By Tim King · Updated
Solarpunk Name Generator
Green Future Given Names, Commune Names and Garden City Names
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How the Solarpunk Name Generator works
This solarpunk name generator makes solarpunk names: given names such as Sorrel Okonkwo, Linnet Reyes, Juno Halloran-Mbeki, Bryony Tanaka and Tobin of Marrowind, commune names such as the Orchard Commune, Willow Bend, the Long Meadow Collective, the Rowan House and the Tideline Households, cooperative names such as Sunward Cooperative, Nova Ostia Solar Trust, the Tideline Seed Library and Alder Repair Cooperative, and garden city names such as Halden Terraces, the Cinder Gardens, Lantern Fields, Marrowind Canopy and New Solace. Generate up to a hundred at once for a whole valley of communes or the one repair co-op the story is set in.
How the solarpunk name generator works
A solarpunk name is a name for a future that decided to be kind, and the generator gives the four kinds a green setting needs. The given name is a plant or bird used as a first name, which is what solarpunk parents do, with a surname from the shared cast of this section, Sorrel Okonkwo, Linnet Reyes, Bryony Tanaka, Rowan Calder, Hazel Ekwueme, Reed Nakamura, Fern Sørlie, Aspen Solano, Clover Mbeki, Alder Petrov, or double-barrelled because the households share, Juno Halloran-Mbeki, Wren Farrow-Onne, or with the place instead of a surname, Tobin of Marrowind, Sage of Halden, Yarrow of Nova Ostia, or an ordinary name from the cast for the older generation, Ilsa Quade, Ravi Ashgrove, or the plant alone, Moss, Tansy, Cedar, since a solarpunk setting names its children after what it hopes to keep. The commune name is where they live, a piece of land and the word, the Orchard Commune, the Tideline Commune, Hillside Commune, Salt Marsh Commune, or a tree and a landform, Willow Bend, Alder Hollow, Hawthorn Reach, Birch Ford, Elder Crossing, Linden Common, or the collective form, the Long Meadow Collective, the Open Terrace Collective, the Shared Canopy Collective, or the house, the Rowan House, the Fig House, or the households, the Coppice Households, the Riverside Households, which is a name that describes the ground rather than the people. The cooperative name is what they run, a sun word and the form, Sunward Cooperative, Daylight Cooperative, Noon Cooperative, or a place and a trust, Nova Ostia Solar Trust, Halden Tidal Trust, or a seed library, the Tideline Seed Library, the Hedgerow Seed Library, or a tree and a trade, Alder Repair Cooperative, Hazel Bread Cooperative, Willow Loom Cooperative, or a place and a trade, Cinder Bicycle Co-op, the Orlane Kiln Guild, Marrowind Water Co-op, or a sun and a trade, Harvest Compost Collective, Rooftop Energy Collective, since a solarpunk economy is named for what it makes and how it is owned. The garden city name is the city rebuilt, a shared world and a green word, Nova Ostia Green, Halden Terraces, the Cinder Gardens, Marrowind Canopy, Solace Orchards, or a light and a field, Lantern Fields, Sunlit Fields, Amber Vale, Firefly Common, Evening Rise, or a new one on the old, New Solace, New Tarsis, which is the old city with the concrete taken up and the light let in.
Given name gives the child. Commune name gives the ground. Cooperative name gives the work. Garden city name gives the city rebuilt.
There is no gender option, since plant names have none and the cast's names are shared across it.
The lists are original. The plant and bird names are real plants and birds used as given names, the surnames and places are the shared cast and worlds of this section, and the land, tree, landform, sun, trade and light words are ordinary English; no published solarpunk character, commune or franchise city appears in the lists, a match with a novel, a game or a real cooperative would be chance, since real communes and co-ops use trees and meadows too, and a name intended for commercial use should be searched first.
For the same future run on brass, the steampunk name page; for the one run on oil, the dieselpunk name page; for the world the garden city is on, the planet name page; for the colony before it turned green, the space colony page; and for the festival the commune keeps, the sci-fi holiday page.
FAQ
What is a solarpunk given name?
A plant or bird used as a first name, which is what solarpunk parents do, with a surname from the shared cast of this section, Sorrel Okonkwo, Linnet Reyes, Rowan Calder, or double-barrelled, Juno Halloran-Mbeki, or with a place, Tobin of Marrowind, or the plant alone, Moss, Tansy, since the setting names its children after what it hopes to keep. The Given name kind gives it.
What is a commune name?
Where they live, a piece of land and the word, the Orchard Commune, Salt Marsh Commune, or a tree and a landform, Willow Bend, Alder Hollow, Elder Crossing, or the collective, the Long Meadow Collective, or the house, the Rowan House, or the households, the Coppice Households, which is a name that describes the ground rather than the people. The Commune name kind gives it.
What is a cooperative name?
What they run, a sun word and the form, Sunward Cooperative, or a place and a trust, Nova Ostia Solar Trust, or a seed library, the Tideline Seed Library, or a tree and a trade, Alder Repair Cooperative, or a place and a trade, Cinder Bicycle Co-op, since a solarpunk economy is named for what it makes and how it is owned. The Cooperative name kind gives it.
What is a garden city name?
The city rebuilt, a shared world and a green word, Nova Ostia Green, Halden Terraces, the Cinder Gardens, Marrowind Canopy, or a light and a field, Lantern Fields, Firefly Common, or a new one on the old, New Solace, which is the old city with the concrete taken up and the light let in. The Garden city name kind gives it.
Are any of these names from published works?
No. Every list is original. The plant and bird names are real plants and birds used as given names, the surnames and places are the shared cast and worlds of this section and the land, tree, sun, trade and light words are ordinary English, so no published solarpunk character or commune appears in them, a match with a novel or a real co-op would be chance, and a name meant for commercial use should be searched first.
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