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Generate stone names of every kind: real rock and building-stone varieties like Portland Stone and Carrara Marble, named boulders and standing stones, invented stones for fantasy worlds, and given names and surnames that mean rock. Handy for gardens, worldbuilding, games and naming a favourite rock.

About stone names

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.

How to choose stone names

  • Pick the register first: real rock types and quarry names for gardens, houses and realistic fiction; legend-style names like Widow's Rest for a landmark boulder; mood-plus-rock compounds like Emberflint for fantasy.
  • Anchor invented stones with a real rock word (slate, chert, obsidian, jasper) so readers can picture texture and colour; Gallowsmarble tells you more than Gallowstone.
  • For building or garden stone, combine a place with a colour or finish the way the trade does: Cotswold Chip, Kandla Grey, Honed Marble, Riven Slate.
  • If you are naming a person or pet after stone, look at names that mean rock in other languages, such as Petra, Steinar, Tzur, Ishi, Kallio and Carrick, rather than using the English word itself.
  • Keep standing-stone names short and concrete, usually two or three words with a possessive or an animal, shape or trade: King's Chair, Cat's Back, Drummer's Knoll Stone.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of stone names does this generator include?

Four kinds: real rock and mineral types (granite, schist, moonstone), named building and decorative stones (Bath Stone, Calacatta Gold, Welsh Slate), names for individual boulders and standing stones (Long Meg, the Hag's Tooth, Balanced Rock), and invented stones for fantasy settings such as Moonshale and Ashfall Obsidian. It also lists personal names that mean stone.

What is the difference between a rock and a stone?

Geologists use rock for the natural material in the ground and stone for rock that has been cut, quarried or moved by people, which is why builders talk about stone and geologists about rock. In everyday naming the words overlap, so this generator uses both.

Can I use these names for a pet rock, a golem or a magic item?

Yes. Names that mean stone, such as Petra, Stein and Craig, work for a pet rock or character; the invented compounds like Vigil Stone and Thundershard suit magic items and runestones; and the real stone types make good surnames or clan names for earth-themed characters.

How are real building stones named?

Usually after the quarry, town or region plus a descriptive colour or texture word: Portland Stone, Yorkstone, Indiana Limestone, Kota Stone. Imported granites and marbles carry trade names chosen by suppliers, such as Black Galaxy, Blue Pearl and Giallo Ornamental, which describe appearance rather than origin.

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All 500 stone names

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

  • Aberdeen Granite
  • Absolute Black
  • Ailsa Craig Granite
  • Alabaster
  • Alaric Flint
  • Altar Stone
  • Amazonite
  • Amphibolite
  • Ancaster Stone
  • Andesite
  • Anthracite
  • Anvil Rock
  • Arkose
  • Ashen Tor Stone
  • Ashenslate
  • Ashfall Obsidian
  • Ashlar
  • Aswan Granite
  • Autumn Brown
  • Aventurine

B: 36 names

  • Balanced Rock
  • Baltic Brown
  • Bardiglio Marble
  • Barnack Rag
  • Basalt
  • Basaltina
  • Bath Stone
  • Beer Stone
  • Belgian Bluestone
  • Bell Rock
  • Bishop's Stone
  • Bitterfrost Quartzite
  • Bitterroot Jasper
  • Black Galaxy
  • Blackstone
  • Blackwater Slate
  • Blarney Stone
  • Blessing Stone
  • Bloodstone
  • Blue Hone Granite
  • Blue Lias
  • Blue Pearl
  • Bluestone
  • Botticino
  • Boundary Stone
  • Bowder Stone
  • Bowerman's Nose
  • Brannoc Stone
  • Breccia
  • Bride Stone
  • Bride's Tear Quartz
  • Brightstone
  • Brightvein Quartz
  • Brimham Idol Rock
  • Brownstone
  • Burlington Slate

C: 48 names

  • Caen Stone
  • Cairn
  • Cairnwell
  • Caithness Flagstone
  • Calacatta Gold
  • Camel Rock
  • Candleglass
  • Capstone
  • Carnelian
  • Carraig
  • Carraig an Rí
  • Carrara Marble
  • Carreg
  • Carreg Samson
  • Carrick
  • Castle Rock
  • Castlestrange Stone
  • Cat's Back
  • Catlinite
  • Chalcedony
  • Chalk
  • Chert
  • Chilmark Stone
  • Chimney Rock
  • Cinderveil Stone
  • Cipollino Marble
  • Clach
  • Clach an Trushal
  • Clipsham Stone
  • Clunch
  • Coade Stone
  • Cobbe
  • Cobblestone
  • Cold Iron Flint
  • Collyweston Slate
  • Conglomerate
  • Connemara Marble
  • Coquina
  • Cornerstone
  • Coronation Stone
  • Corsehill Sandstone
  • Cotswold Stone
  • Cow and Calf
  • Craig
  • Crema Marfil
  • Cromlech
  • Crownstone
  • Cuckoo Stone

D: 20 names

  • Dacite
  • Dark Emperador
  • Dartmoor Granite
  • Delabole Slate
  • Devil's Anvil
  • Di Pietro
  • Diorite
  • Dog Rock
  • Dolerite
  • Dolmen
  • Dolostone
  • Doulting Stone
  • Dragon's Tooth Flint
  • Dragonbone Chert
  • Dreamer's Jasper
  • Drift Stone
  • Druid's Table
  • Drummer's Knoll Stone
  • Dunhouse Buff
  • Duskmarble

E: 6 names

  • Eagle Stone
  • Ebenezer
  • Eclogite
  • Elephant Rock
  • Ember Basalt
  • Emberflint

F: 16 names

  • Fathom Stone
  • Fellstone
  • Fiddler's Stone
  • Fieldstone
  • Fist Rock
  • Flagstone
  • Flint
  • Flintham
  • Flintoff
  • Fluorite
  • Forest of Dean Stone
  • Foxfire Agate
  • Freestone
  • Frog Rock
  • Frostchert
  • Fulgurite

G: 25 names

  • Gabbro
  • Gallowsmarble
  • Ganister
  • Geyserite
  • Ghostmarble
  • Giallo Ornamental
  • Giallo Siena
  • Giant's Thumb
  • Gleamquartz
  • Glimmerstone
  • Gloamrock
  • Gneiss
  • Golden Spider
  • Goldstone
  • Granite
  • Grave Marble
  • Graystone
  • Grey Mare
  • Greyhallow Stone
  • Greystoke
  • Greywacke
  • Grief Marble
  • Grindstone
  • Gritstone
  • Guiting Stone

H: 25 names

  • Hag Stone
  • Hagsbane Stone
  • Hajar
  • Hallam
  • Ham Hill Stone
  • Hamstone
  • Hangman's Stone
  • Harrow Flint
  • Haystack Rock
  • Headington Stone
  • Hearthstone
  • Heel Stone
  • Hematite
  • Hollow Hill Granite
  • Hollow Stone
  • Hollowed Heart Onyx
  • Hollowfell Gritstone
  • Hollowmere Bluestone
  • Hollowvein Granite
  • Holy Stone of Kilchoman
  • Honister Slate
  • Hopton Wood
  • Hornfels
  • Howlite
  • Hurlers Stone

I: 10 names

  • Idol Rock
  • Ignimbrite
  • Imperial Danby
  • Indiana Limestone
  • Ironbone Chert
  • Ironrock
  • Ironstone
  • Ishi
  • Ivory Cream
  • Iwao

J: 4 names

  • Jadeite
  • Jaisalmer Yellow
  • Jet
  • Jura Limestone

K: 19 names

  • Kallio
  • Kamen
  • Kandla Grey
  • Kashmir White
  • Kelpstone
  • Kentish Ragstone
  • Kerbstone
  • Kettle Stone
  • Ketton Stone
  • Keystone
  • Kilkenny Marble
  • Killycluggin Stone
  • Kimberlite
  • King's Chair
  • Kingsfall Basalt
  • Kingsgranite
  • Kissing Stone
  • Kivi
  • Kota Stone

L: 16 names

  • Ladder Rock
  • Lanternglass
  • Lapidus
  • Lapis Lazuli
  • Larvikite
  • Lavender Blue Limestone
  • Lecce Stone
  • Lewisian Gneiss
  • Lia Fáil
  • Limestone
  • Lion's Head Rock
  • Lithos
  • Locharbriggs Red
  • Lodestone
  • Logan Stone
  • Long Meg

M: 22 names

  • Maen
  • Maen Llia
  • Makrana Marble
  • Malachite
  • Marble
  • Mason
  • Mên Scryfa
  • Men-an-Tol
  • Menhir
  • Merry Maidens
  • Migmatite
  • Millstone
  • Millstone Grit
  • Mint Fossil
  • Moldavite
  • Monk's Seat
  • Moonshale
  • Moonstone
  • Moorland Whinstone
  • Mourning Onyx
  • Mournwall Slate
  • Mudstone

N: 6 names

  • Needle Rock
  • Nephrite
  • Nero Marquina
  • Nightglass
  • Nine Stones Close
  • Noce Travertine

O: 5 names

  • Oath Stone
  • Oathstone
  • Obsidian
  • Onyx
  • Oolite

P: 52 names

  • Pale Wether Granite
  • Parian Marble
  • Peakmoor Sandstone
  • Pebbleton
  • Pedersen
  • Pedra
  • Pedro
  • Pegmatite
  • Pennsylvania Bluestone
  • Pentelic Marble
  • Peridotite
  • Pero
  • Perrin
  • Petar
  • Peter
  • Péter
  • Petersen
  • Petit Granit
  • Petra
  • Petrakis
  • Petrified Wood
  • Petrillo
  • Petronella
  • Petros
  • Petrov
  • Petrus
  • Phantom Chalcedony
  • Phyllite
  • Pierce
  • Pierre
  • Piers
  • Pietersen
  • Pietra di Luserna
  • Pietra Dorata
  • Pietra Dura
  • Pietra Leccese
  • Pietra Piasentina
  • Pietra Serena
  • Pietrangeli
  • Pietro
  • Pilgrim's Cobble
  • Pink Porrino
  • Piotr
  • Plague Stone
  • Plymouth Rock
  • Porphyry
  • Portland Stone
  • Preseli Bluestone
  • Proconnesian Marble
  • Pulpit Rock
  • Pumice
  • Purbeck Marble

Q: 2 names

  • Quarrie
  • Quartzite

R: 25 names

  • Ragstone
  • Rainbow Sandstone
  • Raj Green
  • Rapakivi Granite
  • Raven's Perch
  • Ravenglass Obsidian
  • Red Mansfield
  • Redbeard Granite
  • Redstone
  • Reigate Stone
  • Rhodonite
  • Rhyolite
  • Riverking Cobble
  • Roca
  • Rocca
  • Roch
  • Rocha
  • Rocking Stone
  • Rockwell
  • Rosa Portogallo
  • Rosso Levanto
  • Rosso Verona
  • Rottenstone
  • Rubble Stone
  • Runestone

S: 71 names

  • Saddle Rock
  • Saintsblood Jasper
  • Saltcliff Sandstone
  • Saltmoor Limestone
  • Sandstone
  • Sang
  • Sarsen
  • Saxum
  • Scagliola
  • Schist
  • Scoria
  • Seaworn Chert
  • Sela
  • Selenite
  • Serpentine
  • Shadowmere Obsidian
  • Shale
  • Shap Granite
  • Ship Rock
  • Silent Marble
  • Siltstone
  • Silver Travertine
  • Silverstone
  • Skull Rock
  • Sky Pebble
  • Skyweld Basalt
  • Slate
  • Slaughter Stone
  • Sleeping Giant Rock
  • Soapstone
  • Sodalite
  • Solnhofen Stone
  • Sorrow Quartz
  • Sorrowstone
  • Sphinx Rock

S, continued

  • Split Rock
  • Stainton Stone
  • Stancliffe
  • Standing Stone
  • Stanfield
  • Stanhope
  • Stanley
  • Stanton
  • Starfall Jasper
  • Statuario
  • Steen
  • Stein
  • Steinar
  • Steinbeck
  • Steinberg
  • Steinhardt
  • Steinmetz
  • Steinunn
  • Sten
  • Stepping Stone
  • Ston Easton Stone
  • Stone of Destiny
  • Stonebridge
  • Stonefield
  • Stonegrave
  • Stoneham
  • Stonehaven
  • Stonewall
  • Stonor
  • Storm King's Slate
  • Stormquartz
  • Sunder Stone
  • Sunstone
  • Swallow Stone
  • Swithland Slate
  • Syenite

T: 42 names

  • Table Rock
  • Tan Brown
  • Tandragee Idol
  • Taş
  • Teapot Rock
  • Tektite
  • Tennessee Pink Marble
  • Terrazzo
  • The Blind Fiddler
  • The Bridestones
  • The Cheesewring
  • The Cobbler's Last
  • The Dancing Maidens
  • The Grey Wether
  • The Hag's Tooth
  • The Hoar Stone
  • The King Stone
  • The Loaf Stone
  • The Old Grey Man
  • The Pipers
  • The Stone of Odin
  • The Whispering Knights
  • Thornback Schist
  • Thumb Rock
  • Thundershard
  • Tideglass
  • Tiger's Eye
  • Tor Granite
  • Torin
  • Totternhoe Clunch
  • Touchstone
  • Trachyte
  • Trani Stone
  • Travertine
  • Travertine Onyx
  • Trippet Stone
  • Tsuriel
  • Tufa
  • Turoe Stone
  • Turquoise
  • Twin Stones
  • Tzur

U: 2 names

  • Uba Tuba
  • Unakite

V: 7 names

  • Verde Alpi
  • Verde Antico
  • Verde Guatemala
  • Vermont Slate
  • Vigil Stone
  • Volga Blue
  • Vow Stone

W: 20 names

  • Warden's Granite
  • Wardstone
  • Wedding Cake Rock
  • Weeping Marble
  • Weldon Stone
  • Welsh Slate
  • Westmorland Green Slate
  • Whetstone
  • Whinstone
  • Whisperstone
  • Whitestone
  • Widow's Rest
  • Widow's Slate
  • Window Rock
  • Wintermere Slate
  • Wishing Stone
  • Witch's Flint
  • Wren's Egg
  • Wyrmslate
  • Wyvern Scale Slate

Y: 1 name

  • Yorkstone