Country name generator

Start with a root that says something about the land, such as a word for valley, stone, wind or sea, then add a country ending like -ia, -land, -mark or -nesia. Choose a style above and the generator does this for you.

-land simply means land, as in Finland. -ia is a Latin ending for a place, as in Australia. -mark meant a border region, as in Denmark, -stan is Persian for place or land, as in Uzbekistan, and -nesia comes from the Greek word for island, as in Indonesia.

No. Every name is invented, and results are screened against real countries, territories, historic kingdoms and famous fictional nations. A name can still match a small town or a word in another language, so search it before you publish.

Aethoria, Thalivar, Quelaris, Kaeruin and Zepharis all sound like fantasy nations. Add a title such as the Kingdom of or the Free Cities of to make one feel official.

Yes. The names come from original syllable rules and are free to use in stories, games and maps. Search any name before you trademark it.

It is a Persian and Sanskrit suffix meaning a place abounding in, related to the English word stead, as in Kazakhstan and Pakistan. In invented names it is often used for jokes about faraway or hostile countries, so use it on purpose, not as shorthand for foreign.

The word for the people of a place: Brazilians, the Japanese, Icelanders. English usually adds -an, -ian, -ese, -i or -er, but some are irregular (Malagasy for Madagascar) and some languages use prefixes instead (one Mosotho, many Basotho in Lesotho).

ISO 3166-1 keeps AA, QM to QZ, XA to XZ and ZZ for users and promises never to assign them to a country. Some are already used in practice, such as XK for Kosovo, so the country builder skips those and gives you a code from the rest.

Yes: Czechia became the short English name of the Czech Republic in 2016, Swaziland became Eswatini in 2018, Macedonia became North Macedonia in 2019, and Turkey asked the UN to use Türkiye in 2022.

Follow the North American Vexillological Association's five principles: keep it simple enough for a child to draw from memory, use meaningful symbols, stick to two or three basic colors, never use lettering or seals, and be distinctive or deliberately related to a neighbor. The country builder makes flags that follow them.

Custom mode lets you set a few options and add a sentence of details. An AI language model then suggests 10 original names, each with how to say it and a suggested meaning, and you can ask for more like any name you like.

For invented names, the meanings are suggestions for your story, not real word origins. AI can make mistakes, so check any claim about a real language before you rely on it.