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Random Name Generators

The Story Shack is home to one of the largest free collections of random name generators and idea generators on the web. Browse by category, search by keyword, and find the perfect name or prompt for your novel, tabletop campaign, video game, fan project, business, baby or pet.

Browse name generators by category

The complete library of random name generators

Whether you need a name for a fantasy hero, a sci-fi starship, an anime protagonist, a Dungeons and Dragons NPC, a new business, a brand, a baby or a pet, The Story Shack almost certainly has a random name generator for it. Every tool is free, unlimited and runs straight in your browser, so you can keep clicking until a name fits and then copy it or save it to your chest for later.

Find the right name generator fast

Use the search box above to filter the full list by keyword. Type "elf", "dragon" or "tiefling" to land on a fantasy name generator, "alien" or "planet" for the sci-fi name generators, "anime" for the anime name generators, "character" for the character name generator, "business" or "brand" for the business and brand name tools, or "baby" and "pet" for the baby and pet name generators. The category badges above are the fastest way to drill into the right part of the library.

Idea generators for writers, gamers and roleplayers

The same library doubles as a deep collection of idea generators. Use the writing prompt generator to start a new short story, or create your own random idea generator from a list of items you already have. Tabletop game masters can roll for taverns, quests, factions, items and entire kingdoms in seconds, while novelists and screenwriters can use the prompts and place generators to break out of writer’s block.

Names for fantasy, sci-fi, anime and every category

Story Shack is organized around the categories writers and players actually use. The main category badges above lead to the genre hubs (fantasy, sci-fi, anime, real-world, place names, animals, writing tools), and the secondary category badges cover specific settings and themes such as Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, Star Wars, The Witcher, Harry Potter, Cyberpunk 2077, Genshin Impact, Warhammer 40k, Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinder and many more. Within each category you will find race, faction, place and character generators tuned to that setting, so the names actually feel like they belong.

Real-world names: business, brand, baby, pet and nickname generators

The Story Shack also covers naming far outside fiction. The business name generator produces thousands of company name ideas in a few clicks, and the brand name generator focuses on short, memorable, brandable words. New parents can use the baby name generator for boy, girl and gender-neutral ideas, while pet owners can find playful suggestions in the pet name generator and the wider animal name generators. For online identities, the nickname generator is built for usernames, gamer tags and roleplay handles.

Save, copy, embed and reuse your favourite results

Every result on The Story Shack can be copied to the clipboard with one click, saved to your free chest without an account, and exported into your own writing or design files. Many tools can also be embedded directly into your own site or wiki. Premium accounts unlock an ad-free experience and the full set of writing apps, but every random name generator stays free to use forever.

Built by storytellers, since 2011

The Story Shack is hand-crafted by storyteller and developer Martin Hooijmans, who has been building name and idea generators for the writing community since 2011. The site has grown alongside its users, with new generators added every month based on the genres, games, themes and use cases people are actually writing in. If you are a writer, game master, illustrator, indie developer or just someone who needs a great name for their next project, you are in the right place.

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