Chinese Warrior Name Generator
Generals, Swordsmen and Heroines of Ancient China
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Generate Chinese warrior names in authentic surname-first form: legendary generals like Guan Yu, Yue Fei and Huo Qubing, Water Margin outlaws with their nicknames, wuxia swordsmen and swordswomen, and original names built from martial characters such as Tie (iron), Long (dragon), Zhan (battle) and Ying (hero). Ideal for wuxia and xianxia fiction, historical games, D&D and martial arts characters.
About chinese warrior names
Chinese warrior names put the family name first and the given name second: Guan Yu, Yue Fei, Hua Mulan. The surname is usually one syllable from a small pool (Li, Wang, Zhang, Liu, Chen, Zhao, Yang, Huang), though the rarer two-syllable surnames such as Zhuge, Sima, Ouyang, Murong, Dongfang and Linghu carry an aristocratic, wuxia-novel ring. The given name is one or two characters, and for a fighter the characters matter: Long (dragon), Hu (tiger), Tie (iron), Gang (steel), Jian (sword), Zhan (battle), Wei (mighty), Yong (brave), Lei (thunder) and Ying (hero) all appear constantly in historical and fictional warriors' names. Women's names mix those with Feng (phoenix), Yan (swallow), Xue (snow), Hong (red) and Ying (heroic), as in Mu Guiying and Liang Hongyu.
History adds two more layers. Educated men took a courtesy name at twenty, so Zhao Yun was also Zhao Zilong and Zhou Yu was Zhou Gongjin, and storytellers piled on epithets: the Flying General Li Guang, Leopard Head Lin Chong, the Nine-Fingered Beggar Hong Qigong. The names here cover the Three Kingdoms, Han, Tang, Song, Ming and Qing generals, the 108 heroes of Water Margin, classic wuxia figures, famous women warriors, and original names in the same style, all in standard pinyin.
Tips for choosing a name
- Write the surname first (Zhang Fei, not Fei Zhang); reversing it is the quickest way to make a name sound wrong to Chinese readers.
- Pick given-name characters that state the fighter's quality: Tie (iron) and Gang (steel) for a brawler, Jian (sword) or Feng (wind) for a swordsman, Zhan (battle) or Wei (mighty) for a general.
- Give wuxia heroes a two-syllable surname such as Murong, Ouyang or Dongfang, and save one-syllable commoner surnames like Li and Wang for soldiers and outlaws.
- A Water Margin style nickname (Black Whirlwind, Jade Qilin) works best with a short plain name; an epithet plus a grand name reads as overstuffed.
- For a female warrior, Hong, Xue, Feng, Yan and Ying combine well with martial characters: Hongyu (red jade), Xuejian (snow sword), Yingxia (heroic knight-errant).
Frequently asked questions
Who are the most famous Chinese warriors?
Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun from the Three Kingdoms; Han dynasty generals Han Xin, Wei Qing, Huo Qubing and Li Guang; Yue Fei of the Song; Qi Jiguang of the Ming; and women warriors Hua Mulan, Mu Guiying, Liang Hongyu and Qin Liangyu. Water Margin outlaws such as Lin Chong, Wu Song and Lu Zhishen are equally well known from fiction.
How are Chinese warrior names structured?
Surname first, given name second, with the given name usually one or two characters. Historical generals also had a courtesy name used by peers (Zhao Yun was Zhao Zilong), and novels add a nickname or epithet such as Leopard Head or the Flying General. This list gives mostly surname plus given name, with a selection of courtesy names and epithets.
Can I use these names for a wuxia or xianxia character?
Yes. The classic wuxia names from Jin Yong and Gu Long are included, and the original names use the same martial characters (Long, Tie, Jian, Zhan, Yun) and two-syllable surnames like Murong and Dugu that wuxia and cultivation novels favor. Swap the given name characters to tune the character's style or sect.
What are good Chinese female warrior names?
Historical choices are Hua Mulan, Fu Hao, Liang Hongyu, Mu Guiying, Qin Liangyu and Princess Pingyang, plus Water Margin's Hu Sanniang, Gu Dasao and Sun Erniang. For original characters, combine a surname with a given name like Hongyu, Feiyan, Xueying, Lingyun or Yingxia.
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- Guan Yu
- Zhang Fei
- Zhao Yun
- Ma Chao
- Huang Zhong
- Lü Bu
- Zhang Liao
- Xu Chu
- Dian Wei
- Xiahou Dun
- Xiahou Yuan
- Xu Huang
- Zhang He
- Yue Jin
- Sun Ce
- Zhou Yu
- Gan Ning
- Taishi Ci
- Lu Xun
- Lü Meng
- Huang Gai
- Zhou Tai
- Ling Tong
- Jiang Wei
- Wei Yan
- Deng Ai
- Zhong Hui
- Wen Yang
- Pang De
- Cao Ren
- Yan Liang
- Wen Chou
- Hua Xiong
- Yue Fei
- Han Shizhong
- Zong Ze
- Meng Gong
- Di Qing
- Yang Ye
- Yang Yanzhao
- Yang Zongbao
- Han Xin
- Xiang Yu
- Fan Kuai
- Peng Yue
- Ying Bu
- Zhou Bo
- Guan Ying
- Li Guang
- Huo Qubing
- Wei Qing
- Ban Chao
- Ma Yuan
- Geng Yan
- Bai Qi
- Wang Jian
- Lian Po
- Li Mu
- Meng Tian
- Wu Qi
- Sun Bin
- Tian Dan
- Yue Yi
- Zhao She
- Wang Ben
- Meng Wu
- Ran Min
- Xie Xuan
- Liu Yu
- Tan Daoji
- Chen Qingzhi
- Wei Rui
- Hulü Guang
- Gao Changgong
- Yang Su
- Han Qinhu
- He Ruobi
- Li Jing
- Qin Qiong
- Yuchi Gong
- Xue Rengui
- Li Shiji
- Su Dingfang
- Cheng Yaojin
- Guo Ziyi
- Li Guangbi
- Gao Xianzhi
- Wang Zhongsi
- Zhang Xun
- Li Sheng
- Li Su
- Pei Xingjian
- Luo Shixin
- Wang Yanzhang
- Zhou Dewei
- Li Cunxiao
- Cao Bin
- Pan Mei
- Zhong Shidao
- Yue Yun
- Zhang Xian
- Niu Gao
- Liu Qi
- Wu Jie
- Wu Lin
- Yu Jie
- Li Tingzhi
- Zhang Shijie
- Wen Tianxiang
- Xu Da
- Chang Yuchun
- Lan Yu
- Fu Youde
- Mu Ying
- Tang He
- Deng Yu
- Qi Jiguang
- Yu Dayou
- Li Chengliang
- Ma Fang
- Yuan Chonghuan
- Mao Wenlong
- Lu Xiangsheng
- Sun Chuanting
- Shi Kefa
- Zheng Chenggong
- Li Dingguo
- Zhang Huangyan
- Nian Gengyao
- Yue Zhongqi
- Zeng Guofan
- Zuo Zongtang
- Li Xiucheng
- Chen Yucheng
- Shi Dakai
- Feng Zicai
- Deng Shichang
- Fu Hao
- Hua Mulan
- Qin Liangyu
- Liang Hongyu
- Mu Guiying
- She Saihua
- Princess Pingyang
- Lady Xian
- Xun Guan
- Wang Cong'er
- Tang Saier
- Lin Siniang
- Chen Shuozhen
- Hu Sanniang
- Gu Dasao
- Sun Erniang
- Qiong Ying
- Liu Jinding
- Fan Lihua
- Xue Jinlian
- Lin Chong
- Wu Song
- Lu Zhishen
- Li Kui
- Song Jiang
- Lu Junyi
- Shi Jin
- Yang Zhi
- Guan Sheng
- Hua Rong
- Qin Ming
- Huyan Zhuo
- Dong Ping
- Zhang Qing
- Yan Qing
- Shi Xiu
- Lei Heng
- Zhu Tong
- Dai Zong
- Xu Ning
- Suo Chao
- Liu Tang
- Ruan Xiaoer
- Ruan Xiaowu
- Ruan Xiaoqi
- Zhang Shun
- Zhang Heng
- Li Jun
- Mu Hong
- Bao Xu
- Fan Rui
- Xiang Chong
- Li Gun
- Shi Qian
- Yang Xiong
- Xie Zhen
- Xie Bao
- Gongsun Sheng
- Wu Yong
- Chai Jin
- Li Ying
- Sun Li
- Sun Xin
- Yang Lin
- Ou Peng
- Deng Fei
- Yan Shun
- Zheng Tianshou
- Tang Long
- Cai Fu
- Cai Qing
- Zou Yuan
- Zou Run
- Jiao Ting
- Tao Zongwang
- Han Tao
- Peng Qi
- Shan Tinggui
- Wei Dingguo
- Xuan Zan
- Hao Siwen
- Nine Dragons Shi Jin
- Leopard Head Lin Chong
- Flowery Monk Lu Zhishen
- Black Whirlwind Li Kui
- Timely Rain Song Jiang
- Blue-Faced Beast Yang Zhi
- Little Li Guang Hua Rong
- Ten Feet of Steel Hu Sanniang
- Pilgrim Wu Song
- Prodigy Yan Qing
- Double Whips Huyan Zhuo
- Jade Qilin Lu Junyi
- Guo Jing
- Yang Guo
- Qiao Feng
- Linghu Chong
- Zhang Wuji
- Huang Rong
- Xiao Longnü
- Li Xunhuan
- Chu Liuxiang
- Lu Xiaofeng
- Ximen Chuixue
- Ye Gucheng
- Fu Hongxue
- Ye Kai
- Hong Qigong
- Ouyang Feng
- Duan Yu
- Xu Zhu
- Murong Fu
- Zhang Sanfeng
- Yue Buqun
- Ren Woxing
- Ren Yingying
- Zhou Zhiruo
- Zhao Min
- Yin Susu
- Zhang Cuishan
- Yu Lianzhou
- Song Yuanqiao
- Yin Liting
- Mo Shenggu
- Zhang Songxi
- Wei Xiaobao
- Chen Jinnan
- Hu Fei
- Miao Renfeng
- Yuan Chengzhi
- Di Yun
- Shi Potian
- Hu Yidao
- Lin Pingzhi
- Mei Chaofeng
- Huang Yaoshi
- Zhou Botong
- Wang Chongyang
- Qiu Chuji
- Ma Yu
- Jinlun Fawang
- Li Mochou
- Cheng Ying
- Lu Wushuang
- Yelü Qi
- Guo Fu
- Guo Xiang
- Mu Nianci
- Yang Kang
- Ouyang Ke
- Qiu Qianren
- Xie Xun
- Wei Yixiao
- Yang Xiao
- Fan Yao
- Yin Tianzheng
- Yin Yewang
- Xiao Zhao
- Yin Li
- Zhu Ziliu
- Lu Youjiao
- Ke Zhen'e
- Zhu Cong
- Han Baoju
- Nan Xiren
- Quan Jinfa
- Han Xiaoying
- Feng Mofeng
- Tie Muzhen
- Tuolei
- Duan Zhixing
- Ying Gu
- Dugu Qiubai
- Feng Qingyang
- Xiang Wentian
- Tian Boguang
- Yu Canghai
- Zuo Lengchan
- Mo Da
- Ding Dian
- Ah Zhu
- Ah Zi
- Wang Yuyan
- Duan Zhengchun
- Jiumozhi
- Murong Bo
- Xiao Yuanshan
- Ding Chunqiu
- Yu Qingzi
- Sikong Zhaixing
- Zhongyuan Yidianhong
- Hu Tiehua
- Li Hongxiu
- Ah Fei
- Shangguan Jinhong
- Jing Wuming
- Lu Xiaojia
- Bai Yutang
- Zhan Zhao
- Lu Fang
- Han Zhang
- Xu Qing
- Jiang Ping
- Ouyang Chun
- Ding Zhaolan
- Ding Zhaohui
- Ai Hu
- Zhi Hua
- Shen Zhongyuan
- Huo Yuanjia
- Huang Feihong
- Fang Shiyu
- Hong Xiguan
- Lu Acai
- Su Qi'er
- Chen Zhen
- Ip Man
- Yan Yongchun
- Miao Cuihua
- Li Cuiping
- Li Zhenhai
- Liu Shaojun
- Chen Zhanpeng
- Zhou Jinlong
- Wu Yingjie
- Xu Wuji
- Sun Chengzhi
- Hu Jianfeng
- Zhu Tingwei
- Gao Haoran
- Lin Zhiyuan
- He Zhenxiong
- Guo Boyong
- Ma Hanwen
- Luo Sijun
- Liang Yongbiao
- Song Shibo
- Zheng Wenwu
- Xie Tianhu
- Tang Zhenbei
- Feng Jianxiong
- Yu Haoxuan
- Dong Zhanwei
- Xiao Yuanzhan
- Cao Lingyun
- Yuan Zhentian
- Deng Shuhao
- Fu Kaiyuan
- Shen Jingsheng
- Zeng Wanli
- Peng Zhaoyang
- Lü Tieqiang
- Su Muyang
- Lu Zhanhong
- Jiang Beichen
- Cai Yongqiang
- Jia Mingzhe
- Ding Weiguo
- Wei Zhenguo
- Xue Bingyun
- Ye Chongguang
- Yan Zhenhan
- Pan Yunxiao
- Du Jinghong
- Dai Ruifeng
- Zhong Kuiyuan
- Tian Junwei
- Ren Tianbao
- Fan Zhennan
- Fang Yichen
- Shi Leibin
- Yao Jingfeng
- Tan Hongjie
- Liao Zhiqiang
- Zou Tiemin
- Xiong Daqing
- Jin Guobin
- Hao Zhanyi
- Kong Zhengfeng
- Bai Yunlong
- Cui Haojun
- Kang Jinhu
- Mao Shengwu
- Qiu Lingfeng
- Qin Zhaohu
- Gu Yanbing
- Hou Tiancheng
- Shao Zhenlin
- Meng Junhao
- Long Aotian
- Wan Kuncheng
- Duan Yuxiao
- Lei Zhengyang
- Qian Bowen
- Yin Haofeng
- Chang Weilie
- Qiao Zhengqing
- Lai Qingshan
- Gong Zhanlong
- Wen Yuxiang
- Ouyang Zhenhai
- Sima Yunlong
- Zhuge Tianming
- Dongfang Haoyu
- Murong Baiyun
- Huangfu Zhenyue
- Gongsun Tieyi
- Situ Jianming
- Shangguan Feiyun
- Xiahou Zhengyang
- Zhongli Wuhen
- Nangong Lieyun
- Duanmu Qinghe
- Linghu Zhengfeng
- Xuanyuan Zhanlong
- Yuwen Tiefeng
- Helian Bofei
- Zhangsun Chenglie
- Dugu Canghai
- Baili Jingyun
- Ximen Hanxiao
- Li Yingxue
- Wang Qingxia
- Yang Yanran
- Zhao Lingyun
- Huang Jianping
- Zhou Yuxiu
- Wu Hongling
- Xu Muyun
- Sun Qiuyan
- Hu Jinfeng
- Zhu Yinghua
- Gao Shuangyue
- Lin Wanjun
- He Baozhu
- Guo Yuwei
- Ma Xiulan
- Luo Zhiqing
- Liang Zhenni
- Song Feihong
- Zheng Qingwu
- Xie Yunjian
- Han Rulan
- Tang Caixia
- Feng Xiaoyue
- Yu Bingjie
- Dong Yingxiong
- Xiao Muzhen
- Cheng Yaling
- Cao Jianxue
- Yuan Zihan
- Deng Lihong
- Fu Shuangjian
- Shen Qingluan
- Zeng Yuewu
- Peng Ruiying
- Lü Xiaowu
- Su Hongxiu
- Lu Jianqing
- Jiang Yingwu
- Cai Hanyu
- Jia Xiuying
- Xiahou Lei
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