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Generate anime sword names in every style the genre uses: romanized Japanese blade names like Kogarasumaru and Shiranui, Zanpakuto-style spirit swords, translated titles such as Blade of the Crimson Moon, and canon blades from Bleach, One Piece, Inuyasha, SAO and Demon Slayer. Built for OCs, fan fiction, manga scripts and RPG characters.

About anime sword names

Anime swords are named the way Japanese swords have always been named, just turned up a notch. Real historical blades took names from a smith (Masamune, Muramasa, Kotetsu), a deed (Dojigiri, "ogre cutter"; Tonbokiri, "dragonfly cutter") or a look (Mikazuki, "crescent moon"). Anime borrows every one of those habits: Zoro's Wado Ichimonji and Sandai Kitetsu are named for forge lineages, Inuyasha's Tessaiga means "iron-crushing fang", and nearly every Zanpakuto in Bleach is a two-kanji compound that describes what the blade does when released, from Senbonzakura (thousand cherry blossoms) to Hyorinmaru (ice ring).

That gives you four usable styles. Romanized Japanese compounds (Shiranui, Kagerou, Yukikaze) sound authentic and short enough to shout in a fight. Names ending in -maru or -giri (Kogarasumaru, Onikiri) read as heirloom katana. Translated titles (Blade of the Crimson Moon, Sword of a Hundred Demons) are how subtitles usually render grand named weapons, and they work well for a sword's formal name. Western-flavored light novel blades (Elucidator, Dark Repulser) fit isekai and game-world settings.

The best anime sword names also carry a rank or epithet, the way One Piece grades swords as Great Grade or Supreme Grade and Demon Slayer colors its Nichirin blades. Pair a short name with a title and you have a weapon with a reputation, not just a label.

How to choose anime sword names

  • Match the name to the setting: romanized Japanese (Kagerou, Hotarumaru) for samurai and shonen worlds, English compound names (Dark Repulser, Lunar Cleaver) for isekai and VRMMO stories.
  • Give the sword a short nickname and a long formal title, e.g. Kurohime, formally The Forbidden Blade Kurohime. Characters use the short one in battle and the long one in exposition.
  • Two-kanji compounds are the sweet spot for Zanpakuto-style blades: one word for an image (moon, snow, wolf) plus one for action or form (fang, mirror, ring). Three or more stacked words start to sound like a parody.
  • Check the meaning of any Japanese name before committing it to a manga or fic; mistranslated names are the most common complaint readers raise.
  • If the sword is sentient or tied to a spirit, pick a name that could also be a character name (Benihime, Zangetsu, Shirayuki) so it can speak and be addressed directly.

Frequently asked questions

What are some famous anime sword names?

Well-known ones include Tessaiga and Tenseiga (Inuyasha), Zangetsu, Senbonzakura and Hyorinmaru (Bleach), Wado Ichimonji, Enma and Yoru (One Piece), Elucidator and Dark Repulser (Sword Art Online), Kusanagi and Kubikiribocho (Naruto), Murasame (Akame ga Kill) and the Dragon Slayer (Berserk). Many of these sit at the top of this list alongside original names in the same styles.

How do I make an anime sword name sound authentic?

Use real Japanese word roots and keep it to two or three syllable groups: tsuki (moon), yuki (snow), kaze (wind), kage (shadow), kiba (fang), ryuu (dragon), and endings like -maru, -giri or -ken. Names like Tsukikage, Onikiri and Ryuuga follow the same pattern as real swords and canon anime blades.

What do -maru and -giri mean in sword names?

-maru is an old suffix of affection used for ships, boys' names and prized swords (Kogarasumaru, "little crow"; Hotarumaru, "firefly"). -giri or -kiri means "cutter" and names a famous feat: Dojigiri cut the ogre Shuten-doji, Tonbokiri supposedly sliced a dragonfly that landed on its edge.

Can I use these anime sword names for my OC or fan fiction?

Yes. The original names are free to use in fan fiction, OCs, RPG campaigns and games. Canon names like Zangetsu or Elucidator belong to their franchises, so use those as references or in fan works only, and pick an original name if you plan to publish commercially.

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A: 22 names

  • Abyss Fang
  • Aizen Kunitoshi
  • Akashi Kuniyuki
  • Akebono
  • Akumagiri
  • Alastor
  • Amagumo
  • Amatsukaze
  • Ame no Habakiri
  • Ame no Murakumo
  • Anneal Blade
  • Aoarashi
  • Aranami
  • Arashiyama
  • Archenemy
  • Arondight
  • Asagiri
  • Asatsuyu
  • Asayake
  • Ashen Requiem
  • Ashisogi Jizo
  • Atsushi Toushirou

B: 27 names

  • Bakusaiga
  • Bakuya
  • Bakuzan
  • Balmung
  • Banryu
  • Benihime
  • Benihime no Namida
  • Benizakura
  • Black Blade Kokuyou
  • Black Lotus
  • Blade of Falling Petals
  • Blade of Seven Sorrows
  • Blade of the Ashen Wind
  • Blade of the Bitter Frost
  • Blade of the Crimson Moon
  • Blade of the Frozen Heaven
  • Blade of the Silent Snowfall
  • Blade of the Unsleeping Moon
  • Blade of the Weeping Willow
  • Blade That Cuts the Dawn
  • Blood Scythe
  • Blue Rose
  • Botan Ichimonji
  • Brotherhood
  • Burning Chrysanthemum
  • Buster Sword
  • Byakko

C: 7 names

  • Caliburn
  • Celestial Sword Hoshizora
  • Chiyoganemaru
  • Clarent
  • Crimson Lotus
  • Crimson Verdict
  • Cursed Blade Kitetsu

D: 14 names

  • Dark Repulser
  • Dawn Breaker
  • Demon Fang
  • Demon Sword Muramasa
  • Demon-Destroyer Sword
  • Demon-Dweller Sword
  • Demon-Slayer Sword
  • Divine Blade Futsunomitama
  • Dojigiri Yasutsuna
  • Doudanuki Masakuni
  • Dragon Slayer
  • Dragon Tooth
  • Durandal
  • Dusk Reaper

E: 9 names

  • Edge of the Falling Sky
  • Edge of the Last Light
  • Edge of the Wandering Swordsman
  • Eight Heads
  • Elucidator
  • Enjin
  • Enma
  • Eventide Saber
  • Excalibur Morgan

F: 13 names

  • Fang of the Black Dragon
  • Fang of the Eternal Flame
  • Fang of the Hungry Ghost
  • Fang of the Silver Wolf
  • Forbidden Blade Kurohime
  • Force Edge
  • Fragrant Olive Sword
  • Frostbite Saber
  • Frozen Wisteria
  • Fubuki
  • Fuji Kujaku
  • Futsunomitama
  • Fuuinken

G: 13 names

  • Galatine
  • Gale Ripper
  • Genbu
  • Gengetsu
  • Getsuga
  • Gokotai
  • Gokuen
  • Golden Lotus
  • Gonryomaru
  • Gouka
  • Gram
  • Great Grade Sword Shusui
  • Gryphon

H: 55 names

  • Hachisuka Kotetsu
  • Hagane no Kokoro
  • Hagikaze
  • Haineko
  • Hakata Toushirou
  • Hakurei
  • Hakuren
  • Hanabira
  • Hanagiri
  • Hangetsu
  • Harpe
  • Hatsuyuki
  • Hayabusamaru
  • Hayate
  • Hazakura
  • Heaven Cleaver
  • Heavenpiercer
  • Hekigyoku
  • Hekireki
  • Heshikiri Hasebe
  • Hibarimaru
  • Hidama
  • Hien
  • Higekiri
  • Hiiro
  • Hikage
  • Hikari no Ken
  • Hiken
  • Hinoe
  • Hinokami
  • Hinotama
  • Hiramekarei
  • Hiryuu
  • Hisagomaru
  • Hisui
  • Hitotachi
  • Hizamaru
  • Hoken Tsumugari
  • Hollow Bamboo
  • Holy Sword Excalibur
  • Holy Sword Kusanagi
  • Homura
  • Honebami
  • Horikawa Kunihiro
  • Hoshi no Yaiba
  • Hoshikuzu
  • Hoshizukiyo
  • Hotarubi
  • Hotarumaru
  • Houou
  • Hozukimaru
  • Hundred Sparrows
  • Hyakkiyagyou
  • Hyorinmaru
  • Hyouga

I: 10 names

  • Ibaragiri
  • Ichigo Hitofuri
  • Ikazuchi
  • Inazuma
  • Ishida Masamune
  • Ishikirimaru
  • Issen
  • Itegumo
  • Iwatooshi
  • Izuminokami Kanesada

J: 4 names

  • Jigokugiri
  • Jiroutachi
  • Jubaku
  • Juzumaru Tsunetsugu

K: 72 names

  • Kabutowari
  • Kaedeha
  • Kaen
  • Kagaribi
  • Kagemaru
  • Kagerou
  • Kageyaiba
  • Kagura
  • Kaguramaru
  • Kagutsuchimaru
  • Kaifuu
  • Kamigoroshi
  • Kamikiri
  • Kaminari
  • Kannagi
  • Kannazuki
  • Kanshou
  • Karasumaru
  • Kasen Kanesada
  • Kashu
  • Kashuu Kiyomitsu
  • Kasumigiri
  • Katen Kyokotsu
  • Kawakaze
  • Kawasemimaru
  • Kazahana
  • Kaze no Tsurugi
  • Kazeshini
  • Kekkaigiri
  • Kiba
  • Kijinmaru
  • Kikkou Sadamune
  • Kikoku
  • Kiku Ichimonji
  • Kikyou
  • Kinshara

K, continued

  • Kintsuki
  • Kiriboshi
  • Kirikaze
  • Kirin
  • Kiritsuki
  • Kitsunebi
  • Kogarasumaru
  • Kogitsunemaru
  • Kohaku
  • Kokoronoken
  • Kokuryuu
  • Kokushibyou
  • Kokushimaru
  • Kokuten
  • Kokuyou
  • Konpeki
  • Kotetsu
  • Koukiba
  • Kousetsu Samonji
  • Kubikiribocho
  • Kumagiri
  • Kumonoito
  • Kumotori
  • Kureha
  • Kurenai
  • Kurenai no Yaiba
  • Kurikara
  • Kurobara
  • Kurogane Tsubaki
  • Kurohime
  • Kuroi Kiba
  • Kusanagi no Tsurugi
  • Kuwana Gou
  • Kyoka Suigetsu
  • Kyoufuu
  • Kyouran

L: 3 names

  • Lambent Light
  • Liberator
  • Lostvayne

M: 26 names

  • Maikaze
  • Mangetsu
  • Masamune
  • Matsui Gou
  • Matsukaze
  • Meidou
  • Merodach
  • Mikazuki Munechika
  • Mikogami
  • Minazuki
  • Mirror Edge
  • Miyuki
  • Mizuchi
  • Mizukagami
  • Momijigiri
  • Moon Splitter
  • Mugen
  • Mugenjin
  • Mumei
  • Murakumo no Yaiba
  • Muramasa
  • Muramasa no Noroi
  • Murasame
  • Mushagiri
  • Muteki
  • Mutsunokami Yoshiyuki

N: 19 names

  • Nagasone Kotetsu
  • Namazuo
  • Nameless Katana
  • Namikiri
  • Nanashi
  • Naraku
  • Narukami
  • Nejibana
  • Nichirin Blade
  • Nidai Kitetsu
  • Night Sky Sword
  • Nihongou
  • Nikkari Aoe
  • Nine Tails
  • Noroigiri
  • Nowaki
  • Nozarashi
  • Nuibari
  • Nuregarasumaru

O: 14 names

  • Oborozuki
  • Obsidian Reverie
  • Odenta Mitsuyo
  • Oni Cutter
  • Oni no Kiba
  • Onikiri
  • Onikirimaru
  • Onimaru Kunitsuna
  • Oodenta
  • Ookami no Kiba
  • Ookanehira
  • Ookurikara
  • Orochigiri
  • Otegine

P: 1 name

  • Phantom Edge

R: 15 names

  • Ragnarok
  • Raijin no Ken
  • Raikou
  • Rangetsu
  • Rasetsumaru
  • Rebellion
  • Red Queen
  • Rekka
  • Rindou
  • Ruri'iro Kujaku
  • Rusted Sword Sabimaru
  • Ryujin Jakka
  • Ryuu no Kiba
  • Ryuuga
  • Ryuusei

S: 81 names

  • Sacred Blade Ame no Ohabari
  • Sakabato
  • Sakanade
  • Sakura Fubuki
  • Sakuragiri
  • Samehada
  • Sandai Kitetsu
  • Sasakiri
  • Sasamaru
  • Sayo Samonji
  • Sazanami
  • Sazanamimaru
  • Sazanka
  • Scarlet Camellia
  • Scissor Blade
  • Seiryuu
  • Sekirei
  • Sekki
  • Semishigure
  • Senbonzakura
  • Sengo Muramasa
  • Seppyou
  • Shi no Yaiba
  • Shibuki
  • Shichiseiken
  • Shigure
  • Shikabanegiri
  • Shimotsuki
  • Shimoyo
  • Shingetsu
  • Shinju
  • Shinken
  • Shinkiri
  • Shinku
  • Shinso
  • Shinzan
  • Shiokaze
  • Shippuu
  • Shiraha
  • Shirahae

S, continued

  • Shirakumo
  • Shiranami
  • Shiranui
  • Shiratsuyu
  • Shirayuki
  • Shirohime
  • Shiroi Kiba
  • Shishigiri
  • Shodai Kitetsu
  • Shokudaikiri Mitsutada
  • Shunrai
  • Shusui
  • Silent Edge
  • Sky Piercer
  • Sode no Shirayuki
  • Sougetsu
  • Soukyuu
  • Soul Cutter
  • Sounga
  • Souryuu
  • Souza Samonji
  • Spirit Cleaver
  • Spirit Sword Tsukikage
  • Star Render
  • Starfall Edge
  • Stormcaller
  • Suiryuu
  • Suisei
  • Suishou
  • Supreme Grade Sword Yoru
  • Suzaku
  • Suzumebachi
  • Sword Bathed in Moonlight
  • Sword of a Hundred Demons
  • Sword of Endless Night
  • Sword of the Hollow King
  • Sword of the Ninth Heaven
  • Sword of the Rising Tide
  • Sword of the Singing Wind
  • Sword of the Thousand Cherry Blossoms
  • Sword That Drinks the Rain

T: 45 names

  • Tachikaze
  • Taikogane Sadamune
  • Takamaru
  • Takekaze
  • Tamashiigiri
  • Taroutachi
  • Tatsumaki
  • Tenchi-ken
  • Tengukiri
  • Tenka Goken
  • Tenka Muteki
  • Tenken
  • Tenkuu
  • Tenrai
  • Tenro
  • Tenryuu
  • Tensa Zangetsu
  • Tenseiga
  • Tessaiga
  • Tetsu no Ishi
  • The Blade That Never Breaks
  • The Sword That Remembers
  • The Sword That Was Never Drawn
  • Thousand Cranes
  • Thunder Fang
  • Tobiume
  • Toki no Ken
  • Tokijin
  • Tokoyami
  • Tonbogiri
  • Tonbokiri
  • Tora no Tsume
  • Toramaru
  • Totsuka no Tsurugi
  • Toyako
  • Tsubakimaru
  • Tsubamegaeshi
  • Tsuki no Kagami
  • Tsukikage
  • Tsumugari
  • Tsuruha
  • Tsurumaru Kuninaga
  • Tsuyukusa
  • Twin Blades Kaze and Kumo
  • Twin Swords Raijin and Fujin

U: 7 names

  • Uguisumaru
  • Ukifune
  • Unabara
  • Unnamed Blade of the Drifter
  • Ushinokoku
  • Utsusemi
  • Uzushio

V: 1 name

  • Void Render

W: 9 names

  • Wabisuke
  • Wado Ichimonji
  • Wakamurasaki
  • Washinotsume
  • Weeping Plum
  • White Lotus
  • Wind Cutter
  • Wing of the Storm God
  • Wraithcutter

Y: 26 names

  • Yaezakura
  • Yagen Toushirou
  • Yamanbagiri Kunihiro
  • Yamaoroshi
  • Yamatagiri
  • Yamato
  • Yamatonokami Yasusada
  • Yami no Ken
  • Yamikiri
  • Yamiyo
  • Yasutsuna
  • Yoimachi
  • Yomikaze
  • Yonaga
  • Yoriichi Type Zero
  • Yoru
  • Youkaikiri
  • Yozakura
  • Yozora
  • Yubashiri
  • Yuki Onna no Ha
  • Yukikaze
  • Yumiharizuki
  • Yuugiri
  • Yuugure
  • Yuuyake

Z: 7 names

  • Zabimaru
  • Zangetsu
  • Zanka no Tachi
  • Zanmato
  • Zanshin
  • Zantetsu
  • Zantetsuken