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Generate weapon names in the RWBY style: canon favorites like Crescent Rose, Gambol Shroud and Crocea Mors alongside hundreds of original names built the way Rooster Teeth builds them, from Latin and Greek phrases to color words, flower names and wry idioms.

About RWBY weapon names

RWBY weapons are named with the same care as the Huntsmen who carry them, and almost every canon name follows one of a few recognizable patterns. Many are two-word poetic phrases in English: Crescent Rose, Gambol Shroud, Ember Celica, Melodic Cudgel, Floating Array, Sharp Retribution, Thief's Respite. Others reach for another language so the name sounds ancient or technical: Crocea Mors is Latin for yellow death, Myrtenaster is a German-flavored myrtle aster, Miló and Akoúo̱ are Greek for speak and hear, Magnhild is Old Norse. A third group are wry idioms that double as character commentary, which is why Glynda carries Disciplinary Action, Ironwood carries Due Process and Ozpin's cane is The Long Memory.

The best names also obey RWBY's color rule indirectly. Ruby's scythe is a rose, Weiss's rapier is a flower with white myrtle in it, Yang's gauntlets are embers, Blake's weapon is a shroud. A weapon name that hints at its owner's color, flower or fairy-tale inspiration feels canon even if the word itself is not a color. Single-word names (Hush, Fetch, Timber, Thorn, Harbinger, Omen) and paired names for twin weapons (Wilt and Blush, Life and Death) round out the toolkit.

This list mixes the canon names you know with hundreds of originals in every one of those registers.

How to choose RWBY weapon names

  • Start from the character, not the weapon: pick their color, flower, fairy tale or personality quirk, then find a word in another language or an idiom that encodes it, the way Crocea Mors hides Jaune's yellow and Myrtenaster hides Weiss's white.
  • Mechashift weapons often get a name that describes both forms at once. A scythe-rifle becomes Crescent Rose because a crescent is both a blade shape and a moon; try a name that reads two ways for a sword-pistol or hammer-launcher.
  • Use Latin, Greek, Norse, French or German for a formal Atlas or Mistral feel, and plain English idioms for a scrappy Vale or Vacuo fighter; Ruby's teammates and the Ace-Ops show both ends of that spectrum.
  • Twin weapons or a weapon with a detachable sheath usually get a paired name joined by 'and' (Wilt and Blush, Life and Death, Miló and Akoúo̱); keep both halves short and related in meaning.
  • Say it in dialogue before you commit. Canon names are two to four syllables per word and easy to shout mid-fight; if your name needs a pronunciation guide, trim it.

Frequently asked questions

What are the names of the main RWBY weapons?

Ruby Rose wields Crescent Rose, a scythe-sniper rifle; Weiss Schnee uses Myrtenaster, a Dust-loaded rapier; Blake Belladonna's Gambol Shroud is a katana, cleaver and pistol on a ribbon; Yang Xiao Long fights with the Ember Celica shotgun gauntlets. Team JNPR carry Crocea Mors (Jaune), Magnhild (Nora), Miló and Akoúo̱ (Pyrrha) and StormFlower (Ren). Other well-known names include Qrow's Harbinger, Raven's Omen, Cinder's Midnight, Neo's Hush and Ozpin's The Long Memory.

How do RWBY weapon names relate to the color naming rule?

Character names in RWBY must evoke a color, and weapon names usually echo that theme in a subtler way: Crescent Rose for Ruby, Ember Celica for Yang, Crocea (yellow) Mors for Jaune, Myrtenaster with its white myrtle for Weiss. The weapon name rarely states the color outright; it uses a flower, a material, a time of day or a foreign word that carries the color association.

Do RWBY weapons have to have a name in another language?

No. Many canon weapons use English (Sharp Retribution, Fast Knuckles, Floating Array, The Executioner, Disciplinary Action), and several are single English words like Fetch, Timber, Thorn and Hush. Foreign-language names are common for weapons with a classical or noble feel, but an English idiom that fits the character's personality is just as canon.

Can I use these names for a RWBY OC or fan fiction?

Yes. The original names here are free to use for OCs, fan fiction, roleplay and fan art. The canon weapon names belong to Rooster Teeth's characters, so for an OC it is better to pick or adapt one of the originals, or follow the same pattern with a word tied to your character's color, weapon form and fairy-tale inspiration.

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A: 37 names

  • Abendglanz
  • Acheron Ferry
  • Acta Non Verba
  • Aegir's Cauldron
  • Aeternum Vale
  • Agape Blade
  • Aiolos Reed
  • Akatsuki Edge
  • Alabaster Oath
  • Alba Chiara
  • Alba Spina
  • Alea Iacta
  • Amatsu Kaze
  • Amber Threshold
  • Amor Fati
  • Anesidora
  • Antiquity's Roast
  • Anvil Chorus
  • Arcus Iridis
  • Ardent Thistle
  • Argent Lullaby
  • Ars Longa
  • Ash and Alder
  • Ash and Aria
  • Ash Petal
  • Ashen Lullaby
  • Aspen Tremor
  • Aster Fang
  • Asteria Fall
  • Astraeus Wind
  • Atlas Burden
  • Aube Rouge
  • Audentes Fortuna
  • Aurea Mors
  • Aurora Crux
  • Autumn Tithe
  • Azure Procession

B: 36 names

  • Bad Manners
  • Baldr's Bane
  • Bayonet Ballad
  • Beanstalk Blade
  • Behemoth Brand
  • Bel Canto
  • Bell, Book and Candle
  • Bella Notte
  • Belladonna's Kiss
  • Belle Morte
  • Belt-Fed Benediction
  • Bête Noire
  • Big Bad Wolf
  • Birch Lament
  • Bistre Bargain
  • Bitter Almond
  • Black Dahlia
  • Black Ice
  • Black Powder Prayer
  • Blackthorn Salvo
  • Bleeding Heart
  • Blowhard
  • Bluebeard's Key
  • Blunt Instrument
  • Bore and Breech
  • Boreas Fang
  • Borrowed Time
  • Bragi's Harp
  • Bramble Tithe
  • Bread and Circuses
  • Breaking Point
  • Briar Reckoning
  • Briar Rose's Spindle
  • Broken Compass
  • Bronze Epilogue
  • Burden of Proof

C: 39 names

  • Cadmium Knell
  • Caelum Ferrum
  • Caerula Nix
  • Calliope Brass
  • Candlelight Sonata
  • Carmine Verdict
  • Carte Blanche
  • Casus Belli
  • Cedar Concord
  • Celadon Silence
  • Cerberus
  • Cerulean Tithe
  • Chalk and Cheese
  • Chartreuse Gambit
  • Chestnut Barrage
  • Cinder and Soot
  • Cinder Psalm
  • Cinnabar Creed
  • Clean Slate
  • Clear Cut
  • Clio Quill
  • Cloak and Dagger
  • Closing Argument
  • Cobalt Rhapsody
  • Cocytus Wail
  • Cold Comfort
  • Cold Shoulder
  • Copper Tenet
  • Coral Reprieve
  • Coup de Foudre
  • Coup de Grâce
  • Cœur de Verre
  • Crescent Rose
  • Crimson Quill
  • Crocea Mors
  • Crooked Halo
  • Curtain Call
  • Custos Memoriae
  • Cypress Tithe

D: 10 names

  • Dawn Chorus
  • Dernier Cri
  • Deus ex Machina
  • Disciplinary Action
  • Dolce Morte
  • Dornenherz
  • Drum Mag Dirge
  • Due Process
  • Dum Spiro Spero
  • Dusk Mantle

E: 18 names

  • Early Frost
  • Ebb and Flow
  • Ebony Accord
  • Eirene Hush
  • Eisenblume
  • Eisrose
  • Ember Celica
  • Ember Vigil
  • Empty Promise
  • Enfant Terrible
  • Ensis Solis
  • Épine Noire
  • Erato Reed
  • Erebos Edge
  • Eris Apple
  • Eros Ash
  • Espina Dorada
  • Euros Cinder

F: 40 names

  • Fair Warning
  • Fait Accompli
  • Falx Lunae
  • Fast Knuckles
  • Feathered Verdict
  • Fernweh
  • Ferro et Igni
  • Ferrum Fidele
  • Festina Lente
  • Fetch
  • Feuerfalter
  • Fiamma Nera
  • Fin de Siècle
  • Final Notice
  • Final Warning
  • Finis Hiemis
  • Fire and Brimstone
  • First Light
  • Five Smooth Stones
  • Flamma Gelida
  • Flash Point
  • Fleur de Fer
  • Flint and Steel
  • Floating Array
  • Flor de Sangre
  • Flos Belli
  • Flotsam and Jetsam
  • Fog and Filament
  • Fool's Errand
  • Forseti's Axe
  • Fortuna Rubra
  • Foxglove Answer
  • Fresh Start
  • Freyja's Tear
  • Frigg's Distaff
  • Fuchsia Tempest
  • Fugue State
  • Fulcrum
  • Fulgur Tacitum
  • Fuller and Forte

G: 16 names

  • Gamboge Grin
  • Gambol Shroud
  • Garm's Howl
  • Gentle Reminder
  • Gianduja
  • Gilded Mercy
  • Gingerbread Hatchet
  • Glacies Ardens
  • Gladius Noctis
  • Glass Slipper
  • Glockenspiel
  • Golden Goose
  • Golden Hour
  • Grace Note
  • Gretel's Oven
  • Grip and Guard

H: 24 names

  • Habeas Corpus
  • Hail Mary
  • Hammer and Tongs
  • Hanabira Edge
  • Hanafubuki
  • Hansel's Crumb
  • Harbinger
  • Hawthorn Spite
  • Heavy Reading
  • Heimdall's Horn
  • Hekate Triune
  • Helios Brand
  • Heliotrope Hush
  • Hemera Flare
  • Hemlock Sonata
  • Himmelsklinge
  • Hither and Yon
  • Hoja Azul
  • Hollow Crown
  • Hollow Vow
  • Honest Mistake
  • Hook and Eye
  • Hue and Cry
  • Hush

I: 7 names

  • Idle Threat
  • Idunn's Apple
  • Ignis Fatuus
  • Indigo Sonnet
  • Iron Sights
  • Ironwood Edict
  • Ivory Compline

J: 2 names

  • Jade Eulogy
  • Juniper Volley

K: 8 names

  • Kamikiri
  • Key Change
  • Kindling Grace
  • Kingfisher
  • Kintsugi
  • Kith and Kin
  • Kratos Grip
  • Kurohana

L: 30 names

  • Lacrima Rossa
  • Lame Douce
  • Lantern and Latch
  • Lantern Jaw
  • Last Call
  • Last Lantern
  • Last Petal
  • Last Resort
  • Late Harvest
  • Laurel Verdict
  • Lavender Reprisal
  • Legato Thorn
  • Lethe Draught
  • Leviathan Hook
  • Lichtbringer
  • Life and Death
  • Lightning Lash
  • Lilac Interlude
  • Little Mermaid's Knife
  • Lock and Key
  • Loki's Thread
  • Long Division
  • Long Goodbye
  • Loose Cannon
  • Loud Opinion
  • Lumière Froide
  • Luna Plena
  • Luna Roja
  • Lunar Petal
  • Lux Invicta

M: 23 names

  • Madder Lake
  • Magenta Maxim
  • Magenta Nocturne
  • Magnhild
  • Mahogany Grudge
  • Marigold Salute
  • Mauve Memento
  • Melodic Cudgel
  • Melpomene Mask
  • Memento Mori
  • Midnight
  • Miló and Akoúo̱
  • Mimir's Well
  • Minor Key
  • Morgenrot
  • Morning Star Hymn
  • Mors Florens
  • Mourning Glory
  • Moving Violation
  • Murasaki Hollow
  • Muzzle Velocity
  • Myrtenaster
  • Myrtle Bane

N: 16 names

  • Nachtlied
  • Nebelkrone
  • Needle and Thread
  • Nemesis Candida
  • Nettle Hymn
  • Nike Stride
  • Nix Perpetua
  • Noblesse Oblige
  • Noche Triste
  • Notos Drift
  • Notte Bianca
  • Nox Aeterna
  • Nox Candida
  • Nuit Blanche
  • Nutcracker
  • Nyx Lantern

O: 9 names

  • Oaken Writ
  • Obsidian Vesper
  • Ochre Mandate
  • Ombre Claire
  • Omen
  • Onyx Lament
  • Opal Oath
  • Open Season
  • Overture in Steel

P: 26 names

  • Pale Horse
  • Pallas Spear
  • Paper Lantern
  • Parting Gift
  • Patient Hunger
  • Pax Ferrea
  • Peach Overture
  • Perfect Fifth
  • Periwinkle Plea
  • Pewter Refrain
  • Philia Fang
  • Phlegethon Flare
  • Pied Piper
  • Pillar of Fire
  • Pith and Marrow
  • Plane and Simple
  • Plausible Deniability
  • Pluie de Roses
  • Point Blank
  • Poisoned Apple
  • Polite Refusal
  • Pommel and Point
  • Poplar Hush
  • Probable Cause
  • Prometheus Brand
  • Psyche Wake

Q: 3 names

  • Quicksilver Psalm
  • Quiet Arithmetic
  • Quiet Riot

R: 17 names

  • Rack and Ruin
  • Ran's Net
  • Rapunzel Braid
  • Reasonable Doubt
  • Restless Hymn
  • Rhyme and Reason
  • Rime and Reason
  • Rosa Marina
  • Rosenkranz
  • Rouge Absolu
  • Rough Draft
  • Rowan Brand
  • Rubra Lacrima
  • Rude Awakening
  • Rumpelstiltskin Wheel
  • Rust and Rosin
  • Ruyi Bang and Jingu Bang

S: 63 names

  • Sackcloth and Ashes
  • Saffron Reckoning
  • Salt and Ember
  • Salt and Sorrow
  • Sang-Froid
  • Sanguis Rosae
  • Saving Grace
  • Scarlet Pendulum
  • Schattenlied
  • Schwarzlicht
  • Scorched Earth
  • Second Opinion
  • Second Sight
  • Second Thought
  • Second Wind
  • Selene's Arc
  • Sepia Remembrance
  • Seraph Sever
  • Seven League Boots
  • Sharp Retribution
  • Shiranui
  • Shirayuki Fang
  • Short Fuse
  • Short Temper
  • Silberdorn
  • Silentium Album
  • Skadi's Bow
  • Slate Covenant
  • Sleeping Giant
  • Sleet and Sorrow
  • Small Mercy

S, continued

  • Small Talk
  • Smalt Sorrow
  • Smoke and Mirror
  • Snow Queen's Shard
  • Soft Landing
  • Sol Invictus
  • Sombra Viva
  • Sophia Lens
  • Sore Loser
  • Sotto Voce
  • Sound Judgment
  • Spina d'Oro
  • Spinning Wheel
  • Spring and Sear
  • Spring Gambit
  • Square and Compass
  • Staccato Rose
  • Stalwart
  • Standing Ovation
  • Stella Maris
  • StormFlower
  • Strict Liability
  • Sturmglocke
  • Styx Pledge
  • Sub Rosa
  • Sudden Clarity
  • Sugar Plum
  • Summer's End
  • Suppressed Sigh
  • Sweet Nothing
  • Swift Justice
  • Sycamore Stride

T: 36 names

  • Tabula Rasa
  • Tacita Spes
  • Talaria
  • Tall Order
  • Teak Sentence
  • Teal Vigil
  • Tempestas Aurea
  • Tender Hook
  • Terminal Velocity
  • Terra Incognita
  • Thalassa Tide
  • Thalia Bloom
  • Thanatos Aria
  • The Executioner
  • The Hummingbird
  • The Long Memory
  • The Queen's Servants
  • Themis Scale
  • Thief's Respite
  • Thistle and Thorn
  • Thistle Crown
  • Thorn
  • Thumbelina Needle
  • Timber
  • Tin Soldier
  • Tonitrus Mutus
  • Tooth and Claw
  • Tooth and Nail
  • Tough Love
  • Tour de Force
  • Tri-Hard
  • Tsubame Gaeshi
  • Tsukikage
  • Twilight Sermon
  • Tyr's Right Hand
  • Tyrian Tithe

U: 8 names

  • Ultima Ratio
  • Ultima Rosa
  • Ultramarine Writ
  • Umber Testament
  • Umbra Lucens
  • Umbra Vindex
  • Undue Influence
  • Urania Arc

V: 16 names

  • Vali's Arrow
  • Vanishing Point
  • Vantablack Lullaby
  • Velvet Guillotine
  • Verbum Ultimum
  • Verdant Accord
  • Veritas Obscura
  • Vermilion Requiem
  • Vim and Vigor
  • Viola d'Acciaio
  • Violet Hymnal
  • Viridian Sentence
  • Viridis Ira
  • Vise and Virtue
  • Vox Ferri
  • Vox Populi

W: 14 names

  • Walnut Maxim
  • Waning Petal
  • Warp and Weft
  • Wax and Wane
  • Wayland's Anvil
  • Weltschmerz
  • Wick and Wax
  • Widow's Lullaby
  • Widow's Veil
  • Willow Lash
  • Wilt and Blush
  • Winter's Patience
  • Winterzahn
  • Wolf's Clothing

Y: 1 name

  • Yoru no Uta

Z: 1 name

  • Zephyros Edge