Names That Mean Warrior

Names meaning warrior, battle, army or defender. In early medieval Europe these were not aspirational so much as descriptive of an expected life, which is why they outnumber every gentler theme in the Germanic and Norse lists.

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

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30 names, most popular first in United States

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Madison Madison is a name of English origin meaning "son of Maud," a medieval surname formed from the woman's name Maud plus -son.
English #40 in US
Alexandra Alexandra is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "defender of men," and it appears as a title of the goddess Hera before it was ever a personal name.
Greek #238 in US
Alessia Alessia is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "defender".
Greek #326 in US
Matilda Matilda is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "mighty in battle."
Germanic #364 in US
Maddison Maddison is a girl's name of English origin meaning "son of Maud."
English #438 in US
Alexandria Alexandria is the city before it is the name — Alexander founded it in 331 BC, and the feminine given name was formed from the place rather than directly from Alexandra, which took a different route.
Greek #474 in US
Edith Edith is a girl's name of Old English origin meaning "prosperous in war."
English #499 in US
Louise Louise is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "famous warrior," the French feminine form of Louis.
French #515 in US
Alejandra Alejandra means defender of men, and the Spanish form lost a consonant Greek never had trouble with — Alexandros became Alejandro because Spanish shifted the sh sound to the throaty j it uses today.
Spanish #605 in US
Lexi Lexi is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "defender of men," a diminutive of Alexandra taken from the middle of the name rather than the start.
English #629 in US
Louisa Louisa is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "famous warrior," a Latinate form of Louise.
Germanic #694 in US
Tilly Tilly is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "mighty in battle."
Germanic #886 in US
Marcella Marcella means dedicated to Mars, and our data marks it reviving — 948th in the United States, 1386th in England and Wales, 1507th in Canada and 6569th in France, from a peak more than a century old.
Latin #948 in US
Mattie Mattie serves two entirely unrelated names — Martha, which is Aramaic for a lady, and Matilda, which is Germanic for might in battle.
English #1,006 in US
Alexa Alexa did not simply collapse when Amazon launched the Echo — it rose first.
Greek #1,030 in US
Alexia Alexia means defender, and it is also a clinical term — alexia is the medical name for acquired inability to read, from the same Greek root by a completely separate route.
Greek #1,040 in US
Sandra Sandra is a girl's name that began as an Italian short form of Alessandra and became independent in the twentieth century.
Italian #1,207 in US
Lou Lou is a girl's name in France, a short form of Louise and Louis meaning "famous warrior."
French #1,927 in US
Edie Edie is a girl's name of Old English origin meaning "prosperous in war."
English #2,070 in US
Geraldine Geraldine was invented in a 1537 love poem — the Earl of Surrey coined it for Lady Elizabeth FitzGerald, calling her the Fair Geraldine.
Germanic #2,438 in US
Ottilie Ottilie is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "prosperous in battle" or simply "wealth."
Germanic #2,956 in US
Hilda Hilda means battle, and it is the surviving fragment of longer Germanic names — Hildegard, Brunhild and Matilda all contain it, and the element outlived most of the compounds it belonged to.
Germanic #3,025 in US
Maude Maude belonged to the woman who nearly became England's first ruling queen — the Empress Matilda fought her cousin for the throne through nineteen years of civil war the chroniclers called the Anarchy.
English #3,346 in US
Mathilde Mathilde is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "mighty in battle," and its bearer commissioned the Bayeux Tapestry by tradition.
French #5,823 in US
Marcelle Marcelle is a girl's name meaning of Mars, the French feminine of Marcel.
French #6,626 in US
Gertrude Gertrude is a girl's name from Germanic elements meaning spear-strength, and its saint is patron of cats — a modern attribution that no medieval source supports.
Germanic #6,805 in US
Martine Martine is a girl's name meaning of Mars, the French feminine of Martin.
French #11,505 in US
Sandrine Sandrine is a girl's name meaning defender of men, a French diminutive of Sandra.
French 243,469 births
Ernestine Ernestine is the feminine of the same Germanic word as Earnest in this group — eornost, the vigor of a fight.
French 59,749 births
Maud Maud is the same name as Maude and peaked ninety-three years later — the e-less spelling belongs to France, which set its high in 1981 while the American form was already a century past its own.
French 51,526 births

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