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*Robert (m) - St [[Rupert of Salzburg]]
 
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*Roderick (m) - St Rodericus (one of the 48 Martyrs of Cordoba - March 13)
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*Roger (m) - St Roger (one of the 48 Martyrs of Cordoba - September 16)
 
*Rowan (m) - St Ruadhán of Lorrha
 
*Rowan (m) - St Ruadhán of Lorrha
 
*Rowena (f) - St Ruadhán of Lorrha
 
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*Sadie (f) - Sarah, wife of Abraham; St [[w:Sarah of the Desert]]
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*Sadie (f) - Sarah, wife of Abraham; St [w:Sarah of the Desert|Sarah of the Desert]
 
*Samantha (f) - Prophet [[Samuel]]
 
*Samantha (f) - Prophet [[Samuel]]
*Sarah (f) - Sarah, wife of Abraham; St [[w:Sarah of the Desert]]
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*Sarah (f) - Sarah, wife of Abraham; St [w:Sarah of the Desert|Sarah of the Desert]
 
*Savannah (f) - ''not yet completed''
 
*Savannah (f) - ''not yet completed''
 
*Scarlett, Scarlet (f) - ''not yet completed''
 
*Scarlett, Scarlet (f) - ''not yet completed''

Revision as of 10:57, December 26, 2014

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)

A

  • Aaliyah (f) - not yet completed
  • Abigail (f) - not yet completed
  • Addison (f) - see Madison
  • Adelaide (f) - St Adelaide of Rome, St Adelaide of Burgundy
  • Adele (f) - St Adela (Abbess of Pfalzel)
  • Adrian (m) - St Adrian
  • Alan, Allan, Allen (m) - St Alan of Lavaur, St Elian of Cornwall
  • Alexa (f) - see Alexis or Alexandra
  • Alexis (m/f) - St Alexis Man of God, Tsarevich Alexei
  • Alice (f) - St Alexandra
  • Alison, Allison (f) - St Alexandra
  • Alyssa, Alissa (f) - not yet completed
  • Amelia (f) - St Emily of Caesarea (mother of St Basil the Great)
  • Angus (m) - St Angus of Keld
  • Annabelle (f) - St Amabilis of Riome, St Amabilis of Rouen
  • Aria (f) - St Aria of Rome
  • Arianna, Ariana (f) - St Ariadna
  • Ashley (f) - not yet completed
  • Ava (f) - not yet completed
  • Avery (f) - not yet completed
  • Aubrey, Aubree (f) - not yet completed
  • Audrey (f) - not yet completed
  • Austin (m) - St Augustine of Canterbury, St Augustine of Hippo
  • Autumn (f) - not yet completed
  • Ayden (m) - St Aidan of Lindisfarne

B

  • Bella (f) - St Elizabeth
  • Bess (f) - St Elizabeth
  • Beth (f) - St Elizabeth
  • Betty (f) - St Elizabeth
  • Bentley (m) - St Panteleimon
  • Blake (m) - not yet completed
  • Brandon (m) - St Brendon the Navigator
  • Braydon (m) - not yet completed
  • Brian, Bryan (m) - St Birinus of Dorchester
  • Brianna (f) - not yet completed
  • Brody, Brodie (m) - not yet completed
  • Brooklyn (f) - not yet completed
  • Bryce (m) - St Brice/Brictius of Tours

C

  • Caleb (m) - not yet completed
  • Caitlyn, Caitlin (f) - St Katherine of Alexandria
  • Cameron (m) - not yet completed
  • Camden (m) - not yet completed
  • Camilla, Camila (f) - not yet completed
  • Carl (m) - see Charles
  • Carla (f) - not yet completed
  • Caroline (f) - not yet completed
  • Carson (m) - not yet completed
  • Carter (m) - not yet completed
  • Charles (m) - not yet completed
  • Charlotte (f) - not yet completed
  • Chase (m) - not yet completed
  • Chloe (f) - not yet completed
  • Claire, Clare (f) - St Photini the Samaritan Woman
  • Colin, Collin (m) - St Nicholas
  • Colton (m) - not yet completed
  • Connor (m) - not yet completed
  • Cooper (m) - not yet completed

D

  • Dennis, Denis (m) - St Dionysius the Areopagite (October 3); (see also: Dionysius (disambiguation)).
  • Dominic (m) - Hieromartyr Cyriacus (Kyriakos), Bishop of Jerusalem (October 18); St Kyriakos (Cyriacus the Anchorite) (September 29).
  • Donald (m) - St Donald of Ogilvy
  • Dora (f) - St Dorothy (or Dorothea)
  • Doreen (f) - St Dorothy (or Dorothea)
  • Doris (f) - St Dorothy (or Dorothea)
  • Dylan, Dillon (m/f) - St Teilo of Llandaff

E

  • Easton (m) - not yet completed
  • Edward (m) - St Edward the Passion-Bearer of England
  • Eli (m) - Prophet Elijah
  • Ella, Ellie (f) - St Elizabeth
  • Elsa, Elsie (f) - St Elizabeth
  • Eileen (f) - St Helen
  • Elaine (f) - St Helen
  • Eleanor (f) - St Helen
  • Elvis (m) - St Ailbe of Emly
  • Emily (f) - St Emily of Caesarea (mother of St Basil the Great)
  • Emma (f) - not yet completed
  • Eric (m) - St Erc of Slane
  • Ethan (m) - not yet completed
  • Eva (f) - not yet completed
  • Evan (m) - St John
  • Evelyn (f) - not yet completed

F

  • Faith (f) - St Faith (daughter of St Sophia)

G

  • Gavin (m) - not yet completed
  • Genesis (f) - not yet completed
  • 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
  • Grace (f) - not yet completed
  • Grayson (m) - not yet completed
  • Gwen, Gwendoline (f) - St Gwen Teirborn of Britain

H

  • Hailey, Haylee (f) - not yet completed
  • Hannah (f) - St Anna, mother of the Theotokos
  • Harper (f) - not yet completed
  • Haydon (m) - St Aidan of Lindisfarne
  • Henry (m) - not yet completed
  • Hope (f) - St Hope (daughter of St Sophia)
  • Hudson (m) - not yet completed
  • Hunter (m) - not yet completed

I

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

J

  • Jace, Jase (m) - St Jason
  • Jack (m) - St Iakovos, St Jacob
  • Jackson, Jaxon, Jaxson (m) - see Jack
  • Jacqueline (f) - St Joanna
  • Jane (f) - St Joanna
  • Janet (f) - St Joanna
  • Janice (f) - St Joanna
  • Jaira (f) - St Lucy of Syracuse (also Jairos/Jairus (m))
  • Jayden (m) - not yet completed
  • Jeff (m) - see Geoffrey
  • Jenny (f) - St Joanna
  • Jeoire (m) - St George
  • Jerica (f) - St Gertrude of Nivelles
  • Jerry (m) - see Gerald
  • Jessie (f) - St Joanna
  • Jocelyn (f) - not yet completed
  • Jodie (f) - St Jude the Apostle
  • Joost (m) - St Judoc of Brittany
  • Jordan, Jordana (m/f) - The Theophany of Christ
  • Joyce (m/f) - St Judoc of Brittany

K

L

  • Landon (m) - not yet completed
  • Larry (m) - St Laurence of Canterbury
  • Laura (f) - St Laura of Cordoba (martyred in Spain by the Moors)
  • Lauren (f) - not yet completed
  • Layla (f) - not yet completed
  • Leah, Lia (f) - St Leah, wife of Jacob
  • Lee (m) - not yet completed
  • Liam (m) - see William
  • Lillian, Lily (f) - not yet completed
  • Lincoln (m) - not yet completed
  • London (f) - not yet completed
  • Louis, Luis (m) - not yet completed
  • Lucy (f) - St Lucy of Syracuse
  • Lydia (f) - St Lydia of Phillipi

M

  • Mabel (f) - St Amabilis of Riome, St Amabilis of Rouen
  • Mackenzie (f) - St Kenneth of Cornwall
  • Madelyn, Madeleine, Madeline (f) - St Mary Magdalene
  • Madison (f) - not yet completed
  • Malcolm (m) - St Columba of Iona
  • Martin (m) - St Martin of Tours
  • Martina, Martine (f) - St Martin of Tours
  • Maya (f) - St Magos (2nd century)
  • Megan (f) - St Margaret
  • Melanie (f) - St Melangell (Abbess in Wales)
  • Mia (f) - see Amelia or Maria
  • Mikayla (f) - Archangel Michael
  • Mila (f) - St Milica of Serbia
  • Milly (f) - St Emily of Caesarea (mother of St Basil the Great), St Mildred of Minster-in-Thanet
  • Morgan (f) - not yet completed

N

  • Naomi (f) - not yet completed
  • Natalie (f) - St Natalia
  • Nevaeh (f) - not yet completed
  • Neil, Nigel (m) - not yet completed
  • Nicole (f) - St Nicholas
  • Noel (m/f) - The Nativity of Christ
  • Nolan (m) - not yet completed
  • Nora (f) - St Helen

O

  • Oliver (m) - not yet completed
  • Olivia (f) - not yet completed
  • Oscar (m) - St Ansgar
  • Owen (m) - St Eugene of Trebizond

P

  • Paisley (f) - not yet completed
  • Parker (m) - not yet completed
  • Penelope (f) - St Penelope the Virgin Martyr (1 Sep)
  • Peyton, Payton (f) - not yet completed
  • Piper (f) - not yet completed

R

  • Riley (f) - not yet completed
  • Robert (m) - St Rupert of Salzburg
  • Roderick (m) - St Rodericus (one of the 48 Martyrs of Cordoba - March 13)
  • Roger (m) - St Roger (one of the 48 Martyrs of Cordoba - September 16)
  • Rowan (m) - St Ruadhán of Lorrha
  • Rowena (f) - St Ruadhán of Lorrha
  • Ruby (f) - not yet completed
  • Ryan (m) - not yet completed

S

  • Sadie (f) - Sarah, wife of Abraham; St [w:Sarah of the Desert|Sarah of the Desert]
  • Samantha (f) - Prophet Samuel
  • Sarah (f) - Sarah, wife of Abraham; St [w:Sarah of the Desert|Sarah of the Desert]
  • Savannah (f) - not yet completed
  • Scarlett, Scarlet (f) - not yet completed
  • Sean, Shaun (m) - St John
  • Serenity (f) - not yet completed
  • Skylar (f) - St Scholastica (sister of St Benedict)
  • Stella (f) - St Stylianos of Paphlagonia
  • Sydney (f) - not yet completed

T

  • Taylor (f) - not yet completed
  • Tiffany (f) - The Theophany of our Lord
  • Tristan (m) - not yet completed
  • Tyler (m) - not yet completed

V

W

  • Walter (m) - St Vladimir
  • William (m) - St William of Gellone
  • Winnie (f) - St Winifred of Wales
  • Wyatt (m) - see William

X

  • Xavier (m) - not yet completed

Z

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