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Generate kung fu names for fighters, masters and schools: Chinese fighter names like Wong Fei-hung and Lin Haofeng, earned nicknames such as Iron Palm Chen Wei and The Shaolin Cobra, Sifu and Grandmaster titles, style-based monikers, classic technique names and kwoon names for your own school.

About kung fu names

Kung fu names come in layers. At the base is a real Chinese name, written family name first: Wong Fei-hung, Huo Yuanjia, Ip Man. Cantonese romanizations (Wong, Lam, Cheung, Kwok) suit the Southern styles of Guangdong and Hong Kong cinema, while Mandarin pinyin (Zhang, Liu, Gao, Xu) fits Northern Shaolin, Wudang and mainland settings. Mixing the two in one roster is normal in kung fu films.

On top of the name sits the nickname earned in the kwoon or the street: Iron Palm, Thunder Leg, Shadowless Kick, Drunken Cat. These describe a signature technique, a body-conditioning feat or a personality, and they are how rivals and students refer to a fighter. Teachers are addressed by title, Sifu for a teacher, Master or Grandmaster for a lineage head, Abbot or Elder for temple figures, usually followed by the surname alone. Styles themselves supply names too: Hung Gar, Wing Chun, Choy Li Fut, Eagle Claw and Praying Mantis all work as identifiers, and classic technique names like Black Tiger Steals the Heart and White Crane Spreads Wings are ready-made monikers.

This generator covers legendary masters, original Cantonese and Mandarin fighter names, nickname-plus-name combinations, Shaw Brothers-style English epithets, master titles, technique names and school names for your own kwoon.

How to choose kung fu names

  • Put the family name first (Wong Fei-hung, not Fei-hung Wong) and choose one romanization per character: Cantonese spellings for Southern styles and Hong Kong settings, pinyin for Northern styles and mainland China.
  • Give a fighter a nickname that points to a specific technique or conditioning feat (Iron Palm, Shadowless Kick, Golden Bell) rather than a generic adjective, because that is how real kung fu legends earned theirs.
  • Address teachers by title plus surname, Sifu Lam or Master Wong, and save Grandmaster for the head of a lineage; students in a story should almost never use a master's full name.
  • For a school or kwoon, combine an animal, element or virtue with a hall word such as Kwoon, Hall, Academy or Society, and anchor it to a place (White Crane Hall of Foshan) to make it feel rooted.
  • Technique names like Black Tiger Steals the Heart work well as chapter titles, special move names or the alias of a fighter known for that one devastating move.

Frequently asked questions

How are kung fu names different from ordinary Chinese names?

The underlying name is an ordinary Chinese name, surname first. What makes it a kung fu name is the nickname or title attached to it: Iron Palm Chen Wei, Sifu Leung Thunder-Hand, or an English epithet like The Shaolin Cobra. Styles, techniques and school names round out the vocabulary.

Should I use Cantonese or Mandarin spellings?

Either works, but be consistent for each character. Cantonese romanizations (Wong, Lam, Ip, Kwok) evoke Hong Kong cinema and Southern styles such as Hung Gar and Wing Chun; Mandarin pinyin (Zhang, Liu, Gao) suits Northern Shaolin, Wudang and Praying Mantis lineages.

Are the master names on this page real people?

A small number are historical or legendary figures, such as Wong Fei-hung, Huo Yuanjia, Ip Man and Ng Mui, included because they define the genre. Everything else is original and can be used freely for characters, games, gym names or martial arts fiction.

Can I use these for a Kung Fu Panda style character or a kids' story?

Yes. Alongside realistic fighter names you will find animal-style monikers (Tiger Claw Ko, Mantis the Quick, Crane Style Kuan) and playful titles like Master Po of the Noodle House that suit animated or lighthearted characters.

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A: 6 names

  • Abbot Hui of the Nine Bells
  • Abbot Jee of the Southern Gate
  • Abbot Kwong of Southern Shaolin
  • Arrow Fist
  • Ashen Monk Shi Wu
  • Au Chi-fai

B: 23 names

  • Baguazhang Bao
  • Bai Zhenhua
  • Bak Mei
  • Bak Mei Ho
  • Bald Eagle Sun Gang
  • Bamboo Grove School
  • Bamboo Leg Lui Fai
  • Bao Wenzhi
  • Bend the Bow Shoot the Tiger
  • Bian Liwei
  • Black Tiger Hall
  • Black Tiger Steals the Heart
  • Black Tiger Tsang Kwai
  • Bodhidharma
  • Bridge Hand Leung
  • Broadsword Ding
  • Broken Mountain Zhang
  • Bronze Arm Cheng Ki
  • Brother Thunder
  • Buddha Palm Strike
  • Buddha Palm Tam Lok
  • Butterfly Blade Lui
  • Butterfly Palms

C: 24 names

  • Cai Zhengtao
  • Carry Tiger to Mountain
  • Chan Tak-keung
  • Chan Wah-shun
  • Chang Baosheng
  • Chau Siu-hung
  • Chen Wangting
  • Cheng Tak-fai
  • Cheung Pak-lam
  • Chin Na Fung
  • Chiu Wing-lam
  • Chow Tak-ming
  • Choy Li Fut Cheng
  • Chu Tak-wah
  • Cloud Fist Liang Shu
  • Cloud Hands
  • Cold Moon Du Hua
  • Copper Skin Wan Bo
  • Cotton Fist Gao Yin
  • Cotton Palm Wei
  • Crane Beak Qu
  • Crane Kick Lam
  • Crane Stands in the Marsh
  • Crane Wing Bai Yu

D: 21 names

  • Dai Yuanzhi
  • Deer Horn Knives Ou
  • Deng Zhifeng
  • Diamond Finger Sek
  • Ding Shouyi
  • Dong Haichuan
  • Double Broadsword Zhu
  • Double Hammer Jiang
  • Dragon Fist Luo
  • Dragon Plays in Water
  • Dragon Shape Fist
  • Dragon Tail Han Jing
  • Dragon Well Hou Lan
  • Drunkard Falls into Bed
  • Drunken Cat Lau
  • Drunken Eight Immortals Lau
  • Drunken Fist
  • Drunken Fist Chow
  • Drunken Immortal Shen
  • Du Shaojie
  • Dust Dragon Au Kwan

E: 10 names

  • Eagle Claw Fist
  • Eagle Claw Yip Sang
  • Eagle Fist Yip
  • Eagle Seizes the Hare
  • Eight Trigram Palm
  • Eight-Arm Demon
  • Elder Mak of the Red Sash
  • Elder Sze of the Dragon Well
  • Elder Tam of the White Crane Hall
  • Embrace Tiger Return to Mountain

F: 20 names

  • Fair Lady Works the Shuttles
  • Falling Star Gu Shan
  • Fan Qingyun
  • Fan Through the Back
  • Feng Yunshan
  • Fire Palm Law Kit
  • Fist of the Five Elders
  • Five Animal Lok Hin
  • Five Animals Fist
  • Five Elders Temple
  • Five Thunder Sze
  • Flying Crane Ngai Ho
  • Flying Dagger Meng
  • Flying Kick Cheung
  • Flying Swallow Kick
  • Fok Kwok-leung
  • Fong Sai-yuk
  • Fung Do-dak
  • Fung Kam-po
  • Fung Sai-ho

G: 20 names

  • Gao Chengfeng
  • Ghost Hand Luo Dan
  • Ghost Step Hua
  • Golden Bell Hui Lung
  • Golden Dragon Leaves Its Cave
  • Golden Lotus Kwoon
  • Gong Yunpeng
  • Grandmaster Feng of the Iron Broom
  • Grandmaster Hung Kuen-fu
  • Grandmaster Lau of Canton
  • Grandmaster Lok Eight-Trigram
  • Grandmaster Ma of the Iron Gate
  • Grandmaster Pang Wooden-Man
  • Grandmaster Yip of the Red Boat
  • Grasp the Sparrow's Tail
  • Grinding Palm Lok
  • Gu Tieshan
  • Gu Yunxiang
  • Guan Yunfei
  • Guo Yunshen

H: 16 names

  • Han Zhigang
  • Hawk Eye Mak Sung
  • Hidden Needle Mok
  • Ho Kam-tong
  • Ho Wing-chi
  • Hook Sword Xing Lei
  • Hook Sword Yuen
  • Hou Zhenbiao
  • Hua Jinglong
  • Hui Kwok-keung
  • Hung Gar Hong
  • Hung Hei-gun
  • Hung Kwok-hei
  • Hungry Tiger Pounces on Prey
  • Huo Yuanjia
  • Hurricane Kick Lam Ho

I: 19 names

  • Immortal Points the Way
  • Ip Man
  • Ip Siu-lung
  • Ip Wing-kei
  • Iron Bridge Leung Tak
  • Iron Broom Wu Tai
  • Iron Buffalo Plows the Field
  • Iron Crane Academy
  • Iron Elbow Ma
  • Iron Fan Yim
  • Iron Fist Ngai
  • Iron Gate Society
  • Iron Head Lo Wing
  • Iron Ox Luo Hung
  • Iron Palm Au
  • Iron Palm Chen Wei
  • Iron Shirt Poon Chi
  • Iron Thread Fist
  • Ironwood Guan Yue

J: 5 names

  • Jade Dragon School
  • Jade Staff Feng Lin
  • Jee Sin
  • Jiang Xiaohu
  • Jin Zhaolong

K: 6 names

  • Kam Wing-sang
  • Kang Bingwen
  • Kong Chi-keung
  • Kwan Ho-nam
  • Kwan Siu-fung
  • Kwok Wai-hung

L: 30 names

  • Lai Man-kit
  • Lai Siu-kei
  • Lam Ho-kwan
  • Lam Sai-wing
  • Lau Chun-hei
  • Law Wing-sum
  • Leopard Crawls Through Grass
  • Leopard Fist Tsui
  • Leopard Strike Yuen Kit
  • Leung Ho-tin
  • Leung Jan
  • Liang Zhenhai
  • Lightning Staff Deng
  • Lin Chong
  • Lin Haofeng
  • Lion Shakes Its Mane
  • Little Dragon Lee
  • Liu Changqing
  • Lo Chi-hung
  • Lok Wing-hoi
  • Long Fist Zhou
  • Lord of the Northern Leg
  • Lotus Garden Kwoon
  • Lotus Hand Qin Mei
  • Lotus Kick Tam
  • Lu Haoran
  • Lu Zhishen
  • Lui Kam-fai
  • Luo Jianye
  • Luo Yifeng

M: 38 names

  • Ma Yongzhen
  • Mak Ho-fung
  • Mantis Catches the Cicada
  • Mantis Hand Chu
  • Mantis Hand Chu Fai
  • Master Bai Willow-Palm
  • Master Chan of Foshan
  • Master Cheung Long-Arm
  • Master Chu Golden-Wrist
  • Master Gu of Emei
  • Master Ho Copper-Leg
  • Master Hou Silent-Fist
  • Master Jiang Flying-Crane
  • Master Liu Three-Staff
  • Master Luo Five-Animals
  • Master of the Shadowless Kick
  • Master Poon Iron-Knee
  • Master Qiu Drunken-Crane
  • Master Shen Black-Tiger
  • Master Tang of the Lotus Hall
  • Master Wong of the Crane Temple
  • Master Xie of the Tea House
  • Master Xu Swallow-Step
  • Master Ye Bronze-Arm
  • Meng Zhaoxiong
  • Meteor Hammer Yung
  • Mirror Palm Tao Jun
  • Miu Hin
  • Mo Tianhe
  • Mok Ching-fai
  • Monkey Fist
  • Monkey Fist Yiu
  • Monkey King Tsang Ho
  • Monkey Pole Sek
  • Monkey Staff Fan
  • Monkey Steals the Peach
  • Mud Step Cai Wen
  • Mui Wing-fong

N: 9 names

  • Needle at Sea Bottom
  • Ng Kwok-wing
  • Ng Mui
  • Ngai Kwok-fu
  • Nine Bells Monastery
  • Nine-Dragon Hua Tian
  • Nine-Section Whip Mo
  • No Shadow Hand Ng
  • Northern Leg Zhu Bin

O: 4 names

  • Old Master Wan of Wudang
  • Old Tree Tangles Roots
  • One-Inch Lau Kwok
  • Ou Tianming

P: 12 names

  • Pang Ruiting
  • Parting the Wild Horse's Mane
  • Peng Zhixiong
  • Phoenix Eye Gu
  • Phoenix Spreads Wings
  • Plum Blossom Fist
  • Plum Blossom Kwoon
  • Plum Blossom Li Qing
  • Poon Chi-wai
  • Poon Kam-tong
  • Praying Mantis Fist
  • Praying Mantis Qin

Q: 5 names

  • Qi Lianfeng
  • Qin Zhaoyang
  • Qiu Shaoyang
  • Qu Jianhong
  • Quiet Fist Xu Ming

R: 12 names

  • Razor Elbow Xiao Lu
  • Red Boat Opera Fighter
  • Red Sash Brotherhood
  • Red Sash Zheng Po
  • Ren Guohua
  • Repulse the Monkey
  • River Palm Yung Sai
  • Rolling Thunder Mo
  • Rooftop Tsui Kin
  • Rooster Stands on One Leg
  • Rope Dart Kwok
  • Ruan Deming

S: 57 names

  • Sand Palm Ruan Hoi
  • Scholar Fist Ding Bo
  • Sek Chun-yip
  • Shadow Boxer Han
  • Shadowless Foot Wong
  • Shadowless Kick
  • Sham Kwok-ming
  • Shen Guangming
  • Shi Qingfeng
  • Sifu Cai Water-Fist
  • Sifu Chiu Quiet-Hand
  • Sifu Deng Mantis-Hand
  • Sifu Fung Stone-Fist
  • Sifu Gao Northern-Leg
  • Sifu Kong Tiger-Fork
  • Sifu Kwan Iron-Palm
  • Sifu Lam Iron-Body
  • Sifu Law Cotton-Palm
  • Sifu Leung Thunder-Hand
  • Sifu Mok Cloud-Step
  • Sifu Ng Mui-fong
  • Sifu Ruan Bamboo-Staff
  • Sifu Tao Mirror-Hand
  • Sifu Tsang Hawk-Eye
  • Sifu Yau Thunder-Step
  • Sifu Yuen of the Plum Garden
  • Sifu Zheng Hurricane-Kick
  • Silent Cricket Peng

S, continued

  • Silver Fox Ren Qiu
  • Single Whip
  • Sister Lotus Kick
  • Sleeping Fist Dai
  • Smoke Step Zhou Hei
  • Snake Creeps Down
  • Snake Fist Qiu Lan
  • Snake Palm Hui
  • So Wai-lun
  • Southern Fist Yim Ho
  • Southern Tiger School
  • Spear Hand Tse
  • Spring Leg Xie Hong
  • Steel Finger Pang Yu
  • Step Back and Ride the Tiger
  • Sticky Hands Tong
  • Stone Body Fok Sing
  • Stone Lion Wei Ping
  • Storm Hand Ou Wing
  • Straight Sword Xiao
  • Strike the Tiger
  • Sun Lutang
  • Sun Mingyuan
  • Swallow Hand Law
  • Swallow Skims the Water
  • Swallow Tail Chiu Kei
  • Sweep the Lotus
  • Sze Tak-hei
  • Szeto Wing-on

T: 118 names

  • Tai Chi Shen
  • Tam Ho-yin
  • Tam Kwok-kin
  • Tang Ho-sang
  • Tang Weiye
  • Tao Renjie
  • Ten Pattern Fist
  • Ten Tiger Bao Zhen
  • Ten Tigers of Canton
  • The Ash Palm Hermit
  • The Bamboo Dragon
  • The Bitter Monk
  • The Black Crane
  • The Black Sash Phantom
  • The Blind Swordsman of Hubei
  • The Boatman of the Yangtze
  • The Boxer of the Marsh
  • The Bridge Breaker
  • The Broken Oar
  • The Bronze Bell
  • The Broom Master of Shaolin
  • The Buddha's Palm
  • The Butterfly Swordsman
  • The Cloud Walker
  • The Coiling Snake
  • The Copper Mantis
  • The Crane of Foshan
  • The Cricket Master
  • The Dancing Leopard
  • The Dragon Gate Monk
  • The Drunken Boxer of Hangzhou
  • The Drunken Crane
  • The Drunken Immortal
  • The Eagle of Emei
  • The Eight Immortals Drunk
  • The Five Venoms
  • The Flowering Fist
  • The Flying Guillotine
  • The Fox of the Wudang Stair

T, continued

  • The Frost Palm Hermit
  • The Ghost of Wudang
  • The Golden Monkey
  • The Hundred-Step Fighter
  • The Hungry Ghost Fighter
  • The Invisible Fist
  • The Iron Fan of Shanghai
  • The Iron Monkey of Canton
  • The Iron Rooster
  • The Ironclad Beggar
  • The Jade Dragon of Kowloon
  • The Jade Tiger
  • The Lame Monk of Luoyang
  • The Last Tiger of Wong Kuen
  • The Laughing Mantis
  • The Long Pole of Foshan
  • The Mad Beggar
  • The Mantis of Wudang
  • The Moonlight Crane
  • The Mountain Ox
  • The Nameless Monk
  • The Noodle Shop Champion
  • The Old Beggar of Shaolin
  • The Paper Tiger Breaker
  • The Peach Garden Fist
  • The Phoenix Claw
  • The Quiet Tiger
  • The Rain Sword
  • The Razor Monk
  • The Red Boat Fighter
  • The Red Lantern Fighter
  • The Reed Walker
  • The Scorpion of the South
  • The Shaolin Cobra
  • The Silk Fist
  • The Silver Lotus
  • The Sleeping Dragon
  • The Snake of the Five Plum
  • The Soaring Hawk

T, continued

  • The Stone Monk
  • The Stone-Cutter of Guangdong
  • The Swallow of the Pearl River
  • The Tea House Tiger
  • The Three-Finger Immortal
  • The Thunder Ox
  • The Tiger of Hung Gar
  • The Twin-Hook Ghost
  • The Unbending Reed
  • The Walking Mountain
  • The Wandering Staff
  • The Whispering Palm
  • The White Lotus Ghost
  • The Willow Sword
  • The Wind Walker
  • The Wooden Dummy Master
  • Thousand Hand Shi
  • Three-Section Staff Du
  • Three-Section Ye Mei
  • Thunder Hand Academy
  • Thunder Leg Ma Fung
  • Thunder Palm
  • Thunder Rolls Across the Plain
  • Thunderclap Kong Wah
  • Tiger Claw Ko
  • Tiger Claw Ko Ming
  • Tiger Crane Double Form
  • Tiger Fork Bian
  • Tiger Returns to Cave
  • Tiger Tail Kick
  • Tiger Tail Kick Fan
  • Tiger Taming Fist
  • Tiger's Mouth Kwan
  • To Man-lung
  • Tong Wing-lok
  • Tsang Wai-kit
  • Tse Chi-lung
  • Tse Man-hon
  • Tsui Chun-kit
  • Twelve Bridges Hand

W: 21 names

  • Wan Kwong-chiu
  • Wang Chaoyang
  • Wang Lang
  • Water Fist Kam Sau
  • Weeping Willow Yau
  • Wei Baolin
  • Whirlwind Palm Kwan
  • White Crane Hall of Foshan
  • White Crane Hong Lei
  • White Crane Spreads Wings
  • White Snake Spits Its Tongue
  • Willow Branch Yan Ling
  • Wind and Fire Wheels Ngai
  • Wing Chun Wai
  • Wong Fei-hung
  • Wong Kei-ying
  • Wong Tak-chung
  • Wooden Man Chan Fu
  • Wu Kam-wah
  • Wu Song
  • Wudang Cloud Hall

X: 5 names

  • Xiao Fenglei
  • Xie Tianjun
  • Xing Zhanpeng
  • Xingyi Guan
  • Xu Baoshan

Y: 12 names

  • Yan Zhenlong
  • Yang Luchan
  • Yau Siu-ming
  • Ye Chengxin
  • Yeung Siu-bo
  • Yim Tak-wing
  • Yim Wing-chun
  • Yip Ching-wah
  • Yuan Zhenshan
  • Yue Fei
  • Yuen Siu-tin
  • Yung Tak-cheung

Z: 7 names

  • Zhang Sanfeng
  • Zhao Tianlong
  • Zheng Hanwei
  • Zhong Haibin
  • Zhou Tingwei
  • Zhu Weiran
  • Zui Quan Ho