a blood brother

a man who has promised to treat another man as his brother, often in a ceremony in which they cut themselves and mix their blood together We were blood brothers - I was ready to die for him.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Yezekael	-	Breton
Garth	GAHRTH	English
Jarl	YAHRL (Norwegian, Swedish, Danish)	Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Norse Mythology, Ancient Scandinavian
White	[wait]
Lieber	-	Yiddish
Akiva	ah-KEE-vah	Hebrew