Fantasy Name Generator makes cool names for fantasy and role playing games. The generator can make over 9 million unique names. Online and cool fantasy names for 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. They are perfect for your online role playing games, RPG. And in MMORPG games like Runescape, Everquest, World of Warcraft, Travian, Runes of Magic, Hackscape etc. But you might as well use them in 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 seen 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 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. The other part of it is the machine intelligence, that 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 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 so you can inspect them closer at a later time. Just remember to save the list before you leave.
Fantasy Names
Good fantasy names should be memorable and inspiring. It should send epic or heroic signals, and should also be creative and significant to make your character or avatar stand out.
Fantasy names are also used for less noble roles and therefore the range of signals of the generated names are very broad. From noble names, over mysterious to wicked or twisted fantasy names. All made to suit a wide range of characters.
How to make good fantasy names
Good fantasy names can be made several ways. You can use old names from history or literature, opera, theater etc. And you can find inspiration and ideas in the the many 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.
Or you can go the other way around and play with known words and names. Peter to Petur. Andy to Andos. Eagle to Eagol, Viking to Vikan etc. The possibilities are unlimited. Only imagination sets the limitation.
How I make the fantasy names
I use simple syllables to form more complex 2 and 3 syllables word.
Syllables like:
- el
- dor
- al
- dan
Gives really cool names like "Eldor" and "Aldan".
Finishing the name
After the base is done the names are sorted manually. Names without a good fantasy name feel are removed from the lists, that generate the final fantasy name. And new names are added with inspiration from the random generated names, and the method is I described earlier where you get ideas from real and existing word.
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, if the name is a male or female as some of them has 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.
Fantasy genre
The fantasy universe is used many places and can have several appearances. But in general the genre uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot.
It differs from science fiction by avoiding scientific and realistic themes. And it differs for horror by avoiding macabre themes.
Read a lot more about theFantasy 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 the last decades of the 20th century. Later the fantasy universe was transferred to computer games.
Wikipedia also got some cool articles about role playing games. RPG at the Wiki.
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.
Massively multi player online role-playing games (abbreviated MMORPG) gathers thousands of role playing gamers in huge fantasy settings.
Much more about MMORPG at the Wiki.
The Fantasy Name Generator project
I aim to make cool fantasy names, and make them fast and easy and in the most convenient way for the users.
Easy to use
I try to keep a strict focus on usability. The interface is easy to overview and the 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 can click that big button. Just remember to 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 om the client, and therefore is blazing fast. No waits at all. JavaScript 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 and other Role Playing Games.
The feeling of the names are rather wide ranged, and they can be used as names for all RPG races whether you character is a barbarian, dwarf, gnome, warrior, troll, goblin, ogre etc.
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 game.
Evil Name Generator
If you want pure evil names go to the Evil Name Generator. The evil name generator makes mean names of evil. A mixture of evil, RPG and nicknames.
Funny Stuff
Make funny fantasy names? Try the Superhero Name Generator for funny angle to the subject.
Everything don't need to be serious or grave. The superhero generator makes funny nicknames with humor and a twist - just for fun!
Team Name Generator
If you're looking for a team name generator try your luck with the Guild Name Generator. Team names perfected for the world of warcraft game, but suited
The guild name generator is by design a team fantasy name generator. It will make cool team names 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 names with a more business like feeling and meaning to them.
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