Wuxia Name Generator
Names for heroes of the jianghu
Generate wuxia names in the style of Jin Yong and Gu Long: surname-first Chinese names for swordsmen, sect masters and wandering heroes, plus jianghu nicknames like Nine-Fingered Beggar and Western Venom. Ideal for wuxia novels, xianxia stories and martial arts campaigns.
About wuxia names
Wuxia (武侠, literally 'martial heroes') is the Chinese genre of wandering swordsmen, secret manuals and rival sects, and its names follow real Chinese naming order: family name first, then a one- or two-character given name. Guo Jing, Yang Guo and Zhang Wuji are all surname plus given name. Given names in the genre lean toward poetic characters, such as Wuji (limitless), Qingfeng (clear breeze), Yingying (bright), Feng (phoenix or wind) and Xue (snow), rather than everyday modern names.
Compound surnames are a signature of the jianghu. Murong, Ouyang, Dongfang, Ximen, Linghu, Sima, Zhuge, Nangong and Gongsun mark a character as belonging to an ancient or aristocratic clan, which is why Jin Yong gave them to figures like Murong Fu, Ouyang Feng and Dongfang Bubai. Monks and Taoists usually go by a dharma or Taoist name (Master Kongwen, Priest Qiu Chuji), and Gu Long's heroes often carry short, punchy names like Chu Liuxiang, Ye Kai and Fu Hongxue.
The other half of a wuxia identity is the nickname (外号) earned in the martial world: Nine-Fingered Beggar, Western Venom, Golden Lion King, Sword Demon, Fragrant Thief. These describe a signature technique, a weapon, a region or a temperament, and are how strangers recognise a hero on sight. This generator gives you canonical names from the classics, original names built the same way, and ready-made jianghu titles you can attach to any character.
How to choose wuxia names
- Write the surname first (Zhang Wuji, not Wuji Zhang) and keep given names to one or two syllables so they sound like real Chinese names.
- Use a compound surname such as Murong, Ouyang, Dongfang or Linghu when you want a character to feel like the heir of an ancient martial clan.
- Give major characters a jianghu nickname that references their weapon, style or region ('Cold Moon Swordswoman', 'Ghost of the Yangtze') and let others use it more often than their real name.
- Choose given names with meaning: 'Xue' (snow) and 'Qing' (clear) suit aloof sword cultivators, while 'Hu' (tiger) and 'Lie' (fierce) suit brawlers and bandits.
- Buddhist monks and Taoist priests should carry a religious name and a title (Abbot, Reverend, Master), while sect leaders are often addressed as Sect Master or Elder plus surname.
Frequently asked questions
How are wuxia character names structured?
They follow Chinese convention: a one-character surname (Li, Zhang, Guo) or a two-character compound surname (Murong, Ouyang), followed by a one- or two-character given name. Full names are usually two or three syllables, such as Yang Guo or Linghu Chong.
What is the difference between wuxia and xianxia names?
Wuxia names are grounded, realistic Chinese names for mortal martial artists. Xianxia (immortal cultivation) names use the same structure but lean into celestial vocabulary such as Tian (heaven), Xian (immortal), Xuan (mysterious) and Ling (spirit), and cultivators often adopt Taoist-style titles.
Where do the famous names on this list come from?
Many are heroes from Jin Yong's novels (The Legend of the Condor Heroes, Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, The Smiling Proud Wanderer) and Gu Long's series (Chu Liuxiang, Lu Xiaofeng, Xiao Li Feidao). Others are legendary folk heroes like Wong Fei-hung and Huo Yuanjia, and the rest are original names in the same style.
Can I use these names in my own novel or game?
The original names and generic nickname titles are free to use however you like. Names of specific characters created by Jin Yong or Gu Long belong to those authors' works, so treat them as inspiration rather than reusing them for your own protagonists.
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All 500 wuxia names
A: 11 names
- Abbess Dingjing
- Abbess Dingxian
- Abbess Dingyi
- Abbess Jingxuan
- Abbess Miejue
- Abbot Fangzheng
- Abbot Miaozhen
- Abbot Wuse
- Abbot Xuanku
- Ah Fei
- Ao Tianxing
B: 18 names
- Bai Feifei
- Bai Ruoshuang
- Bai Shaoqing
- Bai Suzhen
- Bai Wuxia
- Bai Xiaosheng
- Bai Yingxue
- Bai Yunfei
- Bai Yutang
- Baili Wanjun
- Baili Xiaosheng
- Bao Tiehan
- Bare-Handed Tiger of Cangzhou
- Bian Chengfeng
- Blind Monk Wukong
- Blind Sword Immortal
- Bu Jingyun
- Butcher of Wudang Pass
C: 25 names
- Cai Ruixue
- Cao Zilong
- Cen Yuelan
- Central Divinity Wang Chongyang
- Che Muyun
- Chen Jialuo
- Chen Moxue
- Chen Xuefeng
- Chen Yuanyuan
- Chen Zhen
- Cheng Lingsu
- Cheng Ying
- Cheng Yiran
- Chi Yaoguang
- Chu Hanshan
- Chu Liuxiang
- Chu Tingxuan
- Chu Wangshu
- Chu Yingzhen
- Chunyu Baihe
- Chunyu Feng
- Cold Moon Swordswoman
- Crimson Sleeve Assassin
- Cui Hanjiang
- Cui Lingyan
D: 22 names
- Dai Ruoning
- Deng Baihe
- Di Yun
- Ding Chunqiu
- Ding Peng
- Ding Yuehua
- Dong Ruoyu
- Dongfang Bubai
- Dongfang Ruoxi
- Dongfang Xuan
- Dongfang Yueming
- Dongguo Ruyan
- Dongguo Ziyu
- Drunken Blade of Luoyang
- Du Feiyan
- Duan Lang
- Duan Yanqing
- Duan Yu
- Duan Zhixing
- Duanmu Hanxing
- Duanmu Lian
- Duanmu Yaoguang
E: 2 names
- Eastern Heretic Huang Yaoshi
- Elder Feng of Mount Hua
F: 16 names
- Fan Xingchen
- Fan Yao
- Fang Shiyu
- Fang Yuanzhi
- Fang Zhenyu
- Feng Lianyi
- Feng Muyu
- Feng Qingyang
- Feng Wushuang
- Feng Yanxiao
- Feng Zhaoxu
- Fragrant Thief Chu Liuxiang
- Frost Willow Maiden
- Fu Hongxue
- Fu Qingyan
- Fu Yuanhe
G: 21 names
- Gao Zhanpeng
- Ge Yunlan
- Ghost of the Yangtze
- Golden Lion King Xie Xun
- Gongsun Bailu
- Gongsun Yan
- Gongsun Zhengyang
- Gongyang Chihao
- Gongyang Yuxue
- Grandmaster Zhang of Wudang
- Green-Winged Bat King Wei Yixiao
- Gu Changge
- Gu Xiaoran
- Gu Xuanming
- Gu Yanzhou
- Gu Zhaoming
- Guo Fu
- Guo Jing
- Guo Shaoyang
- Guo Xiang
- Guo Zhaoxu
H: 29 names
- Ha Wenshu
- Han Bingxin
- Han Feiyu
- Han Ruoyu
- Han Wuqing
- Han Xingfeng
- He Qingluo
- He Songnian
- He Tianyou
- He Ziyan
- Helian Ruoxi
- Helian Tieshan
- Hong Qigong
- Hong Xiguan
- Hou Zhengqing
- Hu Fei
- Hu Tianlei
- Hua Manlou
- Hua Wuque
- Hua Yuxi
- Huang Rong
- Huang Wanshan
- Huang Xiaoxiao
- Huang Yaoshi
- Huangfu Rui
- Huangfu Xiaoqing
- Huangfu Yunlong
- Huo Qingtong
- Huo Yuanjia
I: 2 names
- Iron Palm Water-Skimmer Qiu Qianren
- Iron-Faced Judge
J: 11 names
- Jade-Faced Scholar
- Ji Lingsu
- Ji Xiaofu
- Jia Yunting
- Jiang Baixiao
- Jiang Chenfeng
- Jiang Wanli
- Jiang Yuecheng
- Jiang Yuheng
- Jiang Yulang
- Jin Wuya
K: 5 names
- Kang Ziyu
- Ke Wuxin
- Kong Ci
- Kong Mingxuan
- Kuang Yidao
L: 41 names
- Lady Ling of the Golden Pavilion
- Lai Xiaoyun
- Lang Qiuyue
- Lei Wushuang
- Li Cangqiong
- Li Hanyue
- Li Mochou
- Li Muhan
- Li Qiushui
- Li Ruoyan
- Li Xunhuan
- Lian Chunhua
- Liang Yuanshan
- Lin Qingxue
- Lin Shiyin
- Lin Wan'er
- Lin Wufeng
- Lin Xuemei
- Lin Yuanwei
- Ling Xiaoyao
- Ling Yuncheng
- Linghu Chong
- Linghu Muyu
- Linghu Xiaoyao
- Linghu Yingxue
- Little Li Flying Dagger
- Liu Fenglin
- Liu Xiaoyun
- Liu Zhenhai
- Long Zhaotian
- Lou Yuqing
- Lu Wushuang
- Lu Xiaofeng
- Lu Yaotang
- Lu Yunfeng
- Lu Zhaoxue
- Luo Chenfeng
- Luo Tianming
- Luo Xiaoxue
- Luo Yunfei
- Luo Yushu
M: 30 names
- Ma Xiuling
- Mad Monk Jigong
- Master Kongjian
- Master Kongwen
- Master Kongxing
- Master Kongzhi
- Master Wuchen
- Master Yuandu
- Master Yuanjue
- Mei Chaofeng
- Meng Qiushui
- Meng Tianyi
- Miao Renfeng
- Miao Ruhua
- Mo Shenggu
- Mo Xingchen
- Mo Yuchen
- Monk Buhui
- Monk Huiyuan
- Monk Jueming
- Monk Jueyuan
- Monk Wangchen
- Monk Wujie
- Monk Zhiyuan
- Mu Nianci
- Murong Fu
- Murong Qingshuang
- Murong Wanqing
- Murong Xueyi
- Murong Yanxiao
N: 14 names
- Nangong Che
- Nangong Feiyu
- Nangong Xueyan
- Ni Hongchen
- Nie Changkong
- Nie Feng
- Nie Fengxi
- Nie Yinniang
- Nine-Fingered Beggar Hong Qigong
- Nine-Yin Bone Claw Mei Chaofeng
- Ning Xiaowu
- Northern Beggar Hong Qigong
- Nun Yihe
- Nun Yiqing
O: 6 names
- Old Man Heaven-Mountain
- Old Urchin Zhou Botong
- Ou Yingzhen
- Ouyang Feng
- Ouyang Jingtian
- Ouyang Yuxi
P: 11 names
- Pan Xingyun
- Pang Zhiyuan
- Peng Yunlai
- Plum Blossom Fairy
- Priestess Miaoyu
- Priestess Qingjing
- Priestess Yunxu
- Pu Jingtian
- Purple-Robed Dragon King Daiqisi
- Puyang Lingfeng
- Puyang Xiaozhi
Q: 11 names
- Qi Baiyu
- Qiao Feng
- Qin Feiyang
- Qin Huaiyu
- Qin Muhai
- Qin Shuang
- Qin Shuangyue
- Qin Xuemei
- Qin Zhaoyu
- Qiu Zhenglan
- Qu Wenxin
R: 9 names
- Ren Feibai
- Ren Woxing
- Ren Yingying
- Reverend Kongkong
- Reverend Kuchan
- Reverend Wumen
- Reverend Xuanbei
- Reverend Xuanci
- Rong Yaozu
S: 42 names
- Sha Tianba
- Sha Zhenyue
- Shangguan Ruoxue
- Shangguan Wan'er
- Shangguan Yunhe
- Shao Tianhe
- Shen Lang
- Shen Qingci
- Shen Ruoyao
- Shen Wanjun
- Shen Yuxian
- Shentu Bufan
- Shentu Yao
- Shi Lanting
- Shi Potian
- Shui Yunxi
- Sikong Zhaixing
- Silent Zither Master
- Sima Qingfeng
- Sima Rongzhi
- Sima Wenzhao
- Sima Yunshu
- Situ Jianyi
- Situ Wanqing
- Song Jiuxiao
- Song Qingcheng
- Song Ruoxu
- Song Xuemei
- Song Yuanqiao
- Song Zhiqing
- Southern Emperor Duan Zhixing
- Su Chenfeng
- Su Muyan
- Su Qingluo
- Su Ronghong
- Su Wanjun
- Sui Yuanming
- Sun Wuhen
- Sun Xiaohong
- Sun Yaoxue
- Sword Demon Dugu Qiubai
- Sword Saint of Emei
T: 22 names
- Taishi Mingyue
- Taishi Zhengfeng
- Tan Xiaoyue
- Tang Yijian
- Tao Yanqiu
- Taoist Priest Chongxu
- Taoist Priest Hao Datong
- Taoist Priest Liu Chuxuan
- Taoist Priest Ma Yu
- Taoist Priest Qingxu
- Taoist Priest Qiu Chuji
- Taoist Priest Sun Bu'er
- Taoist Priest Tan Chuduan
- Taoist Priest Wang Chuyi
- Taoist Priest Xuanzhen
- Taoist Priest Zhang Boduan
- Thousand-Hands Sect Master
- Tian Boguang
- Tian Zhixuan
- Tianshan Tonglao
- Tie Zhonglang
- Tong Feiyun
V: 1 name
- Vermilion Bird Swordsman
W: 32 names
- Wa Lingxiao
- Wan Chongyun
- Wandering Monk Bukong
- Wandering Monk Fahai
- Wandering Monk Xingkong
- Wandering Sword Saint
- Wang Chongyang
- Wang Feiyan
- Wang Tieshou
- Wang Yunzhong
- Wang Yuyan
- Wanyan Liehuo
- Wanyan Longyin
- Wanyan Ruoshui
- Wei Chunqiu
- Wei Xiaobao
- Wei Yixiao
- Wei Zhongjian
- Wen Jinghong
- Wen Muyun
- Wen Ruyu
- Weng Shaoyu
- Wenren Qing
- Wenren Xiaoyao
- Western Venom Ouyang Feng
- White Crane Hermit
- White-Browed Eagle King Yin Tianzheng
- Wong Fei-hung
- Wu Chenxu
- Wu Lingyun
- Wu Ruoxue
- Wu Yazi
X: 32 names
- Xia Houjian
- Xiahou Lanxin
- Xiahou Zhenyu
- Xiang Ruoyun
- Xiang Xiang
- Xiao Feng
- Xiao Hanyu
- Xiao Jinyu
- Xiao Shiyi Lang
- Xiao Wangchen
- Xiao Yiqing
- Xiao Yu'er
- Xiaolongnü
- Xie Ruolan
- Xie Xiaofeng
- Xie Xun
- Ximen Chuixue
- Ximen Fengyu
- Ximen Hanjiang
- Ximen Yulong
- Xin Muxue
- Xing Zhaoyang
- Xu Bingqing
- Xu Changfeng
- Xu Lingbo
- Xu Muxue
- Xu Xian
- Xu Zhu
- Xuanyuan Feng
- Xuanyuan Jie
- Xuanyuan Mo
- Xue Wanjian
Y: 48 names
- Yan Feiyu
- Yan Hongyi
- Yan Nantian
- Yan Shisan
- Yan Yongchun
- Yan Zhaowen
- Yang Guo
- Yang Kang
- Yang Qingluo
- Yang Tiexin
- Yang Xiao
- Yang Xiaotian
- Yao Guangming
- Yao Ruoshui
- Yao Wenjun
- Ye Chenxi
- Ye Erniang
- Ye Gucheng
- Ye Kai
- Ye Lingfeng
- Ye Qingcheng
- Ye Ruoshui
- Ye Wuxin
- Yi Lin
- Yin Li
- Yin Liting
- Yin Ruoxue
- Yin Susu
- Yin Tianzheng
- Yin Wuxue
- Ying Yuelin
- You Zichen
- Young Master Xiao of Jiangnan
- Yu Daiyan
- Yu Lianzhou
- Yu Wenlong
- Yuan Mingyue
- Yuan Ziyi
- Yuchi Tieming
- Yuchi Yanran
- Yue Buqun
- Yun Feiyang
- Yun Qianhe
- Yun Wangchen
- Yun Xiaoyue
- Yuwen Chengye
- Yuwen Qingcheng
- Yuwen Zhao