Macedonian Place Name Generator
Towns, villages, peaks and rivers of North Macedonia
Generate place names from North Macedonia in Latin spelling: real towns and villages like Bitola, Galičnik and Demir Kapija, mountains and waters like Pelister and Bregalnica, and invented places such as Orlov Vrv and Dolno Lozje built on the same endings.
About Macedonian place names
Place names in North Macedonia are mostly Slavic and built from a small set of endings. The endings -ovo and -evo make a possessive from a person or a plant (Damjanovo, Lozovo, Kruševo), and -ci names the people of a family or a trade (Kavadarci, Bogdanci). The endings -ica, -ec and -nik turn a root into a place (Vinica, Prilepec, Galičnik), -ište marks a site (Vrapčište, Trabotivište) and -ani the people who live somewhere (Vevčani, Topolčani). Twin villages are told apart by Gorno and Dolno (upper and lower) or Golemo and Malo (big and small).
Other layers sit on top. Ottoman Turkish left Demir Hisar (iron fortress) and Demir Kapija (iron gate), plus Kale, Čiflik, Pazar and Bair. Churches and monasteries gave Sveti Nikole, Sveti Naum and the other Sveti names here. Nature names carry their own nouns: Planina and Vrv for mountains and peaks, Reka for rivers, Ezero for lakes and Izvor for springs.
The 1,000 names mix real towns, villages, mountains, rivers and lakes with invented places built from the same roots and endings, plus a small share of ancient sites such as Stobi and Scupi. Single names are not marked as real or invented, because a plausible -ovo or -ica village often exists somewhere. Spelling is Latin transliteration with č, š, ž, ǵ and ḱ.
How to choose Macedonian place names
- Match the ending to the story of the place: -ovo or -evo after a founder's name (Trajkovo, Damjanovo), -ci for a clan or a trade (Naumovci, Ovčarci), -ište for a spot where something once stood (Gradište, Selište).
- Name twin villages the Macedonian way, with Gorno and Dolno for the upper and lower one or Golemo and Malo for the bigger and smaller one, as in Golemo Ilino and Malo Ilino. The word changes its ending with the noun, so it is Gorni Podlog and Dolni Podlog but Gorna Reka and Dolna Reka.
- For a mountain, a river or a lake, keep the generic noun in the name. Orlov Vrv, Studena Reka and Sino Ezero tell a reader what they are looking at without a map legend.
- Use a well-known real town such as Ohrid or Prilep as an anchor and surround it with smaller or invented villages. If your story needs a place that does not exist, look the name up on a map first, since the list does not mark which names are real.
- Keep the diacritics and keep them consistent. Štip, Kočani and Ǵavato lose their sound as Stip, Kocani and Gavato, and a map that mixes both styles looks careless.
Frequently asked questions
Are these real places in North Macedonia?
Many are. Bitola, Strumica, Galičnik, Vevčani, Pelister, Vardar and Dojransko Ezero are real, while names such as Dabovo, Zlaten Kladenec and Sokolova Karpa were built from real Macedonian roots and endings. The list was de-duplicated and screened for filler, and it was not compared with a map or a gazetteer, so an invented name may well match a real village.
Which names in the list are ancient sites?
Eleven entries are names of ancient towns and sites on the territory of today's North Macedonia: Stobi, Heraclea Lyncestis, Scupi, Lychnidos, Bargala, Bylazora, Astibo, Styberra, Tauresium, Stenae and Antigonea. They appear in the Greek or Latin forms used in history books. Everything else follows modern Macedonian naming.
What do the common words in Macedonian place names mean?
Gorno and Dolno are upper and lower, Novo and Staro are new and old, Golemo and Malo are big and small, and Sveti or Sveta is saint. Selo is a village, Reka a river, Ezero a lake, Planina a mountain, Vrv a peak, Izvor a spring, Manastir a monastery and Kale a fortress. Makedonski Brod, for example, is the Macedonian ford.
How are č, š, ž, ǵ and ḱ pronounced?
Č is the ch of church, š the sh of ship and ž the s of measure. C alone sounds like ts and j like the y of yes, so Kavadarci ends in tsi and Jakupica begins with ya. Ǵ and ḱ are soft sounds, roughly gy and ky said quickly.
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All 1,000 Macedonian place names
A: 19 names
- Adžimatovo
- Agin Čiflik
- Algunja
- Alikoč
- Alilica
- Amam Bair
- Amzabegovo
- Anska Reka
- Antigonea
- Aračinovo
- Arbanaško
- Arbinovo
- Argulica
- Arvati
- Asamati
- Astibo
- At Pazar
- Atanasovo
- Azot
B: 85 names
- Baba Planina
- Babino
- Babuna
- Babuna Planina
- Bač
- Bačilište
- Bačilo
- Bair
- Bajlovce
- Bakardan
- Balinci
- Baltalija
- Banjane
- Bargala
- Barička Klisura
- Barovo
- Bašino Selo
- Bazernik
- Begnište
- Begov Čiflik
- Begova Češma
- Bela Reka
- Bela Voda
- Belasica
- Belčišta
- Belo Ezero
- Belotino
- Belovište
- Belovodica
- Berovo
- Berovsko Ezero
- Bešište
- Besvica
- Bezikovo
- Bigorski Izvor
- Biljanini Izvori
- Biljanovce
- Bistra
- Bistra Reka
- Bistrenci
- Bit Pazar
- Bitola
B, continued
- Bituše
- Blatec
- Blato
- Blaževci
- Blaževo
- Bogdanci
- Bogdevo
- Bogomila
- Bogorodica
- Bogovinje
- Bogovinjsko Ezero
- Bohula
- Bojančište
- Bojane
- Bojmija
- Borovec
- Borovinka
- Bošava
- Bosilovo
- Boškovo
- Botun
- Brajčino
- Brajkovci
- Brazda
- Bregalnica
- Bregovo
- Brestovica
- Brestovo
- Brežani
- Brodište
- Brusnik
- Brvenica
- Bučim
- Budimirci
- Bukova Poljana
- Bukovec
- Bukovo
- Bukovski Preslap
- Bulačani
- Bunar
- Bunardžik
- Buševa Planina
- Bylazora
C: 33 names
- Čair
- Čalakli
- Čanaklija
- Čanište
- Capari
- Čardak
- Čardaklija
- Carev Izvor
- Carev Vrv
- Carevi Kuli
- Čaršija
- Čaška
- Čavkarnik
- Čelevec
- Čeloica
- Čemersko
- Centar Župa
- Češinovo
- Čiflik
- Cocev Kamen
- Crn Drim
- Crn Most
- Crn Vrv
- Crna Reka
- Crničani
- Crno Ezero
- Crven Rid
- Crvena Stena
- Crveni Bregovi
- Čučer
- Čukarka
- Čunovo
- Cvetkovo
D: 60 names
- Dabnica
- Dabnište
- Dabovo
- Damjanci
- Damjanovo
- Dautica
- Davidovo
- Debar
- Debarca
- Debarsko Ezero
- Dedebalci
- Dedeli
- Dedino
- Dedova Češma
- Dedova Vodenica
- Delčevo
- Demir Bair
- Demir Hisar
- Demir Kapija
- Dervent
- Dešat
- Deve Bair
- Dihovo
- Dimkovci
- Dlabočica
- Dlaboki Dol
- Dlaboki Vir
- Dobrašinci
- Dobromiri
- Dobrošane
- Dobrošte
- Dobroveni
- Dojčinovo
- Dojransko Ezero
- Dolinjani
- Dolna Reka
- Dolna Slivnica
- Dolneni
- Dolni Izvor
- Dolni Podlog
- Dolno Brestovo
- Dolno Dupeni
- Dolno Jasenovo
- Dolno Lozje
- Dolno Maalo
- Dorfulija
- Došnica
- Dovezance
- Dračevica
- Dragobrašte
- Dragoevo
- Dragomance
- Dragor
- Drugovo
- Dubrovo
- Dufski Vodopad
- Dukatino
- Dunje
- Dve Uši
- Džinibeg
E: 11 names
- Edrenikovo
- Elenova Poljana
- Elenovo
- Elenska Reka
- Elenski Vrv
- Elensko Ezero
- Elovo
- Elšani
- Erdželija
- Ezerec
- Ezerjani
F: 2 names
- Filipovci
- Furka
G: 57 names
- Gabrevci
- Gabrovnik
- Galičica
- Galičnik
- Gari
- Garnikovo
- Garska Reka
- Ǵavato
- Gazi Baba
- Germijan
- Gevgelija
- Ginovci
- Glavovica
- Glažnja
- Globočica
- Glogovo
- Glumovo
- Godivje
- Gol Vrv
- Golak
- Golem Dol
- Golem Grad
- Golem Korab
- Golem Krčin
- Golem Rid
- Golema Livada
- Golema Reka
- Golemo Ezero
- Golemo Ilino
- Golemo Selo
- Golište
- Golozinci
- Ǵorǵievo
- Gorna Belica
- Gorna Reka
- Gorna Slivnica
- Gorni Izvor
- Gorni Podlog
- Gorno Kratovo
- Gorno Kruševo
- Gorno Lozje
- Gorno Maalo
- Gorno Orevovo
- Gorno Trnovo
- Gostivar
- Goten
- Gradešnica
- Gradište
- Gradošorci
- Gradsko
- Gratče
- Grdovci
- Grnčarci
- Grnčari
- Grnčište
- Gulabovo
- Gumalevo
H: 2 names
- Heraclea Lyncestis
- Huma
I: 12 names
- Idrizovo
- Ilinden
- Ilinska Planina
- Injevo
- Isar
- Isar Marvinci
- Istibanja
- Ivanjevci
- Ivankovci
- Iveni
- Izvorjani
- Izvornica
J: 19 names
- Jablanica
- Jačince
- Jagodino
- Jakimovo
- Jakupica
- Janče
- Jančište
- Jargulica
- Jasenovo
- Jastrebnik
- Javorica
- Javorovo
- Jažince
- Jegunovce
- Jelošnik
- Jeni Maalo
- Josifovci
- Josifovo
- Jovčevo
K: 116 names
- Kadiica
- Kadin Most
- Kadina Reka
- Kadrifakovo
- Ḱafasan
- Kajmakčalan
- Kalauzlija
- Kale
- Kalen
- Kalimanci
- Kalinovo
- Kališta
- Kalnište
- Kaluǵerovo
- Kamen Most
- Kamena Čuka
- Kamenička Reka
- Kamenjar
- Kanatlarci
- Kapan An
- Kapinovo
- Kara Bunar
- Karabunište
- Karadžica
- Karanikoličko Ezero
- Karaorman
- Karatmanovo
- Karbinci
- Karpino
- Katlanovo
- Kavadarci
- Kazandol
- Kažani
- Kervan Saraj
- Ketenovo
- Kičevo
- Kičevski Manastir
- Kičinica
- Kisela Voda
- Kitka
- Kladenčište
- Kladenica
- Klečovce
- Klepa
- Klinovo
- Kobilica
- Kočani
- Kočanska Reka
- Kočovo
- Kodžalija
- Koince
- Ḱojlija
- Kokino
- Kolešinski Vodopad
- Koliba
- Kolibište
- Konče
- Konečka Planina
K, continued
- Konjuh
- Konopište
- Konopnica
- Konska Reka
- Konsko
- Kopačka
- Kopanica
- Koprišnica
- Korab
- Korabski Vodopad
- Korešnica
- Košani
- Kosel
- Koselska Reka
- Kostenje
- Kostenovo
- Kosturino
- Kotlino
- Kovačevci
- Kozja Stena
- Kozjak
- Kozji Skok
- Kožle
- Kožuf
- Krajezero
- Kralska Češma
- Krani
- Kratovo
- Kravari
- Krčin
- Krilatica
- Kriva Palanka
- Kriva Reka
- Krivi Dol
- Krivi Most
- Krivogaštani
- Krivolak
- Krnjevo
- Krstevo
- Krstoar
- Krupište
- Kruševo
- Krušjani
- Kučičino
- Kuklica
- Kukliš
- Kukurečani
- Kula
- Kumaničevo
- Kumanovo
- Kumanovska Reka
- Kuratica
- Kurbinovo
- Kurija
- Kuršumli An
- Kutlibeg
- Kuzmanci
- Kuzmanovo
L: 31 names
- Labuništa
- Lakavica
- Laktinje
- Laskarci
- Lavci
- Lazarevo
- Lazaropole
- Lebedovo
- Lepenec
- Leskoec
- Leskovjani
- Lešnica
- Lesnovo
- Lesnovski Manastir
- Lešok
- Leunovo
- Lipkovo
- Lipov Dol
- Lisec
- Lisičji Rid
- Ljubanci
- Ljubaništa
- Ljubojno
- Ljuboten
- Logovardi
- Lopate
- Lozište
- Lozovo
- Lubnica
- Luda Mara
- Lychnidos
M: 74 names
- Magarevo
- Magaro
- Majden
- Makedonska Kamenica
- Makedonski Brod
- Makovo
- Makreš
- Mal Dol
- Mal Korab
- Mala Livada
- Mala Reka
- Maleševo
- Maleševski Planini
- Malinovo
- Malo Ezero
- Malo Ilino
- Malo Selo
- Malotino
- Malovište
- Mangovica
- Mantovo
- Marena
- Mariovo
- Markov Kamen
- Markov Manastir
- Markova Reka
- Markova Stapka
- Markovi Kuli
- Markovo Kale
- Martolci
- Marvinci
- Matejče
- Matka
- Mavrovi Anovi
- Mavrovica
- Mavrovo
- Mavrovska Reka
M, continued
- Mavrovsko Ezero
- Mečkin Dol
- Mečkin Kamen
- Mečkina Glava
- Mečkovo
- Medenica
- Meǵurečje
- Mešeišta
- Miladinovci
- Miletino
- Miletkovo
- Miravci
- Mirkovci
- Misleševo
- Mitrevci
- Mitrevo
- Mlado Nagoričane
- Mladost
- Mogila
- Mogorče
- Moin
- Mojanci
- Mokra Planina
- Mokreni
- Momin Kladenec
- Momin Skok
- Momina Češma
- Morodvis
- Moroišta
- Mostište
- Mrazevo
- Mrenoga
- Mrežičko
- Mrzenci
- Mukos
- Murgaš
- Mustafino
N: 21 names
- Nadselo
- Nakolec
- Naumovci
- Naumovo
- Nedelkovo
- Negorci
- Negotino
- Neokazi
- Neprošteno
- Nežilovo
- Nidže
- Nikiforovo
- Nikodin
- Nikuštak
- Nivičani
- Nižepole
- Nogaevci
- Nov Dojran
- Nov Izvor
- Nova Slivnica
- Novaci
O: 42 names
- Obleševo
- Obozna
- Odreno
- Odri
- Ognjanci
- Ogražden
- Ohrid
- Ohridsko Ezero
- Ohridsko Pole
- Oktisi
- Omorani
- Openica
- Opila
- Oraov Dol
- Oraovica
- Orešani
- Orevište
- Orevjani
- Orevje
- Orevovo
- Orizari
- Orizarska Reka
- Orle
- Orlov Kamen
- Orlov Vrv
- Orlova Čuka
- Oslomej
- Osogovija
- Osogovo
- Osogovski Manastir
- Osoj
- Oster Vrv
- Otlja
- Otošnica
- Otovica
- Ovčarci
- Ovčarska Tumba
- Ovčarski Kladenec
- Ovčarsko Ezero
- Ovče Pole
- Ovčepolci
- Ozormište
P: 77 names
- Pakoševo
- Paligrad
- Palikura
- Paljurci
- Pantelej
- Papradište
- Papratnica
- Pašin Čiflik
- Pašina Češma
- Pastrmkovo
- Pazar
- Pazarište
- Pčinja
- Pehčevo
- Pelagonija
- Pelince
- Pelister
- Pena
- Pepelište
- Pesjak
- Peskovo
- Pešna
- Peštani
- Petkovci
- Petkovo
- Petralica
- Petrovec
- Pijanec
- Pirava
- Plačkovica
- Plakenska Planina
- Plaošnik
- Plasnica
- Plavuš
- Pletvar
- Pletvarski Preslap
- Počivalo
- Podareš
P, continued
- Podčuka
- Podezero
- Podgorci
- Podgorečko Ezero
- Podgorjani
- Podkarpa
- Podles
- Podrži Konj
- Podvardar
- Pokrajčevo
- Polaki
- Polčište
- Polog
- Pološki Manastir
- Popčevo
- Popov Kamen
- Popov Kladenec
- Popova Čuka
- Popova Vodenica
- Poreče
- Poroj
- Povardarie
- Pravednik
- Prdejci
- Preljubište
- Preseka
- Preslapec
- Prespa
- Prespansko Ezero
- Pretor
- Pribačevo
- Pribilci
- Prilep
- Prilepec
- Probištip
- Proevce
- Prosenikovo
- Przdevo
- Psača
R: 38 names
- Rabrovo
- Radanje
- Radibuš
- Radičevo
- Radika
- Radišani
- Radoviš
- Radožda
- Raec
- Rakitec
- Rakovo
- Ramne
- Rankovce
- Raotince
- Rapeš
- Rašče
- Raštani
- Ratkovica
- Razlovci
- Rečište
- Rekani
- Resava
- Resen
- Režanovce
- Ribarnik
- Ribarovci
- Ridjani
- Ristevo
- Ristovci
- Rogačevo
- Romanovce
- Rosoman
- Rostuša
- Rotino
- Rožden
- Rudoka
- Ruen
- Ržaničino
S: 145 names
- Saat Kula
- Samovilska Karpa
- Samovilsko Ezero
- Samuilova Tvrdina
- Šar Planina
- Saraj
- Sarčievo
- Šašavarlija
- Sateska
- Scupi
- Selečka Planina
- Selemli
- Selište
- Šemnica
- Šemševo
- Senokosi
- Sermenin
- Serta
- Setole
- Sinji Vir
- Sinji Vrv
- Sino Ezero
- Šipkovica
- Siričino
- Sirkovo
- Široki Dol
- Šiševo
- Šiševska Klisura
- Šivec
- Skačkovce
- Skočivir
- Skočivirska Klisura
- Skopje
- Skopska Crna Gora
- Skopska Kotlina
- Skopsko Kale
- Skudrinje
- Slatinski Izvor
- Slavište
- Šlegovo
- Slepče
- Slepčenski Manastir
- Slivnica
- Slivovo
- Slupčane
- Smilevo
- Smilkovci
- Smokvica
S, continued
- Smolani
- Smolarski Vodopad
- Smrečje
- Smrekova Tumba
- Smrekovo
- Snegovo
- Sogle
- Sokolarci
- Sokolov Vrv
- Sokolova Karpa
- Sokolova Stena
- Sokolovo
- Solunska Glava
- Sopište
- Sopotnica
- Šopsko Rudare
- Spančevo
- Špilje
- Sredno Selo
- Sredorek
- Sretenovo
- Stajkovci
- Stamenovo
- Stamer
- Star Dojran
- Star Pazar
- Stara Čaršija
- Staravina
- Stari Izvor
- Stari Most
- Stari Vodenici
- Staro Kruševo
- Staro Nagoričane
- Staro Selo
- Štavica
- Stenae
- Stenče
- Stenje
- Stepance
- Štip
- Stobi
- Stogovo
- Stojakovo
- Stojanovci
- Stojčevo
- Stracin
- Stračinci
- Straža
S, continued
- Štrbovo
- Streževo
- Strmol
- Strmoš
- Struga
- Strumešnica
- Strumica
- Struško Pole
- Studen Kladenec
- Studena Bara
- Studena Reka
- Studenica
- Studeničani
- Styberra
- Suli An
- Šumnik
- Suv Bunar
- Suva Gora
- Suva Reka
- Suvi Dol
- Suvo Grlo
- Sveta Bogorodica Eleusa
- Sveta Marina
- Sveta Nedela
- Sveta Petka
- Sveta Sofija
- Sveta Varvara
- Sveti Andreja
- Sveti Arhangel Mihail
- Sveti Atanas
- Sveti Dimitrija
- Sveti Erazmo
- Sveti Gavril Lesnovski
- Sveti Ǵorǵi
- Sveti Ǵorǵi Kurbinovski
- Sveti Ilija
- Sveti Joakim Osogovski
- Sveti Jovan Bigorski
- Sveti Jovan Kaneo
- Sveti Kliment
- Sveti Leontij
- Sveti Naum
- Sveti Nikita
- Sveti Nikole
- Sveti Pantelejmon
- Sveti Spas
- Sveti Stefan
- Svetinikolska Reka
- Svidovica
T: 48 names
- Tabanovce
- Taor
- Taorska Klisura
- Tarinci
- Tasevo
- Tatarli
- Tatomir
- Tauresium
- Tearce
- Teke
- Teovo
- Teranci
- Tetovo
- Tetovsko Kale
- Tikveš
- Tikveško Ezero
- Timjanik
- Titov Vrv
- Topli Izvor
- Topolčani
- Topolka
- Topolnica
- Topolovec
- Trabotivište
- Trajkovci
- Trajkovo
- Trebeništa
- Trebište
- Tremnik
- Treska
- Treskavec
- Tresonče
- Tri Češmi
- Trkanje
- Trnovište
- Trojaci
- Trpejca
- Trsino
- Trskovo
- Trubarevo
- Tudence
- Tumba
- Tumba Maalo
- Turalevo
- Turčin
- Turija
- Tursko Maalo
- Tursko Rudari
U: 6 names
- Udovo
- Ulanci
- Ularci
- Umin Dol
- Urvina
- Uzem
V: 63 names
- Vaksince
- Valandovo
- Vapila
- Vardar
- Vardarec
- Vardarski Rid
- Varoš
- Vasilevo
- Vataša
- Vejce
- Velebrdo
- Veles
- Veleška Klisura
- Velestovo
- Velgošti
- Velivar
- Veljanovo
- Veljusa
- Veprčani
- Vešala
- Veterište
- Veternik
- Vetersko
- Vetrov Preslap
- Vetunica
- Vevčani
- Vevčanski Izvori
- Vidovište
- Vidrino
- Vilina Čuka
- Vinica
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- Viničani
- Viničko Kale
- Virče
- Virovec
- Višni
- Visoka Čuka
- Vitolište
- Vizbegovo
- Vlaina
- Vlatkovo
- Vodeničarci
- Vodenovo
- Vodno
- Vodovrati
- Vojislavci
- Vojnica
- Volčevo
- Volčja Planina
- Volčji Dol
- Volčji Vrv
- Volkovija
- Vozarci
- Vragoturce
- Vraneštica
- Vraništa
- Vrapčište
- Vratnica
- Vrben
- Vrbjanec
- Vrelo
- Vrpsko
- Vrvište