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for any world.
Names for characters, cities, spells, guilds and creatures.
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Elf Names
Fantasy & Folklore
Rerran Veselo
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Every name is assembled, not looked up
Behind each generator sits a set of syllable banks, not a finished list. Given names come from gendered pools, with separate male, female and neutral forms so a name can carry the right voice. Surnames and true-names are built fresh: a prefix syllable joins a suffix syllable, or several fragments stack into one longer word, following rules tuned to how that world actually sounds.
Because the parts recombine, the pool runs into the thousands per generator instead of a few hundred. Every candidate is screened for novelty against the banks it came from, and against a safety pass that keeps results family-safe, so what you cue reads like it belongs to a real culture rather than a random draw.
Liphala Glaevanra
- Zionath, WanderheartZi + o + na + th (true-name passes) + Wanderheart (epithet pool)DRAGON · A SYLLABIC TRUE-NAME AND A COMMA-LED DEED EPITHET
- Thohummdothil NelpabrackThohu + mmd + othil (given fragments) + Nelpa + brack (surname halves)DWARF · THREE GIVEN FRAGMENTS JOINED TO A TWO-PART SURNAME
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Names from cultures around the world
223 generatorsReal names drawn from cultures, languages, and historical eras across every continent. The collection ranges from Japanese, Yoruba, and Icelandic given names to older traditions like Ancient Greek, Viking, and Aztec naming. Each one follows the sound patterns and customs of its source culture, so first and family names feel authentic together. They suit novelists naming a realistic cast, genealogists testing period plausibility, and game masters who want human characters grounded in a real place and time.
- Brands, bands, ships and everything else180
- Folklore and myth164
- Places, landmarks and locations110
- Star Wars species names108
- World of Warcraft races78
- Character, place and item descriptions64
- Names from books, games and anime52
- Towns, cities and settlements49
- Pathfinder ancestries45
- Dungeons & Dragons playable races36
- Minecraft mob names36
Everything a story needs a name for
A world is more than its cast. The catalog covers every kind of thing that gets a name, counted live from the generators that build them.
Questions about cuename
- Is cuename free to use?
- Yes. Every generator is free forever, with no signup, no account and no daily limit. Cue as many names as a campaign or a manuscript needs and nothing locks behind a paywall.
- How are the names generated?
- Each name is assembled on the spot from syllable banks tuned to its world, not pulled from a fixed list. Prefixes, suffixes and given-name fragments combine under rules that match how that culture or creature actually sounds, so a dwarf never comes out sounding like an elf.
- Can I use the names commercially?
- Yes. Generated names are yours to use in novels, games, tabletop campaigns, films and commercial projects with no attribution required. They are output, not licensed content.
- Are the names unique?
- Because surnames and true-names are built from combined syllable parts, the pool runs into the thousands per generator, so repeats are rare. Treat a name you intend to publish as a starting point and run a quick search to be sure it fits your world.
- How do I pick a name that fits?
- Cue a batch, then read the shortlist aloud. A name that survives being shouted across a table or spoken in dialogue is usually the keeper. Match the sound to the character: liquids and open vowels read gentle, hard stops and clusters read dangerous.
- Can I save names I like?
- Yes. Save any result to a named list that lives in your browser, build a settlement's worth of residents at once, or swipe through a deck and keep only the ones you tap. Nothing leaves your device unless you choose to export it.
Read up on the craft of naming
Longer guides on building names that hold together, from whole invented cultures down to a single tavern sign.