Chinese Warrior Name Generator

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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.

How to choose Chinese warrior names

  • 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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A: 4 names

  • Ah Fei
  • Ah Zhu
  • Ah Zi
  • Ai Hu

B: 8 names

  • Bai Qi
  • Bai Yunlong
  • Bai Yutang
  • Baili Jingyun
  • Ban Chao
  • Bao Xu
  • Black Whirlwind Li Kui
  • Blue-Faced Beast Yang Zhi

C: 22 names

  • Cai Fu
  • Cai Hanyu
  • Cai Qing
  • Cai Yongqiang
  • Cao Bin
  • Cao Jianxue
  • Cao Lingyun
  • Cao Ren
  • Chai Jin
  • Chang Weilie
  • Chang Yuchun
  • Chen Jinnan
  • Chen Qingzhi
  • Chen Shuozhen
  • Chen Yucheng
  • Chen Zhanpeng
  • Chen Zhen
  • Cheng Yaling
  • Cheng Yaojin
  • Cheng Ying
  • Chu Liuxiang
  • Cui Haojun

D: 29 names

  • Dai Ruifeng
  • Dai Zong
  • Deng Ai
  • Deng Fei
  • Deng Lihong
  • Deng Shichang
  • Deng Shuhao
  • Deng Yu
  • Di Qing
  • Di Yun
  • Dian Wei
  • Ding Chunqiu
  • Ding Dian
  • Ding Weiguo
  • Ding Zhaohui
  • Ding Zhaolan
  • Dong Ping
  • Dong Yingxiong
  • Dong Zhanwei
  • Dongfang Haoyu
  • Double Whips Huyan Zhuo
  • Du Jinghong
  • Duan Yu
  • Duan Yuxiao
  • Duan Zhengchun
  • Duan Zhixing
  • Duanmu Qinghe
  • Dugu Canghai
  • Dugu Qiubai

F: 18 names

  • Fan Kuai
  • Fan Lihua
  • Fan Rui
  • Fan Yao
  • Fan Zhennan
  • Fang Shiyu
  • Fang Yichen
  • Feng Jianxiong
  • Feng Mofeng
  • Feng Qingyang
  • Feng Xiaoyue
  • Feng Zicai
  • Flowery Monk Lu Zhishen
  • Fu Hao
  • Fu Hongxue
  • Fu Kaiyuan
  • Fu Shuangjian
  • Fu Youde

G: 20 names

  • Gan Ning
  • Gao Changgong
  • Gao Haoran
  • Gao Shuangyue
  • Gao Xianzhi
  • Geng Yan
  • Gong Zhanlong
  • Gongsun Sheng
  • Gongsun Tieyi
  • Gu Dasao
  • Gu Yanbing
  • Guan Sheng
  • Guan Ying
  • Guan Yu
  • Guo Boyong
  • Guo Fu
  • Guo Jing
  • Guo Xiang
  • Guo Yuwei
  • Guo Ziyi

H: 37 names

  • Han Baoju
  • Han Qinhu
  • Han Rulan
  • Han Shizhong
  • Han Tao
  • Han Xiaoying
  • Han Xin
  • Han Zhang
  • Hao Siwen
  • Hao Zhanyi
  • He Baozhu
  • He Ruobi
  • He Zhenxiong
  • Helian Bofei
  • Hong Qigong
  • Hong Xiguan
  • Hou Tiancheng
  • Hu Fei
  • Hu Jianfeng
  • Hu Jinfeng
  • Hu Sanniang
  • Hu Tiehua
  • Hu Yidao
  • Hua Mulan
  • Hua Rong
  • Hua Xiong
  • Huang Feihong
  • Huang Gai
  • Huang Jianping
  • Huang Rong
  • Huang Yaoshi
  • Huang Zhong
  • Huangfu Zhenyue
  • Hulü Guang
  • Huo Qubing
  • Huo Yuanjia
  • Huyan Zhuo

I: 1 name

  • Ip Man

J: 12 names

  • Jade Qilin Lu Junyi
  • Jia Mingzhe
  • Jia Xiuying
  • Jiang Beichen
  • Jiang Ping
  • Jiang Wei
  • Jiang Yingwu
  • Jiao Ting
  • Jin Guobin
  • Jing Wuming
  • Jinlun Fawang
  • Jiumozhi

K: 3 names

  • Kang Jinhu
  • Ke Zhen'e
  • Kong Zhengfeng

L: 67 names

  • Lady Xian
  • Lai Qingshan
  • Lan Yu
  • Lei Heng
  • Lei Zhengyang
  • Leopard Head Lin Chong
  • Li Chengliang
  • Li Cuiping
  • Li Cunxiao
  • Li Dingguo
  • Li Guang
  • Li Guangbi
  • Li Gun
  • Li Hongxiu
  • Li Jing
  • Li Jun
  • Li Kui
  • Li Mochou
  • Li Mu
  • Li Sheng
  • Li Shiji
  • Li Su
  • Li Tingzhi
  • Li Xiucheng
  • Li Xunhuan
  • Li Ying
  • Li Yingxue
  • Li Zhenhai
  • Lian Po
  • Liang Hongyu
  • Liang Yongbiao
  • Liang Zhenni
  • Liao Zhiqiang

L, continued

  • Lin Chong
  • Lin Pingzhi
  • Lin Siniang
  • Lin Wanjun
  • Lin Zhiyuan
  • Ling Tong
  • Linghu Chong
  • Linghu Zhengfeng
  • Little Li Guang Hua Rong
  • Liu Jinding
  • Liu Qi
  • Liu Shaojun
  • Liu Tang
  • Liu Yu
  • Long Aotian
  • Lu Acai
  • Lü Bu
  • Lu Fang
  • Lu Jianqing
  • Lu Junyi
  • Lü Meng
  • Lü Tieqiang
  • Lu Wushuang
  • Lu Xiangsheng
  • Lu Xiaofeng
  • Lu Xiaojia
  • Lü Xiaowu
  • Lu Xun
  • Lu Youjiao
  • Lu Zhanhong
  • Lu Zhishen
  • Luo Shixin
  • Luo Sijun
  • Luo Zhiqing

M: 24 names

  • Ma Chao
  • Ma Fang
  • Ma Hanwen
  • Ma Xiulan
  • Ma Yu
  • Ma Yuan
  • Mao Shengwu
  • Mao Wenlong
  • Mei Chaofeng
  • Meng Gong
  • Meng Junhao
  • Meng Tian
  • Meng Wu
  • Miao Cuihua
  • Miao Renfeng
  • Mo Da
  • Mo Shenggu
  • Mu Guiying
  • Mu Hong
  • Mu Nianci
  • Mu Ying
  • Murong Baiyun
  • Murong Bo
  • Murong Fu

N: 5 names

  • Nan Xiren
  • Nangong Lieyun
  • Nian Gengyao
  • Nine Dragons Shi Jin
  • Niu Gao

O: 5 names

  • Ou Peng
  • Ouyang Chun
  • Ouyang Feng
  • Ouyang Ke
  • Ouyang Zhenhai

P: 11 names

  • Pan Mei
  • Pan Yunxiao
  • Pang De
  • Pei Xingjian
  • Peng Qi
  • Peng Ruiying
  • Peng Yue
  • Peng Zhaoyang
  • Pilgrim Wu Song
  • Princess Pingyang
  • Prodigy Yan Qing

Q: 13 names

  • Qi Jiguang
  • Qian Bowen
  • Qiao Feng
  • Qiao Zhengqing
  • Qin Liangyu
  • Qin Ming
  • Qin Qiong
  • Qin Zhaohu
  • Qiong Ying
  • Qiu Chuji
  • Qiu Lingfeng
  • Qiu Qianren
  • Quan Jinfa

R: 7 names

  • Ran Min
  • Ren Tianbao
  • Ren Woxing
  • Ren Yingying
  • Ruan Xiaoer
  • Ruan Xiaoqi
  • Ruan Xiaowu

S: 35 names

  • Shan Tinggui
  • Shangguan Feiyun
  • Shangguan Jinhong
  • Shao Zhenlin
  • She Saihua
  • Shen Jingsheng
  • Shen Qingluan
  • Shen Zhongyuan
  • Shi Dakai
  • Shi Jin
  • Shi Kefa
  • Shi Leibin
  • Shi Potian
  • Shi Qian
  • Shi Xiu
  • Sikong Zhaixing
  • Sima Yunlong
  • Situ Jianming
  • Song Feihong
  • Song Jiang
  • Song Shibo
  • Song Yuanqiao
  • Su Dingfang
  • Su Hongxiu
  • Su Muyang
  • Su Qi'er
  • Sun Bin
  • Sun Ce
  • Sun Chengzhi
  • Sun Chuanting
  • Sun Erniang
  • Sun Li
  • Sun Qiuyan
  • Sun Xin
  • Suo Chao

T: 16 names

  • Taishi Ci
  • Tan Daoji
  • Tan Hongjie
  • Tang Caixia
  • Tang He
  • Tang Long
  • Tang Saier
  • Tang Zhenbei
  • Tao Zongwang
  • Ten Feet of Steel Hu Sanniang
  • Tian Boguang
  • Tian Dan
  • Tian Junwei
  • Tie Muzhen
  • Timely Rain Song Jiang
  • Tuolei

W: 27 names

  • Wan Kuncheng
  • Wang Ben
  • Wang Chongyang
  • Wang Cong'er
  • Wang Jian
  • Wang Qingxia
  • Wang Yanzhang
  • Wang Yuyan
  • Wang Zhongsi
  • Wei Dingguo
  • Wei Qing
  • Wei Rui
  • Wei Xiaobao
  • Wei Yan
  • Wei Yixiao
  • Wei Zhenguo
  • Wen Chou
  • Wen Tianxiang
  • Wen Yang
  • Wen Yuxiang
  • Wu Hongling
  • Wu Jie
  • Wu Lin
  • Wu Qi
  • Wu Song
  • Wu Yingjie
  • Wu Yong

X: 35 names

  • Xiahou Dun
  • Xiahou Lei
  • Xiahou Yuan
  • Xiahou Zhengyang
  • Xiang Chong
  • Xiang Wentian
  • Xiang Yu
  • Xiao Longnü
  • Xiao Muzhen
  • Xiao Yuanshan
  • Xiao Yuanzhan
  • Xiao Zhao
  • Xie Bao
  • Xie Tianhu
  • Xie Xuan
  • Xie Xun
  • Xie Yunjian
  • Xie Zhen
  • Ximen Chuixue
  • Ximen Hanxiao
  • Xiong Daqing
  • Xu Chu
  • Xu Da
  • Xu Huang
  • Xu Muyun
  • Xu Ning
  • Xu Qing
  • Xu Wuji
  • Xu Zhu
  • Xuan Zan
  • Xuanyuan Zhanlong
  • Xue Bingyun
  • Xue Jinlian
  • Xue Rengui
  • Xun Guan

Y: 48 names

  • Yan Liang
  • Yan Qing
  • Yan Shun
  • Yan Yongchun
  • Yan Zhenhan
  • Yang Guo
  • Yang Kang
  • Yang Lin
  • Yang Su
  • Yang Xiao
  • Yang Xiong
  • Yang Yanran
  • Yang Yanzhao
  • Yang Ye
  • Yang Zhi
  • Yang Zongbao
  • Yao Jingfeng
  • Ye Chongguang
  • Ye Gucheng
  • Ye Kai
  • Yelü Qi
  • Yin Haofeng
  • Yin Li
  • Yin Liting
  • Yin Susu
  • Yin Tianzheng
  • Yin Yewang
  • Ying Bu
  • Ying Gu
  • Yu Bingjie
  • Yu Canghai
  • Yu Dayou
  • Yu Haoxuan
  • Yu Jie
  • Yu Lianzhou
  • Yu Qingzi
  • Yuan Chengzhi
  • Yuan Chonghuan
  • Yuan Zhentian
  • Yuan Zihan
  • Yuchi Gong
  • Yue Buqun
  • Yue Fei
  • Yue Jin
  • Yue Yi
  • Yue Yun
  • Yue Zhongqi
  • Yuwen Tiefeng

Z: 53 names

  • Zeng Guofan
  • Zeng Wanli
  • Zeng Yuewu
  • Zhan Zhao
  • Zhang Cuishan
  • Zhang Fei
  • Zhang He
  • Zhang Heng
  • Zhang Huangyan
  • Zhang Liao
  • Zhang Qing
  • Zhang Sanfeng
  • Zhang Shijie
  • Zhang Shun
  • Zhang Songxi
  • Zhang Wuji
  • Zhang Xian
  • Zhang Xun
  • Zhangsun Chenglie
  • Zhao Lingyun
  • Zhao Min
  • Zhao She
  • Zhao Yun
  • Zheng Chenggong
  • Zheng Qingwu
  • Zheng Tianshou
  • Zheng Wenwu
  • Zhi Hua
  • Zhong Hui
  • Zhong Kuiyuan
  • Zhong Shidao
  • Zhongli Wuhen
  • Zhongyuan Yidianhong
  • Zhou Bo
  • Zhou Botong
  • Zhou Dewei
  • Zhou Jinlong
  • Zhou Tai
  • Zhou Yu
  • Zhou Yuxiu
  • Zhou Zhiruo
  • Zhu Cong
  • Zhu Tingwei
  • Zhu Tong
  • Zhu Yinghua
  • Zhu Ziliu
  • Zhuge Tianming
  • Zong Ze
  • Zou Run
  • Zou Tiemin
  • Zou Yuan
  • Zuo Lengchan
  • Zuo Zongtang