Halfling Village Name Generator
Burrows, larders and market greens for small folk
Village and town names for halflings and hobbit-like small folk: burrow and hill names like Tuckaway Hill and Snughole, river villages like Mugwort-on-the-Water, larder names like Seedcake Row and Kettle-on-the-Hob, family seats like Tuckwell's Rest, market towns, river caravans and nomad camps. For D&D maps, cozy fantasy and one-shot adventures.
About halfling village names
Halfling villages are named by people who care most about a dry hole, a full pantry and whoever lives next door, and the names show it. They follow the English countryside habit of joining two plain words, but the words come from the burrow and the kitchen: Snughole, Underloaf, Cosyburrow, Larderfield, Seedcake Row. A hill is a home here, so hill names are house names too, as in Tuckaway Hill, Greendoor Hill and Forty Chimneys.
The list covers every kind of halfling settlement: burrow and hill names, river and mill villages, farm and orchard hamlets, food, ale and larder names, family seats, market towns and fairgrounds, river caravans, nomad camps and gentle joke names for a one-shot, such as Much Munching and Room-for-Pudding. The family seats use English-style surnames, some real and some coined.
Nine entries are J.R.R. Tolkien's own place names from his hobbit country, kept as style anchors: Hobbiton, Michel Delving, Frogmorton, Tuckborough, Crickhollow, Bucklebury, Overhill, Needlehole and Nobottle. The word smial, used in four names, is also his. From Dungeons & Dragons come Gatherhold and Beluir, halfling settlements of Eberron and the Forgotten Realms, and the halfling gods in Yondalla's Hearth and Arvoreen's Watch. This site has no tie to either.
How to choose halfling village names
- Decide what the village is proud of and name it for that: a mill, an orchard, a prize marrow or one very old family. Halfling names brag about comfort, never about battles.
- Use Little, Much, Nether, Upper and Lower to make neighbors. Upper Crust and Lower Crust, or Much Burrowing and Nether Burrowing, give a map two villages and a rivalry for the price of one idea.
- Keep the joke names for one-shots and side quests. A campaign hub the party visits for months wears better as Tuckaway Hill than as Loosen-Your-Belt.
- For wandering lightfoot bands and river folk, name the camp after the journey and the cooking: The Long Picnic, Moveable Feast, Nine Barges.
- Say the name with 'the road to' in front of it. If it sounds like a place a farmer would give directions to, it fits.
Frequently asked questions
What do halfling village names sound like?
Like English country villages seen from a kitchen window. Two homely words are joined, usually about a hole or hill, food, a garden or a family: Hearthhole, Breadloaf Hill, Pippin Orchard, Butterby Hall. There are no grim or grand words, because halflings do not name a home after a battle.
Are these names from The Lord of the Rings?
Nine are Tolkien's own place names, listed in the guide above, and the word smial in four names is his as well. The rest are written in the same English-village spirit for your own maps. This site is not affiliated with the Tolkien Estate or with Wizards of the Coast.
What is a good name for a D&D halfling village?
For a settled stout community, try a hill or family seat name such as Stoutbarrow, Tuckaway Hill or Warmhearth Hall. For lightfoot wanderers, pick a caravan or camp name like Lightfoots' Landing, Nine Barges or Pot-and-Pony. Gatherhold and Beluir on the list are existing D&D settlements, so use those only if you play in Eberron or the Forgotten Realms.
How do I name a halfling town instead of a village?
Add a market word. Market Mugworthy, Chipping Crumb, Buttermarket and Butter Cross all say that farmers from smaller villages come here to trade. Chipping is an old English word for a market, which is why it appears in real town names.
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All 500 halfling village names
A: 7 names
- Adventures-Not-Wanted
- Afternoon Nap Holes
- Afters
- Amplebury
- Applewhite's Seat
- Arvoreen's Watch
- Aunties' Row
B: 43 names
- Babblewater
- Back-in-Five-Minutes
- Back-of-the-Hill
- Bakehouse Row
- Bankhole
- Bankside Smials
- Bargee's Rest
- Barley Hay
- Barleycorn Holm
- Barrelbung
- Beanrow
- Bee Skeps
- Beetroot Bank
- Beluir
- Best Bitter
- Best-in-Show
- Biddlecombe Magna
- Bilberry's Bank
- Blanket Down
- Blister Halt
- Borrowed Ladder
- Brambleburr's Patch
- Brassknob
- Brave Little Hill
- Breadbin Burrows
- Breadloaf Hill
- Broad Back
- Brookunder
- Browhole
- Bucklebury
- Bun Tump
- Bunwick
- Burrowby
- Burrowcombe
- Burrowmead
- Butter Cross
- Butterbur Bottom
- Butterby Hall
- Buttercup Lees
- Butterfield's Hole
- Buttermarket
- Buttery Bank
- Button Hill
C: 39 names
- Cabbage Common
- Camp Kettleblack
- Can't Complain
- Canvasby
- Carpet Slippers
- Carrot Croft
- Carter's Halt
- Cellar Hill
- Cellarage
- Charter Fair
- Cheese Fair
- Cheesepress
- Cherry Lees
- Chimney Hill
- Chipping Crumb
- Chipping Underhay
- Chucklebeck
- Churnside
- Ciderpress Holes
- Clutterbuck's Reach
- Coaching Green
- Codlin Green
- Compost Corner
- Conker Court
- Cookfire Circle
- Cornmarket
- Costard Row
- Cosy End
- Cosyburrow
- Cosycombe
- Cream Pastures
- Crickhollow
- Crumb's Landing
- Crumpet Knoll
- Crumpetford
- Crustwick
- Cupboard Corner
- Currant Bun Hill
- Custard Cross
D: 17 names
- Dabchick Pool
- Dairymead
- Damson Dene
- Dancing Green
- Dapplecote's Bank
- Dawdling-by-the-Brook
- Dewfall Camp
- Dilly-Dally Dell
- Doorknob Hill
- Drakewater
- Drover's Halt
- Dryburrow
- Dryfoot Bridge
- Duckford
- Ducksbridge
- Duckunder
- Dumpling Down
E: 5 names
- Eelpie Weir
- Eggmarket
- Elder's Table
- Elevenses Green
- Embers' Rest
F: 24 names
- Fair-to-Middling
- Family Tree Green
- Far Pasture
- Farthing Fair
- Featherbed Bank
- Ferry-by-the-Reeds
- Ferryman's Hythe
- Filbert Field
- Fireworks Field
- Firkin Ford
- Flagon's Rest
- Flail End
- Follow-the-Swallows
- Footsore Rest
- Forkbend
- Fortune's Nook
- Forty Chimneys
- Forty Cousins
- Frogmorton
- Frogwater
- Full-to-Bursting
- Fullpot's Rest
- Furfoot's Warren
- Furrow's Turn
G: 19 names
- Gatherhold
- Gigglebrook
- Gingernut Green
- Goat Track Camp
- Goodapple's Garth
- Goodcheer's Gate
- Gooseberry's Gift
- Goosefair Green
- Gooseyard
- Gossip Green
- Grandsire's Hill
- Grazing Stop
- Great Featherbottom
- Greenaway's Gap
- Greendoor Hill
- Greengage Green
- Greenroof
- Greenthumb's Plot
- Gristwater
H: 35 names
- Ha'penny Hill
- Half-Pint Hill
- Halfacre
- Halfmeasure
- Halfpint Ferry
- Hamper Halt
- Hardly-Any-Bother
- Harvest-Home Holes
- Haycock Lea
- Hayseed Steading
- Haywain
- Hazelnut Hedge
- Hearthhole
- Hearthmoot
- Hedgecamp
- Hedger's Hundred
- Henhouse Green
- Hideaway Bank
- Highburrow
- Hillfoot
- Hillhome
- Hillsnug
- Hive Garth
- Hobbiton
- Hobbs's Folly
- Hogshead Hill
- Holeworth
- Hollyhock's Hedge
- Honeycake
- Honeydew's Orchard
- Hop Kiln End
- Hotpot Hill
- Houseboat Hythe
- Humblehill
- Humpback Bridge
I: 2 names
- Inheritance End
- Inn-on-the-Green
J: 2 names
- Jampot Lane
- Just-One-More
K: 7 names
- Kettle-on-the-Hob
- Kilderkin
- Kingfisher Bank
- Kitchen-Garden Garth
- Knee-High Knoll
- Knoll End
- Knollbury
L: 31 names
- Ladlewell
- Lammas Fair
- Lamplit Burrow
- Lantern Barges
- Larder Lane
- Larderfield
- Last Night's Camp
- Leatside
- Leekfield
- Lightfoot Lea
- Lightfoots' Landing
- Lightstep
- Little Mound
- Little Snoozing
- Little Snugbury
- Little Tithe
- Little Wetfoot
- Littlefolk Landing
- Loaf Tor
- Lockkeeper's Green
- Long Table Lea
- Longbarrel Court
- Longpole Flotilla
- Longsmial
- Loosen-Your-Belt
- Lost Spoons
- Low Ferry
- Low Lintel
- Lower Crust
- Luckpenny
- Lucky Turn
M: 40 names
- Malthouse Row
- Mangold Field
- Many Holes
- Market Mugworthy
- Market-Day Mead
- Marmalade Row
- Marrow Beds
- Marrowby Manor
- Mash Tun
- Mayor's Parlour
- Meadhouse Green
- Medlar Yard
- Merriweather's Pride
- Michel Delving
- Midsummer Fair Field
- Milking Stile
- Mill-under-Hill
- Millers' Rest
- Millpond Row
- Millwater
- Mind-Your-Head
- Minnowbrook
- Missing Umbrella
- Moorhen Mead
- Mooring Green
- Mossop's Meadow
- Mossyroof
- Moundsby
- Moveable Feast
- Much Burrowing
- Much Dozing
- Much Munching
- Much Thistlebury
- Muffinham
- Mugsborough
- Mugwort-on-the-Water
- Mugworthy Row
- Mushroom Mead
- Mustard Pot
- Mustn't Grumble
N: 24 names
- Napkin Fold
- Napping Hill
- Needlehole
- Nether Burrowing
- Nether Napping
- Newhole
- Newtbridge
- Next Bend
- Nibbins's Nook
- Nibbling-on-the-Wold
- Nimble Stile
- Nimblebrook
- Nine Barges
- Nine Wagons
- Ninepin Bridge
- Ninepins
- No Adventures
- Nobody-Home Burrows
- Nobottle
- Nodding-Off Dell
- Not-Much-Happens
- Nothing Much
- Nuncheon
- Nutmeg Corner
O: 13 names
- Oast Corner
- Oatbarrow Lodge
- Oatsheaf
- Old Briar Lane
- Old Fernsby Place
- Old Mill Leat
- Oldhole End
- Onion Garth
- Osier Beds
- Over-the-Fence
- Overhill
- Overlooked Knoll
- Overstayed Welcome
P: 41 names
- Packbridge
- Paddlefoot
- Pantry Green
- Pantry Hole
- Parsnip Piece
- Pass-the-Butter
- Pasty Knoll
- Pearmain
- Peasecod Lane
- Peddlers' Rest
- Pedlar's Pitch
- Penny Green
- Peppermill Bank
- Perchpool
- Picklebarrel
- Picnic Down
- Pie Market
- Piecrust
- Piggery Turn
- Pillow Hill
- Pipe-and-Slippers
- Pipe-Leaf Row
- Pippin Orchard
- Pipwick's Holding
- Pitchwell
- Platter's Green
- Ploughshare
- Plumtree Bank
- Pole-and-Paddle
- Pony Circle
- Pop-Round
- Pot-and-Pony
- Potluck Warren
- Pottering
- Potting Shed Lane
- Pottle's Yard
- Prize Marrow
- Puddingham Burrows
- Puddleside
- Puntpole
- Put-the-Kettle-On
Q: 4 names
- Quietfoot
- Quillfeather's Acre
- Quite Nice Really
- Quoits Court
R: 13 names
- Radish End
- Raft Row
- Reedy Bend
- Respectable Row
- Ribbon Fair
- Rolling Pantry
- Room-for-Pudding
- Roundbelly's Table
- Roundoor
- Roundwindow
- Roving Hearth
- Rushy Ford
- Russet End
S: 48 names
- Saltcellar Croft
- Scales Corner
- Scarecrow Field
- Sconebury
- Scrumpy Bottom
- Second Breakfast Bank
- Second Helpings Row
- Seedbed
- Seedcake Row
- Seven Holes
- Seven Meals
- Seven Stooks
- Shilling Stile
- Shortbow Green
- Shortbread Hill
- Signpost Corner
- Skillet Camp
- Skittle Alley
- Slipby
- Slowbarge
- Sluice End
- Small Beer
- Smallfolk Green
- Smallholding
- Smialside
- Smoke Ring Hill
- Smoke-on-the-Hill
- Snugbourne
- Snugdown
- Snughole
- Softfoot Green
- Softstep Row
- South-Facing
- Sowback
- Splashford
- Spoonley
- Spudbury
- Stay-for-Supper
- Stepping-Stone Burrows
- Stewfire Camp
- Stewpot Holes
- Stillroom
- Stoutbarrow
- Stoutholm
- Stoutsbridge
- Summer Pitch
- Supper's End
- Swede Row
T: 51 names
- Tadpole Reach
- Tankard Cross
- Tapster's Green
- Tarry-a-While
- Tatersfield
- Teacake Green
- Tealby's Turn
- Teapot Row
- Teatime Tump
- Tent Row
- Tentpeg
- The Dimples
- The Floating Market
- The Four Inns
- The Long Picnic
- The Painted Boats
- The Spoons
- The Wandering Larder
- Thimble Hill
- Thirds
- Three Burrows
- Three Stiles Ford
- Threepenny Cross
- Threshing Green
- Thrice-Removed
- Tiller's Rest
- Tiptoe Down
- Tittle-Tattle
- Toddleby
- Toe-in-the-Water
- Tollbooth Green
- Tomorrow's Meadow
- Towpath End
- Treacle Well
- Troutwell
- Tubbs's End
- Tuckaway Hill
- Tuckborough
- Tuckunder
- Tuckwell Smials
- Tuckwell's Rest
- Tumpside
- Tumpton
- Tunnel End
- Tuppence Row
- Turfhill
- Turfroof
- Turnip Townend
- Twelvetrees
- Twice-Lucky
- Twitching Curtains
U: 11 names
- Under-the-Oak
- Under-the-Wagon
- Underbank
- Undercrust
- Underfoot Burrows
- Underhay
- Underloaf
- Undermead
- Underturf
- Unexpected Guests
- Upper Crust
W: 23 names
- Wadeaway
- Wagon Ring
- Wainwright's Yard
- Waist-High Wold
- Walnut Walk
- Wanderfoot Wharf
- Warm Oven
- Warmburrow
- Warmhearth Hall
- Washday Bank
- Watercress Beds
- Weighbridge
- Weirside
- Wheelbarrow Way
- Wheelrest
- Wheelwater
- Wheresoever
- Whey Lane
- Willow Wash
- Wimple's Corner
- Winter Pitch
- Withy Bank
- Wobbly Stile