hedge
  • Stonebrook
  • Stonedance
  • Stonedoor
  • Stonegate
  • Stonehelm
  • Stonemoor
  • Stonewatch
  • Storm's End
  • Stormbreaker Keep
  • Stormgate
  • Strongsong
  • Summerhall
  • Sunderhall
  • Sunderstone
  • Sunflower Hall
  • Sunhouse
  • Sunspear
  • Swanford
  • Sweetport Sound
  • Sweetwater Keep
  • Swordhold

T: 68 names

  • Tallowmere
  • Tarbeck Hall
  • Tarnhold
  • Tarnwater
  • Ten Towers
  • The Antlers
  • The Bloody Gate
  • The Broken Tower
  • The Burned Tower
  • The Crag
  • The Crane's Tower
  • The Dreadfort
  • The Drum Tower
  • The Dun Fort
  • The Eyrie
  • The First Keep
  • The Gates of the Moon
  • The Golden Tooth
  • The Hightower
  • The Hunter's Gate
  • The Kingspyre Tower
  • The Kingsroad Gate
  • The Library Tower
  • The Long Barrow
  • The Maiden's Tower
  • The Nightfort
  • The Old Palace
  • The Old Tower
  • The Rain House
  • The Red Keep
  • The Redfort
  • The Ring
  • The Sandship
  • The Sea Dragon Tower

T, continued

  • The Shadow Tower
  • The Spear Tower
  • The Stone Drum
  • The Tor
  • The Torches
  • The Tower of Dread
  • The Tower of Ghosts
  • The Tower of Glimmering
  • The Tower of Joy
  • The Tower of the Hand
  • The Tower of the Sun
  • The Twins
  • The Wailing Tower
  • The Water Gardens
  • The Weeping Tower
  • The Widow's Tower
  • The Windwyrm Tower
  • The Wolf's Den
  • Thistledown
  • Thistlehold
  • Thistlemoor
  • Thornhill
  • Thornholt
  • Thornmoat
  • Thornwater Hall
  • Three Towers
  • Thunderholt
  • Tidewatch
  • Tollgate
  • Torrhen's Square
  • Tower of Bones
  • Tower of the Dawn
  • Tumbledown Tower
  • Twilight Keep

U: 2 names

  • Umberfell
  • Uplands

V: 4 names

  • Vaith
  • Vale's End
  • Volmark
  • Vulture's Roost

W: 32 names

  • Wanderhall
  • Wardenhall
  • Waterhold
  • Wayfarer's Rest
  • Westwatch-by-the-Bridge
  • Whitecliff
  • Whitegrove
  • Whitehall Keep
  • Whitemoat
  • Whitewalls
  • Whitmoor
  • Wickenden
  • Widow's Cairn
  • Widow's Watch
  • Windhold
  • Windmere
  • Winterfell
  • Wintermoat
  • Winterwatch
  • Witch Isle
  • Wolfmere
  • Wolfmoat
  • Wolfsend
  • Wolfsgate
  • Wolfswatch
  • Woodmoat
  • Woodswatch-by-the-Pool
  • Wyl
  • Wyndhall
  • Wyrmgate
  • Wyrmhold
  • Wyvern Crag

Y: 2 names

  • Yewgate
  • Yronwood