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, very rare — fewer than 25 babies a year, in United States

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Mathilde Mathilde is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "mighty in battle," and its bearer commissioned the Bayeux Tapestry by tradition.
Girl French 21 in 2025
Garry Garry means spear, and it reached English through a steel town — Gary, Indiana was named for a US Steel chairman, and the place name did more for the given name than any of its Germanic ancestors.
Boy English 15 in 2025
Marcelle Marcelle is a girl's name meaning of Mars, the French feminine of Marcel.
Girl French 22 in 2025
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.
Girl Germanic 17 in 2025
Marceau Marceau is a boy's name of French origin meaning "little warrior," a surname form of Marcel that has become a first name.
Boy French 10 in 2025
Aloïs Aloïs is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "famous warrior" — the same name as Louis, arrived at through a Latinized form rather than the French one.
Boy French 8 in 2025
Martine Martine is a girl's name meaning of Mars, the French feminine of Martin.
Girl French 8 in 2025
Cahir Cahir is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "battle-man," and the County Tipperary town of the same spelling takes its name from a different word entirely.
Boy Irish 5 in 2025

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