Fox Girl Name Generator
Kitsune, gumiho, and furry fox girl names
Generate fox girl names for kitsune OCs, anime fox spirits, VTubers and furry fursonas: Japanese given names and full names with fox-themed surnames, gumiho and huli jing names, and Western russet-and-brushtail names for fox women.
About fox girl names
Fox girl names draw on three traditions. The first is the Japanese kitsune: shrine foxes of Inari, the court sorceress Tamamo-no-Mae, and the foxwife Kuzunoha. Anime fox girls (Senko, Yae Miko, Yuzu from Konohana Kitan, Tamamo in Fate) usually carry an ordinary Japanese given name, often one with a warm or autumnal meaning such as Akane (deep red), Momiji (maple) or Kohaku (amber), and the fox reading kitsu or kon is tucked into a surname like Kitsukawa or Kogitsune. Kon is also the sound a fox makes in Japanese, which is why it turns up as a pet name on its own.
The second source is the wider East Asian fox spirit: the Korean gumiho and the Chinese huli jing. Gumiho characters get everyday Korean names (Seol-hwa, Yeo-wool), while huli jing often take the surname Hu, the character for fox, as in Hu Xian'er or Hu Meiling.
The third is Western and furry: colour and plant words for the coat (Russet, Sienna, Tawny, Foxglove, Bracken), fox words from European languages (Renard, Volpe, Zorra, Kettu, Lisichka) and surnames ending in -tail, -brush or -paw for fursonas. Pick the tradition that matches your setting, then make sure the name reads as female in that language.
How to choose fox girl names
- For an anime-style kitsune, pair a soft Japanese given name with a fox surname (Akane Kitsukawa, Hinata Fushimi); surnames that reference Inari or Fushimi signal a shrine fox to anyone who knows the lore.
- Use the mythic names (Tamamo, Kuzunoha, Daji) as inspiration or as a title, not as your OC's actual name, unless the character is meant to be that figure.
- For a fursona, choose a coat-colour first name and a -tail, -brush or -paw surname, and keep it to three or four syllables so it fits a badge, a Telegram handle and a convention tag.
- Gumiho and huli jing characters should use Korean and Chinese name order and spelling conventions; mixing them with Japanese honorifics like -hime reads as a mistake to fans of those myths.
- Add -hime (princess) or -ko only to a Japanese-style name; Western names such as Sienna Brushtail sound better with a plain title like Lady or Dame if you need one at all.
Frequently asked questions
What is a female kitsune called?
There is no separate Japanese word; kitsune covers both sexes. In folklore a fox woman who marries a human is sometimes called a kitsune nyobo (fox wife), and shrine foxes of Inari are myobu. In anime fandom the loanwords kitsune girl or fox girl are standard, and kemonomimi (animal ears) covers the wider category.
What are famous fox girl names from anime and games?
Well-known examples include Tamamo-no-Mae (Fate/Extra), Yae Miko (Genshin Impact), Senko-san (The Helpful Fox Senko-san), Ahri (League of Legends), Ran Yakumo (Touhou), Kon (Tokyo Ravens), Yuzu (Konohana Kitan) and the folklore foxwife Kuzunoha, who lends her name to the Devil Summoner games. The names in this generator are original, with a few folklore names like Tamamo and Kuzunoha included as references.
Do fox girl names have to be Japanese?
No. Kitsune lore makes Japanese names the default for anime-style fox girls, but Korean gumiho and Chinese huli jing names fit East Asian fantasy settings, and Western fox girls, fursonas and D&D-style beastfolk work well with colour names (Russet, Sienna), European fox words (Renard, Volpe, Zorra) and invented surnames like Brushtail.
What does Kon mean in fox girl names?
Kon is the onomatopoeia for a fox's bark in Japanese, the way a dog says wan and a cat says nyan. It shows up as a nickname, as the name of small or childlike fox characters, and inside surnames and compounds (Kogitsune, Shirokon). It is also a reading of the kanji for gold, which is why golden-furred foxes often get Kon- or Kin- names.
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All 500 fox girl names
A: 22 names
- Ah-reum
- Aino Repo
- Akakon
- Akane
- Akane Kitsukawa
- Akari
- Akari Inarino
- Amaranth Vale
- Amber
- Amber Fallowfield
- Amélie Lerenard
- Amity Foxcroft
- Anneliese Fuchsberg
- Ash Greytail
- Astrid Rävlund
- Auburn
- Auburn Hedgerow
- Aurora Frostbrush
- Autumn Redbrush
- Ayaka Hoshimura
- Ayame
- Ayame Inaba
B: 12 names
- Bai Huli
- Baihu
- Bianca Volpicelli
- Birch
- Birch Tallow
- Blaze Corvina
- Bracken
- Bracken Ryecroft
- Bramble
- Briar
- Briar Foxhollow
- Byakko-hime
C: 19 names
- Cassia Foxmoor
- Catalina Zorro
- Cayenne
- Cayenne Sparkbrush
- Celeste Brightpaw
- Chae-won
- Chiara Volpi
- Chiyo
- Chiyo Hakuzono
- Cinder Marlowe
- Cinnabar
- Cinnabar Vale
- Clover
- Clover Eastwood
- Colette Renardeau
- Copper
- Copper Whitetip
- Cora Redgrave
- Crimson Hollowtail
D: 7 names
- Da-eun
- Daisy Ferncliff
- Dame Russet
- Darya Lisitsyna
- Daughter of Tamamo
- Dawn Goldbrush
- Dusk Ambertail
E: 9 names
- Edie Foxmere
- Elsie Hollowbank
- Ember
- Ember Foxworth
- Ember Jolene
- Ember of Fushimi
- Ember Sundown
- Emi Kuzuhara
- Eun-bi
F: 21 names
- Fenna
- Fenna Desrosiers
- Fennec
- Fenni
- Fern
- Fern Redhollow
- Finch Thistlewood
- Firebrand Fox
- Firefly Nell
- Flora Ashworth
- Foxanne
- Foxanne Calloway
- Foxglove
- Foxwife of Kuzunoha
- Foxworth
- Foxy
- Frost Silvertail
- Fubuki
- Fubuki Shiragitsune
- Fulva
- Fuuka Toyoura
G: 12 names
- Ginger
- Ginger Swiftpaw
- Ginkitsu
- Ginko
- Ginko Shirahama
- Gorse
- Gorse Ashby
- Greta Vulpe
- Gu Ha-neul
- Gu Ye-rin
- Gumi
- Gumiho Hana
H: 40 names
- Ha-yul
- Hakuko
- Hanae Kitsurugi
- Hanna Fuchsreiter
- Hattie Quillon
- Hazel
- Hazel Quickfoot
- Hazuki
- Hazuki Inokuma
- Heather
- Heather Rusk
- Hibari
- Hibari Kitsunoya
- Hinata
- Hinata Fushimi
- Hisame
- Hisame Yugure
- Hiyori
- Hiyori Oinari
- Ho Su-ah
- Hollis Marshfox
- Holly
- Holly Brightbrush
- Homura
- Homura Hinomori
- Honeysuckle Bray
- Honohime
- Hoshihime
- Hotaru
- Hotaru Hakugin
- Hu Lingxi
- Hu Meiling
- Hu Qingyue
- Hu Ruolan
- Hu Wanyue
- Hu Xian'er
- Hu Xiaoli
- Hu Yuehan
- Huli
- Huxian
I: 13 names
- Imogen Foxwell
- Inaho
- Inaho Komatsuki
- Inari
- Inari-hime
- Inés Zorrilla
- Ingrid Revheim
- Iroha
- Iroha Kinmokusei
- Ivy
- Ivy Hollowbrush
- Izuna
- Izuna Kagemori
J: 5 names
- Ji-woo
- Jiuwei
- Juliette Goupil
- Juniper
- Juniper Sandfox
K: 64 names
- Kaede
- Kaede Kitsunomori
- Kagari
- Kagari Hoshizuki
- Kagehime
- Kaguya
- Kaguya Fushimiya
- Kanade
- Kanade Shirotani
- Kanon
- Karin
- Karin Akagitsune
- Kasumi
- Kasumi Amagi
- Kazuha
- Kazuha Inarisawa
- Kazuha Mitsurugi
- Kettu
- Kettu Aaltonen
- Kikyo
- Kikyo Yoshimura
- Kinka
- Kinko
- Kinu
- Kinue
- Kinue Tachikitsune
- Kiri
- Kiri Amagitsune
- Kit
- Kitsu
- Kitsumi
- Kitsuna
K, continued
- Kitsune Kay
- Kitsune of the Red Gate
- Kitsune-hime
- Kitty Brushtail
- Kogane
- Kogitsune
- Kohaku
- Kohaku Hoshino
- Koharu
- Koharu Inari
- Kokon
- Kon
- Kon Tamamoto
- Kon-hime
- Kona
- Konatsu
- Konatsu Fushimori
- Konkon
- Konoha
- Kotone
- Kotone Akashiro
- Kotone Higanbana
- Koyuki
- Koyuki Yukigitsune
- Kurokon
- Kurumi
- Kurumi Kitsuzaki
- Kuzuha
- Kuzuha Sengoku
- Kuzunoha-hime
- Kyubi
- Kyuu
L: 9 names
- Lady Vulpine
- Lark Copperfield
- Liesl Fuchs
- Lingyu
- Lisichka
- Liv Rævsgaard
- Lorena Raposa
- Lucia Volpato
- Luna Palebrush
M: 43 names
- Mabel Dunnock
- Madame Renarde
- Maddie Moorfox
- Madoka
- Madoka Inarizaki
- Mahiru
- Mahiru Ogitsune
- Maiden of the Fox Shrine
- Maija Kettula
- Maple
- Maple Thornbury
- Marigold Bexley
- Marmalade
- Marmalade Fennick
- Marmalade Quinn
- Mayu
- Mayu Kitsugawa
- Mei
- Mei Kagetsuki
- Meihu
- Mi-rae
- Michiru
- Michiru Konoe
- Mikan
- Mikan Tsukihara
- Mio
- Mio Kitsunezuka
- Mireille Renard
- Mischief Lark
- Miss Brushtail
- Mistral Vin
- Mitsuki
- Mitsuki Kuzuryu
- Miyu
- Miyu Kitsuyama
- Mizuki Tenkoji
- Momiji
- Momiji Kanzaki
- Moonshadow Vix
- Mother Nine-Tails
- Murasaki
- Murasaki Kuzuriha
- Myobu-hime
N: 17 names
- Nadeshiko
- Nadeshiko Kojin
- Nadia Lisova
- Nanase
- Nanase Tachibana
- Natsuki Yonagi
- Natsume
- Natsume Tamamori
- Nell Fawnbrook
- Nene
- Nene Komorebi
- Ninetails Mari
- Noa
- Noa Kitsunoshima
- Nova Glimmertail
- Nozomi
- Nozomi Hachimanji
O: 6 names
- Ochre Wildbrush
- Oksana Lisovska
- Onyx Nightpaw
- Opal Snowtail
- Orie
- Orie Hakuren
P: 7 names
- Paloma Raposo
- Paprika
- Paprika Dunmoor
- Pearl Snowbrush
- Pippa Rustwood
- Poppy Thornfox
- Primrose Hartwell
Q: 1 name
- Qian Lihua
R: 38 names
- Rainfall Kit
- Ran
- Ran Higashikitsune
- Raven Blackbrush
- Reiko Inamori
- Reina
- Reinette
- Ren
- Renata Redbrush
- Renna
- Renna Halvorsen
- Rennick
- Revna
- Revna Lindqvist
- Reynard's Daughter
- Reynarda
- Reynelle
- Reynelle Thicket
- Rikka
- Rikka Koyanagi
- Rin
- Rin Tsukino
- Robin Foxbury
- Rosalind Brushmoor
- Roux
- Roux Ashford
- Rowan
- Rowan Dusktail
- Roxy
- Roxy Redtail
- Ruby Fallows
- Rufina
- Rufina Blackwood
- Runa
- Runa Hoshigitsune
- Russet
- Russet Hollowmoor
- Rusty
S: 59 names
- Sa Na-yeon
- Sable Foxglove
- Sable Whitepaw
- Sachi
- Sachi Yasaka
- Saffron
- Saffron Nightbrush
- Saki
- Saki Koyukitsune
- Sakurakon
- Sakuya
- Sakuya Toyokawa
- Satsuki
- Satsuki Yamagitsune
- Sayo
- Sayo Hakumei
- Scarlett
- Scarlett Burrowell
- Seika
- Seika Kinkitsune
- Senri
- Senri Myobu
- Seo-yun
- Seol-hwa
- Setsuna
- Setsuna Yoizuki
- Shino
- Shino Kuzunoha
- Shion
- Shion Kurotani
- Shiori
- Shiori Kitsuragi
- Shirayuki
- Shirayuki Tokiwa
- Shirokon
- Shizuku
- Shizuku Amatsuka
- Sienna
- Sienna Brushtail
- Sister Cinnabar
- Smoke Duskbrush
- So-hee
- Solveig Kettunen
- Sora
- Sora Kitsukumo
- Sorrel
- Sorrel Lanning
- Sparrow Kettleby
- Starfall Ren
- Starla Moontail
- Starling Redmoor
- Su Jiuwei
- Sumire
- Sumire Kitsumoto
- Sunbeam Tove
- Suzu
- Suzu Kitsukawa
- Suzume
- Suzume Tenko
T: 35 names
- Tae
- Tae Okitsune
- Tamaki
- Tamaki Kuzumi
- Tamamo
- Tamamo Kyuubiya
- Tamamo-hime
- Tamara Foxtail
- Tangerine
- Tangerine Lowell
- Tansy Wildwood
- Tawny
- Tawny Redfern
- Tenko Reina
- Tenko-hime
- The Ginger Trickster
- Thistle
- Thistle Marrow
- Tianhu
- Tilly Brushwood
- Todda
- Todda Winterbrook
- Tomoe
- Tomoe Kurokitsune
- Tottie
- Toyoko
- Toyoko Uka
- Tsubaki
- Tsubaki Kurenai
- Tsukikon
- Tsukimi
- Tsukimi Sakurai
- Tsumugi
- Tsumugi Shiromori
- Twilight Redfern
U: 8 names
- Ukiyo
- Ukiyo Kitsunegami
- Umeko
- Umeko Tamagitsune
- Urara
- Urara Tsukigitsune
- Utako
- Utako Fushimiyama
V: 13 names
- Vesper Hollowbrush
- Violet Sandbrush
- Vixa Moonbrush
- Vixen
- Vixen of Inari
- Vixie
- Vixie Ashtail
- Volpe
- Volpina
- Vulpa
- Vulpecula
- Vulpina
- Vulpina Marchetti
W: 7 names
- Wakana
- Wakana Higitsune
- Wildfire Maren
- Willow
- Willow Greyfox
- Winnie Cobbleford
- Wren Halloway
Y: 29 names
- Yae
- Yae Tsukuyomi
- Yaeko
- Yayoi
- Yayoi Oinariyama
- Yeo-wool
- Yeon Bo-ra
- Yeou
- Yeowu
- Yinghu
- Yoru
- Yoru Kagebi
- Yoshino
- Ysolde Foxhaven
- Yu-na
- Yua
- Yua Ikitsune
- Yuina
- Yuina Mikazuki
- Yukihime
- Yukina
- Yukina Fuyumine
- Yumeji
- Yumeji Kitsunebi
- Yun Hujie
- Yuzu
- Yuzu Kitsukage
- Yuzuki
- Yuzuki Kogitsune