Home Name Generator

Naming a house is an old habit in Britain, Ireland, and Australia, and a growing one everywhere holiday rentals need a listing title. Real house names fall into a few reliable patterns. The most common describe what the building was: The Old Rectory, The Coach House, The Granary, The Old Post Office. Next come names from the plants and trees on the plot (Rose Cottage, Yew Tree House, The Beeches), from position (Hilltop, Riverside, Corner Cottage), and from local wildlife (Wren Cottage, Badger's Holt). Sentiment names like Dunroamin, Journey's End, and Wits End were huge in the 1930s and still raise a smile.

A good house name should work on a slate sign and in a postal address, be easy to say to a taxi driver, and be true to the place: Sea Spray belongs on a coast, Bear Hollow in the mountains. Two words is the sweet spot; three is fine if the middle word is small. Grander homes take single evocative words (Oakhurst, Ashcombe, Fernleigh) or borrowed classics like Avalon and Arcadia.

The names below cover country cottages, converted buildings, coastal and cabin homes, modern minimalist names, and Continental favorites like Casa Mia and Sans Souci, so you can name a real property, a rental, or the family home in a novel.