Country Name Generator

The country name generator is a free browser tool that makes invented countries for fantasy worlds, stories, games and maps. Pick one of six culture styles and one of nine forms of government, and every result comes as a full title such as a kingdom, an empire, a grand duchy or a khaganate, with the capital city, the name of its people and the title of its ruler. It works as a country generator, a fantasy country name generator and a country maker in one page.

Every country is fictional. The tool never picks a real country, so it is not a geography game or a random country picker; it is for naming the places in a world you are building. It runs in your browser and nothing you set up is uploaded.

How to use the country name generator

1. Open the Culture and style menu and pick a style such as Old-world realm, Northern and frozen or Island and sea. Choose Any style to mix them.
2. Set Government to Kingdom, Empire, Republic, Grand duchy, Principality, Theocracy, League or confederacy, Khaganate or horde, or Sultanate or emirate. Any government mixes them.
3. Open How many and pick 5, 10 or 20. It starts at 10.
4. Optionally type up to two letters in Starts with to make the country names begin with them.
5. Read the results. The first country appears as a large line with its government and capital, followed by the numbered list. Each row shows the capital, the people, the ruler and the style.
6. Press the lock button on a name or a capital you want to keep. Use the reroll button to replace just that part, or Roll again to replace everything that is not locked.
7. Press the star to save a favourite. Copy link reproduces the list, locks and rerolls for anyone you send it to.

Favourites are saved in your browser only. Below the list you can use Copy text, Download CSV (columns name, government, capital, demonym, ruler, style), Download TXT and Print. The first rows stay the same whatever count you pick, so raising 10 to 20 keeps the countries you already have. For the cities inside a country, use the town name generator, and for the people who live there, the DnD name generator.

How is a government form written into a country name?

The same root can become very different countries depending on its government. The generator picks one of the title patterns for the form you choose, so a kingdom is written as a place (“Kingdom of Aldoria”) while an empire or a horde is written as a people (“Aldoria Empire”, “Aldoria Horde”). Two-word names such as Silver Marches switch to “of the”, for example the Kingdom of the Silver Marches.

Use the tables below to see how each style and each government reads. They are made by the same engine as the tool.

What does a country come with?

Each country has five parts: the short name, the full title, the capital, the name of its people and the title of its ruler.

• Title. Follows the government, as in the table above.
• Capital. A city name from the town name generator in a style matched to the country, so a northern country gets a northern capital. Reroll or lock it on its own.
• People. The demonym follows simple endings: names in -stan add -i, names in -ia or -a add -n, names in -land, -mark, -heim, -gard, -vik or -ness add -er, and other names get -an, -ian or -ish. Two-word names have no neat demonym, so the tool writes “people of the” instead.
• Ruler. The title that goes with the government, such as King or Queen, Emperor or Empress, Consul or elected council, Khagan or Khatun, or Sultan or Emir.

The demonyms and ruler titles are starting points. Change them if your world speaks differently.

What are the culture styles?

There are six styles, each with its own word lists: Old-world realm, Northern and frozen, Elven woodland, Desert and caravan, Dwarven mountain, and Island and sea. The names are invented and are not taken from real countries or peoples. The Elven woodland style also uses a Markov model trained on invented realm names, so some of its names have no word parts at all.

How do I make a country name feel real?

Say it aloud and keep it short enough to write on a map. Pick the style that fits the people, then set the government that fits their history. A trading league suits an island style and a horde suits steppe names. Reuse a stem across neighbours, such as a kingdom and its former province, to hint at a shared past. Check that two countries on the same map do not differ by one letter, because players mix those up.

Frequently asked questions

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  Town Name Generator

  use it to name the cities, towns and villages inside a country.
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  DnD Name Generator

  use it to name the people, rulers and heroes of the country.
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  Fantasy Map Generator

  use it to draw the land your countries sit on.
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  DnD City Generator

  use it to build a capital in detail, with its government and economy.
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  DnD Quest Generator

  use it to find a job that sends the party across a border.
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  DnD Campaign Planner

  use it to plan a campaign across several countries.