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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101 names, most popular first in United States

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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.
Unisex Irish 41,350 births
Louison Louison is a unisex name of Germanic origin meaning "famous warrior," a French diminutive of Louis and Louise alike.
Unisex French 13,218 births
Cathal Cathal is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "battle rule," from cath and val.
Boy Irish 9,119 births
Donnacha Donnacha is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "brown-haired warrior," from donn and cath.
Boy Irish 2,663 births
Donagh Donagh is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "brown-haired warrior," and it is the same name as the Scottish Duncan by a different route.
Boy Irish 1,030 births

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