nomen

categorical name generator

denali

mountains thematic seed 42

strategy

pattern

technique

category

sheet

lists

count

Changing a control draws. Random picks new settings. Draw rerolls the seed unless held.

Sheet

One seed, one generator call per column. The CLI takes a single strategy and category; check several to compare them here. Click a name to copy.

Install

The playground runs the same generator as the CLI, compiled to WebAssembly. Names stay lowercase, ASCII, and DNS-safe.

Nix

nix run github:alleneubank/nomen -- generate --count 5

Zig

git clone https://github.com/alleneubank/nomen
cd nomen
zig build -Doptimize=ReleaseSafe
./zig-out/bin/nomen generate --strategy phrase

Library

zig fetch --save git+https://github.com/alleneubank/nomen

Agent-facing surface: nomen --llms and nomen generate --help --format json. HTTP: nomen serve then /generate, /categories, /health.