Wuxia names follow Chinese order, surname first, and the genre loves rare compound surnames like Murong and Ouyang. This wuxia name generator pairs real Chinese surnames with given names made from real words, like Yun (cloud) and Xue (snow), with their meanings, a sect title or a jianghu nickname.
Wuxia and xianxia
Wuxia means "martial heroes": stories of sword fighters and wanderers in the jianghu, the "rivers and lakes", the world of martial artists outside the law.
- The golden age of the wuxia novel was the 1950s to the 1980s, led by Jin Yong (Louis Cha), Gu Long and Liang Yusheng.
- Xianxia means "immortal heroes". Its heroes cultivate their inner energy to climb towards immortality, borrowing ideas from Daoism, and the genre boomed in Chinese web novels from the 2000s.
- Both use the same kind of names, so this generator works for either.
How the names work
Chinese names put the surname first: in Zhang Xue, Zhang is the family name and Xue ("snow") the given name.
- Compound surnames like Murong, Ouyang, Zhuge and Shangguan are rare in real life, which is why they feel so wuxia. Murong was the name of a Xianbei clan that ruled northern kingdoms in the 300s and 400s.
- Given names here are real words, shown with their meaning in the With meaning format.
- Titles show rank in a sect: Senior Brother (shixiong) and Senior Sister (shijie) for older disciples, Hall Master for a leader.
- Nicknames are what the jianghu calls you: the Jade-Faced Swordsman, the Lone Wolf.
Famous names, from historical figures to the heroes of well-known novels, are left out. To give your hero a home, try the Cultivation Sect Name Generator.
For the rest of the martial world, see all the wuxia and xianxia name generators.