Chinese Male Name Generator

A Chinese male name puts the family name first and the given name second: Wang Wei is a Mr. Wang whose given name is Wei. About one hundred surnames cover the great majority of the population, and the top five (Wang, Li, Zhang, Liu, Chen) alone account for roughly a third of China. Surnames are almost always one syllable; two-syllable compound surnames like Ouyang, Sima, and Zhuge exist but are rare and carry an old, literary feel.

Given names are one or two characters chosen for meaning and sound. Boys' names have long favored characters suggesting strength, virtue, or ambition: Wei (great), Qiang (strong), Jun (talented), Hao (vast), Zhi (aspiration), Ming (bright), Long (dragon), Guo (nation). Names also date a man. Men born in the 1950s and 60s often carry patriotic names like Jianguo (build the nation), Weiguo, or Guohua; men born after 2000 more often have two-character names such as Haoran, Zihao, Yuxuan, Junjie, or Yichen, which parents pick for elegant classical resonance.

On this page you will find common everyday combinations, generation-specific styles, and historical or celebrity names for reference. Names are written in Hanyu Pinyin without tone marks, which is how they usually appear in passports, English media, and game credits.