Planet Name Generator
Somewhere in your campaign notes or your novel draft there is a planet called something like New Earth Two, and every time you read it a little part of the setting dies. Planet names carry a surprising amount of worldbuilding weight: they hint at who charted the place, whether anyone bothered to survey it twice, and how it gets said out loud at the jump gate. A name that sounds real makes the whole star system feel surveyed.
This generator builds planet names from sturdy root syllables and orbital-sounding endings, producing worlds like Velara, Korion, and Novux that feel pulled from an atlas nobody on Earth has printed yet. Use them for sci-fi novels, tabletop campaigns, space games, or the exoplanet you have quietly claimed for yourself. Roll until one sounds inhabited, then start lying about its climate with confidence.
Examples
- Velara
- Korion
- Novux
- Therantha
- Zanoria
- Calimir
- Draleus
- Talenza
FAQ
- How do I make a planet name sound real?
- Keep it to two or three syllables, end on a vowel or a soft consonant, and resist the urge to add an apostrophe. Real exoplanet catalogs are full of clean, sayable shapes. If a starship captain could bark it during an evacuation, it works.
- Can I use these planet names in my book or game?
- Yes. The names are generated from syllable parts, and made-up place names are not copyrightable anyway. Do a quick search on your favorite before publishing in case an existing franchise landed on the same combination first; the galaxy is crowded.
- Should planets in the same system share naming styles?
- Usually, yes. A system charted by one survey crew tends to get one naming convention, so sibling planets with a shared feel, like Velara and Velune, sell the fiction. Then break the pattern once for the world with a dark history nobody talks about.
- What about naming moons and stations?
- Name the planet first, then let everything else inherit from it: Korion gives you Korion Minor, Korion Anchorage, and the ugly little refueling post everyone just calls the Pump. Downstream names are where the lived-in texture comes from.