Pick a Random City Name
Choose a style and draw from 2,000+ city names across four world-types.
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Describe your city — the cartographer will name it.
About the City Name Generator
This free city name generator helps writers, game designers, and world builders create believable city names for any setting. The random mode draws from 2,000+ curated names across Fantasy, Medieval, Sci-Fi, and Ancient styles.
The AI mode crafts unique city names tailored to your world, including lore notes on linguistic roots. Describe your city's geography, culture, or role and receive names like Ashenvorn or Vexion-7.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is this good for?
- World building for novels, D&D campaigns, video games, tabletop RPGs, and any creative project needing fictional place names.
- Can I generate sci-fi planet or station names?
- Yes — the Sci-Fi style produces names for space colonies, orbital stations, megacities, and distant planets.
- How are fantasy names created?
- Using elvish, arcane, and epic-sounding syllable combinations inspired by Tolkien, D&D, and high fantasy traditions.