Goblin City Name Generator
Warrens, holes and scrap-towns for goblin kind
Generate goblin city names for cave warrens, sewer sprawls, scrap-heap trade ports and goblin-king strongholds. Gutter-English compounds, clacky goblin-tongue names and cartel-style boom towns for D&D, Pathfinder, Warhammer-style settings and original fantasy.
About goblin city names
Goblin settlements are named the way goblins think: by what the place smells like, what lives in it, or who bullied everyone into digging it. Where a dwarf city is a Hall or a Hold and an elf city is a Spire, a goblin city is a Hole, a Heap, a Warren, a Sprawl or a Gnaw. Tolkien's Goblin-town, D&D's Cragmaw caves, Pathfinder's Thistletop and Warhammer's night-goblin lairs all follow the pattern; Warcraft's Kezan and Undermine show the other branch, where goblins discovered trade and built boom towns of sprockets, dynamite and unpaid debts.
The sound does a lot of the work. Goblin-tongue names favour short clacky syllables with k, g, z and doubled consonants (Zibzak, Grotnik, Skraggadash), while gutter-English compounds pair something unpleasant with a place word (Rotgut Hollow, Mudgullet, Scabrock). A boss-name with a possessive (Gutwad's Hole, Narkle's Heap) tells players the city will collapse the moment its king dies; a -ton or -wick ending (Gobbleton, Rotwick) suggests goblins squatting in a human town they overran.
Scale shows in the place word: a burrow or den is a few dozen goblins, a warren or hollow a proper town, and a sprawl, deep or hold a city with a goblin king and unmapped tunnels.
How to choose goblin city names
- Match the place word to the size: Burrow and Den for a hamlet, Warren and Hollow for a town, Sprawl, Deep and Hold for a capital with a goblin king.
- Goblin cities are usually under or inside something; name the thing (a mountain, sewer, mine, shipwreck, dead dragon) and let the city borrow from it: Beneath-the-Midden, Underbridge Warren, the Ninth Sewer.
- Use a boss name with a possessive (Zogzig's Crawl) for a settlement players might later find abandoned or renamed after the next boss; use an old-sounding name (Gnashgarod, Nazgrub) for a goblin city that has outlasted a hundred kings.
- For trade-cartel goblins, borrow the vocabulary of industry and money: sprockets, dynamite, grease, coin-snatching and harbors (Gearsnatch Harbor, Coinsnatch Cove).
- If goblins took over a human town, keep the human ending (-ton, -ham, -wick, -ford) and swap in a goblin first half: Rotham, Scabford, Filthington.
Frequently asked questions
What does a typical goblin city look like in fantasy lore?
Usually a cave system, abandoned mine or sewer packed with lean-tos, rope bridges and stolen goods, ruled by the biggest goblin until someone pushes him off a ledge. Warcraft-style goblins instead build smoky industrial ports. Both kinds are represented in the list.
Can I use these names for D&D or Pathfinder?
Yes. Names like Cragwallow, Skulkhaven, Gutwad's Hole and Nazgrub sit comfortably next to canonical goblin places such as Cragmaw Castle or Thistletop, and the goblin-tongue names fit any setting with its own Goblin language.
How do goblin city names differ from orc city names?
Orc cities boast (Bloodfang Hold, Warsong Keep); goblin cities complain or sneer. Goblin names are smaller, grubbier and funnier, built from rot, mud, teeth and scrap rather than blood and iron, and they favour words like Hole, Heap and Warren instead of Fortress or Keep.
Do these work for goblin villages and outposts as well as cities?
Yes. Names ending in Burrow, Den, Pit, Hole or Gully suit a raiding camp or hamlet, while Sprawl, Deep, Hold and the Great Warren style names are for a full goblin capital.
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All 500 goblin city names
A: 3 names
- Ashenwallow
- Ashgrot
- Ashmaw Deep
B: 38 names
- Barnacle Sprawl
- Barrowdeep
- Barrowgnaw
- Batgnaw Hollow
- Beneath-the-Midden
- Bilewick
- Bilgebottom Port
- Bilgepump Harbor
- Bilgewater Crack
- Blackbile Warren
- Blackdrip
- Blackmaw Deep
- Blacktooth Hollow
- Blackwater Grot
- Bladderfen
- Blastwick
- Bleakgrot
- Blightgrot
- Blisterfen
- Blisterton
- Blotchgrot
- Boggle Hollow
- Bogrot Warren
- Bogsnarl Fen
- Bogsnatch
- Bone Market
- Bonegnaw Hold
- Bonehollow
- Boomtown Gulch
- Bootgnaw
- Bottlecap Bay
- Brakkaz Deep
- Brakkenmire
- Brambleshank
- Brassknuckle Bay
- Brinegrot
- Bristlegut Warren
- Bugsnatch Warren
C: 23 names
- Cairn Hollow
- Cashgrab Cove
- Chugwater
- Cinderscab
- Cinderstack
- Claggmire
- Clammyburrow
- Cogsnatch
- Coinsnatch Cove
- Cragglesnout
- Cragmouth
- Cragwallow
- Crakkaz
- Crankshaft Hollow
- Crawlhame
- Creaking Warren
- Creepwallow
- Crookback Hollow
- Crookedhole
- Crudham
- Crudwater
- Culvert Town
- Cursewallow
D: 33 names
- Da Big Heap
- Da Big Stink
- Da Crooked Hole
- Da Deep Warrenz
- Da Dripz
- Da Gnashers' Hole
- Da Mudflatz
- Da Skrap Town
- Da Squatz
- Da Stabbin' Grounds
- Da Under-Under
- Dank Gully
- Dankhollow
- Darkdrip
- Deathcap Warren
- Deepgnaw
- Drabwallow
- Draggaz
- Drainhollow
- Drainmaw
- Drakkul Sprawl
- Dreadwallow
- Drearwallow
- Dredgetown
- Dreggen
- Dripdeep
- Dripping Warren
- Dripwallow
- Dungwick
- Duskcrawl
- Duskgnash
- Dustgrub Warren
- Dynamite Gulch
E: 2 names
- Ebon Gulch
- Ezzik's Warren
F: 18 names
- Fangmire Deep
- Fangsprawl
- Fenwallow Deep
- Ferretburrow
- Fester Hollow
- Filchhaven
- Filthfork
- Filthington
- Filthwater Depths
- Fizzlebang Harbor
- Fleabarrow
- Fleaford
- Flotsam Landing
- Foulgrot
- Fungal Reach
- Fungo's Heap
- Fungustown
- Fuse City
G: 83 names
- Gallowsgrot
- Gearsnatch Harbor
- Gearwallow
- Ghastgrot
- Ghazmok
- Ghazrak
- Ghoulwallow
- Ghul Hollow
- Gibberhold
- Gibbet Hollow
- Gizzardglen
- Gloamhollow
- Gloomgrot
- Gloopwallow
- Glumhaven
- Gnarlpit
- Gnarlwick
- Gnashgarod
- Gnashville
- Gnatgrot
- Gnawbone Gulch
- Gnawley
- Gnomesbane Hollow
- Gobbet Hollow
- Gobbleton
- Gobbo's Landing
- Gobbogrot
- Gobgarod
- Goblin King's Hold
- Goblinhame
- Goblintown Below
- Gobsnout Landing
- Gobsprocket
- Gobsworth
- Gobtown
- Gorbash Hold
- Grakkish Deep
- Grakkor Deep
- Grateside
- Grease Harbor
- Greasefen
G, continued
- Greasington
- Gribbit's Crawl
- Gribbleden
- Grimbarrow
- Grimehaven
- Grimeholt
- Grimgrot Deep
- Grimhollow Below
- Grimsnatch
- Grimwick Under
- Grindlehold
- Griskit's Den
- Gristlepit
- Grizzleburg
- Grotburg
- Grotgrizzle
- Grotmarket Royal
- Grotnik
- Grotspittle
- Grottlebank
- Grottlewick
- Grottsunder
- Grubbinghold
- Grubblehame
- Grubbly Deep
- Grubby-on-Mire
- Grubhollow
- Grubnash
- Grubtown
- Grubzok
- Grumbleden
- Grungehold
- Gubbinsburg
- Gubblecrag
- Gulletgrot
- Gundahall
- Gunpowder Gully
- Gutrot Hollow
- Gutterby
- Guttergrot
- Gutterhame
- Gutwad's Hole
H: 6 names
- Heaphaven
- Hexpit
- High Gnaw
- Hobgnarl
- Hollowspite
- Hovelhame
I: 2 names
- Ichor Hollow
- Ickwallow
J: 4 names
- Jaggedgrot
- Jetsam Cove
- Jibberdeep
- Junkheap Junction
K: 16 names
- Kaboom Cove
- Kaboomsburg
- Karzuk Pit
- Kezzak Pit
- King Skrag's Pit
- Kingsheap
- Kra'Zok
- Kraggle's Heap
- Krakkadoom
- Krazzik
- Kreekhollow
- Krikkit
- Kritchik Deep
- Krozzik
- Krugg's Teeth
- Krunchgrot
L: 3 names
- Lower Gutters
- Lowtide Hollow
- Lurkhollow
M: 27 names
- Maggotmound
- Mawhaven
- Mawmire
- Mirecrack
- Mireholt
- Mirkhold Under
- Mizzlefen
- Mogzul
- Mokkaz Sprawl
- Moldford
- Moldsprawl
- Moneypit Harbor
- Mortgrot
- Mossgnaw Deep
- Mossgrot
- Mound of Mounds
- Muckgnash
- Mudflat Market
- Mudgrub Deep
- Mudgullet
- Mudhaven
- Mudsnout
- Mudwick
- Mulchpit
- Murkby
- Murkglen
- Murkwallow
N: 21 names
- Nabbit's Reach
- Nabgrot
- Nailgnaw
- Narkle's Heap
- Nazgrub
- Nazkrath
- Nettleburrow
- Nettlegrot
- Nibblesworth
- Nibblewick
- Nightmaw
- Nightsnag
- Nitro Gulch
- Nokgrot Deep
- Nokk's Landing
- Nokkrit
- Nokmar
- Noxgrot
- Nubbinpit
- Nuzgoth
- Nuzzlewick
O: 6 names
- Oddsnout
- Oilcan Reach
- Old Gnawmarket
- Old Stinkhole
- Oozeburrow
- Oozegrot Harbor
P: 9 names
- Pennypinch Harbor
- Pennywort Sump
- Pestlehole
- Pipe-End
- Pirates' Gnaw
- Pitchwallow
- Pocketsnatch
- Puddlewick
- Pusfen
Q: 3 names
- Quagtooth
- Quibblepit
- Quiverpit
R: 25 names
- Rakkit's Landing
- Rakkzul
- Rancidfen
- Rat's Alley Deep
- Ratbag Warren
- Ratchew Warren
- Ratgnaw Burrow
- Ratham
- Rathaven Deep
- Ratsprawl
- Ravelgnaw
- Rivetport
- Rootgrot
- Rotgut Hollow
- Rotham
- Rotsprawl Harbor
- Rottenroot
- Rotwallow Burrow
- Rotwharf
- Rotwick
- Rubblesprawl
- Rustbarrel Bay
- Rustgear Harbor
- Rustgnaw
- Rutmire
S: 98 names
- Saltgrot
- Scabblewick
- Scabford
- Scabgnaw
- Scabrock
- Scornhaven
- Scowlhaven
- Scrabblecrag
- Scrapfen
- Scrapheap City
- Scraptown
- Scrapyard City
- Scratchwallow
- Scrubwick
- Scrunglepit
- Scumhaven
- Scurvygrot
- Scurvyham
- Scuttleden
- Sewerhame
- Shadowgnaw
- Shankhollow
- Shardgrot
- Shivgrin Warren
- Shrapnel Landing
- Sizzlefen
- Skabbarrow
- Skagmire
- Skarnholt
- Skinkpit
- Skitterdeep
- Skraggadash
- Skrazzle
- Skulkham
- Skulkhaven
- Skulkwick
- Skull Harbor
- Skullcrack Warren
- Skullrattle Deep
- Slagport
- Slagsprawl
- Slagwick
- Slimegate
- Slopbucket Harbor
- Sludgemarket
- Sludgeport
- Sluice City
- Slurkwater
- Smirkford
S, continued
- Smirkhaven
- Smogsprawl
- Smokestack Sprawl
- Smugglers' Crack
- Snaggle's Gulch
- Snagglecrag
- Snaggletooth Hold
- Snaggletown
- Snagrat's Reach
- Snarlpit
- Snatchwick
- Sneakham
- Sneakhollow
- Snekkit
- Snikkerwick
- Snikkitz
- Snikmar
- Snivelhaven
- Snortlefen
- Snotgully
- Snotshire
- Snottlefen
- Snufflepit
- Sootgrot
- Sorrowsnag
- Spidergnaw
- Spindleshank Warren
- Spittleby
- Spittlecrag
- Splinterhold
- Sporegrot
- Sprattlewick
- Sprocketgulch
- Sprocketville
- Squalorton
- Squatchgrot
- Squelchgrot
- Stenchmoor
- Stinkcrown
- Stinkmire
- Stinkton
- Stinkwater Hold
- Stinkwick Hollow
- Stormdrain Sprawl
- Stumphollow
- Sulkhaven
- Sumphollow
- Sumpwater
- Sunkenmaw
T: 31 names
- Tallowmire
- Tallowpit
- Tanglegrot
- Tarmire
- Ten-Thousand Teeth
- The Cisterns
- The Deep Sprawl
- The Drips
- The Gloaming Warren
- The Gnashing
- The Great Warren
- The Greater Midden
- The Hundred Holes
- The Lower Gnaw
- The Ninth Sewer
- The Rotten Throne
- The Screaming Cracks
- The Stinking Dark
- The Undersink
- Thistlegnaw
- Thornsprawl
- Thrakkazul
- Throne of Scraps
- Tideskulk
- Tinderhole
- Tinkerfall
- Toadwallow
- Tombgrot
- Toothrot Warren
- Tumblepit
- Tuskwallow
U: 8 names
- Ugdrak
- Ugrakk Deep
- Ulgrash
- Underbridge Warren
- Undermaw
- Undermidden
- Underscab
- Undertrade
V: 10 names
- Vaggrak
- Vermin Cross
- Vermingrot
- Vexgrot
- Vile Hollow
- Vomitus Sump
- Vorgul Deep
- Vrakh Nazul
- Vulture's Gnaw
- Vurk Hollow
W: 17 names
- Warchief's Pit
- Wartgrot
- Wartham
- Warthollow
- Wartwallow
- Wheezewick
- Whiskerpit
- Wickedwallow
- Widowfen
- Wormington
- Wormsprawl
- Wormwick
- Wreckers' Reach
- Wrenchwallow
- Wretchmire
- Wurmgully
- Wurmhold