# Steampunk City Name **URL:** \ **Category:** Writing and Content\ **Created:** [January 21, 2018, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/steampunk-city-name/34542 "2018-01-21T21:56:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TheMaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/themaker/32/5813_2.png) [@TheMaker](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/TheMaker)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/steampunk-city-name/34542/1 "2018-01-21T21:56:52Z")
Trying to come up with a unique city name for a game set in a steampunk/gothic-esque world. It is a large city known for being a central trading hub and housing a diverse population. I want it to have a unique name so not something simple like King’s Port, or Highwall, etc. Here are some I’ve come up with: _Poll ([view on site](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/steampunk-city-name/34542/1))_ Feel free to offer your own suggestion, the more ideas the merrier. ---
**Author:** ![Carlos.R](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/carlos.r/32/75837_2.png) [@Carlos.R](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Carlos.R)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/steampunk-city-name/34542/2 "2018-01-21T22:12:32Z")
Brasspass (20 characters) ---
**Author:** ![MeltingPenguins](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/meltingpenguins/32/255855_2.png) [@MeltingPenguins](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/MeltingPenguins)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 10:16pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/steampunk-city-name/34542/3 "2018-01-21T22:16:15Z")
Just on a note… I hope you are aware that ‘Rheinwal’ is literally german for ‘whale what lives in the river rhine’? Which… is a thing that happened. ---
**Author:** ![TheMaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/themaker/32/5813_2.png) [@TheMaker](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/TheMaker)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 10:21pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/steampunk-city-name/34542/4 "2018-01-21T22:21:02Z")
Thanks for the note, I think River Whale is a fun name. ---
**Author:** ![kyros](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/kyros/32/41782_2.png) [@kyros](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/kyros)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 5:23am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/steampunk-city-name/34542/5 "2018-01-22T05:23:03Z")
Copperhagen Factoreich Brassington ---
**Author:** ![Spire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/spire/32/37376_2.png) [@Spire](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Spire)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 7:48am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/steampunk-city-name/34542/6 "2018-01-22T07:48:28Z")
I think it would help to know what the city’s history and defining features are. Cities outside of the US (where a lot of settlers simply reused the names of their European hometowns) are often named for geographical features, historical events or real or imagined patrons. Rheinwal was already covered, Grankirk literally means ‘grand church’, Vanderport ‘of the port’ AFAIK. The others are self-explanatory or nonsensical to me (Deltev, Vanwal). In order to pick one I’d have to know which fits moreso than which sounds coolest. ---
**Author:** ![Szaal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/szaal/32/112202_2.png) [@Szaal](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Szaal)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 8:00am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/steampunk-city-name/34542/7 "2018-01-22T08:00:15Z")
To celebrate our tireless effort of months of voyage, lost and left alone at sea, I shall name this new land with my own. Szaaland! 🗺 🚩 _\*the crews cheer up_ ---
**Author:** ![kyros](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/kyros/32/41782_2.png) [@kyros](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/kyros)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 9:53am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/steampunk-city-name/34542/8 "2018-01-22T09:53:18Z")
If you look closely, my suggestions are actually very ideal, if you know what I mean ---
**Author:** ![TheMaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/themaker/32/5813_2.png) [@TheMaker](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/TheMaker)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 11:32am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/steampunk-city-name/34542/9 "2018-01-22T11:32:55Z")
Wow I just made those up, looks like my subconscious knows German. ---
**Author:** ![MeltingPenguins](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/meltingpenguins/32/255855_2.png) [@MeltingPenguins](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/MeltingPenguins)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 11:38am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/steampunk-city-name/34542/10 "2018-01-22T11:38:38Z")
Just for those interested: > **[Moby Dick (Rhine)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moby_Dick_(Rhine))** > > Moby Dick (Willi de Waal in the Netherlands) was a beluga, or white whale, that caused a sensation in 1966 along the Lower Rhine and then in all of Germany and the Netherlands. It was named after the whale in the novel Moby-Dick by Herman Melville. > On May 18, 1966, a few Rhine skippers near Duisburg reported a white whale in the Rhine to the water police. Officials reacted with incredulity and made the mariners take a blood alcohol test, which came up negative. In fact, there really was a four-m... ---
**Author:** ![Avery\_Moore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/avery_moore/32/57275_2.png) [@Avery\_Moore](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Avery_Moore)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 10:46pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/steampunk-city-name/34542/11 "2018-01-22T22:46:53Z")
Oh wow. I made a post for this exact topic a few months ago. Ended up going with “Brass Haven” and “Fort Russet” for my city names, but here’s the link if you wanted to take a look at some of the other suggestions. (Personally like Ravenport the best) 😋 > [@Steampunk City Poll](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/steampunk-city-poll/25615): > > I’ve been toying with the idea of a game that’s set in a Steampunk style world, but I’m stuck coming up with a name for the city where the game is set. I’ve come up with a few suggestions for city names. Pleas vote on which one you think sounds best. blush[poll](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/steampunk-city-poll/25615/1)