Hamlet Name Generator

Tiny village names for maps, novels and campaigns

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Generate hamlet names for the smallest settlements on your map: English crossroads and farm clusters, Cornish and Welsh valley hamlets, Highland crofting townships, Irish townlands, northern fell-side thwaites and rough-and-ready backwoods corners.

About hamlet names

A hamlet is the smallest named place on a map: a handful of houses, usually without a church, pub or shop, that grew up around a crossroads, a mill, a farm, a ford or a bridge. Its name almost always says so. Real hamlets are called things like Bridge Foot, Mill Race End, Cold Harbour, Four Lanes End, Chapel Row and Gallows Corner because that is all there was to describe, and the best invented names keep that plainness.

Region changes the kit. Lowland England uses Green, End, Bottom, Row, Corner, Hatch and Cross; the northern fells use Norse Thwaite, Gill, Beck, Garth and Foot (Seathwaite, Stang End, Grisedale Bridge); Cornwall keeps Tre-, Pol- and Pen- with a Churchtown or Cross added; Wales builds from Pen, Cwm, Nant, Bryn and Llan; the Highlands have crofting townships in Gaelic such as Achnahaird and Clachan Bheag; Ireland names townlands with Bally-, Kil-, Drum- and Knock-; and American backwoods produced wry names like Possum Trot, Hardscrabble and Burnt Cabins.

This list mixes all of these with fantasy-neutral inventions (Ashenmere, Cinderhollow, Halfmoon Ford) that fit a made-up map without sounding like a capital city. Choose by region and by what the place actually is.

How to choose hamlet names

  • Name the hamlet after the one thing that is there: a ford, a mill, a chapel, a kiln, a gallows, a crossroads. Bridge Foot and Lime Kiln Corner are believable; Dragonspire is a city name.
  • Match the suffix to the region of your map: Green, End and Bottom for lowland England, Thwaite, Gill and Foot for the fells, Cross or Churchtown for Cornwall, Uchaf and Isaf (upper and lower) for Wales, Bally- and Drum- for Ireland.
  • Hamlets often borrow the parish name with a qualifier, so a village called Westcote can have Nether Westcote and Church Westcote as its hamlets; use this to make a map feel settled.
  • For comic or cosy fiction, lean into real English oddities like Little Snoring, Pease Pottage and Pudding Norton; for grim or remote settings, a bare Norse or Gaelic single word (Ulpha, Boot, Annat) does more with less.
  • If your hamlet is in a fantasy world, avoid apostrophes and invented consonant clusters; Halfmoon Ford or Wolfshead Cross reads as a real place while Zhar'Kel reads as a dungeon.

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between a hamlet and a village?

In British usage a village traditionally has a parish church and often a pub, shop or green, while a hamlet is a smaller cluster of houses without a church of its own, usually part of a neighbouring parish. In practice a hamlet might be a farm, a mill, a crossroads inn and a few cottages, which is why so many are named after exactly those features.

How are real hamlets named?

Most describe a feature (Bridge Foot, Well Bottom, Chapel Row), a position relative to a bigger place (Nether Wick, Far Cotton, Upper Sidling), the family or trade that lived there (Cobblers Cross, Tinker's Row) or the landscape in the local language, such as Norse thwaite and gill in Cumbria, Cornish tre and pol, Welsh cwm and pen, Gaelic achadh and clachan, or Irish bally and kil.

Can I use these hamlet names in a D&D campaign or novel?

Yes. Place names are free to use, and hamlets are ideal for a campaign's starting settlement or a novel's quiet backdrop because they sound humble and specific. Some names here coincide with real tiny places, which only adds to the realism; for a secondary world pick the invented ones like Ashenmere, Thornfold or Greywater Crossing.

What makes a fantasy hamlet name sound believable?

Keep it short, concrete and slightly worn: one or two plain English words built from a landscape feature and a settlement word (Cinderhollow, Saltwick, Halfmoon Ford). Avoid grand or abstract vocabulary, apostrophes and exotic consonant clusters, and let the name hint at why anyone settled there, such as a ford, a mill or a shelter from the wind.

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A: 20 names

  • Abbot's Ann Row
  • Achnacarnin
  • Achnahaird
  • Airigh-drishaig
  • Alder Carr
  • Alvescot Downs
  • Am Steinacker
  • Ard-dhubh
  • Ardchyline
  • Ardfinnan
  • Ardtarmon
  • Ashby-de-la-Launde
  • Ashenmere
  • Ashfold
  • Ashgill Force
  • Aston Somerville
  • Auchentiber
  • Auf der Höhe
  • Aughavas
  • Aughris

B: 54 names

  • Bachhäuseln
  • Badachro Pier
  • Badger Heath
  • Ballinfull
  • Ballisodare Bridge
  • Ballyconnell Strand
  • Ballyfarnon
  • Ballygawley Cross
  • Ballynahown
  • Ballynaskreena
  • Ballyvourney Cross
  • Balmaha Knowe
  • Barkby Thorpe
  • Barnaderg
  • Barton-le-Clay
  • Beckford Cross
  • Bee Tree Fork
  • Beech Hanger
  • Beggar's Rest
  • Bempton Lane End
  • Bishop's Frome
  • Bixby Flats
  • Blacksmith's Corner
  • Blaen-y-cwm
  • Blaenpennal
  • Blairingone
  • Blanchland Moor
  • Bleakholme
  • Blue Ball
  • Bockhampton
  • Boghead
  • Bojewyan
  • Boot
  • Brackenhow
  • Brackenthwaite
  • Bramble End
  • Briarmoor
  • Brick Kiln Green
  • Bridge Foot
  • Bridgend of Lintrathen
  • Brigsteer
  • Broughton Poggs
  • Bruern Abbey Row
  • Bryn Eglwys
  • Buckland Wood
  • Bug Tussle
  • Bunbeg
  • Burnt Cabins
  • Burnt Oak Corner
  • Burnt Yates
  • Burton Fleming
  • Buzzard Roost
  • Bwlch-y-groes
  • Byrefold

C: 47 names

  • Cairnbaan
  • Canon Pyon
  • Capel Bangor
  • Carn Brea Village
  • Carnkie
  • Carrigallen
  • Carrigeen
  • Castlebaldwin
  • Causeway End
  • Cautley
  • Cefn Coch
  • Chalk Pit Bottom
  • Chapel Row
  • Church Westcote
  • Cinderdale
  • Cinderhollow
  • Clachan Bheag
  • Clachan of Campsie
  • Cliffony
  • Cloghroe
  • Clonbur
  • Cloonagh
  • Cobblers Cross
  • Cockpole Green
  • Coed Morgan
  • Coker's Mill
  • Cold Harbour
  • Coldcotes
  • Coldfell
  • Collooney Mill
  • Coon Hollow
  • Cootehall
  • Copperbeck
  • Corrigeenroe
  • Cow Honeybourne
  • Cowshill
  • Cranebeck
  • Crazies Hill
  • Crookback Lane
  • Crosby Ravensworth
  • Crosslanes
  • Crowsnest Row
  • Cutthorpe
  • Cwm Penmachno
  • Cwm Ystwyth
  • Cwmbrwyno
  • Cwmsymlog

D: 19 names

  • Dam Head
  • Dappleford
  • Dean Scales
  • Deer Leap
  • Derrygonnelly
  • Devil's Bridge End
  • Diabaig
  • Didcot Green
  • Dogtown Crossing
  • Donnington Ford
  • Drumlithie
  • Drumshanbo Lane
  • Dry Fork
  • Drybrook
  • Duckpool
  • Dumbleton Row
  • Dunkirk Bottom
  • Dunlewey
  • Dunmere

E: 7 names

  • Earl's Croome
  • Eavestone
  • Eglwys Fach
  • Eldergrove
  • Emmet's Nook
  • Eskdale Green
  • Ettersgill

F: 22 names

  • Far Cotton
  • Farley Hatch
  • Farnborough Top
  • Fell End
  • Fettercairn Mill
  • Ffair Rhos
  • Ffordd-las
  • Fiddler's Green
  • Fifield Heath
  • Filkins Green
  • Flamborough Head Row
  • Flat Lick
  • Flixton Carr
  • Ford Gatehouse
  • Foxgrove Bottom
  • Foxhole Green
  • Foxholes Lane
  • Fridaythorpe
  • Frog Hall
  • Frog Level
  • Frostwick
  • Furze Platt

G: 22 names

  • Galloway Gate
  • Gallows Corner
  • Gannetsbank
  • Garrigill
  • Gill Toft
  • Glan-yr-afon
  • Glandyfi
  • Glenbeg
  • Gnaw Bone
  • Goonhavern
  • Goose Green
  • Goose Pimple Junction
  • Goosey Green
  • Gortlettragh
  • Gortnahoe
  • Grange Lower
  • Grassholme
  • Great Snarling
  • Greywater Crossing
  • Grindle Bottom
  • Grisedale Bridge
  • Gullsend

H: 39 names

  • Halfmoon Ford
  • Halfpenny Green
  • Hamsterley Mill
  • Hangman's Stone
  • Hardscrabble
  • Hare Warren
  • Harrowfield
  • Hatch Warren Ford
  • Hatchet Green
  • Hawkmere
  • Hazelrigg
  • Hedgerow End
  • Helbeck
  • Hell Corner
  • Hen Cloud
  • Hendre Ddu
  • Hesket Newmarket
  • Heslerton Wold
  • Hicks Hollow
  • High Hesket
  • Hinterhof
  • Hinton Parva
  • Hinton-on-the-Green
  • Hob's Lane End
  • Hobb's Hollow
  • Hobbleton
  • Hofstetten
  • Hollins End
  • Hollowmere
  • Hollowshaw
  • Holme St Cuthbert
  • Honey Tye
  • Hop Gardens
  • Hope-under-Dinmore
  • Huggate Wold
  • Hunderthwaite
  • Hungry Hill
  • Hunmanby Gap
  • Hutton-in-the-Forest

I: 3 names

  • Inkpen Common
  • Inverhaggernie
  • Ireshopeburn

K: 16 names

  • Kelmscott Row
  • Kelpwick
  • Kemerton Camp
  • Keshcarrigan
  • Kestrel's Reach
  • Kettle Sink
  • Kilbrittain
  • Kilcommon
  • King's Stag
  • Kirkby Overblow
  • Kirkton of Glenisla
  • Kleinholz
  • Knight's Enham
  • Knockanore
  • Knockvicar
  • Knowl Hill

L: 32 names

  • La Chapelle-aux-Bois
  • La Croix-Blanche
  • La Haute-Folie
  • Lambcote
  • Lamplugh
  • Lanivet Cross
  • Lantern Hill
  • Lark Rise
  • Le Bourg-Vieux
  • Le Moulin-Neuf
  • Le Petit-Pressigny
  • Leckhampstead Thicket
  • Les Fosses
  • Les Granges
  • Les Ormes
  • Les Quatre Chemins
  • Lickskillet
  • Lilley Bottom
  • Lime Kiln Corner
  • Lisnalurg
  • Lissadell Cross
  • Little Bedwyn
  • Little Hope
  • Little Snoring
  • Little Washbourne
  • Llanfihangel-y-traethau
  • Llangwyryfon
  • Llechwedd Bach
  • Lochend Cottages
  • Low Borrowbridge
  • Loxley Hatch
  • Lyneham Barrow

M: 21 names

  • Maes-y-crugiau
  • Mains of Dalvey
  • Maplehurst Row
  • Mardle Cross
  • Marrowby
  • Marton Lane
  • Maugherow
  • Mellon Udrigle
  • Mill Race End
  • Millbrook Hollow
  • Millington Pasture
  • Milton of Cushnie
  • Mistlewick
  • Mittelbach
  • Mohill Cross
  • Moneygall
  • Moneygold
  • Mosser
  • Mossgarth
  • Muirhouses
  • Mullaghmore Head

N: 19 names

  • Nancledra
  • Nant-y-moel
  • Nenthead
  • Nether Westcote
  • Nether Wick
  • Nettlebed
  • Nettlecombe
  • Newbiggin-on-Lune
  • Newbold Heath
  • Newton-by-the-Sea
  • Newtyle Cross
  • Niederdorf
  • Nine Ashes
  • Nine Elms
  • Ninebanks
  • Ninety-Six
  • No Man's Heath
  • North Grimston
  • Nun Monkton Row

O: 8 names

  • Oakenford
  • Oakenshaw
  • Oberweiler
  • Old Sodbury Row
  • Oldbarrow
  • Overbury Park
  • Owlpen
  • Oxhey Bottom

P: 26 names

  • Pant Glas
  • Pant-y-gog
  • Paradise Row
  • Pease Pottage
  • Pen-y-bont
  • Penbontrhydybeddau
  • Penhallow
  • Pennywhistle
  • Penrhyncoch Uchaf
  • Pensilva
  • Pentre Bach
  • Pikemoor
  • Pine Plains Crossing
  • Piper's Ash
  • Pity Me
  • Polgooth
  • Pontrhydygroes
  • Porkellis
  • Possum Trot
  • Pottersgate
  • Poverty Knob
  • Praze-an-Beeble
  • Prior's Marston
  • Pudding Norton
  • Pumpkin Center
  • Purgatory Green

Q: 2 names

  • Quarry Bank
  • Queen's Bower

R: 19 names

  • Ragged Appleshaw
  • Raghly
  • Raisbeck
  • Rakes Bottom
  • Rathcormac
  • Rathcormack Cross
  • Ravenshollow
  • Ravensmoor Gate
  • Ravenstonedale
  • Rhyd-y-foel
  • Rillington Heath
  • Riverstown
  • Rookhope
  • Rope Walk Green
  • Roseley
  • Rosmuck
  • Rough and Ready
  • Rudston Row
  • Rushy Green

S: 48 names

  • Saddleback Foot
  • Sail Loft Row
  • Sallow End
  • Salmon Leap
  • Saltwick
  • Sand Hutton
  • Satterthwaite
  • Scampston
  • Scar Sykes
  • Scarth Nick
  • Scawby Brook
  • Scorrier
  • Seathwaite
  • Sedgeberrow Halt
  • Settrington Beacon
  • Shanty Hill
  • Sheepcote
  • Sheepwash
  • Shepherd's Patch
  • Sherburn Cross
  • Shieldaig Moss
  • Shingle Row
  • Skeaghvasteen
  • Skelwith Fold
  • Skirwith
  • Skunk's Misery
  • Slackhead
  • Sloe Lane End
  • Smith's Corners
  • Snape Gill
  • Snowshill Hill
  • Sorrel Bank
  • Sparrowpit
  • Spindlewood
  • Splatt
  • Spring Head
  • Stang End
  • Starveall
  • Staxton Hill
  • Stillhouse Hollow
  • Stinchcombe
  • Stoke-by-Clare
  • Stonepit Corner
  • Stonybrook Cross
  • Strathan
  • Sugar Camp
  • Sutton-on-the-Forest
  • Swyddffynnon

T: 42 names

  • Taliesin
  • Talybont Mill
  • Tan Yard End
  • Tanner's Falls
  • Tarfside
  • Tarnholme
  • Tater Knob
  • Tebay Gill
  • Teddington Hands
  • Templeboy
  • Ten Mile Stand
  • Thistlecot
  • Thixendale
  • Thornfold
  • Thornwick Bay Cottages
  • Thornycroft
  • Thorpe Bassett
  • Thorpe Satchville
  • Thorpe-le-Soken
  • Three Legged Cross
  • Thringarth
  • Thwaite Flat
  • Tinker's Row
  • Tinkerstone
  • Toad Hole
  • Tolley Hatch
  • Tomnavoulin
  • Tre'r-ddol
  • Treacle Mine Row
  • Trefenter
  • Tregonetha
  • Trelill
  • Tremaine
  • Trewint
  • Tullyallen
  • Tullynahinnera
  • Turkey Scratch
  • Twelve Oaks
  • Two Mile Ash
  • Ty Croes
  • Ty Gwyn Bach
  • Tyn-y-groes

U: 3 names

  • Ulceby Skitter
  • Ulpha
  • Upper Sidling

V: 2 names

  • Ventongimps
  • Vorderbrühl

W: 27 names

  • Wasdale Head
  • Watendlath
  • Well Bottom
  • Wester Quarff
  • Westgate-in-Weardale
  • Weston-sub-Edge
  • Wether Hill
  • Wetheral Plains
  • Wharram Percy
  • Wharram-le-Street
  • Wheelwright's End
  • Whinny Moor
  • Whitlow End
  • Wick Episcopi
  • Wigley Bottom
  • Willerby Carr
  • Willow Holt
  • Windlecombe
  • Windy Arbour
  • Witheridge Cross
  • Withy Mills
  • Wittering Cross
  • Wold Newton
  • Wolf Pit
  • Wolfshead Cross
  • Wraithby
  • Wrenfold

Y: 1 name

  • Ystrad Meurig

Z: 1 name

  • Zennor Churchtown