Mongolian

Compiled by Jason Morningstar

Information on Mongolian is a little thin. Surnamess are a modern conceit, so don’t use them if you’re in the sixteenth century or something. These names seem exotic enough to represent a weird future culture, too.

Male Names

  1. Arban
  2. Oyugun
  3. Qoyor
  4. Surtak
  5. Taban
  6. Gurban
  7. Arslan
  8. Batachikhan
  9. Checheg
  10. Dalan
  11. Tumen
  12. Ulagan
  13. Gutchluk
  14. Inalchuk
  15. Jaran
  16. Osol
  17. Dorben
  18. Erdenijn
  19. Ghazan
  20. Gombojavyn

Female Names

  1. Arikaboke
  2. Mangu
  3. Muhuli
  4. Chamuka
  5. Vachir
  6. Chagadai
  7. Belgutai
  8. Qacha
  9. Nayan
  10. Budragchaa
  11. Jebtsundamba
  12. Hulagu
  13. Juchi
  14. Khaidu
  15. Batu
  16. Temur
  17. Tolui
  18. Yaba
  19. Yesukai
  20. Bora

Surnames

  1. Arbis
  2. Batmunkh
  3. Bat-Ul
  4. Bira
  5. Borhondoi
  6. Byambasuren
  7. Chimidorj
  8. Choybalsan
  9. Dashyondon
  10. Davaa
  11. Ganbaatar
  12. Ganbold
  13. Ishkand
  14. Jasray
  15. Namnanorj
  16. Ochirbal
  17. Olzvoi
  18. Saihan
  19. Tomor-ochir
  20. Tsedenbal

Interesting Places

  1. The middle of a freezing “Zud” dust storm.
  2. A camel breeder’s camp in the Gobi Desert.
  3. Nayramadlin Orgil, a 4,374 meter peak in the Altai range.
  4. Uvs Nuur, a 3,350 km2 lake.
  5. Ulaanbaatar, the capitol, on the river Tuul.
  6. An open pit copper mine on the grassland steppe.
  7. The Bulgan fault - longest active fault line in the world.
  8. A forest of dwarf hemlock high in the Altai, home to snow leopards
  9. Kharakhorum, ancient city of Genghis Khan in the Orkhon valley.
  10. The Amarbayasgalant Lamasery, 360 km north of Ulaanbaatar.
  11. The dusty crossroads of Terelj, 80 km from the capitol.
  12. Khovsgol lake, “The Dark Blue Pearl”.
  13. A Tsaatan reindeer-herding camp near Khatgal.
  14. Khan Khentii, the heavily-forested “home of the Mongols”.
  15. Khorgo Volcano, a dead volcano to the east of the Lake Terkhiin Tsagaan.
  16. The Bayanzag dinosaur bone fields in the south Gobi.
  17. Enormous sand dunes along the Khongurun river.
  18. Yoliin Am valley, with high rock walls, waterfalls, and dramatic views.
  19. An abandoned camp on the Gun-Galuut plains.
  20. A tough yurt shanty town on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar.