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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8 names, most popular first in United States

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Harlow Harlow is a unisex name from an Essex place name meaning "army hill," most likely a mound where a Saxon assembly met rather than a battlefield.
English #309 in US
Finley Finley is a name of Scottish Gaelic origin meaning "fair-haired warrior."
Scottish #333 in US
Murphy Murphy is a unisex name of Irish origin meaning "sea warrior".
Irish #397 in US
Armani Armani is a unisex name of Italian origin, a surname meaning "son of Armanno" — a Germanic name built from elements for army and man.
Italian #495 in US
Sasha Sasha is a unisex name of Greek origin meaning "defender of men," the Russian familiar form of Alexander.
Russian #684 in US
Sandy Sandy shortens Alexander and Alexandra, meaning defender of the people — and in Scotland it is the standard familiar form of Alexander, which is why it reads as Scottish rather than merely short.
Scottish #3,020 in US
Carroll Carroll is one of the more evenly divided names on this site — 14 percent of the births in our records are female, and it belonged to the only Catholic to sign the Declaration of Independence.
Irish 41,350 births
Louison Louison is a unisex name of Germanic origin meaning "famous warrior," a French diminutive of Louis and Louise alike.
French 13,218 births

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