Konrad

Konrad is a Germanic compound of kuoni, bold, and rat, counsel or advice, yielding a meaning along the lines of bold counselor or brave advisor. It traveled north into Norway and Sweden from German courts in the Middle Ages and settled comfortably into Scandinavian use. Joseph Conrad, born Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, gave the name its largest literary footprint in English. In Norway today it sits on the edge of classic and vintage, a name grandfathers wore and young parents are beginning to reach for again. Two firm syllables, a kingly k, a dignified final d. Konrad reads intellectual, brave, and quietly courtly.