Stone Name Generator

Stone names come from four traditions, and the right one depends on what you are naming. Geologists and builders name stone by how it formed and where it was quarried: granite, basalt and slate describe the rock itself, while Portland Stone, Yorkstone, Carrara Marble and Pennsylvania Bluestone tie a stone to a place and a colour. Commercial granite and marble often carry trade names such as Baltic Brown, Nero Marquina or Kashmir White, which are useful if you want a countertop or paving stone to sound real.

Individual rocks are named like landmarks. Standing stones and erratics across Britain and Ireland are called things like Long Meg, the Grey Wether, the Hag's Tooth or the Cobbler's Last, usually after a shape, a legend or someone said to have been turned to stone. Fantasy and game settings borrow that habit and add a material twist: Moonshale, Ashfall Obsidian, Hollowvein Granite and Vigil Stone all follow the pattern of a mood or place plus a real rock word, which keeps them grounded.

The list also includes given names and surnames that literally mean stone, from Peter, Petra and Pierre to Stein, Craig, Carrick and Kivi, plus quarrying and landscaping terms such as ashlar, sarsen, setts and knapped flint for naming a garden stone, a golem, a pet rock or a runestone.