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*Elaine (f) - St [[Helen]] (May 21); [[Helen of Caernarfon]] (May 22)
 
*Elaine (f) - St [[Helen]] (May 21); [[Helen of Caernarfon]] (May 22)
 
*Eleanor (f) - St [[Helen]] (May 21); [[Helen of Caernarfon]] (May 22)
 
*Eleanor (f) - St [[Helen]] (May 21); [[Helen of Caernarfon]] (May 22)
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*Electra (f) - ''not yet completed''
 
*Elvis (m) - St [[Ailbe of Emly]]
 
*Elvis (m) - St [[Ailbe of Emly]]
 
*Emily (f) - St [[Emily|Emily of Caesarea]], mother of St Basil the Great ([[January 1]] or [[May 30]]); St Mildred of Minster-in-Thanet ([[July 13]])
 
*Emily (f) - St [[Emily|Emily of Caesarea]], mother of St Basil the Great ([[January 1]] or [[May 30]]); St Mildred of Minster-in-Thanet ([[July 13]])

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A baptismal name is a name given to a newly-baptised Orthodox Christian. For a lengthy time in Orthodox history, Orthodox Christians are given the names of Orthodox saints.

The following is a list of names who, perhaps unexpectedly, have Orthodox saints attached to them.

(Note: this is not designed to be a list of matchups between names with no real connection. For example, Hannah can be matched with St Anna, because it's the same name; but Peter and Panayiotis have no direct relation. However, if there is no saints name available, a closest match may be listed.)

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

  • Gail (f) - see Abigail
  • Gavin (m) - St Gavinus, Protomartyr of Sardinia (May 30)
  • Genesis (f) - closest is the Nativity of Christ or the Nativity of the Theotokos
  • Geoffrey, Geoff (m) - St Geoffrey, Abbot of Wearmouth
  • Gerald, Gerry (m) - St Gerald, Bishop of Mayo
  • Gianna (f) - St John
  • Gilbert (m) - St Agilbert of Jouarre
  • Gina (f) - see Regina
  • Grace (f) - St Charis (January 28)
  • Grayson (m) - not yet completed
  • Gwen, Gwendoline (f) - St Gwen Teirborn of Britain

H

  • Hank (m) - St John, or see Henry.
  • Hannah (f) - St Anna, mother of the Theotokos; St Hannah, mother of the Prophet Samuel (Sunday of the Forefathers) [9]
  • Harper (f) - closest is St David the Prophet & King (Sunday of the Forefathers)
  • Harry (m) - see Henry or Harold
  • Haydon (m) - St Aidan of Lindisfarne
  • Hayley, Hailey, Haylee (f) - closest: see Leah
  • Henry (m) - St Henry of Saint-Germain d'Auxerre (June 24) [10]
  • Heidi (f) - see Adelaide
  • Hope (f) - St Hope (daughter of St Sophia)
  • Hudson (m) - see Hugh or Richard
  • Hugh (m) - St Hugh of Rouen (Apr 9) [11]
  • Hunter (m) - not yet completed

I

  • Ian (m) - St John
  • Isabel, Isabella (f) - St Elizabeth

J

K

L

  • Landon (m) - not yet completed
  • Larry (m) - St Laurence of Canterbury (February 2)
  • Laura (f) - St Laura of Cordoba, martyred in Spain by the Moors (October 19)
  • Lauren (f) - St Laurence
  • Layla (f) - closest is St Lelia (August 11) [18]
  • Leah, Lia (f) - St Leah, the wife of Jacob (Sunday of the Forefathers); St Lea, ascetic in Rome (March 22)
  • Lee (m) - see Leah
  • Leslie (m/f) - not yet completed
  • Liam (m) - see William
  • Lillian (f) - see Elizabeth; or, see Lily
  • Lily (f) - St Lelia (August 11) [19]
  • Lincoln (m) - All Saints of Lincolnshire [20]
  • Linda (f) - closest is St Linus of Rome
  • London (f) - closest is St Mellitus of London; St Sebbe, founder of Westminster; St Erconwald of London; St Ethelburgh, abbess of Barking; Sts Beocca & Hethor, martyrs of Chertsey; St Wulsin, renewer of St Peter's Monastery; St Dunstan of London; or St Alphege of Canterbury
  • Lorna (f) - St Loarn, disciple of St Patrick (August 30) [21]
  • Louis, Luis (m) - St Ludwin of Trier (September 29) [22]; or St Lewina of Seaford (July 24) [23]
  • Lucy (f) - St Lucy of Syracuse (December 13)
  • Lydia (f) - St Lydia of Phillipi (May 20)
  • Lynn (f) - see Linda; or, closest is Theophany

M

N

O

P

  • Paisley (f) - not yet completed
  • Parker (m) - not yet completed
  • Penelope (f) - St Penelope the Virgin Martyr (September 1)
  • Peyton, Payton (f) - St Pega, anchoress in England (January 8) [28]
  • Phoenix (m/f) - closest is St Felix
  • Piper (f) - not yet completed

R

S

T

  • Tabitha (f) - St. Tabitha (October 25)
  • Taylor (f) - not yet completed
  • Tiffany (f) - The Theophany of our Lord (January 6)
  • Tristan (m) - St Drostan (or Drustan), abbot in Aberdeenshire (July 11) [39]
  • Tyler (m) - not yet completed

V

W

X

  • Xavier (m) - not yet completed

Z

See also

Bibliography

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