Baby Names That Mean Warrior
839 baby names meaning warrior — with origins, popularity, and audio pronunciation on every name.
Looking for a name that means warrior? Here are 839 baby names whose meaning carries the sense of warrior. Each links to its full page with a sourced meaning and audio pronunciation.
Girl Names
Mwavita#14675 in the U.S.Mwavita is used in Swahili-speaking parts of East and Central Africa, including the eastern Dem▶Xiomora#15115 in the U.S.A respelling of Xiomara, a Spanish name of Germanic origin (from Guiomar), usually explained as▶Antara#15397 in the U.S.In Sanskrit antara means 'inner, interior' and also 'an interval or space between' - in Indian ▶Finlay#15957 in the U.S.From the Scottish Gaelic Fionnlagh, 'fair hero; fair-haired warrior' (fionn, 'fair,' + laogh, '▶Keli#16424 in the U.S.A spelling of Kelly, from the Irish O Ceallaigh, 'bright-headed' or 'warrior; strife'; separate▶Khawla#16466 in the U.S.An Arabic name of long standing, often connected with a word for a gazelle or deer, though the ▶Edy#16544 in the U.S.A short spelling of Edie, the pet form of Edith, from Old English Eadgyth, 'prosperous/blessed ▶Lovisa#16658 in the U.S.The Swedish feminine form of Louis/Ludwig, from the Germanic hlud ('famous; loud') and wig ('wa▶Magenta#16707 in the U.S.From the color magenta, a vivid pinkish-purple dye named in 1859 after the Battle of Magenta (a▶Marcellina#16746 in the U.S.A feminine form of the Latin Marcellinus, itself a diminutive of Marcellus, which is a diminuti▶Maevrie#16782 in the U.S.A modern coinage extending Maeve, the anglicised form of the Irish Medb, usually read as 'she w▶AilithA revival of the ancient Old English Aethelgyth (Ailith), from aethel ('noble') and gyth ('war;▶AkoaA modern coinage whose sound echoes the Hawaiian 'koa', 'warrior; brave; fearless' (also a nati▶AndromacheFrom the Greek Andromache, 'battle of a man; fighter of men' (aner/andros, 'a man', + mache, 'b▶BellonaFrom the Latin bellum, 'war'; the Roman goddess of war, a companion of Mars; we note the goddes▶BrynhildFrom the Old Norse Brynhildr, 'armored/bright for battle' (brynja, 'armor', + hildr, 'battle');▶Dezbagoing to war; warrior woman▶HildiA pet form of Hilda/Hildegard, from the Old Germanic hild, 'battle; war' - a name of Valkyrie s▶HildrFrom the Old Norse Hildr, 'battle'; a valkyrie who chooses the slain, and the root of many Nors▶IshtarFrom the Akkadian Ishtar, of uncertain meaning; the Babylonian/Assyrian goddess of love, beauty▶MachaFrom the Old Irish Macha, of uncertain meaning (variously 'plain; field'); the fierce Celtic go▶Manabareturning from war; she who returns▶NeithFrom the Egyptian Neith, of uncertain meaning (variously 'the terrifying one' or 'water'); the ▶ScathachFrom the Old Irish Scathach, 'the shadowy one; she who strikes fear' (from scath, 'shadow'); th▶SekhmetFrom the Egyptian sekhem, 'power/might', hence 'the powerful one; she who is mighty'; the fierc▶TomrisA Turkic form of Tomyris - the warrior queen of the Massagetae who, according to Herodotus, def▶
Boy Names
EresA modern coinage echoing the Greek Eros ('love') and Ares ('the war god'); as spelled here it r▶GuganA Tamil name for the god Murugan (Kartikeya), the Hindu deity of war and victory, son of Shiva.▶Hototowarrior spirit who sings▶HunainAn Arabic name from Hunayn, a valley near Mecca where the Battle of Hunayn was fought — an even▶JariloFrom the Slavic Jarilo, 'the ardent one; vigorous' (from jar, 'ardor/vigor/spring'); the Slavic▶Menewagreat warrior▶MiyloA respelling of Milo, an old name linked to the Germanic element for 'merciful; mild' and, by s▶NergalFrom the Sumerian Nergal, variously 'lord of the great city (the underworld)'; the Mesopotamian▶OgunFrom the Yoruba Ogun, of uncertain meaning (linked to 'iron; war'); the Yoruba orisha of iron, ▶PatroclusFrom the Greek Patroklos, 'the glory of the father' (pater, 'father', + kleos, 'glory'); the cl▶TeghvirA Sikh/Punjabi name built on Tegh, 'sword' (as in Guru Tegh Bahadur), joined with vir/bir, 'bra▶TelemachusFrom the Greek Telemachos, variously 'far from battle' or 'decisive in battle' (tele, 'far', + ▶Urayoánname of a Taino cacique of Puerto Rico who tested the mortality of Spanish soldiers▶