Xianxia Name Generator
Cultivator names, Daoist titles and immortal epithets
Generate xianxia and cultivator names in authentic Chinese order: surname first, then a given name built from celestial characters like Xuan, Tian, Ling and Yun. Includes compound clan surnames, Daoist titles, sect ranks and jianghu-style epithets for immortals, demons and sword saints.
About xianxia names
Xianxia (仙侠, 'immortal heroes') is the cultivation genre of sects, spirit stones and tribulation lightning, and its names follow real Chinese order: a one-character surname such as Li, Mo or Ye, or a two-character compound surname such as Murong or Dongfang, followed by a one- or two-character given name. What sets cultivator names apart from ordinary Chinese names is the vocabulary. Given names draw on Daoist and celestial characters: Xuan (mysterious), Tian (heaven), Ling (spirit), Yun (cloud), Xing (star), Qing (clear), Wu (nothingness) and Chen (dawn or dust). Mo Lingxiao, Su Mingyue and Feng Wuji all sound like people who could ascend.
The second layer is rank and title. Disciples are addressed as Senior Brother or Junior Sister plus name, elders by peak or hall (Elder Mo of Frost Lotus Peak), and masters by a Daoist name with zhenren, daoist or venerable attached. Beyond that sit the epithets the cultivation world bestows: Sword Immortal, Pill Sovereign, Nine-Tailed Saintess, Drunken Sword Hermit.
This generator mixes original surname-plus-given names, aristocratic compound surnames, canonical names from popular cultivation novels and donghua, and ready-made titles you can attach to your own protagonist, rival young master or ancient ancestor.
How to choose xianxia names
- Keep surname first and given name second (Ye Tianyu, never Tianyu Ye), and limit given names to one or two syllables so they read like real Chinese names.
- Give protagonists plainer names (Han Li, Wang Lin, Chu Feng) and save the ornate celestial names such as Dongfang Yuhan or Shangguan Wanyue for young masters, saintesses and heirs of great clans.
- Use compound surnames (Murong, Ximen, Nangong, Huangfu) sparingly; in most novels they signal an ancient aristocratic family, so they lose impact if every disciple has one.
- Pair a cultivator's title with their path: alchemists become Pill Sovereigns, sword cultivators earn Sword Saint or Sword Demon, and demonic cultivators pick up Blood Ancestor or Ghost King.
- Let a character collect names as they rise: birth name as a mortal, a Daoist name on joining a sect, and an epithet the wider cultivation world gives them after a famous battle.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between xianxia and wuxia names?
Both use Chinese surname-first order, but wuxia names are grounded names for mortal martial artists, while xianxia names lean into celestial and Daoist vocabulary such as Xuan, Tian, Ling and Xian. Xianxia characters also carry cultivation titles like Venerable, Zhenren, Sect Master or Sword Immortal.
How do cultivator titles and ranks work?
Inside a sect, disciples are Outer, Inner, Core or Personal disciples and address each other as Senior or Junior Brother or Sister. Above them are Elders, Peak Masters, Hall Masters and the Sect Master; legendary figures are called Ancestor, Patriarch or Immortal Lord. Epithets like Nine Heavens Sword Sage are earned reputations, not ranks.
Which names here come from existing novels?
A portion are canonical: Han Li (A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality), Wang Lin (Renegade Immortal), Meng Hao and Bai Xiaochun (Er Gen), Xiao Yan (Battle Through the Heavens), Ye Fan (Shrouding the Heavens), Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji (Mo Dao Zu Shi), and others. Treat those as inspiration; the rest are original and free to use.
Can I use these for a cultivation webnovel, D&D character or game?
Yes. The original names and generic titles are yours to use for webnovels, Wuxia or Xianxia tabletop settings, MMO characters and donghua-inspired stories. If you need a sect or clan name to go with them, combine a place or element with a hall, peak or pavilion (Frost Lotus Peak, Thunder Cliff Hall).
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All 500 xianxia names
A: 11 names
- Alchemy Master Hua Tuoyun
- Alchemy Sage Dan Chenzi
- Ancestor Hongjun
- Ancestor Qingyang
- Ancestor Ximu
- Ao Lingjing
- Ao Tianqiong
- Array Master Ji Xuanwen
- Array Sage Tian Jifeng
- Azure Dragon Sage Qingmu
- Azure Lotus Immortal
B: 21 names
- Ba Qingshan
- Ba Zhengyang
- Bai Lingsu
- Bai Qingfeng
- Bai Xiaochun
- Bai Xingchen
- Bai Yuxuan
- Bai Zifeng
- Baili Qingfeng
- Baili Xuanzhao
- Beast Tamer Chu Qianshan
- Bei Lingchuan
- Bei Mingxi
- Bian Qingcang
- Bian Xingkong
- Bitter Bamboo Daoist
- Black Tortoise Elder Xuanwu
- Blood Ancestor Xuehai
- Blue Flame Sage
- Bo Qingzhan
- Bo Yunzhi
C: 27 names
- Cai Lingbo
- Cai Wanxiang
- Cao Qingzhu
- Cao Xuanlang
- Celestial Maiden Xiangyun
- Celestial Maiden Yaoji
- Cen Muyun
- Cen Ruohan
- Chang Ruoling
- Chang Yunjue
- Chen Lingxue
- Chen Moyan
- Cheng Xuanhao
- Cheng Xuanyu
- Chi Yanhua
- Chi Yuntao
- Chu Feng
- Chu Lingyun
- Chu Tianyin
- Chu Wanning
- Chu Yuechan
- Chunyu Xuanbai
- Cold Moon Immortal
- Corpse Refiner Hei Wuchang
- Crane-Riding Immortal
- Cui Lingmeng
- Cui Yunshang
D: 28 names
- Dai Muyang
- Dai Yunxiao
- Daoist Master Cangsong
- Daoist Master Wuwei
- Daoist Qingyun
- Daoist Xuanming
- Demon Emperor Chi You
- Demon Lord Shen Yemo
- Demon Lord Xuanye
- Demoness Hua Yanluo
- Demoness Mei Yaoji
- Deng Hanyu
- Deng Tianlong
- Ding Hanjiang
- Ding Qingyang
- Dong Fanghua
- Dong Yuxuan
- Dongfang Lingxi
- Dongfang Yuhan
- Dongguo Lingyu
- Drunken Sword Hermit
- Du Lingfei
- Du Mingxuan
- Du Tianchi
- Duan Lingzhen
- Duan Yuexiu
- Duanmu Hanxiao
- Duanmu Qingyan
E: 4 names
- Elder Bai of Sword Tomb Hall
- Elder Mo of Frost Lotus Peak
- Elder Qin of the Outer Sect
- Elder Shen of Thunder Cliff
F: 20 names
- Fairy Bingxin
- Fairy Ling'er
- Fairy Qingrong
- Fairy Yuhuan
- Fairy Zilan
- Fan Lingdie
- Fan Xingwen
- Fang Yuan
- Fang Yuanqing
- Fang Zhenhua
- Fei Changyun
- Fei Tianyi
- Feng Wuji
- Feng Xuan
- Feng Yuanxi
- Fire Sovereign Zhurong
- Formation Grandmaster Zhuge Lingxu
- Fox Immortal Hu Xian'er
- Fu Xingyu
- Fu Yunting
G: 24 names
- Gao Ruyi
- Gao Zhenyu
- Ge Lingxuan
- Ge Xuanrui
- Ghost King Luo Yinshan
- Ghost Sovereign Youming
- Gong Lingxi
- Gong Xuanwu
- Gongsun Tianlan
- Gongsun Yueying
- Gongyang Tianshu
- Gongye Tianxu
- Grand Elder Linghuan
- Grand Elder Wuchen
- Grandmaster Xuanzhi
- Grandmaster Yunhai
- Green Mountain Hermit
- Gu Changfeng
- Gu Chenxi
- Gu Yunlan
- Guan Haoyu
- Guan Lingrui
- Guo Xingyun
- Guo Xuanmo
H: 31 names
- Hall Master Qin Changge
- Hall Master Zhao Wuming
- Han Li
- Han Lingtian
- Han Yuehua
- Hao Wenyu
- Hao Yunge
- He Qingge
- He Wanqing
- Heavenly Dao Saint Wuxiang
- Heavenly Emperor Xuanyuan
- Heavenly Sword Venerable
- Helian Mingyu
- Helian Xingchen
- Holy Daughter Ji Qinghuan
- Holy Son Jiang Tianxing
- Holy Son Xue Wuya
- Hou Qingyuan
- Hou Tianshi
- Hu Qingxu
- Hu Yunzhao
- Hua Qingyue
- Hua Wuque
- Huan Qingyu
- Huan Yuezhi
- Huang Jingyu
- Huang Qianyue
- Huangfu Jiuyang
- Huangfu Tianze
- Huo Ling'er
- Huo Zhiyao
I: 6 names
- Immortal Empress Yuexuan
- Immortal King Donghuang
- Immortal Lord Qingtian
- Immortal Lord Zixiao
- Immortal Monarch Beichen
- Iron Bone Patriarch
J: 18 names
- Ji Chuanxu
- Ji Mochen
- Ji Xueyao
- Ji Ziyue
- Jia Baiyu
- Jia Lingyao
- Jiang Chen
- Jiang Cheng
- Jiang Wuyan
- Jiang Xingzhou
- Jiang Yanli
- Jiang Zixuan
- Jin Ling
- Jin Tianyu
- Jin Wuhen
- Jun Yuqing
- Junior Brother Xiao Ling
- Junior Sister Su Xiaoyu
K: 2 names
- Kong Xuanzhen
- Kong Yuanshuo
L: 39 names
- Lan Qingxuan
- Lan Sizhui
- Lan Wangji
- Lan Xueling
- Lan Yuxi
- Lei Tingxuan
- Lei Zhenhai
- Leng Xingjue
- Leng Yuehan
- Li Qingzhao
- Li Qiye
- Li Xuanji
- Liang Muqing
- Liang Yiran
- Liao Hanqing
- Liao Yunhe
- Lin Dong
- Lin Moxuan
- Lin Yunfei
- Ling Han
- Ling Tianchen
- Ling Xiaoyao
- Linghu Jiuxuan
- Linghu Mingzhe
- Lingyang Feixing
- Liu Qingge
- Liu Qingyun
- Liu Tianjiao
- Long Aotian
- Long Chen
- Long Xuanqi
- Lou Tianlun
- Lou Yuhan
- Lu Tianhan
- Lu Xiaoyu
- Lu Yanran
- Luo Binghe
- Luo Fengyu
- Luo Tianxing
M: 21 names
- Ma Tianyuan
- Mao Qingluan
- Mao Xingzhu
- Martial Aunt Hongyun
- Martial Uncle Tiequan
- Mei Suyao
- Meng Chenyu
- Meng Fengxian
- Meng Hao
- Mi Lingwei
- Mi Xingrui
- Mo Lingxiao
- Mo Ran
- Mo Ruqing
- Mo Xiaoxiao
- Moon Goddess Chang'e
- Mu Jinyu
- Mu Wanqing
- Mu Xuanyin
- Murong Feixue
- Murong Xuanye
N: 12 names
- Nan Qingfu
- Nan Qingzhou
- Nangong Ruoxue
- Nangong Wan
- Nangong Wuming
- Nanmen Qingyue
- Ni Qingjing
- Ni Yuexi
- Nie Mingjue
- Nine-Tailed Fairy Su Jinmei
- Ning Qingluo
- Ning Xuanyan
O: 4 names
- Old Ancestor Huangquan
- Old Ancestor Wanyao
- Ouyang Qingchen
- Ouyang Zhenyu
P: 21 names
- Palace Master Lingbo
- Palace Master Yuhua
- Pan Jiuyou
- Pan Qingshu
- Pang Bo
- Patriarch Ao Shengtian
- Patriarch Long Xuanwu
- Pavilion Master Cangqiong
- Pavilion Master Feiyun
- Peak Master Hanshan
- Peak Master Qingfeng
- Peak Master Yue Lingshuang
- Pei Qingwan
- Pei Xuanyin
- Peng Ruyan
- Peng Wuya
- Pill King Luo Yaoshi
- Pill Sovereign Mo Danyang
- Pu Lingchi
- Pu Zhiyuan
- Purple Thunder Sovereign
Q: 10 names
- Qi Lingyuan
- Qi Xuanzong
- Qian Ruoshui
- Qian Ruoyu
- Qin Lingkong
- Qin Qingshuang
- Qin Yu
- Qing Lianyi
- Qiu Yuanshan
- Qiu Yunxu
R: 11 names
- Ren Feiyu
- Ren Zhenwu
- Reverend Huiyuan
- Reverend Jueming
- Reverend Kongming
- Rong Lingsu
- Rong Yunxiao
- Ruan Lingyue
- Ruan Tianqi
- Rui Hanshan
- Rui Xuanqing
S: 46 names
- Saintess Lan Ruoxue
- Saintess of the Moon Palace
- Saintess Xuanyin
- Sang Ruoyun
- Sang Yunyi
- Sect Master Ling Xiaofeng
- Sect Master Su Wanqing
- Sect Master Yun Hezi
- Senior Brother Lin Yuan
- Senior Brother Mo Cheng
- Senior Sister Han Yueyao
- Senior Sister Qing Lian
- Shang Qinghua
- Shang Qingtian
- Shang Xuelan
- Shangguan Wanyue
- Shangguan Yingxue
- Shao Qingyan
- Shao Tianlin
- Shen Chuxue
- Shen Hanxing
- Shen Qingqiu
- Shi Hao
S, continued
- Shi Mei
- Shi Qingming
- Shi Yuanyuan
- Sima Changkong
- Sima Xuanyu
- Situ Changqing
- Situ Wuchen
- Song Changqing
- Song Lan
- Song Zhimo
- Spirit Physician Bai Qingrou
- Star Lord Tianshu
- Star Lord Wenqu
- Su Jingyan
- Su Ming
- Su Mingyue
- Sun Wuyou
- Sun Yiren
- Sword Demon Mo Xie
- Sword Immortal Li Changsheng
- Sword Maniac Ye Kuang
- Sword Saint Ye Guchen
- Sword Sovereign Yan Wuji
T: 19 names
- Taishi Yuanqing
- Talisman Master Feng Yunzi
- Tan Qinghong
- Tan Xuezhi
- Tang Jiuxiao
- Tang Sanzang
- Tang Xuanyue
- Tao Lingxin
- Tao Yunmo
- Taoist Priest Baihe
- Taoist Priest Lingxu
- Thousand-Hand Buddha Monk
- Thunder God Lei Zhenzi
- Tian Mingxiu
- Tian Yueshan
- Tong Xingchen
- Tong Zhenxuan
- Tu Fengming
- Tu Yunzhang
V: 6 names
- Valley Master Baicao
- Valley Master Yaowang
- Venerable Jiuyou
- Venerable Tianyi
- Venerable Xuanmo
- Vermilion Bird Sage Zhuque
W: 20 names
- Wan Jianyi
- Wan Lingjun
- Wandering Cloud Daoist
- Wang Lin
- Wang Xuanyi
- Wang Yuxiao
- Water Sovereign Gonggong
- Wei Haoran
- Wei Lingcang
- Wei Wuxian
- Wei Yunxiang
- Wen Jiuyuan
- Wen Ning
- Wen Zhiyun
- Wenren Xiaoxiao
- White Cloud Elder
- White Tiger Elder Baihu
- Wu Lingfeng
- Wu Ziqing
- Wuma Lingxiao
X: 33 names
- Xi Mingyu
- Xi Yuanjun
- Xia Chenfeng
- Xia Qingyue
- Xia Ruoxue
- Xiahou Chenxing
- Xiahou Lingyun
- Xiang Qingyi
- Xiang Tianyao
- Xianyu Yunzhong
- Xiao Wuchen
- Xiao Xingchen
- Xiao Yan
- Xiao Zhanfeng
- Xie Qianxun
- Xie Xuanming
- Ximen Lingtian
- Ximen Yunhai
- Ximen Zhaoxue
- Xing Tianlei
- Xing Yunlai
- Xiong Mengtian
- Xiong Tianba
- Xu Qing
- Xu Rouxue
- Xu Yanqing
- Xue Chengfeng
- Xue Meng
- Xue Yang
- Xue Zhiqing
- Xun Er
- Xun Mingyue
- Xun Yifeng
Y: 31 names
- Yan Bailing
- Yan Mingjue
- Yang Haotian
- Yang Wuxie
- Yao Jinchen
- Yao Xuanji
- Ye Chenyuan
- Ye Fan
- Ye Lingqiu
- Ye Tianyu
- Yin Jiuchen
- Yin Qingrong
- Yin Wuxin
- Yin Xuanhe
- Young Master Dongfang Jue
- Young Master Ximen Qingtian
- Young Miss Murong Wanyue
- Yu Ruoling
- Yu Ziyan
- Yuan Lingfei
- Yuan Xingyao
- Yuchi Hanyue
- Yue Lingyu
- Yue Qingyuan
- Yue Xuanchen
- Yun Che
- Yun Ruoxi
- Yun Tianzong
- Yun Wuyue
- Yuwen Lingshuang
- Yuwen Tianhao