 <p>You have to create the table before Model from migration file check Documentation <strong><a href="https://laravel.com/docs/5.1/migrations#creating-tables" rel="nofollow">Creating tables</a></strong> section, then the model will use the plural name of the class as the table name.</p> <p><strong>NOTE :</strong> You have to set up your database configuration firstly and create database manually check <strong><a href="https://laravel.com/docs/5.1/database#accessing-connections" rel="nofollow">Database: Getting Started</a></strong> section.</p> <p>Hope this helps.</p>