Sloane
Sloane is a girl name of Irish origin, meaning Warrior; raider.
What Sloane means
Warrior; raider.
Sloane sits at 6 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Sloane comes from
Irish names come from the Gaelic tradition, and most of the familiar spellings are anglicisations of older forms. The original often looks nothing like the version in common use today.
Sloane is recorded as Irish in origin. Browse other Irish names.
How popular is Sloane?
Sloane sits outside the top 100 girl names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.
The character of Sloane
We group Sloane under courage and battle. If that is the quality drawing you to it, the theme link below collects every other name we hold in the same group.
Themes: Warrior
Names like Sloane
These share Sloane's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Cillian — War, strife; bright-headed.
- Liam — Strong-willed warrior and protector.
- Cathal — Battle ruler; strong.
- Donovan — Dark warrior chief.
- Garrett — Spear ruler; brave.
- Kennedy — Helmeted chief.
- Naoise — A warrior of legend.
- Oscar — Deer lover; gentle champion.
- Alessia — Defender, protector.
- Matilda — Mighty in battle.
- Matilde — Mighty in battle.
- Ottilie — Prosperous in battle.