Character Name Generator

Yes. Every generator and every list of names here is free, with no sign-up. Press Generate as often as you like.

Yes. Names on their own can't be copyrighted, and we claim nothing on what you generate. Do check that a name isn't already a famous character or a trademark in your genre, and that it doesn't mean something unfortunate in the language it borrows from.

It reads the kind of name you picked, the example names and meanings for that kind, and your description, then writes five new names with a short note on each. The more specific your description (a place, an era, a sound, a job), the closer the fit.

For real languages and cultures, such as Japanese, Welsh or Old Norse, the lists give each name's established meaning, and say so when a name has more than one. Elves, orcs and other invented peoples have invented meanings, built the way those names usually are in fantasy.

Start with the land and the people who named it: a river crossing, a ruined tower, a founder. Then wear the name down the way real place names wear down over centuries. The fantasy location generators cover villages, towns, cities, countries, kingdoms, continents and worlds.