D&D City Name Generator

Unleash Your Imagination: The D&D City Name Generator

Embark on a campaign with a city truly born of your adventure! A great city name can set the tone for your entire Dungeons & Dragons campaign. It can hint at the city’s history, its inhabitants, its secrets, and even its dangers. The D&D City Name Generator is designed to spark your creativity and provide you with a wide array of evocative and inspiring city names, tailored for various fantasy settings.

What is the D&D City Name Generator?

This tool is designed to help Dungeon Masters (DMs) and players alike overcome the challenge of naming settlements in their D&D worlds. It taps into a vast database of fantasy-inspired words, phrases, suffixes, and prefixes, combining them in unique and compelling ways. Whether you need a bustling port city, a secluded elven enclave, or a war-torn stronghold, this generator aims to deliver names that resonate with authenticity and intrigue. It eliminates the dreaded writer’s block, saving valuable preparation time and injecting a touch of magic into your world-building.

The Generator can assist you in the following:

• Creating memorable city names: Go beyond generic towns and establish intriguing locations with rich stories embedded in their names.
• Saving time and overcoming writer’s block: Stop agonizing over names and skip right to world-building and encounter design.
• Inspiring world-building: Let generated names serve as creative prompts for developing lore, history, and unique features of your settlements.
• Matching specific settings: Tailor names to different regions, cultures, or even specific campaign settings such as Forgotten Realms, Eberron, or Ravenloft.

Generate Meaningful City Identities

Beyond simple names, great names contain story. Below you are various generator names and how they might inspire a portion of that name’s history.

City Name	Possible Origin/Background Story	Type
Silverwood Glade	A hidden elven settlement nestled within an ancient forest. Known for its skilled artisans and connection to nature.	Elven/Nature-Based
Daggerford	A strategic city located at a crucial river crossing. Famous for its skilled swordsmiths and frequent skirmishes with raiding bandits.	Human/Strategic
Dragon’s Peak Hold	Forged after legendary heroes defended locals from a dragon’s reign of terror.	Historic/Martial
Grimstone Citadel	A fortified city built of black stone, known for its gruff inhabitants and impenetrable defenses. Often shrouded in mist and rumor.	Dwarven/Military
Sunhaven	Once a small fishing village granted refuge during the Long Winter, earning its hopeful “haven” suffix	Coastal
Whisperwind Valley	Settled in a unique location where the winds frequently carry the song of lost souls, or the warnings of friendly nature spirits. The history of inhabitants could be traced based on their relation to such ethereal experiences.	Uncanny/Nature
Shadowfen Bloom	The unusual blossoming herbs growing in a perpetually gloomy swampland where the city was formed. The locals have come to appreciate this anomaly.	Unsettling/Strange
Oathkeeper’s Rest	A resting place built by knights to commemorate those lost and their ideals of honor.	Idealistic
Ironwood Forge	Dwarven hold that is celebrated for being the greatest blacksmith in the surrounding regions.	Trade/Dwarven City
Skullgate Barony	Formed due to great battles, and many skulls being left at the gates of the current city and became a gruesome spectacle that lasted through history.	Warlike/Unsettling

Use this chart for ideas to craft the world stories that would otherwise be non-existent.