Fantasy Name Generator makes cool names for fantasy and role playing games. The generator will make over 9 million unique names. Online and cool fantasy names for all your RPG games!
About the name generator project
"I wanna make easy to use generators and cool names." Read more about the project
Fantasy Name Generator
Fantasy Name Generator is a highly specialized online tool for making cool fantasy names. Perfect for your online role playing games, RPG. Equally suited for MMORPG games like Runescape, Everquest, World of Warcraft, Travian, Runes of Magic, Hackscape, Metin2 and for old school offline role playing games.
The Fantasy Name Generator makes both male and female fantasy names. 45% of the names are female fantasy names. The remaining 55% are male. But many of the names are so generic, that they can be used both for male and female characters.
Evil and Good fantasy names
The generator generates a wide range of random names. Variation is huge. Some will be dark and evil, others will be epic and good fantasy names.
Most names though are neutral and without any recognizable meaning. So it will mainly depend on your game character, if the name will be recognized as an evil or a good fantasy name.
Get inspiration and good ideas
If you didn't find the perfect and cool fantasy name you were looking for, the generator hopefully will give your inspiration and some good ideas to make fantasy name.
The output from the generator is far from perfect every time. A lot of bad names will occur in the results. It's a consequence of my random algorithms and the nature of artificial intelligence. Randomness and my programming aims to make a huge variation in the generated output. It leads to a substantial numbers of bad names. Also a rather simple machine intelligence can't distinguish good and cool from bad and lame. So what a human is capable of in doing in a split second, the computer can't do at all.
Luckily the solution is simple. Just make another name... and another one... and another one... until you are satisfied with the outcome. All the names are saved to a list giving you time to inspect them closer and maybe save the list for future use.
Fantasy Names
Good fantasy names should be memorable and inspiring. They should send epic or heroic signals, and should also be creative and significant to make your character or avatar special and stand out from the crowd.
Fantasy names are also used for less noble roles and therefore the range of signals of the generated names are very broad. From good noble names, over mysterious to wicked or twisted and evil fantasy names. All made to suit a wide range of different characters.
How to make good fantasy names
Good fantasy names can be made in various ways. You can use old names from history or literature, opera, theater etc. And you can find inspiration and ideas in the many online RPG games. Look for something short and easy to pronounce. If the spelling and sound is close to something slight familiar with a known and recognizable word the fantasy name might be easier to grasp and remember for friends and enemies.
Another great method is to play with known words and names. Just replace some letters with others and maybe change the order of some letters. It could be Peter to Petur, Andy to Andos, Eagle to Eagol, Viking to Vikan etc. The possibilities are unlimited. Only imagination sets the limits.
How I make fantasy names
I use simple and short syllables to form more complex 2 and 3 syllables word.
Syllables like:
- el
- dor
- al
- dan
Gives really cool fantasy names like "Eldor" and "Aldan".
Finishing the name
After the base is done the names are sorted manually. Names without the good fantasy feel are removed from the arrays, that generate the final fantasy name. And new names are added with inspiration from the random generated names and from the letter replacing method described above.
Male or female fantasy names?
45% of the generated names are female fantasy names. They differ from the male, by a softer sound, a more feminine feel and the female names often ends with vowels like 'a' or 'e'.
But as it all is fantasy names, it can be hard to distinguish male from female fantasy names, because many of them holds both masculine and feminine qualities. And the androgyny feeling can sometimes result in some very cool names.
So it's usually a question of personal preferences how you define the sex of the created character name.
Fantasy genre
The fantasy universe is used many places and can have several very different appearances. But in general the genre uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot.
The genre differs from science fiction by avoiding scientific and realistic themes. And it differs for horror by avoiding macabre themes.
Read a lot more about the Fantasy genre at Wikipedia.
Role playing
Beside in literature the fantasy universe is also used for Role-playing games. Traditional RPG like dungeon and dragons became popular in the last decades of the 20th century. Later the fantasy universe was transferred to computer games and the interest increased rapidly.
At Wikipedia you can find some very cool articles about RPG's: Role Playing Games.
MMORPG
In the latest years the rpg has gone online. With background in the fantasy universe the massively multi player online role-playing games has evolved with huge success. Millions of player regular meets online playing the role playing games.
Massively multi player online role-playing games (abbreviated MMORPG) gathers thousands of role playing gamers in huge fantasy settings.
Some popular MMORPG:
- Runescape
- Metin2
- Everquest
- Flyff
- MapleStory
- Guild Wars
Much more about MMORPG at the Wiki.
The Fantasy Name Generator project
I aim to make cool fantasy names, and generate them fast and easy with maximum convenience for the users.
Easy to use
I try to keep a strict focus on usability. The interface is easy to overview and grasp. Names are generated with a single click. No input files, no check boxes. Just good old plain button clicking
The famous list of fantasy names
I save all the names to a list, so won't miss any names no matter how fast you click that big generate button. You can use the list to inspect the generated names right away or you can copy and save the list before you move on.
Fast and Random
I have programmed all my generators in JavaScript to make them fast. JavaScript is run in the browser on the client, and therefore is blazing fast and no waiting is involved. JavaScripts build in random function adds unpredictable and randomness to the whole process.
Where to use the names
Your new fantasy name will be perfect for your online characters in World of Warcraft, Dota, Runescape, Metin2 and other Role Playing Games.
The feeling of the names are extremely wide ranged. They can be used as names for all RPG races whether you character is a barbarian, dwarf, gnome, warrior, troll, goblin, ogre, dragon, demon or sorcerer.
World of Warcraft fantasy nicks
Looking for a fantasy nickname form the WoW universe visit the WoW Name Generator. The WoW name generator creates WoW fantasy names with the right World of Warcraft feel.
The World of Warcraft generator make cool WoW fantasy nicks that can be used right away for your WoW characters.
Evil Name Generator
If you want pure evil names go to the Evil Name Generator. The evil name generator makes black and mean names of evil. A mixture of evil, RPG and nicknames. A good choice for barbarians, demons, trolls, goblins, ogres and other evil characters.
Funny Stuff
Want funny fantasy names? Try the Superhero Name Generator for a funny angle to the genre.
Everything don't need to be all serious and grave. The superhero generator makes funny nicknames with humor and a twist - just for fun!
Team Name Generators
I also got a couple of dedicated team name generators on my site. The Team Name Generator is a team name randomizer well suited for making team titles for MMORPG teams and clans as well as fantasy football, basket, baseball and other sports games.
If you're looking for a RPG team name generator try your luck with the Guild Name Generator. Team names perfected for the world of warcraft game, but suited for all kind of Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing games.
The guild name generator is by design a clan and guild fantasy title generator. It will make cool team titles for your guilds, clans and other teams.
For an alternative team name maker you can use the Project Name Generator.
The Project Generator will not make ordinary fantasy nicks for the team, but rather team titles with a more business like feeling and meaning to them.
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