Names Categorized "swords" - Behind the Name

Agi m Germanic
Old German variant of Ago.

Agmundr m Old Norse
Old Norse form of Amund.

Agnar m Norwegian, Icelandic
From the Old Norse name Agnarr, derived from agi "awe, fear" or egg "edge of a sword" combined with herr "army, warrior".

Agnarr m Old Norse
Old Norse form of Agnar.

Agner m Danish
Danish form of Agnar.

Aike m Frisian
Diminutive of names beginning with the Old German element ekka meaning "edge, blade" or adal meaning "noble".

Aldebrand m Germanic
Old German name derived from the elements alt meaning "old" and brant meaning "fire, torch, sword". Saint Aldebrand was a 12th-century bishop of Fossombrone in Italy.

Alibrand m Germanic
From the Old German elements alles meaning "other, foreign" and brant meaning "fire, torch, sword".

Amund m Norwegian
Derived from the Old Norse name Agmundr, from the element egg "edge of a sword" or agi "awe, fear" combined with mundr "protection".

Brand m English (Rare)
From a surname, a variant of Brant.

Branda f English (Rare)
Perhaps a variant of Brandy or a feminine form of Brand.

Brando m Germanic
Germanic name derived from the element brant meaning "fire, torch, sword".

Brandr m Old Norse
Old Norse byname meaning "fire, torch, sword".

Branson m English (Modern)
From an English surname that meant "son of Brandr".

Brant m English
From an English surname that was derived from the Old Norse given name Brandr. This is also the name for a variety of wild geese.

Brenda f English
Possibly a feminine form of the Old Norse name Brandr, meaning "fire, torch, sword", which was brought to Britain in the Middle Ages. This name is sometimes used as a feminine form of Brendan.

Brenna f English
Possibly a variant of Brenda or a feminine form of Brennan.

Ecgberht m Anglo-Saxon
Old English form of Egbert.

Eckbert m German (Rare)
German cognate of Egbert.

Egbert m English, Dutch
Means "bright edge" from the Old English elements ecg "edge, blade" and beorht "bright". This was the name of kings of Kent and Wessex as well as two English saints. The name was rarely used after the Norman Conquest but was revived in the 19th century.

Ekkebert m Germanic
From the Old German elements ekka "edge, blade" and beraht "bright". This is a cognate of the English name Egbert.

Ferruccio m Italian
Derived from the Late Latin name Ferrutius, a derivative of ferrum meaning "iron, sword". Saint Ferrutius was a 3rd-century martyr with his brother Ferreolus.

Ferrutius m Late Roman
Latin form of Ferruccio.

Hildebrand m German (Archaic), Germanic
Means "battle sword", derived from the Old German element hilt "battle" combined with brant "fire, torch, sword". This was the name of the hero of an 8th-century poem written in Old High German.

IJsbrand m Dutch (Rare)
Derived from the Old German elements is "ice" and brant "fire, torch, sword".

Isbrand m Germanic
Old German form of IJsbrand.

Ove m Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Probably a modern form of the Old Danish name Aghi, originally a short form of names that contain the Old Norse element egg "edge of a sword" or agi "awe, fear".

Ragemprand m Germanic
Old German form of Rembrandt.

Rembrandt m Dutch (Rare)
From a Germanic name that was composed of the elements regin "advice, counsel, decision" and brant "fire, torch, sword". This name belonged to the Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669).

Saif al-Din m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic سيف الدين (see Sayf ad-Din).

Saiful m Arabic, Bengali, Indonesian, Malay
First part of compound Arabic names beginning with سيف ال (Sayf al) meaning "sword of the" (such as Sayf ad-Din).

Saifullah m Arabic, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Arabic سيف الله or Urdu سیف اللہ (see Sayfullah).

Sayf ad-Din m Arabic
Means "sword of the faith" from Arabic سيف (sayf) meaning "sword" and دين (dīn) meaning "religion, faith".

Sayfullah m Arabic, Urdu
Means "sword of Allah" from Arabic سيف (sayf) meaning "sword" combined with الله (Allah).

Seyfettin m Turkish
Turkish form of Sayf ad-Din.

Seyfullah m Turkish
Turkish form of Sayfullah.

Wigbrand m Germanic
Derived from the Old German elements wig "war" and brant "fire, torch, sword".

Ysbrand m Dutch (Rare)
Variant of IJsbrand.

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