Street name generator

Made-up street names for novels, maps, games and city builders.

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100+ street name ideas

  • Maple Hollow Lane
  • Willow Creek Drive
  • Fox Run Court
  • Cedar Ridge Road
  • Meadowlark Way

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How streets get their names

The most common street names in the United States are numbers and trees: Second, Third and First, then Park, Main, Oak, Pine, Maple, Cedar and Elm. Second beats First because many towns call their first street Main. In old English towns streets were named for what happened on them, which is why so many have a High Street, a Church Lane, a Mill Road and a Market Street, and why trades survive in names like Baker Street and Threadneedle Street. The second word matters as much as the first. A street runs through town, a road leads out of it, an avenue is wide and tree-lined, a lane is narrow, a court or close is a dead end, and a drive winds. Describe the place, its country, its age and who lives there, and the generator writes street names that fit.

5 tips for naming a street

  1. Pick the right street type

    Street, Road, Avenue, Lane, Court, Drive, Way, Boulevard. A cul-de-sac is a Court or Close, a country track is a Lane, a grand city axis is a Boulevard.

  2. Use what stood there

    Mill Road led to the mill, Church Lane to the church, Orchard Close was an orchard. A landmark makes a street feel older than its houses.

  3. Suburbs love trees and views

    Developers name streets for the nature they removed: Maple Hollow Lane, Fox Run, Willow Creek Drive. Two soft nature words and a type is the formula.

  4. Theme a neighborhood

    Real towns name a district's streets as a set: presidents, birds, poets, gemstones. A theme makes a made-up map believable fast.

  5. In fantasy, name the trade

    Old cities grouped trades by street: Coppersmith Row, Tanners' Lane, Candlewick Street. Readers learn the city's economy from the address.

Want names made for yours? Describe what you're naming and Nomi finds names that fit.

Frequently asked questions

In the United States it is Second Street, followed by Third, First, Fourth, Park, Fifth and Main, then tree names such as Oak, Pine and Maple. In the United Kingdom it is High Street.

A street has buildings on both sides and runs through a town. A road connects two places. An avenue is a wide street, often lined with trees, and in gridded cities it usually runs at right angles to the streets.

Take a tree, a landmark, a surname or a trade and add the street type that fits the place: Cedar Ridge Road for a suburb, Mill Lane for a village, Commerce Street for downtown.

Names from trades and landmarks: Coppersmith Row, Lantern Street, Alchemist's Alley, the Gilded Way.

Use them for stories, maps, games and test data. Some of these names exist somewhere in the world, as most plain street names do, so do not use one to give a false address.

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