Boy Names Meaning Brave or Courageous

Brave names overlap with warrior names but carry a slightly different texture: the quality itself, not what it is used for. This list gathers boy names whose root meaning is brave, courageous, or bold.

Andrew ('manly, courageous'), Bernard ('brave as a bear'), Everett ('brave boar'), and Leonardo ('brave as a lion') all belong here. Animal-adjacent bravery names are a surprisingly persistent subcluster across European languages.