Star Wars Planet Name Generator

Star Wars planet names are short, memorable and rarely descriptive. Tatooine, Hoth, Naboo, Endor and Dagobah are all two or three syllables, easy to spell and free of English words. That restraint is deliberate: George Lucas pulled names from real-world places (Tataouine in Tunisia), mythology and simple sound play, and later writers kept the habit. When a name is longer, it usually splits into two words, as in Cato Neimoidia, Nar Shaddaa or Ord Mantell, where 'Ord' marks a former Republic outpost world and 'Nar' signals Hutt space.

A few conventions help place a world on the map. Core Worlds sound polished and old (Coruscant, Alderaan, Chandrila, Corellia). Outer Rim worlds are rougher and often end in hard consonants (Jakku, Kessel, Nevarro, Bracca). Numbered designations mark surveyed or unremarkable planets: Arvala-7, Plazir-15, Narkina 5, Yavin 4. Species homeworlds are typically named for their people or vice versa, so Rodia gives Rodians, Trandosha gives Trandoshans and Shili is home to the Togruta.

To invent your own, aim for two or three syllables, one distinctive vowel sound, and no obvious meaning. Add a prefix such as Ord or Nar to hint at history, or a number to suggest a survey world. The list mixes canon planets from every era with originals that would not look out of place on a holomap.