Names that mean warrior
27 first names whose etymology includes “warrior” or a close synonym, the most used first. For girls: Edith, Hilda, Hedwig, Kimber. For boys: Louis, Walter, Kai, Wyatt.
| Name | For | Origin | Meaning | Latest rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis | boys | French | “loud”, “famous” | #49 (2025) |
| Walter | boys | “ruler”, “army” | #334 (2025) | |
| Kai | boys | “warrior”, “sea” | #78 (2025) | |
| Wyatt | boys | English | “war”, “hard” | #306 (2025) |
| Miles | boys | English | “grace”, “favor” | #114 (2025) |
| Edith | girls | “wealth”, “riches” | #125 (2025) | |
| Harold | boys | “army”, “ruler” | #1,226 (2025) | |
| Gael | boys | Irish | “irishman”, “wild man” | #1,466 (2025) |
| Harlow | either | English | “rock”, “army” | #325 (2025) |
| Herman | boys | English | “army”, “man” | #4,749 (2018) |
| Igor | boys | Russian | “army” | #1,613 (2025) |
| Barnaby | boys | Hebrew | “prophet’s son”, “young warrior” | #185 (2025) |
| Gideon | boys | Hebrew | “gideon”, “feller” | #976 (2025) |
| Duncan | boys | Scottish Gaelic | “brown”, “battle” | #1,538 (2025) |
| Rainer | boys | “counsel by the gods”, “army” | #4,789 (2022) | |
| Hilda | girls | “battle” | #1,809 (2025) | |
| Hedwig | girls | German | “fight”, “battle” | |
| Kimber | girls | “royal”, “fortress” | ||
| Griselda | girls | English | “gray”, “battle” | #5,927 (2025) |
| Clancy | either | “descendant of a person named red warrior”,… | #4,867 (2025) | |
| Childebert | boys | “battle”, “fight” | ||
| Hilbert | boys | English | “battle”, “bright” | |
| Kimball | boys | English | “chief”, “war” | #3,036 (2000) |
| Iseult | girls | “she who is gazed upon”, “ice” | #5,669 (2022) | |
| Marcion | boys | Greek | “marky”, “little mark” | |
| Brunhild | girls | German | “breastplate”, “battle” | |
| Polemon | boys | Greek | “war”, “battle” |