Proper Names for Fantasy Locations

Roll up a Prefix and a Suffix for the name, and then see how it sounds.  If it needs work, keep adding central syllables to taste. Feel free to throw in a few extra vowels or consonants here and there, too.

If it gets ridiculous, just ditch it and start again.  The tables are for inspiration – they’re not hard-and-fast rules!

This page contains the following tables:

• Generic Fantasy Realms – Prefixes and Central Elements
• Generic Fantasy Realms -Suffixes
• Names for “Good” Realms
• Names for “Evil” Realms
• A Few Bits and Pieces for “Magical” Realms
• Dwarven Place Names
• Elvish Place Names
• Halfling Place Names
• Orcish Place Names

Generic Fantasy Realms – Prefixes and Central Elements

Roll 1d, 1d.  (Need a die roller?) Prefix Centre (opt’l) 1-2 1 Cal a 1-2 2 Car e 1-2 3 Card i 1-2 4 Chess o 1-2 5 Chon y 1-2 6 Cor be/bi/bo 3-4 1 Da ce/ci/co 3-4 2 Dam de/di/do 3-4 3 Dan ed/id/od 3-4 4 Dor he/hi/ho 3-4 5 Esta je/ji/jo 3-4 6 Gon le/li/lo 5-6 1 Hal me/mi/mo 5-6 3 Lan se/si/so 5-6 4 Lui te/ti/to 5-6 5 Mul Roll twice 5-6 6 Ras Roll twice

Generic Fantasy Realms -Suffixes

Roll 1d, 1d.  (Need a die roller?) Terminal 1 1 tia/atia 1 2 r/ar/ara/iara/or/iora 1 3 ath/iath/rath/riath 1 4 eth/ieth/oth/ioth 1 5 n/an/in/ania/inia/onia 1 6 bia/biara/biaria/biatia 2 1 brath/briath/briaria 2 2 bratia/briatia 2 3 bara/baria/baratia 2 4 cara/caria/caratia 2 5 dara/idara/daria/idaria 2 6 dim/idim/idimia 3 1 dolan/dolian/idolian 3 3 nta/ntia/enta/entia 3 4 and/iand/andia/iandia 3 5 nara/inara/naria/inaria 3 6 nath/enath/enatia/inath 3 1 myr/omyr/myria/imyria 4 2 olan/ilan/elan/ulan 4 3 patia/phatia/iphatia 4 4 phar/ophar/ephar 4 5 rand/irand/iren 4 6 rath/irath/erath 4 1 rua/irua/erua 5 2 tar/itar/tan/itan 5 3 tia/itia/tria/itria 5 4 rill/irill/erill/aril 5 5 nolan/enolan 5 6 lad/elad/olad/ilad 5 1 orlad/erlad/irlad 6 2 had/ihad/ehad 6 3 nen/inen 6 4 waith/waithe 6 5 gar/igar/egar 6 6 or/oria/dor/doria

Names for “Good” Realms

Roll 1d, 1d.   (Need a die roller?) Prefix Centre (opt’nl.) Suffix 1-2 1 Am a ar/ara 1-2 2 Ar e ar/aria 1-2 3 Ard i dara 1-2 4 Arm o olant 1-2 5 Art y anor 1-2 6 Arthe ab/ba/aba ador 3-4 1 Arv ac/ca/aca inor 3-4 2 ad/da/ada anor 3-4 3 Ban am/ma/ama roth 3-4 4 Bel an/na/ana rath 3-4 5 Beler al/la/ala ral 3-4 6 Bran ar/ra/ara mara 5-6 1 Gal as/sa/asa tara 5-6 2 at/ta/ata dain 5-6 3 Pele ob/be/eba maria 5-6 4 Val ed/de/eda aria 5-6 5 Vali el/le/ela orn 5-6 6 Wend val/vala/vali riel

Names for “Evil” Realms

Roll 1d, 1d.   (Need a die roller?)   Throwing in a bit of Orcish can help, too – see below. Prefix Centre (opt’nl.) Suffix 1-2 1 Ang/Ank ak/ek/ku bad/blad 1-2 2 Dagh/Dakh da/dar/du car/kar 1-2 3 Dim/Dimi ghu/gul doom/dum 1-2 4 Gor/Gur gor/gor/igor fell/fal 1-2 5 Gul/Gol il/ im/in garth/groth 1-2 6 Imm/In le/lu/ile/ilu gom/gorm 3-4 1 Kil/Kul me/mu gol/gor/gul 3-4 2 Mor/Mur nak/nal gund/gond 3-4 3 Nar/ Nur ne/nu iltur/ithral 3-4 4 Rash/Rass ol/om/on lak/ilak 3-4 5 Sar/Sir rach/rech mar/imar 3-4 6 Sem/Sen re/ru nakh/inakh 5-6 1 Sin/Syn sar nur/tur/zur 5-6 2 Ulg/Ulgi si/su/ti/tu ond/iond 5-6 3 Un/Ung uu/ur/uul om/iom 5-6 4 Vex/Vek ve/vu roth/iroth 5-6 5 Vil/Vol vi/ vol Thar/ithar 5-6 6 Xa/Xu/Za/Zu xe/xu/ ze/zu var/vor

A Few Bits and Pieces for “Magical” Realms

Roll 1d (need a die roller?) and then combine with the other tables to suit. Prefix Centre Suffix 1 Dim/Dwim ara ara/aria 2 Even/Evend imm stara/staria 3 Glam/Glan irr mere/ immering 4 Mir/Myr/Myst ior im/immar 5 Xa/Xan ist irrior/illior 6 Zith/Zil lam eror/erior

Dwarven Place Names

Roll 1d, 1d.  (Need a die roller?) Prefix Centre (optional) Suffix 1-2 1 Az/Azan/Azad az/azan/azad az/azan/azad 2 Bar/Bara/Baraz bar/ibar/ibara bar/ibar/ubar/baz/ubaz 3 Bunz/Buuz/Buzund ba/baz/bazu/bazund bizar/ulbizar/bizund 4 Bund/Bunduz/Bundi dul/idul/duil/iduil dum/idum/durz/idurz 5 Dwim/Dwimmer dush/idush/dulzush dur/idur/izdur/iduz 6 Duz/Duzul/Duzund giz/gizar/gizund gath/igath/gathol/gathold 3-4 1 Gad/Gab/Gaz/Gazi ibara/ibaraz/iburaz ibar/inbar/izbar/ilbar 2 Gund/Guld/Gulz kliz/ilzil/zul/luz kar/ikar/izkar/izkund 3 Khaz/Khuz/Khazi ka/kiz/kid/kin kiz/kizdin/kizdun 4 Kib/Kibil/Keb/Kebil luk/ilzuk/kul/ikul nala/nazal/nandaz 5 Khel/Kheled u/un/nu/nul/nuz shathur/shazur 6 Tum/Tumun/Tumunz u/ul/uz/zu un/und/gund/igund 5-6 1 Tun/Tunumz/Tulzund ush/shu/ulsh/suhl und/ukund/uzund/uzlund 2 Nar/Narz/Narg un/und/nud/unud uz/iguz/igzund 3 Nu/Nul/Nulukk uz/uzh/uzhun/uzhund zaram/zarund/izam/izund 4 Rhaz/Rhuz/Rhazan zi/zig/zu/zug/izug zar/izar/zahar/izahar 5 Zir/Zirak/Ziril/Zirid za/zahzalzhad/ zibar/ulzibar 6 Zi/Zig/Zirig/Zigund zu/uz/zul/luz/iluz zil/izil/zigil/izigil

Elvish Place Names

Roll 1d, 1d. (Need a die roller?)  Feel free to mix in Magical name elements, too – see above. Prefix Centre (optional) Suffix 1-2 1 Ciri/Cirith a/al/la/an/na beth/bereth/berond 2 Cele/Sele e/el/le/en/ne del/dhol/dol 3 Cel/Sel/Cle i/il/li/in/ni dur/ildur/dura/duril 4 El/Elb/Elbe o/ol/lo/on/no had/ahad/alad/galad 5 Ethil/Ethel u/ui/uil/uin il/lia/ithil/ithril/ilia 6 Fan/Fal/Fin ali/ani/li/ni ir/iriath/irion/irlond 3-4 1 Gal/Gil/Galad/Gilad be/iba/bala ir/irien/rien/illirien 2 Ithil/Ithel elo/lo/ele/le ar/arien/rian/ilarian 3 Lara/Lirra ha/hal/lah lond/ilond/lan/ilan 4 Lil/Lis/Lim ith/ithl/ithlm lorien/lirien/ilorien/ilirien 5 Lui/Li/Lo/Lith/Loth ri/ir/iri/li/il/ili lui/illui/luim/illuim 6 Lori/Lolien la/al/le/el/li/il lien/ilien/olien/itholien 5-6 1 Lon/Lune lis/lil/ili/isi lune/ilune/lom/ilom 2 Na/Nar/Nali/Nil/Niri ril/thril/ithril ril/iril/riel/iriel 3 Mi/Mith/Mil sil/silv/isil/isilvi sa/sil/isil/isara/issilira 4 Sil/Silv/Sild ta/ita/ati/itil tir/itir/tirion/itirion 5 Ta/Tal/Tar/Tas tir/tiri/itir/itiri thui/ithui/thuil/ithuil 6 Ui/Oi/El ui/lui/isui/ilui ui/uin/uil/uilond

Halfling Place Names

Roll 1d, 1d.  (Need a die roller?)  This table is constructed entirely from name elements actually used by Tolkien for places in the Shire. Prefix Suffix 1-2 1 Bind/ Brandy bourn/bourne/ bole 1-2 2 Buck/Buckle borough/ burrow/bury 1-2 3 Brace/ By bottle/ bottom 1-2 4 Budge/ Crick cleeve/ crick 1-2 5 East/ Frog delving/ down/downs 1-2 6 Gam/ Green end/ford/ field/fields 3-4 1 Hard/ Hay farthing/ furrow/furrows 3-4 2 Little/ Long hill/hall/hay/hollow 3-4 3 Marish/ North land/march 3-4 4 Over moot/meet 3-4 5 Rush mill/morton/marish/ 3-4 6 South rush/ row 5-6 1 Shire/ Stock shire/ stock 5-6 2 Took/ Tuck smial 5-6 3 Way water/ wine 5-6 4 West wich/ windle 5-6 5 Whit wood/woody 5-6 6 Wood/Woody -y

Orcish Place Names

Roll 1d, 1d.  (Need a die roller?)  Feel free to mix in Evil name elements, too – see above. Prefix Suffix 1-2 1 Az/Ag/Ak ak/akh/ag/agh 2 Bol/Bul/Bolg bad/bag/bak/thak 3 Bur/Bul/Buk gash/ghash 4 Gaz/Ghak gur/gor/gorg/gul 5 Gha/Grah luk/ lur 6 Gor/Gorg/Gord mag/mak/mok 3-4 1 Gorz/Gorth/ Gorsh mog/mug/ murk 2 Lag/Lug/Lukh nakh/nagh 3 Mau/Maug/Mauz og/org/or 4 Mauh/Maul/Maun rad/rak/radz/rat 5 Muz/ Nuz lur/gur 6 Nag mur/nur 5-6 1 Rag/Radz/Raz/Rahz ulz/ulg/ulgor 2 Shag/Shagth/Shadz ush/ug/ur 3 Snag zag/zakh 4 Ug/Ugd/Ugh/Ugz zhur/azhur 5 Ugl/Ugm/Ugn zug/zog/azog 6 Yag/Yak/Yakh zul/azhul

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