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ToolsHow to Use a Samurai Name Generator Well: A Practical Guide
Styles, themes, your own name as a seed, shortlisting and testing: a practical walkthrough for getting a samurai name you will actually keep.
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Samurai Name Guides and Japanese Warrior History
Researched articles on samurai names, kanji meanings, clans, crests, titles and naming tips for stories, games and pets.
Names
Cool Samurai Names for Heroes, Rivals and Rogues (With Kanji)
Heroic, icy or roguish? Cool samurai names sorted by vibe, with kanji, meanings and the swordsmen, outlaws and legends who made them famous.
Names
Japanese Samurai Names and Their Meanings: Male Given Names Explained
Nobunaga, Ieyasu, Masashige and more: real samurai given names broken down kanji by kanji, with the patterns that tell you how their meanings were built.
Names
Female Samurai Names Inspired by the Onna-musha Warriors of Japan
Tomoe Gozen, Hangaku Gozen, Nakano Takeko and the names of women in warrior households, plus female samurai names with kanji and meanings.
History
How Samurai Names Actually Worked: Childhood Names to Buddhist Names
A samurai could have five or more names in one lifetime. Here is how childhood names, imina, common names and Buddhist names fit together, with real examples.
History
Japanese Warrior Names Beyond the Samurai: Words, Types and Names
Bushi, mononofu, tsuwamono, musha: the Japanese words for warrior, and the foot soldiers, warrior monks and shinobi who fought alongside the samurai.
History
Samurai Clan Names and the Families Behind Them
Minamoto, Taira, Hojo, Takeda, Tokugawa: what the great samurai clan names mean, where they came from, and why uji and myoji are not the same thing.
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