Name Forging

Name Forging is a grammar-aware procedural name generator for Minecraft with built-in grammar and localization support.

Instead of stitching random words together, it generates natural-sounding names, supports adjective/noun agreement, grammatical cases, and multiple languages.

The mod adds a name generator button to the world creation screen, provides the /namegen command, and exposes an API that other mods can use.

Features

• Pattern-based generator — Create names using templates such as {adj} {noun} or {noun.gen} {noun} with weighted word selection, grammatical agreement, and case support.
• World creation button — Generate a world name with a single click. Choose whether names are generated automatically when opening the screen, only when pressing the button, or disable the feature entirely through the config.
• /namegen command — Generate names directly in chat. Generated names are clickable for easy copying.
• API for mod developers — Generate names for towns, settlements, waystones, NPCs, or any other custom content.
• Data Pack friendly — Generators and language data are completely separated. Adding support for a new language is as simple as creating a new localization file.
• Repeat protection — Prevents recently generated names from appearing again (last 16 results).

Included Generators

The mod currently includes one built-in generator.

More generators will be added in future updates.

Usage

World Creation

Click the 🎲 button next to the world name field to generate a new name.

Command

/namegen

or

/namegen name_forging:fantasy

Configuration

Generation behavior can be configured using:

• worldNameMode
• worldNameGenerator

For Mod Developers

Optional<String> name = NameForgingApi.generate(
    ResourceLocation.fromNamespaceAndPath(
        "name_forging",
        "fantasy"
    )
);

Name generation happens entirely on the client, just like any other text entered by the player. The generated name is then sent to the server as a regular string.