City names come in all sorts of sizes and styles. Some are funny, others sound mysterious and some just simply describe the city in one word. In this post, we’ll show you how to create your own fake city name, along with a fantasy city name generator that generates over 1,000 city name ideas. You might also be interested in our fantasy world name generator and this cool forest name generator.
Our generator includes both fantasy and more realistic or modern city name ideas. Feel free to adapt any idea you like for your own storytelling or role-playing. Need some character name ideas for your story? Check out this brilliant fantasy name generator.
Need more city name ideas, check out these generators for further inspiration:
How do I create my fantasy city name?
You might think that creating your own fantasy city name is problematic. But with this helpful technique, you’ll be able to create a huge list of possible city names to use in your stories and role-plays:
- Make a list of adjectives to describe the city. For example, Dark, Misty, Ancient, Magical or Golden.
- Create another list of nouns related to the fictional city. Examples may include, Forest, King, Witches, Ogres, or Dragon.
- Pick one adjective and one noun. We selected, ‘Golden’ and ‘Witches’.
- Take the first three characters from the adjective. From our example, that’s ‘Gol’.
- Now take the last three characters from the noun. Using our example, that’ll be ‘hes’.
- Combine steps 4 and 5 to create the city name. Using our example, the city name would be “Golhes”
- Adding meaning to the city name. This step is optional. The city meaning is the related noun and adjective in full. Based on this, our fictional city name with meaning would be: Golhes, The Golden City of Witches
Using this technique you should be able to come up with unique city names in no time.
If you’re looking for some more realistic or modern city names, then you can try the following technique:
- Make a list of adjectives to describe the city. For example, Dark, Misty, Ancient, Magical or Golden.
- Create a list of suffixes based on real city names. A suffix is the last set of characters in a word that can be pronounced. For example in the city name. ‘Birmingham’, the suffix is ‘ham’. Other suffixes could include ‘don’ (London), ‘bourne’ (Melbourne) or ‘hai’ (Shanghai).
- Pick a random adjective from step 1. We selected, ‘Ancient’ this time.
- And then pick a random suffix from step 2. We selected ‘ham’ (based on Birmingham)
- Take the first three characters from the adjective. From our example, that’s “Anc”
- Combine steps 4 and 5 to create the city name. Using our example, the city name would be ‘Ancham’.
- Again you can add meaning to this name. Our example with meaning would be, ‘Ancham, the Ancient City’.
Try out these techniques yourself, and let us know what city name ideas you come up with in the comments below.
You can also use the free printable city name generator below as a template to help you create your own city name:
What is a good name for a fantasy city?
A good fantasy city name should be easy to pronounce and describe the city in the shortest way possible. Here are some examples of good city names in fantasy:
- Emerald CIty (Wizard of Oz)
- Zion (The Matrix)
- Hill Valley (Back to the Future)
- Gotham City (Batman)
- Smallville (Superman)
- Toontown (Who Framed Roger Rabbit)
Some of these city or town names are a combination of words. Take, for example, Toontown is ‘cartoon’ and ‘town’ combined – This perfectly describes what you’ll see in Toontown which is cartoons everywhere! While others like Gotham, look like a combination of an adjective and a real city name. Gotham could be a combination of ‘Gothic’ and ‘Birmingham’ into one – That’s our opinion anyway! See our techniques for creating your own city name above for more ideas.
What are some interesting city names?
On the topic of city names, here are some funny or interesting city names we’ve come across in our research:
- Batman, Turkey
- Bigfoot, Texas, USA
- Dollarbeg, Scotland
- Ugley, Essex, England
- Gogogogo, Madagascar
- Dinkytown, Minnesota, USA
- Fart, Virginia, USA
- Looneyville, Texas, USA
- Fleatown, Ohio, USA
- Brainy Borough, New Jersey, USA
- Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania, USA
- Humpty Doo, Northern Territory, Australia
Cool Fantasy City Name Ideas
Here is a list of some cool fantasy city name ideas that you can use: Mosvil, The Mossy City Of The Devil
- Encers, The Enchanted City Of The Elders
- Coloot, The Cold City Of The Root
- Lonest, The Lonely City Of The Forest
- Rusvil, The Rusty City Of The Evil
- Dreake, The Dream City Of The Lake
- Magior, The Magic City Of The Warrior
- Deeown, The Deep City Of The Unknown
- Mudned, The Muddy City Of The Poisoned
- Bloted, The Blood City Of The Ill-Hearted
- Darowl, The Dark City Of The Owl
- Misest, The Misty City Of The Forest
- Darers, The Dark City Of The Flowers
- Greake, The Green City Of The Lake
- Ancush, The Ancient City Of The Bush
- Magvil, The Magic City Of The Devil
- Ancust, The Ancient City Of The Locust
- Mosess, The Mossy City Of The Princess
- Silard, The Silver City Of The Lizard
- Ancard, The Ancient City Of The Lizard
- Mageaf, The Magic City Of The Leaf
- Mudrer, The Muddy City Of The Sorcerer
- Missom, The Misty City Of The Blossom
- Deeowl, The Deep City Of The Owl
- Azuned, The Azure City Of The Poisoned
- Grerer, The Greater City Of The Sorcerer
- Hazrts, The Hazy City Of The Lubberworts
- Golass, The Golden City Of The Grass
- Cloond, The Cloudy City Of The Pond
- Redush, The Red City Of The Bush
- Silper, The Silver City Of The Slipper
- Broxie, The Broken City Of The Pixie
- Greted, The Grey City Of The Ill-Hearted
- Magead, The Magic City Of The Dead
- Magers, The Magic City Of The Elders
- Silxie, The Silver City Of The Pixie
- Rotile, The Rotten City Of The Vile
- Molass, The Moldy City Of The Grass
- Greted, The Green City Of The Kind-Hearted
- Misten, The Misty City Of The Rotten
- Salire, The Salty City Of The Fire
- Giagel, The Giant City Of The Angel
- Golorn, The Golden City Of The Thorn
- Maggle, The Magic City Of The Golden Eagle
- Misant, The Misty City Of The Giant
- Hazdit, The Hazy City Of The Bandit
- Grited, The Grim City Of The Kind-Hearted
- Enceaf, The Enchanted City Of The Leaf
- Litard, The Little City Of The Lizard
- Griter, The Grim City Of The Water
- Easard, The East City Of The Lizard
- Forwer, The Forbidden City Of The Flower
- Colond, The Cold City Of The Pond
- Encten, The Enchanted City Of The Forgotten
- Magree, The Magic City Of The Tree
- Hazrds, The Hazy City Of The Lords
- Grivil, The Grim City Of The Evil
- Mosoak, The Mossy City Of The Oak
- Polits, The Polluted City Of The Spirits
- Polted, The Polluted City Of The Faint-Hearted
- Wanant, The Wandering City Of The Giant
- Polgel, The Polluted City Of The Angel
- Whiior, The White City Of The Warrior
- Polord, The Polluted City Of The Red Sword
- Litead, The Little City Of The Dead
- Easgel, The East City Of The Angel
- Darrds, The Dark City Of The Lords
- Wanvil, The Wandering City Of The Evil
- Colard, The Cold City Of The Lizard
- Whines, The White City Of The Wild Ones
- Whioll, The White City Of The Troll
- Redted, The Red City Of The Faint-Hearted
- Magead, The Magical City Of The Dead
- Mosves, The Mossy City Of The Elves
- Darvil, The Dark City Of The Devil
- Mosire, The Mossy City Of The Fire
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