Craft the perfect identity for your extraterrestrial settlements.
Colony Name Generator
The Colony Name Generator is a tool designed to help you create unique and fitting names for colonies, settlements, or even entire planets in your fictional universes.
Generates a wide array of colony name ideas, from realistic to fantastical.
Provides options (in prompt) to specify the type of colony and its environment, leading to more relevant name suggestions.
Avoids hours of brainstorming and provides instant naming possibilities.
It kickstarts your creative process in story writing or game development
Easily create compelling colony names with these simple steps:
In the input box, describe your colony. Include keywords like planet type, dominant resources, or the specific culture of settlers colonizing.
Click the “Generate” button.
Review the generated Names, select the names to inspire creativity. Copy and Paste your name to your work
Are you embarking on a grand journey of interstellar colonization? Building a vibrant underwater civilization? Or perhaps just populating a fantastical world with settlements? Coming up with the perfect name for your colony can be a crucial, yet often challenging, step. That’s where the Colony Name Generator comes in!
This AI-powered tool is designed to spark your imagination and provide you with a wealth of evocative and appropriate colony names. Whether you’re writing a science fiction novel, developing a video game, or just brainstorming ideas for a creative project, this generator is your go-to resource for naming settlements in a wide variety of settings. It considers factors like:
The result is a diverse collection of names that feel authentic and perfectly suited to your vision. Forget tedious hours of brainstorming – let the Colony Name Generator be your creative catalyst! Below we have a showcase of names, the background and potential inspiring sources of it
Colony Name | Potential Inspirations/Background |
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Elysium Station | Elysium often evokes heavenly imagery or a space-borne paradise. Station often denotes its purpose as a place that is inhabited by a group of people, this usually makes people think that station evokes science and innovation. |
New Eden | Allusion to the biblical Garden of Eden, suggesting a fresh start, purity, or a longing for perfection. Often used in science fiction as a promise of a better future on a new world. |
Frontier’s Rest | Symbolic background of the name invokes the history of the American West that provides rest. Often these places would provide rest stops and also a frontier to create even further and progress westward. |
Aethelgard | Old English name combining “Aethel” (noble) and “gard” (enclosure, protection), implying a settlement built for the safety and prosperity of its inhabitants. Could suggest Viking roots. |
Kepler-186f Outpost | Based on the real-life exoplanet Kepler-186f, the first Earth-sized planet found in the habitable zone of another star. Could suggest a scientific research colony dedicated to studying the planet. |
Serenity Valley | Draws reference from the television series Firefly known for its sense of peace and tranquility. The concept behind the name of the planet is for individuals to settle new and start a new life. |
Argent Mining | References Argent minerals (usually silver) or metallic like rock. Provides a sense of working in the mountains and also hard labour and perseverance. |
Hyperion Nexus | Draws reference from the titan from greek mythology. Invoking innovation and also connections with eachother inside of your town. |
Nova Point | Draws reference to an astronomical event of a nova and invokes a sense of space. The “Point” at the end signifies some point of interest/departure or arrival for exploration. |
Verdant Vista | Evoking a sense of greenery and also invoking a wide landscape and place where people can have views of. |
Examples of compelling colony names generated using our tool:
An agriculture and ecological colony of alien species set on Kepler-186 f.
Trade-point station connecting the different races in Milky Way's galaxy.
First terran colony sets on habitable new found Gliese 581 g
Psionic culture established far from homeworld for religious exploration
Reaching an unknown alien tech that allows human be advanced.
Observational institute setting up at top of habitable zone planet
Answers to common questions about naming strategies, colony types, and ideal lengths for your colony names: