diff --git a/lib/bash/git/lib_git.sh b/lib/bash/git/lib_git.sh
index bb6f694..8cabb64 100644
--- a/lib/bash/git/lib_git.sh
+++ b/lib/bash/git/lib_git.sh
@@ -226,6 +226,10 @@ git_get_current_branch() {
         log_error "Usage: git_get_current_branch <directory> <result_variable_name>"
         return 1
     fi
+    if ! __is_valid_variable_name__ "$result_var_name"; then
+        log_error "git_get_current_branch: result variable name must be a valid Bash variable name."
+        return 1
+    fi
 
     printf -v "$result_var_name" '%s' ""
 
diff --git a/lib/bash/git/tests/lib_git.bats b/lib/bash/git/tests/lib_git.bats
index 3ed92d9..b663364 100644
--- a/lib/bash/git/tests/lib_git.bats
+++ b/lib/bash/git/tests/lib_git.bats
@@ -55,6 +55,18 @@ setup() {
     [[ "$output" != *"Usage: get_git_branch"* ]]
 }
 
+@test "git_get_current_branch rejects invalid result variable names" {
+    local repo="$TEST_TMPDIR/repo"
+
+    init_git_repo "$repo"
+
+    bats_run git_get_current_branch "$repo" "bad-name"
+
+    [ "$status" -eq 1 ]
+    [[ "$output" == *"git_get_current_branch: result variable name must be a valid Bash variable name"* ]]
+    [[ "$output" != *"invalid variable name"* ]]
+}
+
 @test "git_update_repo skips dirty repositories when no dirty path is allowed" {
     local repo="$TEST_TMPDIR/repo"
 
diff --git a/lib/bash/std/lib_std.sh b/lib/bash/std/lib_std.sh
index b147e53..584a0c7 100644
--- a/lib/bash/std/lib_std.sh
+++ b/lib/bash/std/lib_std.sh
@@ -842,6 +842,11 @@ safe_truncate() {
 
 ####################################################### ASSERTIONS ####################################################
 
+__is_valid_variable_name__() {
+    local var_name="${1-}" var_name_re='^[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*$'
+    [[ "$var_name" =~ $var_name_re ]]
+}
+
 #
 # assert_not_null - Checks that one or more variables are not empty.
 #
@@ -861,13 +866,13 @@ safe_truncate() {
 #   $@: One or more variable names to check.
 #
 assert_not_null() {
-    local unset_vars=() var_name var_name_re='^[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*$'
+    local unset_vars=() var_name
     if (($# == 0)); then
         fatal_error "assert_not_null: No variable names provided for validation."
     fi
 
     for var_name in "$@"; do
-        if ! [[ "$var_name" =~ $var_name_re ]]; then
+        if ! __is_valid_variable_name__ "$var_name"; then
             fatal_error "assert_not_null expects variable names, not values; one or more arguments are not valid Bash variable names."
         fi
         # Use indirection to get the value of the variable whose name is stored in var_name.
@@ -892,6 +897,9 @@ assert_integer() {
     local var_name int_re='^[-+]?[0-9]+$'
     (($# == 0)) && fatal_error "assert_integer: No variable names provided."
     for var_name in "$@"; do
+        if ! __is_valid_variable_name__ "$var_name"; then
+            fatal_error "assert_integer expects variable names, not values; one or more arguments are not valid Bash variable names."
+        fi
         local value="${!var_name-}"
         ! [[ "$value" =~ $int_re ]] && fatal_error "Variable '$var_name' with value '$value' is not a valid integer."
     done
@@ -909,6 +917,9 @@ assert_integer() {
 assert_integer_range() {
     local var_name="${1-}" min="${2-}" max="${3-}"
     (($# != 3)) && fatal_error "assert_integer_range: Expected 3 arguments, got $#."
+    if ! __is_valid_variable_name__ "$var_name"; then
+        fatal_error "assert_integer_range expects a variable name as its first argument."
+    fi
     local value="${!var_name-}"
     assert_integer "$var_name" min max
     ((value < min || value > max)) && fatal_error "Variable '$var_name' ($value) is out of range [$min, $max]."
@@ -1134,6 +1145,9 @@ safe_unalias() {
 get_my_source_dir() {
     local result_name="${1-}"
     [[ -n "$result_name" ]] || fatal_error "get_my_source_dir: No result variable name provided."
+    if ! __is_valid_variable_name__ "$result_name"; then
+        fatal_error "get_my_source_dir: result variable name must be a valid Bash variable name."
+    fi
     local source_dir
     # Reference: https://stackoverflow.com/a/246128/6862601
     source_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[1]}")" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd -P)" ||
diff --git a/lib/bash/std/tests/lib_std.bats b/lib/bash/std/tests/lib_std.bats
index a6bee4b..f52bf7f 100644
--- a/lib/bash/std/tests/lib_std.bats
+++ b/lib/bash/std/tests/lib_std.bats
@@ -992,6 +992,24 @@ EOF
     [[ "$output" == *"is not a valid integer"* ]]
 }
 
+@test "assert_integer rejects invalid variable names without echoing values" {
+    local script="$TEST_TMPDIR/assert-integer-name.sh"
+
+    create_script "$script" <<EOF
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+source "$STDLIB_PATH"
+secret="not-a-var-name"
+assert_integer "\$secret"
+EOF
+
+    bats_run bash "$script"
+
+    [ "$status" -eq 1 ]
+    [[ "$output" == *"assert_integer expects variable names"* ]]
+    [[ "$output" != *"not-a-var-name"* ]]
+    [[ "$output" != *"invalid variable name"* ]]
+}
+
 @test "assert_integer_range enforces range bounds" {
     local count=5
     local script="$TEST_TMPDIR/assert-range.sh"
@@ -1011,6 +1029,24 @@ EOF
     [[ "$output" == *"is out of range [1, 10]"* ]]
 }
 
+@test "assert_integer_range rejects invalid variable names without echoing values" {
+    local script="$TEST_TMPDIR/assert-range-name.sh"
+
+    create_script "$script" <<EOF
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+source "$STDLIB_PATH"
+secret="bad-range-name"
+assert_integer_range "\$secret" 1 10
+EOF
+
+    bats_run bash "$script"
+
+    [ "$status" -eq 1 ]
+    [[ "$output" == *"assert_integer_range expects a variable name"* ]]
+    [[ "$output" != *"bad-range-name"* ]]
+    [[ "$output" != *"invalid variable name"* ]]
+}
+
 @test "assert_arg_count accepts exact and ranged matches" {
     assert_arg_count 2 2
     assert_arg_count 2 1 3
@@ -1195,6 +1231,24 @@ EOF
     [[ "$output" == *"dir=$expected_dir"* ]]
 }
 
+@test "get_my_source_dir rejects invalid result variable names" {
+    local script="$TEST_TMPDIR/get-source-dir-invalid.sh"
+
+    create_script "$script" <<EOF
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+source "$STDLIB_PATH"
+get_my_source_dir "bad-name"
+echo "after"
+EOF
+
+    bats_run bash "$script"
+
+    [ "$status" -eq 1 ]
+    [[ "$output" == *"get_my_source_dir: result variable name must be a valid Bash variable name"* ]]
+    [[ "$output" != *"invalid variable name"* ]]
+    [[ "$output" != *"after"* ]]
+}
+
 @test "ask_yes_no accepts yes input" {
     local script="$TEST_TMPDIR/ask-yes.sh"