Chinese Name Generator
Authentic Chinese names with pinyin and characters
Generate random Chinese names written surname-first in pinyin with the Chinese characters alongside: everyday men's and women's names from every generation, elegant classical and wuxia-style names for fantasy settings, and famous figures from history and literature.
About Chinese names
A Chinese name is family name first, given name second, and almost always two or three syllables in total. Li Na is a Ms. Li whose given name is Na; Wang Haoran is a Mr. Wang called Haoran. Roughly a hundred surnames cover most of the population, and the big five (Wang, Li, Zhang, Liu, Chen) account for about a third of it. Two-syllable surnames like Ouyang, Zhuge and Murong survive mainly in history and martial-arts novels, which is why they sound so good on a fantasy hero.
Given names are chosen character by character for meaning and tone. Women's names lean on beauty, gentleness and nature (Na, Fang, Jing, Xue, Yu, Ting, Xin), men's on strength, virtue and ambition (Wei, Qiang, Jun, Hao, Zhi, Yuan), though many characters are shared. A name also dates its bearer: Jianguo, Guiying and Xiulan mark the 1950s to 70s, Wei, Jing and Lei the 80s, and two-character names such as Zixuan, Haoran, Yinuo and Yuxuan dominate children born after 2000.
Every entry shows standard pinyin plus the simplified characters, so you can see how a name looks and judge its tone. The list mixes everyday modern names, classical and wuxia-style names that read well in fantasy, and recognised historical and literary figures for reference.
How to choose Chinese names
- Keep the surname first for characters living in China; someone abroad might flip to Western order (Na Li) or add an English name (Lisa Li). Pick one convention per story and stick to it.
- To build a Chinese name from an English one, match the sound of the surname to a real Chinese surname (Smith to Shi, Martin to Ma, Johnson to Zhang) and pick one or two given-name characters that echo the first name's opening sound and carry a meaning you like.
- For a fantasy or wuxia setting, use a compound surname (Murong, Nangong, Shangguan) or a poetic given name built from nature and virtue words: Qingfeng (clear wind), Lingxiao (reaching the clouds), Wanqing (gentle and clear).
- Check the characters, not just the pinyin. Xinyi can be written 欣怡 or 心怡, and two names that sound identical can be worlds apart in meaning; the characters shown here are one common, positive option.
- Avoid mixing Cantonese romanisation (Wong, Chan, Leung) with Mandarin pinyin (Wang, Chen, Liang) inside the same family unless the story explains it.
Frequently asked questions
Are these real Chinese names?
Yes. The modern names use the most common surnames with given names that are genuinely in use for each generation, written in standard Hanyu Pinyin with simplified characters. The historical and literary entries are well-known public figures or fictional characters. Nothing is randomly assembled from syllables.
Why is the family name written first?
That is normal Chinese order. In Wang Haoran, Wang is the family name and Haoran the given name. Chinese people usually keep this order in Chinese contexts and may reverse it or add an English name when dealing with Western institutions.
How do I pick a Chinese name from my English name?
Start with a surname that sounds like yours (Lee or Lewis to Li, Wilson to Wei, Carter to Ke or Kang), then choose one or two given-name characters that open with a similar sound and mean something fitting. A native speaker can confirm that the characters read naturally together and are not accidentally comic.
Do the names include meanings?
Each name shows its Chinese characters, and the intro and tips explain the meaning of common given-name elements such as Wei (great), Jing (quiet), Xue (snow), Hao (vast) and Zhiyuan (far-reaching ambition). For a specific name, look up its characters individually; most are ordinary words with clear dictionary senses.
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All 500 Chinese names
B: 12 names
- Bai Junhan (白俊涵)
- Bai Juyi (白居易)
- Bai Ruoyan (白若嫣)
- Bai Ruoyu (白若雨)
- Bai Suzhen (白素贞)
- Bai Wuji (白无忌)
- Bai Yuexin (白月心)
- Bai Yuhong (白玉红)
- Bai Zhanshan (白占山)
- Baili Xi (百里奚)
- Bao Zheng (包拯)
- Bu Tianci (步天赐)
C: 28 names
- Cai Jingxing (蔡景行)
- Cai Lun (蔡伦)
- Cai Mengjie (蔡梦洁)
- Cai Ruixue (蔡瑞雪)
- Cai Xuewen (蔡学文)
- Cao Cao (曹操)
- Cao Guohua (曹国华)
- Cao Tiancheng (曹天成)
- Cao Wenjing (曹文静)
- Cao Xueqin (曹雪芹)
- Cao Ziyi (曹子怡)
- Chen Jinnan (陈近南)
- Chen Li (陈丽)
- Chen Shihan (陈诗涵)
- Chen Tao (陈涛)
- Chen Yichen (陈一辰)
- Cheng Fugui (程富贵)
- Cheng Han (程涵)
- Cheng Ruilin (程睿霖)
- Cheng Yaojin (程咬金)
- Cheng Yunxi (程云溪)
- Chu Liuxiang (楚留香)
- Chu Tingyu (楚听雨)
- Cui Guangming (崔光明)
- Cui Shuying (崔疏影)
- Cui Yaping (崔亚平)
- Cui Yuxiang (崔宇翔)
- Cui Ziyun (崔紫云)
D: 27 names
- Dai Lifang (戴丽芳)
- Deng Jianguo (邓建国)
- Deng Jiawei (邓嘉伟)
- Deng Xiaoyan (邓小燕)
- Deng Xinyue (邓欣悦)
- Di Yun (狄云)
- Ding Shuangxi (丁双喜)
- Ding Xiaoxi (丁晓溪)
- Ding Yanxi (丁彦希)
- Ding Yao (丁瑶)
- Dong Guoqiang (董国强)
- Dong Hanyu (董涵宇)
- Dong Qiming (董启明)
- Dong Wei (董薇)
- Dongfang Bubai (东方不败)
- Du Chengyu (杜承宇)
- Du Fu (杜甫)
- Du Jia (杜佳)
- Du Weimin (杜为民)
- Du Xiaoman (杜晓曼)
- Duan Chenyang (段晨阳)
- Duan Liming (段黎明)
- Duan Ningxi (段宁溪)
- Duan Yanli (段艳丽)
- Duan Yu (段誉)
- Duanmu Ci (端木赐)
- Dugu Han (独孤寒)
F: 18 names
- Fan Meixin (范美欣)
- Fan Shuhua (范淑华)
- Fan Yaodong (范耀东)
- Fan Yuhui (范宇辉)
- Fang Jinhua (方金花)
- Fang Ruolan (方若兰)
- Fang Zhenyu (方振宇)
- Fang Zichen (方子辰)
- Feng Chenzhou (冯沉舟)
- Feng Junhao (冯俊豪)
- Feng Wanrou (风婉柔)
- Feng Weiguo (冯卫国)
- Feng Xiaoli (冯晓丽)
- Feng Yaxuan (冯雅萱)
- Fu Jialun (傅嘉伦)
- Fu Qingshan (傅青山)
- Fu Xiangning (傅香凝)
- Fu Yuzhen (傅玉珍)
G: 16 names
- Gao Lihua (高丽华)
- Gao Siqi (高思琪)
- Gao Siyuan (高思远)
- Gao Xu (高旭)
- Gu Hanjiang (顾寒江)
- Gu Manqing (顾曼青)
- Gu Qingli (顾清离)
- Gu Weidong (顾卫东)
- Gu Yanbo (顾彦博)
- Guan Yu (关羽)
- Guo Jing (郭靖)
- Guo Jun (郭军)
- Guo Mei (郭梅)
- Guo Xiang (郭襄)
- Guo Yinuo (郭一诺)
- Guo Zixuan (郭子轩)
H: 33 names
- Han Aiguo (韩爱国)
- Han Fei (韩非)
- Han Huimin (韩慧敏)
- Han Pojun (韩破军)
- Han Shijie (韩世杰)
- Han Yixuan (韩依萱)
- Hao Jiaying (郝佳颖)
- Hao Jingyu (郝景宇)
- Hao Shaolin (郝少林)
- He Chenxi (何晨曦)
- He Peng (何鹏)
- He Ruoxuan (何若萱)
- He Xia (何霞)
- Hong Qigong (洪七公)
- Hou Chunyan (侯春燕)
- Hu Fei (胡斐)
- Hu Hai (胡海)
- Hu Junxi (胡俊熙)
- Hu Xue (胡雪)
- Hu Yutong (胡雨桐)
- Hua Manlou (花满楼)
- Hua Manting (花满庭)
- Hua Mulan (花木兰)
- Hua Qingxue (花轻雪)
- Hua Tuo (华佗)
- Huang Bowen (黄博文)
- Huang Guiying (黄桂英)
- Huang Lei (黄磊)
- Huang Mengqi (黄梦琪)
- Huang Rong (黄蓉)
- Huang Yaoshi (黄药师)
- Huangfu Qing (皇甫青)
- Huo Qubing (霍去病)
J: 11 names
- Ji Qingluo (姬青萝)
- Ji Wuhen (纪无痕)
- Jia Baoyu (贾宝玉)
- Jia Guizhi (贾桂芝)
- Jiang Haifeng (蒋海峰)
- Jiang Ruochen (姜若尘)
- Jiang Ruoshui (江若水)
- Jiang Sitong (蒋思彤)
- Jiang Xuance (江玄策)
- Jiang Yuhao (蒋宇豪)
- Jin Yuhua (金玉华)
K: 4 names
- Kong Lingxuan (孔令轩)
- Kong Qiu (孔丘)
- Kong Wenjun (孔文君)
- Kong Xiangrui (孔祥瑞)
L: 69 names
- Lei Chunhua (雷春华)
- Lei Jinxuan (雷瑾萱)
- Lei Wenxuan (雷文轩)
- Lei Zhenyu (雷震宇)
- Leng Qingshuang (冷清霜)
- Li Bai (李白)
- Li Er (李耳)
- Li Hongzhang (李鸿章)
- Li Jing (李靖)
- Li Jun (李军)
- Li Kui (李逵)
- Li Na (李娜)
- Li Qingzhao (李清照)
- Li Shimin (李世民)
- Li Shizhen (李时珍)
- Li Xiaolong (李小龙)
- Li Xunhuan (李寻欢)
- Li Yuxuan (李宇轩)
- Li Zihan (李子涵)
- Liang Kai (梁凯)
- Liang Qichao (梁启超)
- Liang Shanbo (梁山伯)
- Liang Shuzhen (梁淑珍)
- Liang Wanqing (梁婉清)
- Liang Zhiyuan (梁致远)
- Liao Jingwen (廖静雯)
- Liao Lijuan (廖丽娟)
- Liao Mingrui (廖明睿)
- Liao Xiaolong (廖小龙)
- Lin Chao (林超)
- Lin Chong (林冲)
- Lin Daiyu (林黛玉)
- Lin Mubai (林慕白)
- Lin Wan'er (林婉儿)
L, continued
- Lin Xinyan (林欣妍)
- Lin Ying (林颖)
- Lin Yuhang (林宇航)
- Lin Zexu (林则徐)
- Ling Boyue (凌波月)
- Ling Xiaoyao (凌逍遥)
- Linghu Chong (令狐冲)
- Linghu Yan (令狐燕)
- Linghu Yue (令狐月)
- Liu Bang (刘邦)
- Liu Bei (刘备)
- Liu Jing (刘静)
- Liu Junjie (刘俊杰)
- Liu Wei (刘伟)
- Liu Zixuan (刘梓萱)
- Long Aoxiang (龙翱翔)
- Long Jianyong (龙建勇)
- Long Yuxuan (龙玉璇)
- Lou Wangyue (楼望月)
- Lü Bu (吕布)
- Lu Guilan (卢桂兰)
- Lu Peiyu (卢佩玉)
- Lu Wangshu (陆望舒)
- Lu Xiaofeng (陆小凤)
- Lu Xuewei (陆雪薇)
- Lu Xun (鲁迅)
- Lu Yiming (卢一鸣)
- Lu You (陆游)
- Lu Zhenguo (卢振国)
- Lu Zhishen (鲁智深)
- Luo Bin (罗斌)
- Luo Guanzhong (罗贯中)
- Luo Jiaqi (罗佳琪)
- Luo Xiulan (罗秀兰)
- Luo Zeyu (罗泽宇)
M: 21 names
- Ma Hong (马红)
- Ma Lin (马林)
- Ma Wenbo (马文博)
- Ma Yuyan (马语嫣)
- Mao Fusheng (毛福生)
- Mao Haoyang (毛浩洋)
- Mao Xinlei (毛心蕾)
- Meng Boyuan (孟博远)
- Meng Haitang (孟海棠)
- Meng Ke (孟轲)
- Meng Lanfang (孟兰芳)
- Meng Xiangdong (孟向东)
- Mo Guodong (莫国栋)
- Mo Qinglan (莫青岚)
- Mo Qingyun (莫青云)
- Mo Wenhao (莫文浩)
- Mo Xiangning (莫湘宁)
- Mu Nianci (穆念慈)
- Mu Yuanzhi (穆远之)
- Murong Xue (慕容雪)
- Murong Yan (慕容衍)
N: 5 names
- Nangong Che (南宫澈)
- Nangong Ling (南宫灵)
- Nie Xiaoqian (聂小倩)
- Ning Caichen (宁采臣)
- Ning Xiaoqing (宁晓晴)
O: 2 names
- Ouyang Feng (欧阳锋)
- Ouyang Xiu (欧阳修)
P: 10 names
- Pan Jingyi (潘静怡)
- Pan Qian (潘倩)
- Pan Sicong (潘思聪)
- Pan Zhiwei (潘志伟)
- Pei Qingjue (裴清绝)
- Peng Qiuju (彭秋菊)
- Peng Ruiqi (彭睿祺)
- Peng Xinrui (彭心蕊)
- Peng Zhenhua (彭振华)
- Pu Songling (蒲松龄)
Q: 21 names
- Qi Jiguang (戚继光)
- Qi Jingya (戚静雅)
- Qi Yongsheng (戚永胜)
- Qi Zhiming (戚志明)
- Qian Xuesen (钱学森)
- Qiao Feng (乔峰)
- Qin Hongwei (秦红伟)
- Qin Luoyi (秦洛依)
- Qin Qiong (秦琼)
- Qin Shujian (秦书剑)
- Qin Shulan (秦淑兰)
- Qin Yiwen (秦怡文)
- Qin Zhihao (秦志豪)
- Qiu Jiaxuan (邱嘉轩)
- Qiu Jin (秋瑾)
- Qiu Suzhen (邱素珍)
- Qiu Xingwang (邱兴旺)
- Qiu Yunshu (邱芸舒)
- Qu Feiyang (屈飞扬)
- Qu Wanwan (屈婉婉)
- Qu Yuan (屈原)
R: 7 names
- Ran Xingzhi (冉行之)
- Ren Chunsheng (任春生)
- Ren Jiawen (任佳雯)
- Ren Yanhong (任艳红)
- Ren Yingying (任盈盈)
- Ren Zhiqi (任知祺)
- Rong Zhiyao (容止瑶)
S: 37 names
- Shangguan Wan'er (上官婉儿)
- Shao Lanxi (邵兰溪)
- Shao Mingyuan (邵明远)
- Shen Baoguo (沈宝国)
- Shen Bohan (沈博涵)
- Shen Changfeng (沈长风)
- Shen Kuo (沈括)
- Shen Qi (沈琪)
- Shen Qingrong (沈青容)
- Shen Yiran (沈怡然)
- Shi Lanzhou (石兰舟)
- Shi Nai'an (施耐庵)
- Shi Potian (石破天)
- Shi Xiumei (石秀梅)
- Shui Lingyin (水灵音)
- Sima Guang (司马光)
- Sima Qian (司马迁)
- Sima Yi (司马懿)
- Song Fengying (宋凤英)
- Song Jiang (宋江)
- Song Lei (宋磊)
- Song Muxue (宋暮雪)
- Song Yifei (宋逸飞)
- Song Yuhan (宋雨涵)
- Su Jiayu (苏佳雨)
- Su Jinhang (苏锦航)
- Su Lianyi (苏涟漪)
- Su Qingfeng (苏清风)
- Su Shaohua (苏绍华)
- Su Shi (苏轼)
- Su Yue (苏悦)
- Sun Ping (孙萍)
- Sun Quan (孙权)
- Sun Wu (孙武)
- Sun Wukong (孙悟空)
- Sun Xiaotong (孙晓彤)
- Sun Yuze (孙雨泽)
T: 18 names
- Tan Junyu (谭俊宇)
- Tan Wenbin (谭文斌)
- Tan Wuya (谭无涯)
- Tan Xiaohong (谭晓红)
- Tan Yuwei (谭雨薇)
- Tang Chunmei (唐春梅)
- Tang Mingzhe (唐明哲)
- Tang Qiang (唐强)
- Tang Youyou (唐悠悠)
- Tang Zimeng (唐紫梦)
- Tao Anran (陶安然)
- Tao Jiancheng (陶建成)
- Tao Xiyue (陶希悦)
- Tao Ziqi (陶子祺)
- Tian Jianjun (田建军)
- Tian Lu (田璐)
- Tian Ruyi (田如意)
- Tian Zeyang (田泽阳)
W: 24 names
- Wang Anshi (王安石)
- Wang Fang (王芳)
- Wang Gang (王刚)
- Wang Haoran (王浩然)
- Wang Xifeng (王熙凤)
- Wang Xinyi (王欣怡)
- Wang Yuyan (王语嫣)
- Wang Zhaojun (王昭君)
- Wei Hongjun (魏洪军)
- Wei Lingyun (魏凌云)
- Wei Xiaobao (韦小宝)
- Wei Yan (魏妍)
- Wei Yunshang (魏云裳)
- Wei Ziheng (魏子恒)
- Wen Ruoxu (文若虚)
- Wen Tianxiang (文天祥)
- Wu Cheng'en (吴承恩)
- Wu Hui (吴辉)
- Wu Jiayi (吴佳怡)
- Wu Mingxuan (吴明轩)
- Wu Song (武松)
- Wu Ting (吴婷)
- Wu Xuelian (武雪莲)
- Wu Zetian (武则天)
X: 39 names
- Xia Lanxin (夏兰馨)
- Xia Yufen (夏玉芬)
- Xia Yuxiao (夏宇霄)
- Xiahou Jin (夏侯瑾)
- Xiang Tianrui (向天睿)
- Xiang Yu (项羽)
- Xiang Yunyi (向云依)
- Xiao Deming (萧德明)
- Xiao Lanying (萧兰英)
- Xiao Wanyin (萧婉音)
- Xiao Yuchen (萧宇辰)
- Xiao Yunfei (萧云飞)
- Xiao Yuning (萧雨宁)
- Xie Hao (谢浩)
- Xie Meiling (谢美玲)
- Xie Shiyu (谢诗雨)
- Xie Tianyi (谢天翊)
- Xie Xun (谢逊)
- Xie Yiling (谢依玲)
- Xie Yunzhou (谢云舟)
- Ximen Chuixue (西门吹雪)
- Ximen Lang (西门朗)
- Xin Qiji (辛弃疾)
- Xin Yiran (辛亦然)
- Xin Yue'er (辛月儿)
- Xiong Shuhan (熊书涵)
- Xiong Tiezhu (熊铁柱)
- Xiong Yuemei (熊月梅)
- Xu Dan (徐丹)
- Xu Haoyu (徐浩宇)
- Xu Ming (徐明)
- Xu Ruoxi (徐若曦)
- Xu Xiake (徐霞客)
- Xu Xian (许仙)
- Xue Baochai (薛宝钗)
- Xue Jiaqiang (薛家强)
- Xue Linfeng (薛林枫)
- Xue Xiaojuan (薛小娟)
- Xue Zhiqing (薛芷晴)
Y: 45 names
- Yan Haochen (严浩辰)
- Yan Huaijin (颜怀瑾)
- Yan Meihua (阎美华)
- Yan Shouyi (严守一)
- Yan Shuyi (严书怡)
- Yang Bo (杨波)
- Yang Guo (杨过)
- Yang Kexin (杨可馨)
- Yang Xiuying (杨秀英)
- Yang Yuhuan (杨玉环)
- Yang Ziyang (杨子阳)
- Yao Cuihua (姚翠花)
- Yao Xingchen (姚星辰)
- Yao Xuefei (姚雪菲)
- Yao Yongqiang (姚永强)
- Ye Kaiwen (叶凯文)
- Ye Lei (叶蕾)
- Ye Lingxiao (叶凌霄)
- Ye Qingcheng (叶倾城)
- Ye Qingwu (叶轻舞)
- Ye Zhiqiang (叶志强)
- Yin Dehai (尹德海)
- Yin Qiushui (尹秋水)
- Yin Ruoxue (尹若雪)
- Yin Susu (殷素素)
- Yin Zeming (尹泽铭)
- Ying Zheng (嬴政)
- Yu Jianhua (于建华)
- Yu Jinghong (虞惊鸿)
- Yu Mingyue (于明月)
- Yu Ying (于莹)
- Yu Zhenhao (于振浩)
- Yuan Chengzhi (袁承志)
- Yuan Hongyu (袁泓宇)
- Yuan Lin (袁琳)
- Yuan Longping (袁隆平)
- Yuan Yong'an (袁永安)
- Yuan Yuqing (袁雨晴)
- Yuan Ziqing (袁紫晴)
- Yuchi Gong (尉迟恭)
- Yue Fei (岳飞)
- Yue Wuque (岳无缺)
- Yun Qianyue (云浅月)
- Yun Shuang (云霜)
- Yun Zhaohuai (云朝怀)