Cat Names That Mean Brave

Tib was a unisex nickname in the 13th century, used as a short form of Theobald and Isabel. As Theobald waned in popularity, it became far more associated with girls, so much so that Tib was a term for young girls by the 16th century.

Rhythmic and powerful, if you don't mind the nickname Vern.

If Brave isn't enough for you, you might try Braver, which has an even stronger meaning. Braver's -er ending gives it surname style.

The name of a monk who is the patron saint of blacksmiths -- not a twentieth-century occupation or baby name.

Makes Donna into a cool twenty-first-century unisex Irish surname.

Place-name of a settlement in Galilee in Israel.

Common surname rarely used as a first.

For fans of Warren G. All two of them.

Love the popular Noah but want to make it more distinctive? You can vary it to Noam, and going all the way to Noaz takes it from distinctive to unique.

We can hear the kids teasing him from here.

Reilly and Riley are hugely popular, but O'Reilly is still an up-and-comer.

Used in Italy and Spain, but in non-Latin countries could be confused with Valencia.

Farrell is usually considered a boy's name, though the soft sound of this Irish surname makes it perfectly appropriate for a girl, reminiscent of Farrah.

Chirpy form of Leonard that's common in its native Slovenia.

As dated as the old Pat Boone song.

Dutch form of Baldwin

Conceivable middle name choice for admirers of flyer Amelia.

Nenna is the name of the heroine of Penelope Fitzgerald's novel Offshore, but it's also sparingly used in Scandinavia as a variant of the name Nanna. Nanna is a diminutive of various names, including Anna, Johanna and Marianne, but it's also a name in its own right, possibly meaning "daring".

This one's cutting right to the chase, but with such names as Justice and Peace on the rise, why not? And we guarantee your seven-year-old son will love it, though your 17-year-old, maybe not so much. Could be used as a middle name, as Talisa Soto and Benjamin Bratt did.