600+ Samurai Names: Legendary Male, Female & Clan Ideas from History

Samurai names are more than just names. They represent honor, discipline, courage, and loyalty passed down through generations. 

Each samurai name carries a story shaped by battles, clans, and ancient traditions of Japan. In this collection of 600+ samurai names, you will discover legendary male warrior names, powerful female samurai names, and historic clan-based names inspired by real history. 

These names are perfect for storytelling, character creation, games, novels, or anyone fascinated by samurai culture. Whether you want a fierce, noble, or poetic name, this list offers authentic ideas rooted in tradition and meaning.

Male Samurai Names

Name	Name	Name	Name
Takeshi	Masaru	Hiroshi	Kenshin
Nobunaga	Hideyoshi	Ieyasu	Yoshimitsu
Tadakatsu	Masamune	Yukimura	Shingen
Kojiro	Musashi	Hattori	Jubei
Sanosuke	Katsumoto	Mitsuhide	Toshiro
Hidetada	Yoshiaki	Tadanori	Nobutada
Nagamasa	Yoshinaka	Kiyomori	Yoritomo
Yoshitsune	Noriyuki	Tadayoshi	Yasuhiro
Muneshige	Yoshihiro	Motonari	Ujimasa
Kagekatsu	Terumoto	Motochika	Tsuneoki

Female Samurai Names (Onna-Bugeisha)

Name	Name	Name	Name
Tomoe	Nakano	Hangaku	Hojo
Chiyo	Tachibana	Myorin	Kaihime
Komatsuhime	Oeyo	Yodo	Senhime
Nene	Chacha	Matsu	Tsuruhime
Ishi	Oichi	Kiku	Aya
Shizuka	Yae	Kasuga	Rin
Akane	Katsura	Yuki	Ayame
Sakura	Midori	Kaede	Nami
Sayuri	Chizu	Yoshino	Masako
Tomo	Miyako	Izumi	Sayo

Samurai Clan Names

Name	Name	Name
Tokugawa	Oda	Takeda
Uesugi	Shimazu	Date
Hojo	Mori	Chosokabe
Imagawa	Azai	Sanada
Miyamoto	Yagyu	Hattori
Minamoto	Taira	Fujiwara
Ashikaga	Asakura	Otomo
Kuroda	Maeda	Hosokawa
Ukita	Kobayakawa	Ishida
Ii	Sakai	Honda
Tachibana	Akechi	Katakura
Mogami	Satake	Soma
Nanbu	Kikkawa	Amago

Unisex Samurai Names

Name	Name	Name	Name
Akira	Haruki	Yuki	Kaoru
Makoto	Haru	Nao	Ren
Akari	Sora	Kyo	Riku
Hikari	Minori	Hayato	Shion
Kaede	Tsuki	Yūki	Hoshi
Izumi	Asahi	Hinata	Rei
Natsuki	Mizuki	Tsubasa	Shinobu
Aoi	Yūma	Kei	Ryo
Nagi	Mitsuki	Aki	Itsuki
Kazu	Chiaki	Masumi	Homura

Samurai Anime Names

Name	Name	Name	Name
Kenshin Himura	Mugen	Jin	Champloo
Afro Samurai	Samurai Jack	Jubei Kibagami	Gintoki Sakata
Goemon Ishikawa	Samurai Deeper	Yaiba Kurogane	Hyakkimaru
Ikkaku Madarame	Zaraki Kenpachi	Byakuya Kuchiki	Saitō Hajime
Okita Souji	Hijikata Toshizo	Saito Musashi	Kojiro Sasaki
Shiro Emiya	Saber	Lancer	Assassin
Yasuke	Rurouni	Battousai	Shishio
Sanosuke Sagara	Aoshi Shinomori	Hanzo Hattori	Jubei Yagyu
Ittosai Ito	Seigen Irako	Gennosuke Fujiki	Takezo Shinmen
Mitsuhide Akechi	Nobunaga Oda	Jubei Yagyu	Musashi Miyamoto

Samurai Names from Mythology & Pop Culture

Name	Name	Name	Name
Hachiman	Susanoo	Bishamon	Fudo Myoo
Yamato Takeru	Yoshitsune Minamoto	Raiko Minamoto	Kintaro
Benkei	Tomoe Gozen	Minamoto	Tadamori
Miyamoto Musashi	Sasaki Kojiro	Yagyu Jubei	Hattori Hanzo
Sanada Yukimura	Date Masamune	Oda Nobunaga	Tokugawa Ieyasu
Toyotomi Hideyoshi	Takeda Shingen	Uesugi Kenshin	Honda Tadakatsu
Maeda Keiji	Shimazu Yoshihiro	Ishida Mitsunari	Naoe Kanetsugu
Akechi Mitsuhide	Saito Dosan	Azai Nagamasa	Oichi
Zatoichi	Ogami Itto	Yojimbo	Sanjuro
Kikuchiyo	Kyuzo	Kambei	Shichiroji
Heihachi	Yoshimitsu	Mitsurugi	Haohmaru
Ukyo Tachibana	Jubei Yagyu	Genjuro	Hanzo
Scorpion	Sub-Zero	Kenshi	Takeda

Cool Samurai Names

Name	Name	Name	Name
Ryujin	Raiden	Kazama	Ryoma
Taiga	Renji	Ryu	Kazan
Zenjiro	Akatsuki	Kuro	Tenshin
Shinzo	Raiga	Tetsuya	Daizo
Genji	Hakuryuu	Kaze	Ryunosuke
Shirogane	Kurogane	Reikan	Zangetsu
Enma	Raikou	Kyoshiro	Genzo
Shiro	Kurosawa	Shinken	Tatsumi
Rengoku	Hayate	Muramasa	Manji

Samurai Warrior Names

Name	Name	Name	Name
Ichimonji	Saburo	Jiro	Shichiro
Gorobei	Heihachi	Rokuro	Hachiro
Kenichi	Takeo	Katsuya	Tetsuo
Masanori	Yoshiharu	Tadashi	Noboru
Isao	Shigeru	Haruto	Daichi
Takahiro	Kensuke	Masato	Yasushi
Katashi	Raidou	Shinobu	Takuma
Yasutaka	Mitsuyoshi	Tadamasa	Nobuyuki
Kagemusha	Bushido	Ronin	Shogun
Daimyo	Kensei	Taisei	Masakazu

Japanese Samurai Names

Name	Name	Name	Name
Minamoto Yoshitsune	Taira Kiyomori	Kusunoki Masashige	Nitta Yoshisada
Ashikaga Takauji	Hojo Tokimune	Imagawa Yoshimoto	Asakura Yoshikage
Takeda Katsuyori	Uesugi Kagekatsu	Sanada Masayuki	Date Tsunamune
Mori Terumoto	Shimazu Takahisa	Otomo Sorin	Kuroda Nagamasa
Kato Kiyomasa	Fukushima Masanori	Konishi Yukinaga	Todo Takatora
Ikeda Terumasa	Asano Nagamasa	Maeda Toshiie	Hosokawa Tadaoki
Ii Naomasa	Sakakibara Yasumasa	Sakai Tadatsugu	Watanabe Moritsuna
Oishi Yoshio	Asano Naganori	Kira Yoshinaka	Chosokabe Motochika
Mogami Yoshiaki	Satake Yoshishige	Oda Nobuhide	Shibata Katsuie
Maeda Keiji	Naoe Kanetsugu	Shima Sakon	Shimazu Yoshihiro
Ukita Hideie	Kobayakawa Hideaki	Goto Mototsugu	Tachibana Muneshige

Famous Samurai Names

Name	Historical Period	Name	Historical Period
Miyamoto Musashi	1584-1645	Oda Nobunaga	1534-1582
Tokugawa Ieyasu	1543-1616	Toyotomi Hideyoshi	1537-1598
Date Masamune	1567-1636	Takeda Shingen	1521-1573
Uesugi Kenshin	1530-1578	Honda Tadakatsu	1548-1610
Sanada Yukimura	1567-1615	Hattori Hanzo	1542-1596
Sasaki Kojiro	1583-1612	Yagyu Jubei	1607-1650
Tomoe Gozen	1157-1247	Nakano Takeko	1847-1868
Minamoto Yoshitsune	1159-1189	Saigo Takamori	1828-1877
Kusunoki Masashige	1294-1336	Maeda Keiji	1533-1612
Shimazu Yoshihiro	1535-1619	Tachibana Muneshige	1567-1643
Akechi Mitsuhide	1528-1582	Ishida Mitsunari	1560-1600

Samurai Names with Meaning

Name	Meaning	Name	Meaning
Masaru	Victory	Takeshi	Fierce Warrior
Katsu	Victorious	Isamu	Courageous
Kenzo	Strong and Healthy	Daiki	Great Glory
Hideo	Splendid Man	Akira	Bright/Clear
Makoto	Sincerity/Truth	Tadashi	Loyal/Correct
Kenji	Strong Second Son	Yoshiro	Good Son
Noboru	Ascend/Rise	Takumi	Artisan/Skilled
Haruto	Sunlight	Ren	Lotus/Love
Ryu	Dragon	Shin	Truth/Heart
Tora	Tiger	Kuma	Bear
Hayato	Falcon Person	Raiden	Thunder and Lightning
Genji	Source	Shinobu	Endurance
Yukio	Snow Boy	Kaito	Ocean Soar
Satoshi	Wise	Hiroshi	Generous
Tetsuo	Iron Man	Kazuo	Harmonious Man
Masato	Righteous Person	Yasuo	Peaceful Man

Samurai Names History

Name	Historical Significance
Minamoto no Yoritomo	First Shogun of Kamakura (1192)
Taira no Kiyomori	Leader of Taira Clan, dominated court politics
Ashikaga Takauji	Founded Ashikaga Shogunate (1338)
Hojo Tokimune	Defended Japan from Mongol invasions (1274, 1281)
Imagawa Yoshimoto	Powerful daimyo defeated at Okehazama
Azai Nagamasa	Allied with Asakura, opposed Nobunaga
Asakura Yoshikage	Powerful daimyo of Echizen Province
Mori Motonari	Brilliant strategist, united Chugoku region
Chosokabe Motochika	Unified Shikoku Island
Otomo Sorin	Christian daimyo of Kyushu
Kuroda Kanbei	Strategic advisor to Hideyoshi
Kato Kiyomasa	Tiger of Kumamoto, Korean campaigns
Konishi Yukinaga	Christian daimyo, rival of Kato
Fukushima Masanori	One of Seven Spears of Shizugatake
Ii Naomasa	Red Devil, led Tokugawa vanguard
Sakakibara Yasumasa	One of Four Guardians of Tokugawa
Sakai Tadatsugu	Senior vassal of Tokugawa clan
Oishi Yoshio	Leader of 47 Ronin revenge
Saito Hajime	Captain of Shinsengumi third unit
Okita Souji	Genius swordsman of Shinsengumi
Hijikata Toshizo	Vice-commander of Shinsengumi
Kondo Isami	Commander of Shinsengumi
Sakamoto Ryoma	Revolutionary, modernized Japan
Katsu Kaishu	Naval pioneer, negotiated peace
Yamaoka Tesshu	Master swordsman, negotiated Edo surrender
Saito Musashibo Benkei	Legendary warrior monk

Samurai Family Names

Name	Name	Name	Name
Yamamoto	Nakamura	Kobayashi	Watanabe
Ishikawa	Yamaguchi	Matsumoto	Inoue
Kimura	Hayashi	Shimizu	Yamazaki
Mori	Abe	Ikeda	Hashimoto
Yamada	Ishida	Morita	Ogawa
Kondo	Maeda	Fujita	Goto
Okada	Hasegawa	Murakami	Kondo
Endo	Aoki	Fujii	Nishimura
Saito	Sakamoto	Kinoshita	Sugiyama

Traditional Samurai Names

Name	Name	Name	Name
Yoshimitsu	Tadamori	Yorimasa	Kiyomasa
Hidemitsu	Tadayoshi	Masayuki	Nobuyoshi
Shigetada	Yoshinori	Tadanaga	Masanori
Hideyori	Yoshikage	Tadaoki	Nobukatsu
Ujiyasu	Yoshihisa	Tsuneoki	Nagayoshi
Motoharu	Yoshitaka	Katsutoyo	Masamoto
Ujimasa	Yoshiaki	Tadatsugu	Nobuhide
Terumoto	Yoshihiro	Yasumasa	Hidetada
Kagekatsu	Muneshige	Tadakatsu	Mitsunari

Japanese Samurai Names

Name	Name	Name	Name
Kenshin	Shingen	Nobunaga	Ieyasu
Hideyoshi	Masamune	Musashi	Kojiro
Hanzo	Jubei	Yukimura	Tadakatsu
Keiji	Mitsuhide	Kiyomasa	Nagamasa
Yoshitsune	Benkei	Takamori	Ryoma
Hijikata	Okita	Kondo	Saito
Yoshiaki	Motonari	Sorin	Motochika
Nagamasa	Yoshiharu	Naomasa	Yasumasa
Tadatsugu	Yoshio	Naganori	Yoshinaka

Best Fantasy Samurai Names

Name	Name	Name	Name
Shadowblade Takeshi	Stormwind Kaito	Moonfire Ryu	Dragonheart Kenji
Frostblade Yuki	Crimson Akira	Nightfall Shin	Starbreaker Raiden
Thunderstrike Raikou	Ironwill Tetsu	Silvermoon Hikari	Flameheart Homura
Windwalker Hayate	Darksteel Kuro	Brightblade Hikaru	Stormfang Arashi
Ghostblade Rei	Steelheart Masaru	Bloodmoon Akatsuki	Voidwalker Kage
Sunblade Taiyou	Icefang Hyou	Mistblade Kasumi	Earthshaker Daichi
Skybreaker Sora	Obsidian Koku	Emberstrike Honoo	Crystalblade Suishou
Lightbringer Hikari	Ashenblade Hai	Dawnstriker Akatsuki	Nightshadow Yoru

Trendy & Catchy Samurai Name Ideas

Name	Name	Name	Name
Kai	Ryo	Leo	Max
Zen	Ace	Rex	Jet
Neo	Ash	Cole	Drake
Fox	Sky	Stone	River
Blade	Steel	Storm	Knight
Hawk	Wolf	Bear	Tiger
Sage	Frost	Blaze	Shadow
Phoenix	Hunter	Archer	Ranger
Orion	Atlas	Zeus	Apollo
Nova	Echo	Onyx	Jasper

Creative & Unique Samurai Name Ideas

Name	Name	Name	Name
Akatsuki no Ken	Yoru no Kage	Tsuki no Yaiba	Hoshi no Senshi
Kaze no Tsurugi	Kumo no Samurai	Arashi no Kokoro	Yami no Hikari
Sora no Taka	Umi no Ryu	Kiri no Musha	Yuki no Shogun
Honoo no Tamashii	Koori no Senshi	Kaminari no Kenshi	Daichi no Mamoru
Tsuki no Kishi	Taiyou no Senshi	Yoru no Shinigami	Kage no Tsukai
Gin no Tsubasa	Kin no Senshi	Tetsu no Kokoro	Akane no Yaiba
Kurenai no Kenshi	Ao no Samurai	Midori no Bushi	Murasaki no Kishi
Shiroi Senshi	Kuroi Tsurugi	Akai Honoo	Kiiroi Kaminari

Funny & Quirky Names For Samurai

Name	Name	Name	Name
Noodle Arms	Sushi Slicer	Wasabi Warrior	Sake Samurai
Mochi Master	Ramen Ronin	Tofu Tactician	Tempura Terror
Bento Blade	Rice Ball	Chopstick Champion	Soy Sauce Sensei
Dumpling Duelist	Teriyaki Terror	Udon Underdog	Katsu Kicker
Miso Mighty	Edamame Expert	Onigiri Overlord	Gyoza Gladiator
Sashimi Slasher	Matcha Menace	Pocky Paladin	Ramune Rogue
Dango Duelist	Takoyaki Titan	Yakitori Yakuza	Okonomiyaki Oni
Sensei Snooze	Bushido Buffoon	Ronin Rascal	Shogun Silly
Daimyo Derp	Ninja Noodle	Katana Clown	Tanto Trickster
Wakizashi Wobbles	Samurai Stumbles	Bamboo Bumbler	Cherry Blossom Clumsy

Frequently Asked Questions

What are Samurai Names?

Samurai names are traditional Japanese names used by warriors. They often reflect honor, strength, and family lineage.

What do Samurai Names mean?

Samurai names usually symbolize courage, loyalty, wisdom, or power. Many are inspired by nature, virtues, or battle traits.

Were Samurai Names based on clans?

Yes, many samurai names came from powerful clans. Clan names showed family history and social status.

Did female samurai have different names?

Female samurai had elegant yet strong names. Their names often represented grace, bravery, and inner strength.

Can Samurai Names be used today?

Yes, samurai names are used in stories, games, and characters. Some are still used as surnames in Japan.

How did Samurai choose their names?

Samurai names were often given by family elders. They could change after achievements or important life events.

Are Samurai Names linked to history?

Many samurai names come from real historical warriors. These names are connected to famous battles and eras.

What are popular Samurai Names?

Popular samurai names include strong and noble-sounding names. Many are inspired by legendary warriors.

Do Samurai Names have spiritual meaning?

Yes, many samurai names have spiritual or philosophical meaning. They reflect honor, balance, and duty.

Why are Samurai Names popular today?

Samurai names are popular for their powerful sound and deep meaning. They are widely used in fiction and pop culture.

Conclusion

Samurai names reflect honor, courage, and a proud warrior legacy. This list of 600+ samurai names brings together legendary male names, powerful female names, and historic clan ideas from Japanese history. Each name is inspired by tradition, strength, and meaning. 

Whether you are writing a story, creating a game character, or exploring Japanese culture, these samurai names offer authentic and memorable choices. 

Use this collection to find a name that carries history, identity, and timeless warrior spirit.