•knightly, chivalric (of or pertaining to a knight or knights) · chivalrous, gallant (of men: showing particular courtesy towards women) · gallant (honourable)
köken: Borrowed from French gaillard (“strapping, lively, strong”), from Old French gaillart (“spirited”), from Vulgar Latin *galia (“strength”), from Transalpine Gaulish *gal- (“strength”). Compare English Gaylord.
köken: From Old Swedish dapper, from Middle Low German dapper, tapper. Further origin disputed. Possibly cognate with Old Norse dapr (“heavy”), German tapfer (“dauntless”) and English dapper.
köken: From uljas (“valiant”). The given name was first used in the 1890s. The surname probably derives from a nickname, and partly as a Fennicized surname; it may also have a secondary Germanic origin (compare Old Swedish Ulfas).