Names That Mean Strength

Names meaning strong, mighty, firm or powerful. Germanic naming leans on this harder than any other tradition, which is why so many are compounds where strength is only the first half.

Every name here has a researched page whose stated meaning carries this sense.

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53 names, most popular first in United States

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Djibril Djibril is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is my strength," the West African form of Gabriel — the angel who brought the Quran to Muhammad.
Arabic #6,532 in US
Guillaume Guillaume is a boy's name meaning resolute protector, the French form of William — and the man who conquered England in 1066 bore this form of it, not the English one.
French 232,219 births
Fernand Fernand means bold journey, and it is Germanic rather than Spanish despite having arrived through Spain — the Visigoths carried it there, and it went on to become the royal name of both Castile and Aragon.
French 120,178 births
Thibault Thibault is not related to Theodore, though the two are constantly confused — its first element is the Germanic theud, a people, while Theodore's is the Greek theos, a god.
French 56,005 births
Cathal Cathal is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "battle rule," from cath and val.
Irish 9,119 births

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