Human Monk Name Generator
Names for martial artists, ascetics, and monastery-trained heroes
Generate human monk names drawn from Shaolin dharma names, Japanese and Tibetan monastic traditions, Western cloister names, and D&D-style monastery heroes. Ideal for 5e monks, wuxia stories, and martial-arts campaigns.
About human monk names
Human monk names come from two very different wells, and the best characters usually draw from both. The first is real monastic tradition: Shaolin monks take a dharma name beginning with the shared surname Shi (from Shakyamuni) followed by a generation character, giving names like Shi Yanming or Shi Dejian; Japanese Zen monks receive short two-syllable names such as Dogen or Hakuin; Tibetan monastics use compound religious names like Tenzin Gyatso or Pema Choden; and Western cloisters strip a novice's family name away entirely, leaving Brother Anselm or Sister Hildegard. In every case the name marks a break with the old life.
The second well is fantasy fiction and tabletop games. A Dungeons & Dragons human monk can come from any culture in the setting, so players often pair a plain given name with a title earned at the monastery: Tomas of the Quiet Hand, Kessa Threefold, Rafe Emptybowl. Wuxia and kung fu cinema add another layer, with heroes like Li Mubai and Yang Guo whose ordinary-sounding names carry weight because of what they can do.
A good monk name is short, calm, and a little austere. Avoid heavy weapon or blood imagery; monks are defined by discipline, so names built around stillness, breath, emptiness, or the open hand fit better than anything that sounds like a barbarian.
How to choose human monk names
- Decide whether the name was given by the monastery or kept from birth. A dharma or cloister name (Shi Yanming, Brother Odo) tells the table your character has fully renounced their past; a birth name suggests a wandering or reluctant monk.
- For D&D 5e, match the name to your Monastic Tradition: Way of Shadow suits Sable Duskthorn or Yurei-style Japanese names, Way of the Open Hand suits Corin Openhand or Shaolin dharma names, Way of the Four Elements pairs well with Tibetan or Thai names.
- Keep it to two or three syllables per element. Real monk names are plain and quiet; a name that is easy to say in a hushed voice sounds right.
- If you want an earned title, make it specific and slightly odd (of the Falling Leaf, Emptybowl, Ninefold) rather than generic (the Strong, the Wise).
- Check the pronunciation of real names before using them at the table; Xu is roughly 'shoo', Qiao is 'chyao', and Dogen is 'doh-gen'.
Frequently asked questions
How are Shaolin monk names formed?
Ordained Shaolin monks take the surname Shi, short for Shakyamuni, followed by a generation name from a 70-character poem and a personal name. Shi Yanming, for example, belongs to the Yan generation. Lay disciples often keep their family name and simply add a title like Sifu or Master.
What are good human monk names for D&D 5e?
Anything short and understated works: real-world monastic names like Tenzin Palden, Dogen, or Brother Anselm, or a plain fantasy given name plus a monastery title such as Kessa Threefold or Tomas of the Quiet Hand. Match the cultural flavor to your character's backstory and monastic tradition.
Do monks in fiction always have Asian names?
No. Martial-arts monks are usually modelled on Shaolin or Japanese sohei, but Christian, Sufi, and Hindu ascetics have equally rich naming traditions, and D&D humans can come from any culture. This list deliberately mixes East Asian, South Asian, Middle Eastern, and European monastic names, and it also holds Korean Seon, Vietnamese Thien, Daoist, Burmese, Desert Father, and Sufi names.
Can I use these names in a published story or game?
Yes. Names are not copyrighted and you can use them freely. Many entries are the names of historical monks and teachers or of fictional figures (Bodhidharma, Li Mubai, Master Ip Man), included for inspiration; for original characters, use them as models rather than lifting them directly.
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All 1,000 human monk names
A: 82 names
- Abba Anthony
- Abba Dorotheus
- Abba Elias
- Abba Evagrius
- Abba Hilarion
- Abba Macarius
- Abba Moses
- Abba Pachomius
- Abba Theodore
- Abbess Cihang
- Abbess Dingjing
- Abbess Dingxian
- Abbess Etheldreda
- Abbess Hilda
- Abbess Jinghui
- Abbess Liaoyin
- Abbess Miejue
- Abbess Mingyue
- Abbess Puhui
- Abbess Xiuzhen
- Abbess Zhaoyan
- Abbot Aelred
- Abbot Benru
- Abbot Ceolwulf
- Abbot Cizhou
- Abbot Daguan
- Abbot Fangzheng
- Abbot Foyin
- Abbot Kongwen
- Abbot Kongxing
- Abbot Kongzhi
- Abbot Liaochen
- Abbot Majolus
- Abbot Mingkong
- Abbot Puzhao
- Abbot Tianming
- Abbot Wuse
- Abbot Xuanci
- Abbot Xuanzhi
- Abbot Yuanzhen
- Abbot Zhiguang
A, continued
- Abutsu
- Aden Hollowreed
- Aditya Muni
- Ajahn Amaro
- Ajahn Brahm
- Ajahn Chah
- Ajahn Fuang
- Ajahn Lee
- Ajahn Maha Bua
- Ajahn Mun
- Ajahn Pasanno
- Ajahn Sao
- Ajahn Sucitto
- Ajahn Sumedho
- Ajahn Thate
- Akira Isshin
- Alder Mosswalker
- Almoner Leofwine
- Ambapali
- Amina of the Lamp
- Amma Matrona
- Amma Sarah
- Amma Syncletica
- Amma Theodora
- Anand Swami
- Ananda
- Ananya Tapasvini
- Anchoress Edith
- Anchoress Juliana
- Angulimala
- Anopama
- Anselma Twelve-Vows
- Anuruddha
- Anwen Lightfoot
- Aoi Sakamoto
- Arjun Sadhu
- Asa Stillhand
- Assaji
- Atisha
- Attar
- Ayame Shirakawa
B: 92 names
- Baba Keshav
- Baekpa
- Bahiya
- Bai Suqin
- Bai Zhang
- Bankei
- Bao the Sweeping Monk
- Bassui
- Bayazid
- Benkei
- Beomil
- Bhadda Kapilani
- Bhaddiya
- Bhagu
- Bhante Gunaratana
- Bhante Sujato
- Bhikkhu Analayo
- Bhikkhu Bodhi
- Bhikkhu Buddhadasa
- Bhikkhu Nanamoli
- Bishr the Barefoot
- Bodhidharma
- Bram Cinderfist
- Briar Twicebowed
- Brother Aidan
- Brother Alcuin
- Brother Aldous
- Brother Ambrose
- Brother Anselm
- Brother Bartholomew
- Brother Bede
- Brother Benedict
- Brother Boniface
- Brother Bruno
- Brother Cadfael
- Brother Ceolfrid
- Brother Columba
- Brother Cuthbert
- Brother Cyprian
- Brother Deshan
- Brother Dunstan
- Brother Eadmer
- Brother Edmund
- Brother Faming
- Brother Felix
- Brother Fintan
B, continued
- Brother Giles
- Brother Godfrey
- Brother Gregor
- Brother Guthlac
- Brother Hereward
- Brother Hugh
- Brother Huiming
- Brother Huizhao
- Brother Ignatius
- Brother Jerome
- Brother Jingkong
- Brother Jingxin
- Brother Kevin
- Brother Kongjian
- Brother Kongming
- Brother Lawrence
- Brother Leofric
- Brother Matthias
- Brother Maurus
- Brother Odo
- Brother Osmund
- Brother Oswald
- Brother Paulinus
- Brother Placid
- Brother Rupert
- Brother Stephen
- Brother Thaddeus
- Brother Theodoric
- Brother Wilfrid
- Brother Wulfric
- Brother Wuxin
- Brother Yansheng
- Brother Yuanhe
- Brother Yuankong
- Brother Yuanming
- Brother Zhengfa
- Brother Zhengyuan
- Brother Zhihui
- Bryn Quietwater
- Budai
- Buddhabhadra
- Buddhadatta Thera
- Buddhaghosa
- Bukko
- Bunan
- Buton
C: 23 names
- Calla of the Empty Cup
- Callum of the Bare Feet
- Cantor Notker
- Cao Shan
- Cassian the Wanderer
- Cato the Unhurried
- Cellarer Edwin
- Cellarer Hugo
- Chan Nguyen
- Chang Sha
- Channa
- Chekawa
- Chen Zhen
- Cheng Guan
- Cheng Shuangyi
- Cheongdam
- Chiyo Hasegawa
- Chogyam Trungpa
- Chophel Lhundup
- Choying Palmo
- Chu Liuxiang
- Corin Openhand
- Cyra Sleeveless
D: 72 names
- Da Hui
- Da Mei
- Dabba
- Daichi Kuroda
- Daigu
- Daisuke Kiyomizu
- Daito
- Dame Gertrude
- Dame Walburga
- Damo
- Dan Xia
- Dantika
- Dao An
- Dao Sheng
- Dao Xin
- Dao Xuan
- Daoist Baihe
- Daoist Baopu
- Daoist Changchun
- Daoist Chunyang
- Daoist Danyang
- Daoist Guangning
- Daoist Lingbao
- Daoist Qingxu
- Daoist Shouyi
- Daoist Songfeng
- Daoist Taixu
- Daoist Tongxuan
- Daoist Wuwei
- Daoist Xuanzhen
- Daoist Yunxiao
- Daoist Yuyang
- Daoist Ziyang
- Daoud the Silent
- Dara Pinewhisper
- Davin Slowriver
D, continued
- Dawa Rinchen
- Dawa Tsering
- Deepak Tapasvi
- Dervish Kemal
- Dervish Orhan
- Dervish Selim
- Devi Amrita
- Dhammadinna
- Dhammakitti Thera
- Dickyi Choedon
- Dilgo Khyentse
- Dogen
- Dokuon
- Dolkar Chime
- Dolpopa
- Dom Anscar
- Dom Bertrand
- Dom Guigo
- Dom Hilaire
- Dom Lambert
- Dom Odilo
- Dom Wandrille
- Dong Shan
- Dorian Silentbell
- Dorje Rabten
- Dosho
- Doui
- Dov of the Dry Well
- Drogmi
- Drolma Yudron
- Du Guyun
- Duan Yanqing
- Duan Yu
- Duan Zhixing
- Dudjom Rinpoche
- Dugu Hanshan
E: 24 names
- Eamon Barefoot Road
- Edda Graycowl
- Eihei
- Eisai
- Eison
- Ejo
- Ekido
- Elder Bai Yulin
- Elder Guo Jing
- Elder Hong Lingbo
- Elder Kang Min
- Elder Ling Huchong
- Elder Ma Yu
- Elder Mu Nianci
- Elder Sun Bu'er
- Elder Wang Chongyang
- Elder Yin Susu
- Elowen of the Ash Temple
- Emi Shirogane
- Enku
- Enni
- Eshun
- Esme Truestep
- Ezra Ninefold
F: 37 names
- Fa Hai
- Fa Xiang
- Fa Yan
- Fa Zang
- Fabian Fourwinds
- Fang Zhuyin
- Farid the Patient
- Father Bernard
- Father Columbanus
- Father Kirill
- Father Malachy
- Father Nikon
- Father Nilus
- Father Paisius
- Father Savva
- Father Sergius
- Fen Yang
- Feng Qingyang
- Fenna Halfmoon
- Finn of the Thousand Stairs
- Fra Bernardo
- Fra Egidio
- Fra Ginepro
- Fra Lorenzo
- Fra Masseo
- Fra Rufino
- Fra Tommaso
- Friar Alban
- Friar Crispin
- Friar Eustace
- Friar Hubert
- Friar Jocelin
- Friar Ranulf
- Friar Tancred
- Friar Walter
- Fu Hongxue
- Fumiko Ogawa
G: 25 names
- Gampopa
- Garrick Unshaken
- Gasan
- Gelek Rabgye
- Gendun Drup
- Genta Murakami
- Gesshu
- Gikai
- Giun
- Gizan
- Gopal Avadhuta
- Goro Yamashiro
- Gotsangpa
- Greta Kneelstone
- Gu Yunfei
- Gudo
- Guestmaster Oswin
- Gui Shan
- Gunabhadra
- Guo Xiang
- Guo Xiaotian
- Gwen Hushmeadow
- Gyeongheo
- Gyunyeo
- Gyurme Kunsang
H: 30 names
- Hadrian Stillbrook
- Hakuin
- Hakuun
- Hale the Gatekeeper
- Halvard the Unbent
- Han Shan
- Hana Fusen
- Harish Brahmachari
- Haruki Ishikawa
- Hasan al-Faqir
- Hayato Onodera
- He Songling
- Hermit Godric
- Hermit Ronan
- Hesper Moonpalm
- Hiroshi Kobayashi
- Hollis Lowvoice
- Hong Qigong
- Hong Ren
- Hong Yao
- Hong Yi
- Hua Luoxue
- Hua Wuque
- Huang Bo
- Huang Rong
- Hui Ke
- Hui Si
- Hui Yuan
- Huineng
- Hyujeong
I: 15 names
- Ibrahim al-Salik
- Idris Voidwalker
- Ikkyu
- Ilya Sunder
- Ines Windless
- Infirmarian Aldhelm
- Inga Coldspring
- Inzan
- Ione Cloudsweeper
- Ippen
- Isamu Kagemori
- Isidasi
- Ismail Darwish
- Isolde Truevoice
- Ivo of the Seventh Step
J: 20 names
- Jakuen
- Jakushitsu
- Jami
- Jamyang Khyentse
- Jarek Ricebowl
- Jen Yu
- Jessa Reedbend
- Ji Gong
- Ji Wushuang
- Ji Zang
- Jiang Yebai
- Jianzhen
- Jigme Lingpa
- Jigme Norbu
- Jiro Kawabata
- Jiun
- Joren Ironpalm
- Ju Zhi
- Jun of the Cedar Hall
- Junayd
K: 36 names
- Kaede Nagai
- Kai Stillwater
- Kaito Muso
- Kakuzan
- Kalu Rinpoche
- Kamala Bhairavi
- Kanzan
- Kaoru Miyagi
- Karma Dechen
- Karma Lhundrup
- Karma Wangchuk
- Kassapa
- Kazuma Morita
- Keizan
- Kellan Dustsandal
- Kelsang Dorje
- Kenji Muraoka
- Kenko
- Kenshin Kaneda
- Kessa Threefold
- Khalil al-Nasik
- Khema
- Kiku Nishimura
- Kiran Yogendra
- Kisa Gotami
- Kiva Sandalworn
- Kodo
- Konchok Sherab
- Kondanna
- Kosen
- Kui Ji
- Kukai
- Kundalakesi
- Kunga Gyaltsen
- Kuya
- Kyogen
L: 27 names
- Langri Tangpa
- Lay Sister Tetta
- Layla al-Zahid
- Leng Yuexin
- Lhakpa Dhargye
- Lhamo Dechen
- Li Mubai
- Li Xunhuan
- Lian Chi
- Lin Daoyuan
- Lin Ji
- Linghu Chong
- Liora Dawnbreath
- Lobsang Dhondup
- Lobsang Rampa
- Lobsang Tenzin
- Lodro Tharchin
- Longchenpa
- Lu Qingshan
- Lu Xiaofeng
- Luang Por Boon
- Luang Por Sodh
- Luang Pu Thuad
- Luang Pu Waen
- Lucan the Listening
- Luo Hanqiu
- Lys Emberstep
M: 83 names
- Ma Zu
- Machig Labdron
- Madhav Brahmachari
- Mahacunda
- Mahakasyapa
- Mahapajapati
- Mahinda
- Manzan
- Marek Stonepatience
- Maren Tidewatcher
- Marisol of the Ninth Bell
- Marpa
- Maryam al-Khashia
- Masaru Koyama
- Master Bai Songtao
- Master Cai Longyun
- Master Cao Yunhe
- Master Chen Fake
- Master Chen Wangting
- Master Cheng Tinghua
- Master Deng Baishi
- Master Dong Haichuan
- Master Fang Qinghe
- Master Fong Sai-yuk
- Master Gao Tieshan
- Master Gu Ruzhang
- Master Guo Yunshen
- Master Han Muxia
- Master Han Zhiqiang
- Master He Jingzhou
- Master Hung Hei-gun
- Master Huo Yuanjia
- Master Ip Man
- Master Jiang Wenyuan
- Master Li Shuwen
- Master Liang Shouyi
- Master Liu Yunqiao
- Master Luk Ah-choi
- Master Luo Changfeng
- Master Ma Xianda
- Master Pang Shoucheng
M, continued
- Master Qin Mingde
- Master Shao Zhongyi
- Master Sun Lutang
- Master Tang Hao
- Master Tian Boyuan
- Master Wang Xiangzhai
- Master Wong Fei-hung
- Master Wu Feng
- Master Wu Jianquan
- Master Yang Chengfu
- Master Yang Luchan
- Master Zhang Sanfeng
- Master Zheng Manqing
- Meera Sadhvi
- Meghiya
- Meiho
- Meng Hanjiang
- Menzan
- Mettika
- Mi Yun
- Michiko Kanda
- Migmar Tsondru
- Milarepa
- Mipham
- Mira Palewind
- Misao Tanabe
- Mittakali
- Miyu Enomoto
- Mo Shenggu
- Moggallana
- Mohan Paramahamsa
- Mokurai
- Mother Ethelburga
- Mother Radegund
- Mu Liuyun
- Mugai Nyodai
- Murong Fu
- Murong Zhixu
- Musashi
- Muso Soseki
- Muyeom
- Myoe
N: 35 names
- Nadia Stormcalm
- Nagasena
- Namdrol Yeshe
- Nan Quan
- Nan Yue
- Nanda
- Nandiya
- Nangong Yue
- Nantenbo
- Nao Ishida
- Naoki Hirano
- Naong
- Naren Mauni
- Naropa
- Nasir Whirlwind
- Nell Ashcloister
- Ngawang Dorje
- Ngawang Lhamo
- Ngodup Palzang
- Niall One-Breath
- Nichiren
- Nikhil Vairagi
- Nima of the White Crane
- Ning Jingbo
- Ninsho
- Noboru Sanjo
- Novice Changsheng
- Novice Emrys
- Novice Piran
- Novice Ruyi
- Novice Shanyuan
- Novice Tobias
- Novice Xiaoming
- Novice Ysolt
- Nyima Wangdu
O: 6 names
- Odalys Riverstill
- Omar al-Abid
- Oona Longbreath
- Orin Featherstep
- Osamu Takeda
- Osric Farstride
P: 41 names
- Pasang Monlam
- Patacara
- Patrul Rinpoche
- Pei Chanxin
- Pell Mistgate
- Pema Choden
- Pema Dorje
- Pema Yangchen
- Petra Stonebreath
- Phra Anan
- Phra Chaiya
- Phra Kittisak
- Phra Narong
- Phra Nirut
- Phra Prasert
- Phra Sakchai
- Phra Somchai
- Phra Sompong
- Phra Surasak
- Phra Suthep
- Phra Thanawat
- Phra Thongchai
- Phra Wichai
- Phra Wirote
- Phurbu Legden
- Pindola
- Po Shan
- Porter Wulfstan
- Potowa
- Prakash Yogi
- Precentor Symeon
- Prior Aelfric
- Prior Godwin
- Prior Lanfranc
- Prior Reginald
- Prior Wystan
- Prioress Eloise
- Prioress Mechthild
- Priya Yogini
- Punna
- Punnika
Q: 5 names
- Qi Baichuan
- Qiao Feng
- Qin Wuyou
- Qing Yuan
- Quill Sparrowhand
R: 21 names
- Rafe Emptybowl
- Rahula
- Ravi Anand
- Ren Ashfall
- Ren Woxing
- Rendawa
- Rengetsu
- Renji Fudo
- Renna of the Open Gate
- Rennyo
- Revata
- Rigzin Chodak
- Rin Tachibana
- Rohan Bhikshu
- Rokuro Hayashi
- Roshan Deepwell
- Rumi
- Ryokan
- Ryoma Shinjo
- Ryonen
- Ryu Hattori
S: 166 names
- Sable Duskthorn
- Sacristan Waltheof
- Sadhu Raghunath
- Saicho
- Sakura Tendo
- Sakya Pandita
- Samten Choephel
- Sanai
- Sangye Jinpa
- Sanjay Vardhan
- Santoka
- Saraha
- Sariputta
- Satoru Nakagawa
- Sayaka Kurosawa
- Scribe Eadfrith
- Seng Can
- Seng Zhao
- Sengai
- Sera of the Long Road
- Sesshu
- Shabkar
- Shan Dao
- Shangguan Jing
- Shanti Devi
- Sharawa
- Sheikh Nuruddin
- Shen Baiyun
- Shen Xiu
- Sheng Yen
- Sherab Tenpa
- Shi De
- Shi Dechao
- Shi Dejian
- Shi Dejun
- Shi Deqing
- Shi Deru
- Shi Dexin
- Shi Deyang
- Shi Deyong
- Shi Guocheng
- Shi Guolin
- Shi Guoxin
- Shi Hengjun
- Shi Hengming
- Shi Hengshan
- Shi Hengyi
- Shi Hengzhen
- Shi Suxi
- Shi Suxiang
- Shi Suyun
- Shi Tou
- Shi Xinghai
- Shi Xinghong
- Shi Xingjue
S, continued
- Shi Xingkong
- Shi Xinglian
- Shi Xingwu
- Shi Xingyi
- Shi Xingzhen
- Shi Yanbei
- Shi Yanci
- Shi Yanfei
- Shi Yanlin
- Shi Yanlu
- Shi Yanming
- Shi Yanran
- Shi Yanti
- Shi Yanwu
- Shi Yanxu
- Shi Yanzi
- Shi Yongdao
- Shi Yongfa
- Shi Yongkang
- Shi Yongmiao
- Shi Yongxin
- Shi Yongxu
- Shi Yongzhi
- Shibli
- Shinran
- Shiro Kanazawa
- Shoju
- Shou Shan
- Sifu Au Kwok-hing
- Sifu Chan Wah-shun
- Sifu Cheung Wai-lam
- Sifu Fung Chi-keung
- Sifu Ho Kam-ming
- Sifu Kwan Tak-hing
- Sifu Kwok Siu-fai
- Sifu Lam Sai-wing
- Sifu Lau Bun
- Sifu Leung Jan
- Sifu Mok Ting-yan
- Sifu Tse Hon-wing
- Sifu Wong Shun-leung
- Sigalamata
- Silabhadra
- Silas Barefoot
- Sima Wuchen
- Simeon Stylites
- Sister Agatha
- Sister Æthelflæd
- Sister Brigid
- Sister Cixin
- Sister Clare
- Sister Fayun
- Sister Hildegard
- Sister Huiran
- Sister Huiwen
S, continued
- Sister Huiyuan
- Sister Jingci
- Sister Jinghua
- Sister Jinglian
- Sister Jingyuan
- Sister Liaofan
- Sister Lioba
- Sister Marguerite
- Sister Miaofa
- Sister Miaoxin
- Sister Miaoyin
- Sister Mingxin
- Sister Ottilie
- Sister Perpetua
- Sister Qingxin
- Sister Qingxue
- Sister Rosalind
- Sister Ruizhi
- Sister Scholastica
- Sister Shanhui
- Sister Winifred
- Sister Wujin
- Sister Wuyan
- Sister Xiuyuan
- Sister Yiling
- Sister Yiran
- Sister Zhaoming
- Sivali
- Soen
- Sohei Tadamori
- Sona
- Sonam Tashi
- Sonam Wangmo
- Song Wuya
- Song Yuanqiao
- Sora Hachiman
- Soren Frostvigil
- Su Changkong
- Subhuti
- Suio
- Sukka
- Suleiman of the Reed Flute
- Sundari
- Sunita
- Sunniva Calmtide
- Suresh Yogi
- Suzu Amano
- Suzuki Shosan
- Swami Advaitananda
- Swami Akhandananda
- Swami Atmananda
- Swami Nirmalananda
- Swami Sarvananda
- Swami Shantananda
- Swami Shuddhananda
- Swami Turiyananda
T: 47 names
- Taego
- Tai Xu
- Takeshi Enryaku
- Takuan Soho
- Takuju
- Talaputa
- Talia Wheatmat
- Tam Wintershade
- Tan Luan
- Taranatha
- Tariq al-Halim
- Tashi Dolma
- Tashi Phuntsok
- Tatsuo Hiei
- Tekisui
- Tenkei
- Tenzin Choegyal
- Tenzin Gyatso
- Tenzin Palden
- Teo Quietstorm
- Tetsugen
- Tetsuya Morimoto
- Thane Emptysleeve
- Thich Chon Tanh
- Thich Dao Quang
- Thich Giac Hanh
- Thich Hue Chieu
- Thich Hue Lam
- Thich Nguyen Hai
- Thich Thien Bao
- Thich Vien Ngo
- Thubten Chodron
- Thubten Yeshe
- Thubten Zopa
- Tilopa
- Tokusan
- Tomas of the Quiet Hand
- Tomoe Katsura
- Torei
- Tosui
- Trinley Ozer
- Tsering Lhamo
- Tsering Norbu
- Tsomo Wangchen
- Tsongkhapa
- Tsultrim Zangpo
- Tue Trung
U: 23 names
- U Ariyavamsa
- U Candima
- U Kavinda
- U Khemacara
- U Kosalla
- U Kovida
- U Narada
- U Pannadipa
- U Sagara
- U Sobhita
- U Sumana
- U Sundara
- U Tiloka
- U Vasava
- U Vimala
- Ubbiri
- Ugo the Fasting
- Ulric Bellkeeper
- Uma Brahmacharini
- Ungo
- Upali
- Upatissa Thera
- Uppalavanna
V: 21 names
- Vairotsana
- Vakkali
- Vappa
- Vashti Nightlotus
- Vasitthi
- Vedeha Thera
- Venerable Benkong
- Venerable Changjing
- Venerable Daoyuan
- Venerable Guangxuan
- Venerable Haiyun
- Venerable Jingxiu
- Venerable Jueming
- Venerable Mingzhi
- Venerable Puji
- Venerable Renshan
- Venerable Shengkai
- Vesna Snowmantle
- Vida Lastcandle
- Vikram Sadhaka
- Vivek Sannyasi
W: 8 names
- Wang Yuyan
- Wangyal Topden
- Wei Qingyuan
- Wen Rushui
- Willem Nodding Reed
- Wren of the Falling Leaf
- Wu Men
- Wystan Plainrobe
X: 14 names
- Xan Hollowdrum
- Xiang Yan
- Xiao Jingchen
- Xiao Longnü
- Xiaoyu'er
- Xie Xun
- Xing Yun
- Xu Xian
- Xu Yun
- Xu Zhu
- Xuan Sha
- Xuanzang
- Xue Dou
- Xue Feng
Y: 29 names
- Yang Guo
- Yang Kang
- Yang Tiexin
- Yangchen Dolma
- Yangchen Lhamo
- Yao Shan
- Yara of the Still Pond
- Yasuo Fujimori
- Ye Kai
- Ye Wuhen
- Yeshe Tsogyal
- Yevgeni Ashbowl
- Yi Xing
- Yin Guang
- Yin Liting
- Yoichi Matsuo
- Yong Jia
- Yong Ming
- Yongseong
- Yonten Namgyal
- Yorick Half-Bowl
- Yu Lianzhou
- Yu Shu Lien
- Yuan Wu
- Yue Buqun
- Yujeong
- Yuki Kagetora
- Yun Men
- Yusuf al-Sabur