Random River Name Generator

Rivers, creeks and streams for fictional maps

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Generate river names with the texture of real hydronyms: the Sallowmere, Kestrel Run, the Vaskar, Blackwater Creek, the River Ilse. Ideal for fantasy cartography, historical fiction and game worlds that need waterways with a sense of history.

About random river names

River names are among the oldest words on any map. Many British rivers (the Avon, the Esk, the Ouse) simply mean "river" or "water" in a language that died out two thousand years ago, and the same is true of the Mississippi ("great river" in Ojibwe). Later settlers layered on descriptive names (Blackwater, Redwater, Coldbrook), owner or saint names (St. Lawrence, Hudson), and homely local names for small streams (Miller's Run, Widow's Creek).

This list mixes several registers. Ancient-sounding one-word rivers like the Vaskar, the Lisk and the Tarrant use short, consonant-heavy roots that feel pre-literate. Compound English hydronyms such as Silverbeck, Ravensbourne and Copperwash use real suffixes (-beck, -bourne, -wash, -brook) that appear on Ordnance Survey maps. Frontier-style names such as Cutter's Creek and Blue Kettle Creek suit colonial or Western settings. Beside them are regional words for small water (Pawpaw Branch, Heron Bayou, Corbie Burn), forks and reaches (North Fork Garrow), Spanish and French frontier names (Rio Amargo, Bayou Corbeau) and epithets for great rivers (River of Reeds, the Drowned Road).

On a map, big rivers get short, old names and small tributaries get longer, more descriptive ones. A river also often shares its name with a town at its mouth or a valley it carves, so choose a name you are happy to reuse for settlements downstream.

How to choose random river names

  • Use "the" plus a one-word name (the Vaskar, the Lisk) for major rivers and a descriptive compound (Blackwater Creek, Miller's Run) for tributaries: that mirrors how real maps work.
  • Reuse the river's name for the town at its mouth or the valley it flows through: Sarnemouth, Ilsedale, Vaskar Ford.
  • Match the generic word to the region: -beck and -burn are northern British and Scottish, -bourne is southern English, Creek, Run and Branch are North American, Bayou belongs to the Gulf coast and Rio and Arroyo to the Spanish Southwest.
  • Give a river a nickname that hints at its character, such as "the Slow Ostra" or "the Weeping Vell", and you get free story material about floods, drownings or fertile banks.
  • Avoid gem and colour spam (Emerald, Sapphire, Crystal); real rivers are named for mud, speed, wildlife and people far more often than for jewels.

Frequently asked questions

Why do so many real rivers have names that just mean "river"?

Because the earliest inhabitants only needed to say "the river", and later arrivals mistook that word for a proper name. Avon, Esk, Ouse and Don all come from ancient Celtic words for water, and the pattern repeats across the world.

What is the difference between a river, a creek, a brook and a stream?

There is no strict scientific line, but by convention a river is the largest, a stream is a small natural watercourse, a brook is smaller still, and creek is the usual North American and Australian word for a minor tributary. Regional dialects also use beck, burn and bourne.

Can I use these river names in a published novel or game?

Yes. Place names cannot be copyrighted and this list is free for personal and commercial use. Some names echo real rivers and creeks (the Esk, the Aire, Wolf Creek), which is a plus for realism. The list was not checked against a gazetteer, so search a name first if you need something entirely unique.

How should I name rivers on a fantasy map?

Name the biggest rivers first with short, old-sounding words, then name tributaries with compound descriptive names, and let towns, fords and bridges take their names from the water beside them. That produces the layered, historical feel of a real atlas.

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This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

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A: 20 names

  • Abbey Leat
  • Abbot's Brook
  • Abbotslode
  • Alderburn
  • Aldern River
  • Alderwash
  • Alligator Bayou
  • Antelope Draw
  • Antler River
  • Applebeck
  • Arroyo Campana
  • Arroyo de la Luna
  • Arroyo del Cuervo
  • Arroyo Dulce
  • Arroyo Espinoso
  • Arroyo Mesquite
  • Arroyo Tortuga
  • Ashbeck
  • Ashbourne Creek
  • Ashenbourne

B: 46 names

  • Back Channel Tane
  • Badger Run
  • Badgerbeck
  • Barrowbeck
  • Bayou Chêne Vert
  • Bayou Corbeau
  • Bayou des Cannes
  • Bayou Lanterne
  • Bayou Mouchoir
  • Bayou Tristesse
  • Bear Paw Creek
  • Beaver Creek
  • Bell Creek
  • Birkgill
  • Bishop's Brook
  • Bishop's Run
  • Bitterbourne
  • Bittercreek
  • Blackbeck
  • Blackbourne
  • Blackgum Bayou
  • Blackwater Creek
  • Blind Arm of the Sorn
  • Blind Creek
  • Bloodroot Creek
  • Blue Bonnet Creek
  • Blue Kettle Creek
  • Bluewater
  • Boar's Run
  • Bootjack Creek
  • Bourne Water
  • Bracken Brook
  • Brackenwash
  • Bramblebourne
  • Bramblewash
  • Bramblewater
  • Bramblewick
  • Broken Bow River
  • Broken Wheel Creek
  • Buffalo Lick
  • Bullfrog Slough
  • Burnt Pine River
  • Burwen Lode
  • Burying Ground Creek
  • Buttermilk Creek
  • Buzzard Creek

C: 45 names

  • Cabin Creek
  • Cairnbeck
  • Campfire Creek
  • Candlewick Creek
  • Catchwater Drain
  • Catfish Creek
  • Cattail Slough
  • Cattle Creek
  • Chalk Creek
  • Chapel Brook
  • Charcoal Creek
  • Chimney Run
  • Cider Creek
  • Cinder Creek
  • Cinderbeck
  • Cinderwash
  • Clay Fork
  • Cloudbeck
  • Cloudwater
  • Cobbler's Creek
  • Cold Gill
  • Cold Spring Branch
  • Coldbeck
  • Coldbrook
  • Coldharbour Creek
  • Coldwater Creek
  • Copperhead Creek
  • Copperwash
  • Corbie Burn
  • Corn Mill Fork
  • Cotten Lode
  • Cottonwood Creek
  • Coulée des Hérons
  • Coulée Rouge
  • Coyote Creek
  • Coyote Draw
  • Cragburn
  • Cranberry Creek
  • Crawfish Bayou
  • Cressbrook
  • Crook Sike
  • Crook's Run
  • Cuckoo Brook
  • Cutter's Creek
  • Cypress Knee Bayou

D: 17 names

  • Dapplebrook
  • Deadman's Run
  • Deepwater River
  • Deer Lick
  • Dipper Brook
  • Doubtful Creek
  • Driftwood River
  • Drover's Run
  • Dry Bones Creek
  • Dry Fork of the Zarn
  • Dry Wagon Draw
  • Duck Slough
  • Dunlinburn
  • Dunnock Bourne
  • Duskbeck
  • Duskbourne
  • Dutchman's Kill

E: 8 names

  • East Branch Morwen
  • East Fork of the Jorn
  • Eelfleet
  • Eelwash
  • Elder Brook
  • Elderberry Fork
  • Elk Creek
  • Emberwash

F: 17 names

  • Fallen Oak Creek
  • Far Branch Rhosk
  • Fenlode
  • Fenwick Brook
  • Fernrill
  • Fernwater
  • Ferry Point River
  • Ferryman's Creek
  • Fiddler's Creek
  • Forty Rod Drain
  • Foxbeck
  • Foxglove Creek
  • Foxwater
  • Frenchman's Run
  • Friar's Brook
  • Frostbeck
  • Fuller's Run

G: 17 names

  • Gallows Creek
  • Goldenrod Creek
  • Gooseberry Creek
  • Goosewater
  • Gorsebeck
  • Granny's Creek
  • Grave Creek
  • Gravelwash
  • Great Glaive River
  • Greater Thole
  • Greenstone River
  • Grey Goose Creek
  • Greyburn
  • Grimwater
  • Grindstone Run
  • Gum Tree Branch
  • Gunpowder Run

H: 32 names

  • Hagbeck
  • Hangman's Creek
  • Harebrook
  • Harper's Run
  • Hartsbourne
  • Hartwater
  • Hatchet Creek
  • Hawkfleet
  • Hawthorn Brook
  • Hazel Gill
  • Hazelbeck
  • Hazelwater
  • Head of the Neth
  • Hemlock Prong
  • Heron Bayou
  • Heron Brook
  • Heron Dyke
  • Heronbourne
  • Hickory Fork
  • High Water of Yeld
  • Hobb's Brook
  • Hobs Sike
  • Hog Wallow Creek
  • Hollinburn
  • Hollow Creek
  • Hollowbourne
  • Hollowflow
  • Holly Branch
  • Homestead Creek
  • Homeward Creek
  • How Gill
  • Hunter's Run

I: 2 names

  • Ironwater
  • Ivywash

J: 2 names

  • Judgment Creek
  • Juniper Draw

K: 11 names

  • Kelpieburn
  • Kestrel Run
  • Kestrelwash
  • Kettle Fork
  • Kettlebrook
  • Kingcup Brook
  • Kingfisher River
  • Kingsbrook
  • Kingswash
  • Kirk Burn
  • Kirkwater

L: 35 names

  • Ladysmock Brook
  • Lame Horse Creek
  • Lamplighter Creek
  • Lang Burn
  • Lantern Creek
  • Lark Sparrow Draw
  • Lark's Run
  • Larkbeck
  • Larkrill
  • Larksbourne
  • Larkwater
  • Last Light Creek
  • Laurel Fork
  • Laurel Prong
  • Left Hand Dunnet
  • Lesser Brann
  • Lightning Creek
  • Linnetbeck
  • Little Dorne River
  • Little Harrow River
  • Little Thunder River
  • Loambrook
  • Lodgepole River
  • Lone Tree Draw
  • Lonely Pine Fork
  • Lonesome Creek
  • Long Sike
  • Longreach Creek
  • Longwend
  • Lost Fork of the Uvar
  • Lost Horse Creek
  • Lost Mule Creek
  • Lost Pirogue Bayou
  • Lowbrook
  • Lower Maddow

M: 38 names

  • Mail Rider Creek
  • Mallowbrook
  • Marigold Brook
  • Marlbrook
  • Marrowbeck
  • Marshfleet
  • Marshwater
  • Marten Kill
  • Marten River
  • Mason's Run
  • Meadowbeck
  • Meadowsweet Brook
  • Meeting House Branch
  • Merlin Fork
  • Middle Fork Halse
  • Milkwater
  • Mill Seat Branch
  • Millbeck
  • Miller's Fork
  • Miller's Run
  • Millrace Creek
  • Mineral Lick
  • Miners Leat
  • Minnowbrook
  • Mireflow
  • Mistbourne
  • Moccasin River
  • Moorbeck
  • Moss Lantern Bayou
  • Mossback River
  • Mossburn
  • Mossrill
  • Mossy Burn
  • Mourning Dove Creek
  • Mud Hen Slough
  • Muleshoe Creek
  • Muskrat Slough
  • Mustang Creek

N: 10 names

  • Narrows of the Lask
  • Nettlebrook
  • Nettlewash
  • Nightflow
  • Nightingale Brook
  • Nine Mile Fork
  • Ninepenny Creek
  • North Branch Strane
  • North Fork Garrow
  • North Fork Tavish

O: 12 names

  • Old Bed of the Hask
  • Old Channel of the Ulst
  • Old Ferry Branch
  • Old Field Branch
  • Otter Slide River
  • Otter Slough
  • Ottersbeck
  • Otterwater
  • Outlaw's Run
  • Over Wenning
  • Owlbeck
  • Owlbourne

P: 27 names

  • Paddlefish River
  • Painted Rock Creek
  • Pale Horse River
  • Panther Creek
  • Pawpaw Branch
  • Peaseblossom Brook
  • Peat Hag Burn
  • Peatwater
  • Peddler's Ford Creek
  • Pedlar's Creek
  • Pelican Bayou
  • Pennyrace
  • Persimmon Branch
  • Petite Rivière Noire
  • Pike Dyke
  • Pilgrim's Creek
  • Ploughman's Run
  • Plover Brook
  • Poacher's Run
  • Poor Fen Drain
  • Poorhouse Creek
  • Possum Creek
  • Powder Creek
  • Powder Mill Leat
  • Preacher's Creek
  • Priors Lode
  • Prospect Creek

Q: 3 names

  • Quarry Run
  • Quickrill
  • Quicksand Creek

R: 227 names

  • Rail Fence Branch
  • Rattlesnake Creek
  • Raven Prong
  • Ravenbeck
  • Ravens Gill
  • Ravensbourne
  • Ravenwash
  • Redbeck
  • Redwater River
  • Reedbourne
  • Reedfleet
  • Reedwash
  • Right Hand Carrow
  • Rimebeck
  • Rio Amargo
  • Rio Calabaza
  • Rio Ceniza
  • Rio de la Viuda
  • Rio de las Garzas
  • Rio de los Sauces
  • Rio del Olvido
  • Rio Lento
  • Rio Piedra Blanca
  • Rio Polvo
  • Rio Sombra
  • Rio Tres Cruces
  • Rio Zarza
  • River Aldith
  • River Aldous
  • River Aldwyn
  • River Amberlin
  • River Amberly
  • River Ambervale
  • River Amberwick
  • River Ambrose
  • River Anselm
  • River Ashby
  • River Ashcombe
  • River Ashen
  • River Ashendale
  • River Ashgrove
  • River Ashkelon
  • River Ashlin
  • River Ashlorn
  • River Ashmere
  • River Ashvale
  • River Ashvane
  • River Ashwood
  • River Averill
  • River Barrow
  • River Beldane
  • River Blaise
  • River Bledlow
  • River Bracklin
  • River Braddock
  • River Bramwell

R, continued

  • River Brannoch
  • River Callanish
  • River Callanmore
  • River Callow
  • River Cardew
  • River Cassilis
  • River Cathal
  • River Coldreach
  • River Colwyn
  • River Corbett
  • River Corran
  • River Corrane
  • River Corrigan
  • River Corriveau
  • River Corvane
  • River Corwin
  • River Cranmer
  • River Cuthwin
  • River Dalloway
  • River Danbury
  • River Derwen
  • River Dorran
  • River Dunmere
  • River Dunstan
  • River Edric
  • River Elderby
  • River Elfrida
  • River Ellendale
  • River Ellery
  • River Ellingham
  • River Ellsmere
  • River Ellwyn
  • River Elmsworth
  • River Elmwood
  • River Elowen
  • River Evenwood
  • River Fairlie
  • River Fallowfield
  • River Fennick
  • River Fennimore
  • River Fosse
  • River Garrick
  • River Greaves
  • River Haldane
  • River Halden
  • River Hallam
  • River Halloran
  • River Halloway
  • River Halsey
  • River Haverly
  • River Hesper
  • River Hexley
  • River Hollins
  • River Idlemere
  • River Idlewood
  • River Ilse
  • River Ingram

R, continued

  • River Iskarel
  • River Jarrow
  • River Jessamy
  • River Kellan
  • River Kelvane
  • River Kendrew
  • River Kesteven
  • River Kestrel
  • River Leofric
  • River Lindow
  • River Loreth
  • River Lowen
  • River Mallory
  • River Marchant
  • River Marlin
  • River Marrick
  • River Marrow
  • River Marwick
  • River Meriwether
  • River Merrivale
  • River Mordaunt
  • River Morland
  • River Nettleby
  • River Ninian
  • River Northey
  • River Oakhanger
  • River of Cold Smoke
  • River of Echoes
  • River of Geese
  • River of Lanterns
  • River of Last Crossings
  • River of Long Shadows
  • River of Reeds
  • River of Rushes
  • River of Salt Tears
  • River of Seven Bends
  • River of Sleeping Kings
  • River of the Two Moons
  • River of Thorns
  • River of White Stones
  • River Oriel
  • River Ormsby
  • River Osric
  • River Ostravan
  • River Ostwick
  • River Ostwyn
  • River Pendry
  • River Penhallow
  • River Penmorrow
  • River Perran
  • River Peverel
  • River Quillon
  • River Ravensworth
  • River Rhosyn
  • River Rosmar
  • River Sableton
  • River Sarrandale

R, continued

  • River Sarrow
  • River Sarrowin
  • River Selkirk
  • River Selwyn
  • River Sennen
  • River Serrin
  • River Sethe
  • River Stanmoor
  • River Tallis
  • River Talloway
  • River Talmar
  • River Tamsin
  • River Tarrowin
  • River Tessaly
  • River Thistlewood
  • River Thorncombe
  • River Thornwyck
  • River Thraven
  • River Tiverne
  • River Tolland
  • River Torvane
  • River Tresco
  • River Underhay
  • River Upwell
  • River Vardan
  • River Vaunce
  • River Vellan
  • River Venn
  • River Wardour
  • River Wetherby
  • River Wexcombe
  • River Whitcombe
  • River Wickham
  • River Winsome
  • River Winterbourne
  • River Wintermere
  • River Wolfsbane
  • River Wraithe
  • River Wynford
  • River Wynne
  • River Wystan
  • River Yardley
  • River Yeavering
  • River Zennor
  • Rivière à la Truite
  • Rivière aux Saules
  • Rivière des Roseaux
  • Rivière du Loup Gris
  • Rivière Perdue
  • Rocky Fork
  • Rooksbourne
  • Rookwater
  • Rooster Creek
  • Rowanburn
  • Rowangill
  • Rushbourne
  • Rushy Sike

S: 66 names

  • Sablebeck
  • Saddler's Brook
  • Sagebrush Draw
  • Sallow Creek
  • Sallowbeck
  • Sallowbourne
  • Salt Lick Creek
  • Saltwater Creek
  • Sand Bar River
  • Sawmill Creek
  • Sawtooth Creek
  • Sawyer's Fork
  • Schoolhouse Branch
  • Sedge Dyke
  • Sedgebrook
  • Sedgemere Brook
  • Sedgewash
  • Sedgewater
  • Seven Mile Slough
  • Shad Kill
  • Sheepwash
  • Shepherd's Run
  • Sheriff's Run
  • Shiel Burn
  • Silverbeck
  • Sinner's Run
  • Six Mile Creek
  • Slatebeck
  • Slaughter Creek
  • Smithy Brook
  • Smoke River
  • Smuggler's Run
  • Snag Slough

S, continued

  • Snowbeck
  • Sorrelwater
  • Sorrow's Run
  • Sorrowbeck
  • Sourwater
  • South Branch of the Varn
  • South Fork Lowry
  • South Fork of the Keld
  • Sparrowhawk Brook
  • Squirrel Fork
  • Stag Creek
  • Staingill
  • Standing Stone River
  • Starvation Creek
  • Steamboat Slough
  • Steelwater
  • Stillhouse Creek
  • Stillwend
  • Stonebrook
  • Stonerill
  • Stonewash
  • Stony Lick
  • Stray Calf Creek
  • Stretten Lode
  • Sunbeck
  • Sundown Creek
  • Surveyor's Creek
  • Swanfleet
  • Swarth Gill
  • Sweetgrass Creek
  • Swiftburn
  • Swiftwend
  • Sycamore Branch

T: 321 names

  • Tanglebrook
  • Tanner's Creek
  • Tanyard Branch
  • The Aire
  • The Aldemere
  • The Alder
  • The Aldra
  • The Amberflow
  • The Andar
  • The Andor
  • The Ankar
  • The Ardis
  • The Arrusk
  • The Ashe
  • The Ashkar
  • The Ashwater
  • The Ashwyn
  • The Athel
  • The Bael
  • The Barge Road
  • The Belle
  • The Bitter Ebbe
  • The Black Orrow
  • The Border Water
  • The Boundary
  • The Brannock
  • The Brask
  • The Breck
  • The Brenn
  • The Bridge Breaker
  • The Bright Ilse
  • The Bright Sarn
  • The Broad Tam
  • The Brown Wethe
  • The Cade
  • The Cael
  • The Caldra
  • The Carrun
  • The Cassan
  • The Casterel
  • The Chelm
  • The Cold Marish
  • The Cold Sarn
  • The Cormant
  • The Corriwash
  • The Corve
  • The Crooked Mavis
  • The Darv
  • The Devrin
  • The Dorne
  • The Draven
  • The Drowned Road
  • The Drowned Sennet

T, continued

  • The Drusk
  • The Dun Ashka
  • The Duskwater
  • The Eamor
  • The Ebbe
  • The Eldra
  • The Elve
  • The Ennis
  • The Erne
  • The Esk
  • The Ess
  • The Fallowash
  • The Faring
  • The Farrow
  • The Father of Fords
  • The Fenwater
  • The Ferrant
  • The Ferrin
  • The Ferrow
  • The Ferryman's Purse
  • The Fosk
  • The Frome
  • The Fyrne
  • The Garrow
  • The Giant's Girdle
  • The Glym
  • The Goldwash
  • The Great Ravel
  • The Great Sarne
  • The Green Ribbon
  • The Greenwash
  • The Grey Corrane
  • The Grey Kymer
  • The Greywash
  • The Grimwash
  • The Hask
  • The Hele
  • The Heron's Mile
  • The High Corve
  • The Hodder
  • The Hungry Vasse
  • The Iden
  • The Idris
  • The Illiscar
  • The Ilth
  • The Ilvane
  • The Ingle
  • The Irrow
  • The Isen
  • The Isk
  • The Iskar
  • The Islan
  • The Ithil
  • The Ivane

T, continued

  • The Ivel
  • The Jael
  • The Jorn
  • The Kaldis
  • The Karsk
  • The Keld
  • The Kell
  • The Kennar
  • The Kern
  • The Kessel
  • The King's Mirror
  • The Kova
  • The Kymer
  • The Larne
  • The Lask
  • The Laughing Teal
  • The Lazy Ammer
  • The Lesser Ondra
  • The Levane
  • The Leveller
  • The Lisk
  • The Little Iskar
  • The Little Osk
  • The Little Sarne
  • The Long Kessel
  • The Long Road South
  • The Long Selve
  • The Long Talla
  • The Lorne
  • The Lost Perrin
  • The Lothe
  • The Lower Hythe
  • The Lune
  • The Lyre
  • The Marish
  • The Marlow
  • The Marrowash
  • The Maur
  • The Meath
  • The Merrow
  • The Morwen
  • The Mother Arrith
  • The Mother of Floods
  • The Mother of Reeds
  • The Muddy Tam
  • The Nadder
  • The Nairn
  • The Nesk
  • The Neth
  • The Night Road
  • The Ninewater
  • The Noor
  • The Northwash

T, continued

  • The Nym
  • The Odal
  • The Old Grey Sister
  • The Old Greywater
  • The Old Ilvane
  • The Old Man of the Marsh
  • The Old Skarn
  • The Old Wend
  • The Ollan
  • The Ombre
  • The Ord
  • The Orme
  • The Orne
  • The Orrin
  • The Orwane
  • The Osk
  • The Ostraven
  • The Ostrel
  • The Oswin
  • The Oust
  • The Ovan
  • The Oxter
  • The Pale Ysa
  • The Pask
  • The Pell
  • The Pilgrim's Way
  • The Ploughman's Friend
  • The Prath
  • The Quell
  • The Quickwater
  • The Quiet Ashka
  • The Ravel
  • The Ravenwater
  • The Ravne
  • The Red Tolme
  • The Reed Mother
  • The Rhosk
  • The Rhune
  • The Rime
  • The Roaring Thrum
  • The Rothen
  • The Rushing Tam
  • The Rusk
  • The Sable
  • The Sallowmere
  • The Salmon Stair
  • The Sarand
  • The Selve
  • The Serpent's Back
  • The Shallow Brue
  • The Sheave
  • The Silent Usher
  • The Silver Thread
  • The Silvermere

T, continued

  • The Singing Aven
  • The Skarn
  • The Skarr
  • The Skell
  • The Sleeping Ember
  • The Slow Ostra
  • The Slow Wend
  • The Sorn
  • The Sorrel Osk
  • The Stony Ghyll
  • The Strane
  • The Swale
  • The Sweetwater
  • The Swift Kyle
  • The Tane
  • The Tarrant
  • The Tavan
  • The Teme
  • The Tey
  • The Tharn
  • The Thief of Fields
  • The Thirsty Camber
  • The Thousand Bends
  • The Tidal Wantsum
  • The Tolk
  • The Toll
  • The Tolvar
  • The Torren
  • The Torva
  • The Twinwater
  • The Ulla
  • The Ulm
  • The Ulst
  • The Ulvane
  • The Umber
  • The Upper Linnow
  • The Ura
  • The Uskel
  • The Ust
  • The Uvar
  • The Vane
  • The Varn
  • The Vasil
  • The Vaskar
  • The Velke
  • The Vennick
  • The Verrin
  • The Vesk
  • The Vorne
  • The Vyr
  • The Wael
  • The Wandering Fenn
  • The Wanderwater

T, continued

  • The Weeping Maid
  • The Weeping Vell
  • The Wending
  • The Wending Sarne
  • The Wending Vesk
  • The Wet Border
  • The Whispering Sile
  • The White Esker
  • The Whitewash
  • The Wide Ilse
  • The Wide Mercy
  • The Wildwater
  • The Winter Dray
  • The Wisk
  • The Wolfwash
  • The Wrethe
  • The Wynn
  • The Wythe
  • The Yare
  • The Yarrow
  • The Yeld
  • The Yeor
  • The Yerne
  • The Young Calla
  • The Ysolde
  • The Yssel
  • The Yvel
  • The Zarn
  • The Zeln
  • Thistleburn
  • Thistlewash
  • Thornbrook
  • Thorngill
  • Three Crows Creek
  • Three Forks of the Kern
  • Thunder Creek
  • Thunderhead River
  • Tin Cup Creek
  • Tinder Creek
  • Tinker's Run
  • Tinkerwash
  • Tinners Leat
  • Tobacco Barn Branch
  • Tollgate Brook
  • Trapper's Run
  • Trout Creek
  • Troutbourne
  • Tumbleweed Creek
  • Tumbling River
  • Tupelo Bayou
  • Turkey Creek
  • Twelve Oaks Creek
  • Two Bridges Creek
  • Two Sisters River

U: 2 names

  • Upper Corrie
  • Upper Senne

V: 1 name

  • Vixen Brook

W: 38 names

  • Wagon Creek
  • Wagoner's Run
  • Water of Ailsh
  • Water of Dreel
  • Water of Fenn
  • Water of Luthe
  • Water of Morv
  • Water of Tarve
  • Weaver's Brook
  • Weir's Run
  • West Branch Ellory
  • West Fork of the Pell
  • Wheal Leat
  • Wheelwright's Brook
  • Whinburn
  • Whippoorwill Branch
  • Whiskey Creek
  • Whistler's Brook
  • Whitbourne
  • Whitehorse Creek
  • Whitewater Creek
  • Wicken Lode
  • Widow's Creek
  • Widow's Run
  • Widowmaker Run
  • Wild Plum Slough
  • Wildcat Creek
  • Willowash
  • Willowbeck
  • Windmill Draw
  • Wintering River
  • Winterlode
  • Wolf Creek
  • Wolf Fork
  • Wolfpen Creek
  • Wolfwater
  • Wren's Run
  • Wychbourne

Y: 3 names

  • Yellow Clay River
  • Yellowjacket Creek
  • Yewbourne