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A '''baptismal name''' is a name given to a newly-baptised Orthodox Christian. For a lengthy time in the majority of Orthodox history, Orthodox Christians are have been given the names of Orthodox saints(e.g. Mary, John, Demetrios, Olga) or names that reference Biblical events (e.g. Evangelos, which is a reference to the Annunciation).
The following This article is a list of names who that have:* Orthodox saints, perhaps unexpectedly, attached to either the original name (e.g. Theophany for Tiffany) or to a diminutive (e.g. Gerald for Jerry), or* Orthodox saints whose names mean the same thing (e.g. St . Alban for Bianca [, since they both mean '"white'], "; or St . Maurice for Blake [, since they both mean '"black']")., or* If these are not available, a 'phonetic "closest match' " may be given, where the name sounds similar to a saint's name (e.g. St . Rumon for Raymond).
However, this is not designed to be a list for existing matchups which have no relation (e.g. Panayiotis for Peter).
 
:''nb. Different sections are being upgraded to indicate the reason that a saint's name was chosen. Where differentiation applies, the key will be included at the start of the letter.''
==A==
{{Baptismal names}}*Aaliyah (f) - ''see Alia''('''Diminutive''')*Aaron (m) - St Aaron the Priest ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]]- '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]*Abigail, Abby (f) - St [[w:Gobnait|Gobnait]] ([[February 11]]); Venerable Virgin-martyr Æbbe the Venerable Virgin-martyr Æbbe the Younger of Coldingham, Abbess of Coldingham Priory ([[April 2]]- '''Sound-alike''')*Adalyn, Adaline (f) - ''see Adele'' ('''Derivative''');*Adam (m) - ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])*- '''Saint''')*Addison (f) - ''see Madison''('''Diminutive''')*Adrian (m) - Saint [[Adrian]]*Adelaide (f) - St Adelaide of Rome; St Adelaide of Burgundy ([[December 16]]- '''Saint''')*Adele , Adela (f) - St Adela, Abbess of Pfalzel ([[December 24]]- '''Saint''')*Adrian (m) - St Adrian ([[August 26]])*Aimee (f) - ''see Amy'Saint''')*Alan, AllanAidan, Allen Aiden (m) - St Alan of Lavaur ([[November 25Aidan of Lindisfarne]]); St Elian of Cornwall ([[January 13]]'''Saint''')*Alexa Aimee (f) - ''see Alexis or AlexandraAmy'' ('''Diminutive''')*Alexandra (fAlan, Allan, Allen (m) - St Alexandra Alan of Lavaur ([[April 21November 25]]- '''Saint'''); Tsaritsa Alexandra St Elian of Cornwall ([[July 4January 13]]- '''Saint''')*Alexis Alana, Alaina (m/f) - St [[Alexios the Man of God|Alexis Man of God]] ''see Alan'' ('''Saint''')*Albert (m) - St [[March 17Albert]]); Tsarevich Alexei; ('''Saint'see also: [[Alexis (disambiguation)]]'')*Alia Alex (m/f) - St [[Elizabeth ''see Alexis, Alexandra or Alexander'' (disambiguation'''Diminutive''')|Elizabeth]]*Alice, Alicia, Alisha Alexa (f) - St Alexandra ''see Alexis or Alexandra'' ('''Diminutive''')*Alexander (m) - St [[April 21Alexander]]); Tsaritsa Alexandra ([[July 4]]'''Saint''')*Alison, Allison Alexandra (f) - St Alexandra ([[April 21]]- '''Saint'''); Tsaritsa Alexandra ([[July 4]])*Alvin (m) - - '''Saint'see Elvin''*Alyssa, Alissa (f) - ''see Alice''*Amanda Alexis (m/f) - St Amandus [[Alexios the Man of God|Alexis the Man of Elnon God]] ([[February 6March 17]]- '''Saint''') ; Tsarevich Alexei ('''Saint'''); ''see also: [[http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htmAlexis (disambiguation)]]'' ('''Saint''')*Amber Alia (f) - St [[Theotokos|Mary, the Mother of GodElizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] (''from 'AmberlosDiminutive', meaning 'vine'); or, St Ambelus in Sicily ([[November 20]]); St Ambelius of Milan ([[July 7Alexandra]]('''Diminiutive''', from Russian).*Amelia Alice, Alicia, Alisha (f) - St Alexandra ([[Emily|Emily of CaesareaApril 21]], mother of St Basil the Great.*Amy (f) - St Agapi (daughter of Sophia) ; Tsaritsa Alexandra ([[September 17[July 4]]) ('''Diminutive''')*Anekah Alison, Allison (f) - St Anacharius of Auxerre Alexandra ([[September 25April 21]]) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]*Angela ; Tsaritsa Alexandra (f) - [[Annunciation to the TheotokosJuly 4]] ) ([[March 25]]'''Diminutive'''); Synaxis of Bodiless Powers ([[November 8]])*Angus *Alvin (m) - St [[Angus of Keld]] ''see Elvin'' (''Óengus the Culdee, Óengus of Tallaght'Saint''') ([[March 11]])*Annabelle Alyssa, Alissa (f) - St Amabilis of Riome; St Amabilis of Rouen''see Alice'' ('''Diminutive''')*April Amanda (f) - ''closest is St Aprus Amandus of Toul Elnon ([[September 15February 6]])- '''Sound-alike''' ) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]*Aria Amber (f) - St Aria (''Cyriaca, Dominica'') of Rome ([[August 21Theotokos|Mary, the Mother of God]])*Arianna, Ariana (f) '''Sound- St [[walike meaning''':Ariadne of Phrygia|Ariadne of Phrygia]] 'Ambelos', meaning 'vine'); St Ambelus in Sicily ([[September 18November 20]])*Ariel (f) - ''not yet completed 'Sound- used as a form of Jerusalemalike meaning''': 'Ambelos'*Arnold (m) - , meaning 'vine'); St Arnold Ambelius of Milan (in Germany - [[July 87]])*Arthur (m) - ''closest is St Artemius or St [[Athanasius of Alexandria|Athanasius]]'Sound-alike meaning''': 'Ambelos', meaning 'vine')*Ash Amelia (m/f) - St [[Emily|Emily of Caesarea]], mother of St Basil the Great. (''closest is: see Asher'Diminutive''')*Asher Amy (mf) - Asher, son St Agapi (daughter of [[Jacob]] Sophia) ([[Sunday of the ForefathersSeptember 17]])- '''Meaning''')*Ashley Anastasia, Anastacia (m/f) - ''closest known is St Leah [[Anastasia the Roman]] ([[Sunday of the ForefathersOctober 29]])- '''Saint'''*Ava (f) - , St Ava of Dinant, Abbess in Belgium [[Anastasia the Deliverer from Potions]] ([[April 29December 22]]- '''Saint''')*Avery Andrew (fm) - St [[Alfred Apostle Andrew|St Andrew the GreatFirst-called Apostle]] ([[October 26]]'''Saint''')*Aubrey, Aubree Anekah (f) - St [[Alfred the Great]] Anacharius of Auxerre ([[October 26September 25]])*Audrey (f) - St Audrey (''or Etheldred'Sound-alike''') of Ely ([[June 23http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]]) *Austin, Austen Angela (mf) - St [[Augustine Synaxis of Canterbury]] Bodiless Powers ([[May 26November 8]]); St - '''Meaning'''); [[Augustine of HippoAnnunciation]] ([[August 28]])*Autumn (f) - or ''closest is St Autonomos ' ''Evangelismos'' ''') to the Theotokos ([[September 12March 25]])- '''Meaning'' [http://home.iprimus.com.au/xenos/autonomos.html]')*Avril Angus (fm) - ''see April''*Ayden (m) - St St [[[Aidan Angus of LindisfarneKeld]] ([[August 31''Óengus the Culdee, Óengus of Tallaght'') ([[March 11]]- '''Saint''')*Anna (f) - St [[Anna]], mother of the Theotokos ('''Saint''')*Annabelle (f) - St Amabilis of Riome ('''Sound-alike'''); St Amabilis of Rouen ('''Sound-alike''')*Anthony (m) - St [[Anthony]] ('''Saint''')*April (f) - St Aprus of Toul ([[September 15]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]*Archibald, Archie (m) - Saint Erconwald, Bishop of London ([[April 30]] - '''Saint''')*Aria (f) - St Aria of Rome ([[August 21]] - '''Saint''')*Arianna, Ariana (f) - St [[w:Ariadne of Phrygia|Ariadne of Phrygia]] ([[September 18]] - '''Saint''')*Ariel (f) - Martyr Arius ([[June 5]] - '''Sound-alike''') or Martyr Arrian ([[December 14]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_an_az.htm] <!-- Ariel is used as a form of Jerusalem -->*Arnold (m) - St Arnold ([[July 8]]) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]*Arthur (m) - St Artemius ('''Sound-alike'''); St [[Athanasius of Alexandria|Athanasius]] ('''Sound-alike''')*Arya (m/f) - St [[Eugene of Cherson|Eugene]] ([[March 7]] - '''Meaning''': noble)*Ash (m/f) - ''closest is: see Asher or Ashley'' ('''Sound-alike''')*Asher (m) - Asher, son of [[Jacob]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')*Ashley (m/f) - St Leah ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')*Ava (f) - St Ava of Dinant, Abbess in Belgium ([[April 29]] - '''Saint''')*Avery (f) - St [[Alfred the Great]] ([[October 26]]) ('''Diminutive''')*Aubrey, Aubree (f) - St Alberic of Stavelot-Malmédy ([[October 28]] - '''Saint'''); St Alberic of Utrecht ([[November 14]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]*Audrey (f) - St Audrey (''or Etheldred'') of Ely ([[June 23]] - '''Saint''')*Aurora (f) - St Aurora, martyr ([[July 4]] - '''Saint''')*Austin, Austen (m) - St [[Augustine of Canterbury]] ([[May 26]] - '''Saint'''); St [[Augustine of Hippo]] ([[August 28]] - '''Saint''')*Autumn (f) - St Autonomos ([[September 12]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://home.iprimus.com.au/xenos/autonomos.html]*Ava (f) - ''see Eve'' ('''Derivative''')*Avril (f) - ''see April'' ('''Saint''')*Ayden (m) - St [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]] ([[August 31]] - '''Saint''')*Azalea, Azelie (f) - St Adelaide ([[December 16]] - '''Derivative''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm], or, St Azarius, of the Three Holy Children ([[December 17]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_an_az.htm]
==B==
{{Baptismal names}}*Bailey (m) - ''closest is St Balin ([[September 7]])- '''Sound-alike''' ) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]*Barry (m) - Prophet Baruch ([[September 28]] - '''Saint'''); Saint Finbarr of Cork (''Barrocus, Barry''), ([[September 25]] - '''Saint'''); Saint Barrog (''Barruc''), ([[September 27]] - '''Saint''')*Beau (m) - St Kallistos of Constantinople (one on [[June 20]], the other on [[November 22]] - '''Meaning''': Beautiful)*Belinda (f) - St Berlinda (Anchoress , anchoress at Meerbeke - ([[February 3]]- '''Saint''')*Bella (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]]('''Diminutive''')*BessBenjamin, Beth, Betty Ben (fm) - St Righteous Benjamin, son of Jacob ([[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|ElizabethSunday of the Forefathers]]- '''Saint''')*Bentley (m) - St [[Panteleimon]] ([[July 27]]- '''Sound-alike''')*Bert (m) - ''see Albert''*Bertrand (m) - St Bertrand ([[June 30]]- '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]*Bess, Beth, Betty (f) - ''see Elizabeth''('''Diminutive''')*Bianca (f) - St [[Alban]], Protomartyr of Britain ([[June 22]]- '''Meaning''': white)*Blake (m) - St Maurice ([[December 27]]- '''Meaning''': black)*Bradley (m) - ''closest is St Bradon, venerated on the Isle of Man ([[October 20]]- '''Sound-alike'' ') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]*Braedon, Braydon (m) - St Bradon, venerated on the Isle of Man ([[October 20]]- '''Saint''')*Brandon Brandy (mf) - St [[Brendan the Navigator|]] ([[May 16]]) - '''Sound-alike''')*Brendan, Brendon (m) - St [[Brendan the Navigator]] ([[May 16]]- '''Saint''')*Brett (m) - St Brito (''or Britonius'') of Trier ([[May 5]]- '''Meaning''': a Briton) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]*Brian, Bryan (m) - St [[Eugene]] ('''Meaning''': noble); St Birinus of Dorchester('''Sound-alike''')*Brianna (f) - St Birinus of Dorchester('''Sound-alike''')*Brittany, Brittney, Britney (f) - St Brito (''or Britonius'') of Trier ([[May 5]]- '''Meaning''': a Briton) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]*Brody, Brodie (m) - ''closest is St [[Ambrose of Milan]]('''Sound-alike''')*Brooke (f) - ''closest is Prophet [[Baruch]]'' ([[September 28]]- '''Sound-alike''')*Brooklyn (f) - St Raphael of Brooklyn ([[February 27]]- '''Saint''' based on name of place)*Bryce, Bryson (m) - St Brice of Tours ([[November 13]]); St Brictius of Martola ([[July 9]]- '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]
==C==
{{baptismal names}}*Caden, Cayden (m) - ''see Aidan''('''Sound-alike''')*Cadence (f) - ''see Aidan'' ('''Sound-alike''')*Caleb (m) - St Elesbaan, King of Ethiopia ([[October 24]]) ('''Sound-alike''')*Callie (f) - ''see Charlotte'' ('''Diminutive of Derivative''')*Callum (m) - St [[Columba of Iona]]('''Saint''')*Caitlyn, Caitlin (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ([[November 25]]- '''Saint''')*Cameron (m) - St Camerinus, martyr under Diocletian ([[August 21]]) ('''Sound-alike''')*Camden (m) - ''closest is St Kanten of Lianganten ([[November 5]])- '''Sound-alike''' ) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]*Camilla, Camila (f) - St Camilla, anchoress in France ([[March 3]]- '''Saint''')*Candace, Candice, Candy (f) - St [[Candida]] ('''Sound-alike''')[http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_c.htm]*Carl (m) - ''see Charles''('''Diminutive''')*Carla (f) - ''see Charlotte''('''Diminutive''')*Caroline (f) - ''see Charlotte''('''Diminutive''')*Carson (m) - ''closest is St Caron'' ([[March 5]]- '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]*Carter (m) - ''closest: see Arthur''('''Sound-alike''')*Casey (m) - St Vigilius of Trent ([[June 26]]- '''Meaning''': vigilant) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]*Cassandra (f) - ''closest is St [[Kassiani the Hymnographer]]('''Sound-alike''')*Cecilia (f) - St Cecilia of Rome ([[November 22]]- '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]*Chad (m) - St [[Chad of Lichfield]]('''Saint''')*Chantal, Chantel - [[Apostle Peter]] ([[June 29]] - '''meaningMeaning''': stony)*Charity (f) - St Charity (''Agapi'' or ''Lyubov''), daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Saint''')*Charles , Charlie (m) - St [[Haralampus_of_Magnesia|Charalambos of Magnesia]] ('''Saint''closest is '); St Carloman (King of Austrasia and monk, [[August 17]])- '''Derivative''')*Charlotte , Charlie, Charley (f) - St [[Haralampus_of_Magnesia|Charalambos of Magnesia]] ('''Saint''closest is '); St Carloman (King of Austrasia and monk, [[August 17]])- '''Derivative''')*Chase (m) - ''closest is St [[John Cassian]] or ('''Sound-alike'''); St [[Chad of Lichfield]]('''Sound-alike'''); or, ''see Chaz''.*Chavez (m) - ''closest is St [[Savas]]('''Sound-alike''')*Chaz (m) - ''see Charles''*Chelsea (f) - ''closest is St Celsus of Rome ([[CelsusNovember 21]]- '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]*Cheryl (f) - St Love Charity (''Agapi'' or ''Lyubov''), daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]]- '''Meaning''': love)
*Chiarina (f) - ''see Claire''
*Chloe (f) - St Chloe, commemorated in ancient Corinth together with holy apostles Titus, Crispus and Justus (the Sunday between [[February 13]] and [[February 19]]- '''Saint''')*Christian (m) - St Christian of Auxerre ([[November 22]]- '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]*Christine, Christina (f) - St [[Christina of Tyre]]('''Saint''')*Christopher, Chris (m) - St [[Christopher of Lycia]] ('''Saint''')*Chryssa (f) - St [[Chrysanthus]] ([[March 19]]- '''Saint''')*Ciaran (m) - ''see Kieran''('''Saint''')*Claire, Clara, Clare (f) - St [[Photine of Samaria|Photini the Samaritan Woman]]('''Saint''')*Cody (m) - St Boethius ([[December 7]]- '''Meaning''': helpful) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stddec.htm]*Cole (m) - ''see Maurice ('''Meaning''': dark) or Colin ('''Sound-alike''')''*Colin, Collin (m) - St [[Nicholas of Myra|Nicholas]] ([[December 6]]- '''Saint''')*Colton (m) - ''closest is St [[Colman of Lindisfarne]]'' ([[February 18]]- '''Sound-alike''')*Connor (m) - ''closest is St Conran ([[February 14]]- '''Sound-alike''') or St Conogan ([[October 16]])- '''Sound-alike''')*Cooper (m) - ''closest is St [[Cyprian of Carthage|Cyprian]]('''Sound-alike''')*Cora (f) - St Coralia the Virginmartyr ([[September 1]] - '''Sound-alike''')*Corey (m) - St Corentinus of Quimper ([[December 12]]- '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]*Courtney (f) - ''see Curtis''('''Derivative''')
*Crystal, Chrystal (f) - Celebrated on [[December 25]] (from 'Chrystalla')
*Cruz (m) - [[Elevation of the Holy Cross]]('''Meaning''': Cross)*Curtis (m) - Apostle [[Quartus]] ([[November 10]] - '''soundSound-alike'''), St Curnutus of Iconium ([[September 12]] - '''soundSound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_c.htm]*Cynthia (f) - Greatmartyr Artemius at Antioch St Cyntianus of Seleucia ([[15 November]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St Cyntianus (or Cyntion), Hieromartyr & Bishop of Chalcedon ([[October 2029 April]]- '''Sound-alike''')[http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_c.htm]
==D==
{{Baptismal names}}*Daenerys (f) - St Nirras, Martyr ([[January 20]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_n.htm] or St [[Daniel]] ('''Sound-alike''')*Dane (m) - ''closest is St Ansgar, Enlightener of Denmark ([[February 3]]- '''Meaning''': Dane, Danish people); or, St Deiniol of Wales ([[September 11]]- '''Sound-alike''')*Daniel (m)- St [[Daniel]] ('''Saint''')*Danielle (f) - St [[Prophet Daniel]]('''Saint''')*Daphne (f) - Greek for laurel; [[Palm Sunday]], in remembrance of palms and laurels laid down for Jesus' entry into Jerusalem [http://www.greek-names.info/dafni-or-daphne/]*Daria (f) - St [[Daria]] ([[March 19]] - '''Saint'''closest is )*Darlene (f) - St Dymphna in Belgium [[Daria]] ([[May 15March 19]]- '''Sound-alike'''); St Darerca, sister of St Patrick ([[March 22]] - ''' Sound-alike''')[http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]*Daria Darren (m) - Prophet Aaron ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')*Darrell (fm) - St [[Daria]] ([[March 19]]- '''Sound-alike'''); St Darerca, sister of St Patrick ([[March 22]] - '''Sound-alike''')[http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]*Darren David (m) - St [[David (disambiguation)|David]] (''closest is Prophet Aaron'Saint''')*Darrell Dawn (mf) - ''not yet completedsee Aurora''('''Meaning''': dawn)*Deborah, Debra, Debbie (f) - St Deborah the Judge ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]]- '''Saint''')*Declan (m) - St Declan of Ardmore ([[w:Declán of Ardmore|Wikipedia]] - '''Saint''')*Dennis, Denis (m) - St [[Dionysius the Areopagite]] ([[October 3]]- '''Saint'''); (''see also: [[Dionysius (disambiguation)]]'').*Derek, Derrick (m) - St Theodoric of Mont d'Or ([[July 1]]- '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]*Devin (m) - St [[Cosmas and Damian|Damian]]('''Saint, Sound-alike''')*Diana (f) - ''closest is St [[Tatiana of Rome]]('''Sound-alike''')*Dirk, Dietrich (m) - ''see Derek''.('''Saint''')*Dolly (f) - ''see Dorothy'' ('''Diminutive''')*Dominic (m) - Hieromartyr Cyriacus (''Kyriakos''), Bishop of Jerusalem ([[October 18]]- '''Meaning''': Lord); St Kyriakos (''Cyriacus the Anchorite'') ([[September 29]]- '''Meaning''': Lord).*Donald (m) - St [[Donald of Ogilvy]] ([[July 15]]- '''Saint''')*Donna (f) - [[Mary]] the Mother of God('''Meaning''': 'Madonna', meaning 'My Lady'); ''sometimes: see Donald''('''Diminutive''').*Dorothy, Dora , Doreen, Doris (f) - ''Dorothy'' - St Dorothea of Caesarea ([[February 6]]); *Doreen (f) - ''Dorothy'Saint' - St Dorothea of Caesarea (February 6); *Doris (f) - ''Dorothy'' - St Dorothea of Caesarea (February 6); *Dustin Douglas, Doug (m) - ''closest is St Daganus ([[Dunstan of CanterburyAugust 18]]- '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]*Douglas, Doug Drogo (m) - ''closest is St Daig Drogo, ascetic ([[August 18April 2]])- '''Saint''' ) [http://orthodoxenglandwww.orgchristopherklitou.ukcom/saintsdwhen_is_my_nameday_d.htm]*Dustin (m) - St [[Dunstan of Canterbury]] ('''Sound-alike''')*Dylan, Dillon (m/f) - St Teilo Dillon of Llandaff ([[February 9]]- '''Saint''')[http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]
==E==
{{Baptismal names}}*Easton (m) - ''closest is St Eosterwine of Wearmouth'' ([[March 7]]- '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintse.htm]*Edward (m) - St [[Edward the Martyr|Edward the Passion-Bearer of England]] ([[March 18]]- '''Saint''')*Eli Edwin (m) - St Edwen, Patron saint of Llanedwen in Anglesey in Wales ([[Prophet ElijahNovember 6]]*Ella- '''Saint'''); St Edwin, Ellie King of Northumbria in England (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|ElizabethOctober 12]]*Elsa, Elsie (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation'''Saint''')|Elizabeth]]*Eileen (f) - St [[Helen]] ([[May 21]]- '''Saint'''); [[Helen of Caernarfon]] ([[May 22]]- '''Saint''')*Elaine , Eleanor, Elena (f) - St [[Helen]] ([[May 21]] - '''Saint'''); [[Helen of Caernarfon]] ([[May 22]] - '''Saint''')*Eleanor Electra (f) - ''see Amber'' ('''Meaning''': direct translation)*Eliana (f) - St [[HelenProphet Elijah]] ('''Saint''')*Elijah, Eli (m) - [[Prophet Elijah]] (May 21'''Saint''')*Elizabeth (f); - St [[Helen of CaernarfonElizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] (May 22'''Saint''')*Electra Ella, Ellie (f) - ''see AmberElizabeth'' ('''Diminutive'')*Elliot, Elliott (m) - ''see Elijah'' ('''Derivative of Saint''')*Elsa, Elsie (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Diminutive''')*Elvin (m) - St Elwin of Cornwall ([[February 22]]- '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintse.htm]*Elvis (m) - St [[Ailbe of Emly]]('''Saint''')*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]]'''Saint''')*Emma (f) - St Imma of Karlburg ([[November 25]]- '''Saint''')*Eric, Erik (m) - St [[Erc of Slane]]('''Saint''')*Erica, Erika (f) - ''see Eric''('''Saint''', feminine form)*Ericson (m) - ''see Eric''('''Derivative''')*Erin (f) - ''closest is St Patrick, patron saint of Ireland('''Meaning'''); or, St [[Irene of Thessaloniki]]('''Sound-alike''')*Estelle (f) - ''see Stella'' ('''Derivative''')*Ethan (m) - Ethan, great-grandson of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]]- '''Saint''')*Eugene (m) - St [[Eugene of Cherson|Eugene]]*Eva (f) - Eve the First-Formed ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]]- '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]*Evan (m) - St [[John]]('''Derivative of Saint'''); St Evan of Ayrshire ([[August 18]]- '''Saint''')*Evelyn (f) - ''closest is St Abel ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])- '''Sound-alike''')
==F==
{{Baptismal names}}
*Faith (f) - St [[Faith]], daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Saint'''); St. Faith (''Foi, Foy''), a holy virgin-martyr burnt to death in France ([[October 6]] - '''Saint''')*Finn (m) - ''see Alban'' ('''Meaning''': fair, white)
*Flynn (m) - St Flannan of Killaloe ([[December 18]] - '''Saint''')
*Frances (f) - ''see Frank''
*Francis (m) - ''see Frank''
*Frank (m) - St Francoveus (Franchy), an ascetic ([[May 16]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_f.htm]
*Frederick, Fred (m) - St Frederick of Utrecht ([[July 18]] - '''Saint''')
==G==
{{Baptismal names}}*Gabriel (m) - St [[Gabriel]] ('''Saint''')*Gabrielle , Gabriella (f) - St [[Archangel Gabriel]]('''Saint''')*Gail (f) - ''see Abigail''('''Diminutive''')*Gavin (m) - St Gavinus, Protomartyr of Sardinia ([[May 30]]- '''Sound-alike''')*Garrett (m) - ''see Gerald''('''Diminutive''')*Gemma (f) - St Gemma in Gurk, Austria ([[June 29]] - '''Saint''')*Genesis (f) - ''closest is the [[Nativity|Nativity of Christ]] or the [[Nativity of the Theotokos]]''('''Meaning''')*Genevieve (f) - St Geneviève of Paris ([[January 3]] - '''Saint''')*Geoffrey, Geoff (m) - St Geoffrey, Abbot of Wearmouth('''Saint''')*Geordie (m) - St [[George]] the Trophy-Bearer ('''Diminutive''')*George (m) - St [[George]] the Trophy-Bearer ('''Saint''')*Gerald, Gerry (m) - St Gerald, Bishop of Mayo('''Saint''')*Gertrude (f) - St Gertrude of Nivelles ([[March 17]] - '''Saint'''); St Gertrude of Remiremont ([[November 7]] - '''Saint'''); St Gertrude the Elder ([[December 6]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsg.htm]*Gianna (f) - St [[John]]('''Saint''')*Gilbert (m) - St Agilbert of Jouarre('''Sound-alike''')*Gilles (m) - St Aegidius of Nîmes ([[September 1]] - '''Saint''')*Gillian (f) - ''see Jillian''*Giselle (f) - St Gezelin (or Ghislain, Gisle or Joscelin), an Ascetic ([[August 6]] - '''Sound-alike'''); the Righteous Jesse ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')*Gina (f) - ''see Regina''('''Diminutive''')*Giovanna (f) - ''see Gianna'' ('''Diminutive''')*Gloria (f) - '''as yet unknown'''*Grace (f) - St Grace of Cornwall ([[July 5]] - '''Saint''') [https://celticsaints.org/2010/0705d.html]; St Engratia of Saragossa ([[March 13]] - '''Meaning''') [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engratia]; St Charis ([[January 28]]- '''Meaning''')[https://easternchristiansupply.biz/index.php/ecs/catalog/product/view/id/2618/s/the-great-synaxaristes-of-the-orthodox-churchxf-january/category/152]*Grayson (m) - St Villicus of Metz ([[April 17]]- '''Meaning''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]*Gwen, Gwendoline (f) - St Gwen Teirborn of Britain('''Saint''')
==H==
{{Baptismal names}}
*Hadrian (m) - St [[Adrian]] ('''Saint''')
*Hailey, Hailee (f) - ''see Hayley'' ('''Derivative''')
*Hanalei (m/f) - ''see Henry'' ('''Sound-alike''')
*Hank (m) - St [[John]]('''Derivative''', from 'Hankin'); or , ''see Henry''('''Diminutive''').*Hannah (f) - St Anna, mother of the Theotokos; St Hannah, mother of the Prophet Samuel ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]]- '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]*Harlow (f) - '''as yet unknown'''*Harper (f) - ''closest is St David the Prophet & King'' ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]]- '''Meaning''': Harp-player)*Harrison (m) - ''see Harry'' ('''Derivative'''). Or, St [[Hariton]] ([[September 28]] - '''Sound-alike''')*Harry (m) - ''see Henry '' ('''Derivative'''); or , ''see Harold''('''Diminutive''')*Haydon (m) - St [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]]('''Sound-alike''')*Hayley, Hailey, Haylee (f) - ''closest: see Leah''('''Sound-alike''')*Heather (f) - ''closest is St Ethelburgh'' ([[September 8]]- '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintse.htm]*Helen (f) - St [[Helen]] ([[May 21]] - '''Saint'''); [[Helen of Caernarfon]] ([[May 22]] - '''Saint''')*Henry (m) - St Henry of Saint-Germain d'Auxerre ([[June 24]]- '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsh.htm]*Heidi (f) - ''see Adelaide''('''Diminutive''')*Hilda (f) - St [[Hilda of Whitby]] ('''Saint''')*Holly (f) - [[Holy Cross]] ([[September 14]] - '''Sound-alike'''); or, St Hellius the Martyr ([[July 14]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_h.htm]; or, St Olive the Virgin-Martyr ([[June 10]] - '''Sound-alike'not yet completed'')*Hope (f) - St Hope (, daughter of St Sophia([[September 17]] - '''Saint''')*Hudson (m) - ''see Hugh or Richard''('''Diminutive''', via 'Hudde')*Hugh (m) - St Hugh of Rouen ([[Apr April 9]]- '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsh.htm]*Hunter (m) - ''closest is St Gunthiern in Brittany ([[July 3]])- '''Sound-alike''' ) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsg.htm]
==I==
{{Baptismal names}}
*Ian (m) - St [[John]] ('''Saint''')
*Ida (f) - St Ita ([[January 15]] - '''Saint''')*Indigo (f) - St [[Porphyrios (disambiguation)|Prophyrios]] ('''Meaning''': colour (indigo is similar to purple))*Isa (f) - ''see Isabel'' ('''Diminutive''')*Isaac (m) - St [[Isaac]] ('''Saint''')*Isabel, Isabella , Isabelle (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Saint''')*Isaiah (m) - Prophet [[Isaiah]] ('''Saint''')
==J==
{{Baptismal names}}*Jace, Jase (m) - ''see Jason''('''Diminutive''')*Jack (m) - St Iakovos[[John]] ('''Diminutive'''); or, St Jacob; (''see also: [[Jacob '' (disambiguation)]]'''Sound-alike''')*Jackson, Jaxon, Jaxson (m) - ''see Jack''('''Derivative''')*Jacob, Jake (m) - St Jacob (Son of Isaac - [[Sunday of the Forefathers]]- '''Saint'''), St [[Jacob Netsvetov]]('''Saint''')*Jacqueline (f) - St [[Jacob (disambiguation)|Jacob]] or St [[Apostle James the Just|James]]('''Derivative''')*Jade (f) - ''closest is St. Jader (Iader) of Sigum, Bishop in Numidia ([[September 10]])- '''Sound-alike''')*Jaira (f) - St [[Lucy of Syracuse]] (''also 'Meaning''': He shines/God enlightens)*Jairos, Jairus (m) - St [[Lucy of Syracuse]] ('''Meaning''': He shines/Jairus God enlightens)*James (m)- St [[James]] ('''Saint''')*Jamie (m/f) - ''see [[Apostle James the Just|James]]''('''Derivative''')*Jan, Jane (f) - St Joanna('''Diminutive''')*Janet (f) - St Joanna('''Diminutive''')*Janice (f) - St Joanna('''Diminutive''')*Jared (m) - ([[Sunday of the ForefathersFathers]]- '''Saint''')*Jason (m) - St [[Jason]]('''Saint''')*Jasmine (f) - St Jasimus, Ascetic & Wonderworker ([[February 4]] - '''Sound-alike'closest: see Jesse'')*Javana (f) - ''see Giovanna'' ('''Sound-alike''')*Jay , Jayce (m) - ''see James or Jason''('''Diminutive''')*Jayden, Jaydon (m) - ''closest is St. Jader (Iader) of Sigum, Bishop in Numidia ([[September 10]])- '''Sound-alike''')*Jeff, Jeffrey (m) - ''see Geoffrey''('''Derivative''')*Jenna (f) - ''see Jenny''('''Derivative''')*Jennifer (f) - St Genevieve of Paris ([[January 3]]); St Winifred of Wales ([[November 3]]- '''Sound-alike''')*Jenny (f) - St Joanna''see Jane'' ('''Diminutive'''); or, ''see Jennifer'' ('''Diminutive''')*Jeoire (m) - St [[George]] ([[April 23]]- '''Derivative''' from French)*Jeremiah, Jeremy (m) - Prophet [[Jeremiah]] ([[May 1]] - '''Saint''')*Jerica (f) - St [[Gertrude of Nivelles]] ([[March 17]]- '''Derivative''')*Jerome (m) - St [[Jerome]] of Stridon*Jerry (m) - ''see Gerald''('''Derivative''')*Jesse (m) - St Jesse, son of Obed ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]]- '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]*Jessie (f) - St [[Joanna]]('''Saint'''); St Jesse, son of Obed ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]]- '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]*Jessica (f) - ''closest: see Jessie''('''Sound-alike''')*Jillian (f) - St [[w:Julian of Antioch|Julian]]*Jo, Joan, Joanna, Joanne (f) - St [[John (disambiguation)|John]]*Jonathan('''Derivative''', Jonty (mfeminine form) - [[Sunday of the Forefathers]], or St [[Theodore]]*Jocelyn, Joselyn (f) - ''closest is St Judocus (Josse) of Brittany ([[December 13]]- '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsj.htm]*Jodie (f) - ''see Judith''('''Diminutive''')*Joe, (m) - ''see Joseph '' ('''Diminutive''')*Joel (m) - [[Prophet Joel]] ('''Saint''')*John (m) - St [[Joseph the BetrothedJohn (disambiguation)|JosephJohn]] ('''Saint''')*Jonathan, Jonty (m) - Jonathan, son of Saul [[Sunday of the Forefathers]])*Joel (m'''Saint''') - , or St [[Prophet JoelTheodore]]('''Meaning''': God has given)*Jordan , Jordana (m/f) - The [[Theophany of Christ]]('''Derivative''', name of river)*Josephine Joseph (fm) - St [[Joseph the Betrothed|Joseph]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]]- '''Saint''')*Joost Josephine (mf) - St [[Judoc Joseph the Betrothed|Joseph]] ([[Sunday of Brittanythe Forefathers]]- '''Saint''')*Jordan, Jordana Joost (m/f) - The St [[TheophanyJudoc of Brittany]] of Christ('''Saint''')*Joshua, Josh (m) - St Joshua the son of Nun ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]]- '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]*Josiah (m) - [[Prophet Josiah]] ([[October 17]] - '''Saint'''); St Josiah of Cordoba ([[August 27]] - '''Saint'''); King Josiah ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')*Joyce (m/f) - St [[Judoc of Brittany]] ('''Saint''')*Juno (f) - St Junia, Apostle of the 70 ([[May 17]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_j.htm]*Judith, Judy (f) - St Judith, slayer of Holofernes ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]]- '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]; St [[Apostle Jude|Jude the Apostle]]('''Saint''')*Julia, Julie (f) - St Julia of Corsica ([[July 16]]- '''Saint'''), St Julia of Troyes ([[July 21]]- '''Saint'''), or St Julia of Mérida ([[December 10]]- '''Saint'''). [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsj.htm]*Julian (m) - St Julian of Homs ([[February 6]] - '''Saint'''); St Julian of Antioch ([[June 21]] - '''Saint''')
==K==
{{Baptismal names}}*Kaelyn (f) - ''see Kay'' ('''diminutive''')*Kai (m) - St ''see Kay in England '' ('''Saint''')*Kaiden (m) - ''see Kayden'' ([[November 5]]'''Derivative''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]*Kaitlyn (f) - ''see Caitlyn''('''Saint''')*Kallum (m) - ''see Callum''('''Saint''')*Karen (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]]('''Diminutive''')*Kateri (f) - ''see Katherine''*Katherine, Kathryn (f) - ''see Catherine''('''Saint''')*Kathleen (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]]('''Saint''')*Kay, Kayla, Kaylee, Kaylyn, Kaylynn (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Diminutive'''); St Kay in England ([[November 5]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]*Kayden, Kaiden (m) - ''see Aidan''('''Saint''')*Kayse (f) - ''see Casey''('''Saint''')*Keira (f) - St Kiara ([[January 5]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_k.htm]*Keith (m) - [[Elevation of the Holy Cross]]('''Meaning''': Wood); or, St [[Nikifor]] ('''Sound-alike''')*Kelly (f) - St Ceallach of Killala ([[May 1]]- '''Diminutive'''); St Caellainn in Ireland ([[February 3]] - '''Sound-alike''')*Kelsey (m/f) - ''closest is St Celsus of Rome ([[November 21]])- '''Sound-alike''' ) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]*Ken, Kenneth (m) - St Kenneth of Wales ([[August 1]]- '''Saint'''); St [[w:Cainnech of Aghaboe|Cainnech of Aghaboe]] ([[October 11]]- '''Saint''')*Kennedy (f) - ''closest: see Kenneth''('''Sound-alike''')*Kerrian (m/f) - St. [[w:Saint Piran|Piran of Cornwall]] ([[March 5]] - '''Diminutive'''), who in turn has been identified as the Irish saint [[w:Ciarán of Saigir|Ciarán of Saigir]] (also [[March 5]])*Kevin (m) - St [[Kevin of Glendalough]] ('''Saint''')*Khaleesi (f) - St Kali the Ascetic ([[May 22]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]*Khloe (f) - ''see Chloe''('''Saint''')*Kieran, Kyran, Kiaran (m) - St. [[w:Ciarán of Saigir|Ciarán of Saigir]] (''Ciarán the Elder'', [[March 5]] - '''Saint'''); St [[Kieran of Clonmacnoise]] ([[September 9]]- '''Saint''')*Kimberley, Kimberly, Kim (f) - St Cyneburgh, abbess in Northamptonshire ([[March 6]]- '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]*Kittie (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]]('''Diminutive''')*Kristen (f) - ''see Christina''('''Diminutive''')*Kruze (m) - ''see Cruz''('''Saint''')*Krystal (f) - Celebrated on [[December 25]] (from '''Sound-alike''': 'Chrystalla')*Kyle (m) - ''closest is St Kilian, abbot of Inishcaltra island, Ireland ([[July 29]])- '''Sound-alike''' ) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]*Kylie (f) - ''closest is St Kilian, abbot of Inishcaltra island, Ireland ([[July 29]])- '''Sound-alike''' ) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]*Kyra (f) - St Kyra, an ascetic ([[February 28]] - '''Saint'''); St Kyra Obolenskaya ([[December 4]] - '''Saint'''), new-martyr; St Kyra, a virgin ([[June 6]] - '''Saint''')*Kyrion (m) - Martyr Kyrion (''Cyrion, Quirio'') of the Holy 40 Martyrs of Sebaste ([[March 9]])
==L==
{{baptismal names}}*Landon Lance (m) - ''closest is 'as yet unknown'''*Landon (m) - St Landericus of Soignies ([[April 17]])- '''Sound-alike''' ) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]*Larry (m) - St ''see Laurence of Canterbury '' ([[February 2]]'''Diminutive''')*Laura (f) - St Laura of Cordoba, martyred in Spain by the Moors ([[October 19]] - '''Saint'''); or, St [[Laurus]] ([[August 18]]).*Lauren (f) - St [[Laurence]]('''Saint''')*Laurence (m) - St [[Laurence]] ('''Saint''')*Layla (f) - ''closest is St Lelia ([[August 11]])- '''Sound-alike''' ) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]*Leah, Lia (f) - St Leah, the wife of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]]- '''Saint'''); St Lea, ascetic in Rome ([[March 22]]- '''Saint''')*Lee (m) - ''see Leah'' ('''Sound-alike''')*Levi (m) - [[Apostle Matthew]] ('''Saint''')*Leo (m) - St [[Leo the Great]] ([[February 18]] - '''Saint''')*Leon (m) - ''see Leo''*Leonard (m) - St [[Leonid of Optina]]; St Leonard of Avranches ([[March 4]]- '''Saint'''), of Vandoeuvre ([[October 15]]- '''Saint''') or of Noblac ([[November 6]]) (- '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]; *Leslie (m/f) - ''closest is St Lelia in Limerick ([[August 11]])- '''Sound-alike''' ) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]*Lia (f) - ''see Leah'' ('''Saint''')*Liam (m) - ''see William''('''Diminutive''')*Lila (f) - St Lelia ([[August 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]*Liliana (f) - ''see Elizabeth; or, see Lily'' ('''Diminutive''')*Lillian (f) - ''see Elizabeth; or, see Lily''('''Diminutive''')*Lily (f) - St Lelia ([[August 11]]- '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]*Lincoln (m) - All Saints of Lincolnshire ('''Meaning''': named for location) [http://www.allsaintslincs.org.uk/event-reader/events/patronal-festival-liturgy.html]*Linda (f) - ''closest is St [[Linus]] of Rome('''Sound-alike''')*Lindsey (f) - ''see Lincoln'' ('''Derivative'''); or, ''see Linda''('''Sound-alike''')*Link (m) - ''see Lincoln'' ('''Diminutive''')*Lisa (f) - ''see Elizabeth''('''Diminutive''')*Logan (m) - ''closest is St [[Longin the Centurion]] ([[October 16]])- '''Sound-alike''')*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('''Meaning''': named for location)*Lorna (f) - St Loarn, disciple of St Patrick ([[August 30]]- '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]*Lorraine (f) - ''see Laura'' ('''Sound-alike''')*Louis, Luis (m) - St Ludwin of Trier ([[September 29]]- '''Derivative''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]; or St Lewina of Seaford ([[July 24]]) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]*Louise, Lou (f) - St Ludwin of Trier ([[September 29]] - '''Derivative''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]; or St Lewina of Seaford ([[July 24]]) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]*Lucas (m) - [[Apostle Luke]] ('''Saint''')*Lucy (f) - St [[Lucy of Syracuse]] ([[December 13]]- '''Saint''')*Luke (m) - [[Apostle Luke]] ('''Saint''')*Lydia (f) - St [[Lydia of Thyatira|Lydia of Phillipi]] ([[May 20]]- '''Saint''')*Lynn (f) - [[Theophany]] (''see Linda'Meaning''': lake); or, closest is [[Theophany]]''see Linda'' ('''Diminutive''')
==M==
{{baptismal names}}*Mabel (f) - St Amabilis of Riome([[November 1]] - '''Derivative'''), St Amabilis of Rouen([[July 11]] - '''Derivative''')*Mackenzie (f) - St Kenneth of Wales ([[August 1]]- '''Derivative''': son of Kenneth); St [[w:Cainnech of Aghaboe|Cainnech of Aghaboe]] ([[October 11]]- '''Derivative''': son of Kenneth)*Madelyn, Madeleine, Madeline (f) - St [[Mary Magdalene]] ([[July 22]]- '''Derivative''')*Madison (f) - St Maud ([[March 14]]- '''Derivative''': son of Maud) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]*Maggie (f) - St [[Marina]] ('''Saint''')*Makayla (f) - ''see Michaela'' ('''Derivative''')
*Malcolm (m) - St [[Columba of Iona]] ([[June 9]])
*Marcia (f) - St Marcia, martyred under Diocletian ([[July 2]]- '''Saint''')*Margaret (f) - St [[Marina]] ('''Saint''')*Marlow (f) - St [[Mary Magdalene]] ('''Sound-alike of Derivative''')*Maria, Mariah (f) - [[Mary]]('''Saint'''); St Mariah the sister of Moses ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]]- '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]; St [[Maria (Skobtsova) | Maria of Paris]] ([[July 20]])
*Marisa, Marissa (f) - ''see [[Theotokos|Mary]]; or, see Louis''
*Marshall (m) - St Martial, bishop of Lomoges ([[June 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.htm?year=2017&today=9&month=10&trp=0] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Martial]; St Servatus of Tongres ([[May 13]] - '''Meaning''': servant) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]*Martin (m) - St [[Martin of Tours]] ([[November 11]]- '''Saint''')*Martina, Martine (f) - St [[Martin of Tours]] ([[November 11]]- '''Saint''')*Mary (f) - [[Mary]] ('''Saint''')*Mason (m) - St Maysimus the Ascetic and Syrian ([[January 23]] - '''Sound-alike''')*Matthew (m) - [[Apostle Matthew]] ('''Saint''')*Max (m) - St [[Maximos the Confessor]] ('''Saint''')*Maximilian (m) - St Maximilian, one of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus ([[October 22]] - '''Saint''')[https://oca.org/saints/lives/2017/10/22/103024-st-maximilian-one-of-the-seven-sleepers-of-ephesus]*Maxwell (m) - St Magnus the founder of the Füssen monastery ([[September 6]] - '''Derivative''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]*Maya (f) - St Magos (2nd century) ([[May 31]]- '''Sound-alike''')*Megan (f) - St [[Marina of Antioch|Margaret]]('''Saint''')*Mehmet (m) - St [[Demetrios the Neomartyr]] ([[April 14]] - '''see Life''')*Melanie (f) - St Melangell Melania the Ascetic & Elder ([[June 8]] - '''Saint'''); St Melania (Abbess in WalesMelanie) of Rome, Ascetic ([[December 31]] - '''Saint''')*Melina (f) - ''see Melissa'' ('''Derivative'''), or, ''see Milena'' ('''Sound-alike''')*Melinda (f) - St Ermelindis, hermitess ([[October 29]]- '''Sound-alike'''); or, ''see Melissa or Melania'' ('''Derivative''')*Melissa, Milena (f) - St Melissinus the Martyr ([[March 6]] - ''closest is: see Melinda'Sound-alike''')
*Merissa (f) - ''see Marissa''
*Mhairi, Mhaire (f) - ''see Mary'' ('''Derivative of Saint''')*Mia (f) - ''see Amelia Maria'' ('''Diminutive''')*Micah (m) - Prophet [[Micah]] ('''Saint'''); or Maria, St [[Micah of Radonezh]] ([[May 6]] - '''Saint''')*Michael (m) - ''[[Archangel Michael]] ([[November 8]] - '''Saint''')*Michelle Michaela, Mikayla (f) - [[Archangel Michael]]([[November 8]] - '''Derivative of Saint''')*Mikayla Michelle (f) - [[Archangel Michael]] ([[November 8]]- '''Saint''')*Mila (f) - St Milica of Serbia('''Derivative of Saint''' - ''pronounced Mίlitsa'')*Milena (f) - ''see Melissa'' ('''Derivative''')*Miles (m) - St Milo, hermit at Fontenelle ([[August 18]] - ''Saint'') or St Miles (''or Milos''), Bishop and Hieromartyr ([[10 November]] - ''Saint'') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_m.htm]*Milly (f) - St [[Emily|Emily of Caesarea]], mother of St Basil the Great ([[January 1]] or [[May 30]]- '''Diminutive'''); St Mildred of Minster-in-Thanet ([[July 13]]- '''Diminutive''')*Mitchell (m) - ''see Michael''('''Derivative''')*Molly (f) - [[''see Mary]]'' ('''Diminutive''')*Monica, Monique (f) - St [[Monica of Hippo]], mother of St Augustine.('''Saint''')*Morgan Monroe (f) - St Mun, Bishop & Ascetic on island in Lough Ree, Ireland ([[February 6]] - '''Sound-alike'''closest is )*Morgan (f) - St Maughold ([[December 28]]- '''Sound-alike'''), St Modan ([[February 4]]- '''Sound-alike''') or St Morwenna ([[July 8]])- '''Sound-alike''' ) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]*Mohammed, Muhammed, Muhammad (m) - St [[Demetrios the Neomartyr]] ([[April 14]] - '''see Life''')
==N==
{{Baptismal names}}*Nadine , Nadia, Nadya (f) - St Hope (, daughter of St Sophia, ([[September 17]]- '''Saint''': Nadezhda)*Naomi (f) - ''closest is [[Prophet Naum]] ([[December 1]])- '''Sound-alike''')*Natalie (f) - St [[Adrian and Natalia|Natalia]]('''Saint''')*Nathan (m) - Prophet Nathan ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]]- '''Saint''')*Nathaniel (m) - [[Apostle Bartholomew]] (aka Nathaniel) ('''Saint''')*Nevaeh (f) - St Ourania of the Forty Virgin-martyrs in Thrace ([[September 1]]- '''Meaning''': 'heaven' in reverse)*Neil, Nigel (m) - St [[Nilus of Sora|Nil]] ([[May 7]]- '''Saint''')*Ngaire (f) - St Nereus ([[May 12]]- '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsn.htm]*Nicholas (m) - St [[Nicholas of Myra]] ([[December 6]] - '''Saint''')*Nicole (f) - St [[Nicholas of Myra]] ([[December 6]]- '''Saint''')*Noah (m) - Righteous [[Noah]] ('''Saint''')*Noel (m/f) - The [[Nativity]] of Christ('''Meaning''': Christmas)*Nolan (m) - St [[Eugene of Cherson|Eugene]] (''based on meaning'' - [[March 7]]), - '''Meaning'''or (based on sound: noble) ; St Paulinus of Nola('''Sound-alike''' of placename), St Felix of Nola('''Sound-alike''' of placename), St Maximus of Nola('''Sound-alike''' of placename), St Arnold('''Sound-alike'''), Maginold('''Sound-alike'''), Reinold.('''Sound-alike''').*Nora (f) - St [[Helen]]('''Diminutive''': Elanora)
==O==
{{Baptismal names}}
*Paige (f) - St Pega of England ([[January 8]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsp.htm]
*Paisley (f) - St [[Basil the Great]] ('''Meaning (''': Paisley -> Basilica)''')
*Parker (m) - St Phylax ([[August 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_p.htm]
*Patricia (f) - St [[Patrick of Ireland]] ('''Saint''')
*Phoenix (m/f) - St [[Felix of Byzantium|Felix]] ('''Sound-alike''')
*Piper (f) - St Piperion ([[March 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_p.htm]
*Poppy (f) - St Poppo, Abbot of Stavelot-Malmédy in Belgium ([[January 25]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_p.htm]
==Q==
==R==
{{Baptismal names}}*Rachel (f) - St Rachel, wife of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]]- '''Saint''')*Raine, Rain (f) - ''see Regina ('''Meaning''': queen)*Ralph (m) - St Ralph of Bourges ([[June 21]]- '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]*Raymond (m) - ''closest is St Rumon ([[August 30]])- '''Sound-alike''' ) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]; St Ebremund, Founder & Abbot of Fontenay-Louvet near Séez ([[June 10]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_e.htm]; St [[Ammon]] ('''Sound-alike'''); St Amon of Toul ([[October 23]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_e.htm]*Reagan, Regan (f) - St Reginus, Bishop of Skopel (February 25 - '''Sound-alike'''); St Reginus, Martyr of Cyprus (August 20 - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_r.htm]*Rebecca (f) - St Rebecca, wife of Isaac ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]]- '''Saint''')*Regina (f) - [[Theotokos|Mary, the Mother of God]]('''Meaning''': Queen); or, St Regina of Autun ([[September 7]]- '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]*Reginald (m) - [[Theotokos|Mary, the Mother of God]]('''Meaning''': Queen).*Richard (m) - St Richard ([[February 7]]- '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]*Rider (m) - ''see Ryder''('''Saint''')*Rihanna (f) - St Basil the Great ('''Meaning''': basil), or St [[Anna]] ('''Sound-alike''')*Riley, Ryley (m/f) - ''closest is St Reineldis ([[July 16]])- '''Sound-alike''' ) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]*River (m) - [[Theophany]] ('''Meaning''': link between River and the River Jordan)*Robert (m) - ''see Rupert''('''Saint''')*Robin (f) - St [[Photini]] ('''Meaning''': bright, shining)*Roderick, Rod (m) - St Rodericus, one of the 48 Martyrs of Cordoba ([[March 13]]- '''Saint''')*Roger (m) - St Roger, one of the 48 Martyrs of Cordoba ([[September 16]]- '''Saint''')*Ronald (m) - St Reinold, martyr at Pantaleon Monastery in Germany ([[January 7]]- '''Saint''')*Rosa, Rose, Rosy, Rosita (f) - ''closest is St Rosendo Triantafyllos ([[March 1August 8]])- '''Meaning''' ) [http://orthodoxenglandwww.greek-names.orginfo/triantafyllos/]; St.ukRose of Sardinia ('''Saint''') [https://saintsrwww.flickr.htmcom/photos/rublevpupil/494434905/]*Rosemary (f) - ''see Mary, or, see Rose''('''Saint''')*Rowan (m) - St Ruadhán of Lorrha ([[April 15]]- '''Sound-alike''')*Rowena (f) - St Ruadhán of Lorrha ([[April 15]]- '''Sound-alike''')*Roxana, Roxanne, Roxy (f) - St [[Photine of Samaria]] , or, ''see Aurora'' (same meaning'''Meaning''': Bright or Dawn)*Ruby (f) - ''closest is St Maelrubius ([[April 21]])- '''Sound-alike''' ) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]*Rupert (m) - St [[w:Rupert of Salzburg|Rupert of Salzburg]] ([[March 27]]- '''Saint''')*Ruth (f) - ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]]- '''Saint''')*Ryan (m) - St Rhian, abbot ([[March 8]]- '''Sound-alike'''); or, Emmanuel (being a translation referring to the infant Christ - '''Meaning''').*Ryder (m) - [[Synaxis of the Bodiless Powers]] ([[November 8]] - same meaning'''Meaning''': messenger); or, St Ruadan of Lothra ([[April 15]]- '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm], St Ida of Nivelles ([[May 8]]- '''Sound-alike'''), St Idea of Herzfeld ([[September 4]]- '''Sound-alike''') or St Idus of Alt-Fadha in Leinster ([[July 14]]) (similar sound- '''Sound-alike''').
==S==
{{Baptismal names}}*Sadie Sabrina (abbreviated: Saba, Sabi) (f) - St [[SarahSabbas the Sanctified]], wife of Abraham ([[Sunday of the ForefathersDecember 5]]- '''Sound-alike'''); St ''see also: [[w:Sarah of the Desert|Sarah of the DesertSabbas (disambiguation)]] ''.*Sadie (f) - ''see Sarah'' ('''Diminutive''')*Sage (m) - Martyr Saïs ([[July 13January 5]]- '''Sound-alike''')*Samantha, Sam (f) - Prophet [[Samuel]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]]- '''Saint''')*Samuel, Sam (m) - Prophet [[Samuel]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]]- '''Saint''')*Sarah, Sara (f) - [[Sarah]], wife of Abraham ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]]- '''Saint'''); St [[w:Sarah of the Desert|Sarah of the Desert]] ([[July 13]]- '''Saint''')*Savannah (f) - ''closest is St Savina of Milan ([[January 30]])- '''Sound-alike''' ) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]*Scarlett, Scarlet (f) - ''closest is St Scarthin ([[January 6]])- '''Sound-alike''' ) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]*Scott (m) - ''closest is [[Apostle Andrew]], patron of Scotland('''Meaning''': Scottish person); or St [[Columba]], enlightener of Scotland('''Meaning''': Scottish person).*Scout (f) - St Escoos, a martyr ([[March 26]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_e.htm]*Sean, Shaun (m) - St [[John]]('''Saint''')*Serenity Sebastian (fm) - St Galina Sebastian the Martyr ([[December 18]] - ''=serenity'Saint''') *Serenity (f) - St Galina of Corinth, martyr ([[April 16]]- '''Meaning''': Galina means serenity); Sts. Serenicus and Serenus, monastic brothers ([[May 7]]- '''Saint'''); St Serenus of Marseilles ([[August 9]]- '''Saint''')*Serena (f) - Sts. Serenicus and Serenus, monastic brothers ([[May 7]]- '''Saint'''); St Serenus of Marseilles ([[August 9]]- '''Saint''')*Shane (m) - St John('''Saint''')*Shannon (m/f) - St Senan, founder of monasteries and churches ([[March 8]] - '''Saint'closest is: see Sean'') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]*Shantelle (f) - ''see Chantal''('''Saint''')*Shardae, Sharday (f) - St Jader of Numidia in North Africa (September 10 - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_j.htm]*Shelby Sharon, Shari, Sharrie, Sharree (f) (''from Hebrew: Šārôn - 'plain; 1 Chronicles 5:16'closest is; 1 Chronicles 27:29; Acts 9: 35'') – ''variant of Sarah, Sarai ('''Saint''')''; St Charalambos of Magnesia ([[February 10]] - '''Sound-alike'''). *Shelby (f) - [[Apostle Silvan]]('''Sound-alike''')
*Sheldon (m) - St Elwin in Cornwall ([[February 22]] - '''Sound-alike''')
*Sherry, Sheree, Sherri, Sherrie, Cherie (f) - ''see Cheryl''; ''also variant of Sharon'' ('''Derivative''')*Shiloh (f) - St Galina, martyr at Corinth (one on [[April 16]], another on [[March 10]] - '''Meaning''': tranquil)*Simone (f) - [[Apostle Simon]]('''Saint''')*Simpson (m) - St Acoustios ([[April 21]] - '''Meaning''': listening); or, St [[Sampson]] ('''Sound-alike''')*Siobhan (f) - ''see Jeanne''('''Saint''')*Skye (f) - St Ourania of the Forty Virgin-martyrs in Thrace ([[September 1]]- '''Meaning''': Sky and Heavens)*Skylar , Skyler (f) - St Scholastica, sister of St Benedict('''Meaning''': Skylar derived from Schuyler, meaning 'scholar')*Sloane (m) - ''closest is St [[Silouan the Athonite]]('''Sound-alike''')*Sophia, Sophie (f) - St Sophia (mother of Sts Faith, Hope & Love) ([[September 17]] - '''Saint''')*Stella (f) - St [[Stylianos of Paphlagonia]] ([[November 26]]- '''Saint''')*Stephanie (f) - St [[Apostle Stephen the Protomartyr|Stephen]] the Protomartyr('''Saint''')*Summer (f) - St Sunaman, an ascetic and martyr ([[February 15]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_s.htm]; St Therissus (or Thyrsus), bishop of Karpasia, Cyprus ([[July 23]] - '''Meaning''': Summer) [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_t.htm]*Susanna (f) - St Susanna, martyred in Salerno ([[January 18]]- '''Saint'''); St Susanna the Just ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]]- '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]*Sydney (f) - St [[Dionysius the Areopagite]] ([[October 3]] - ''closest is 'Saint'''); ''see also: [[Dionysius (disambiguation)]]''; St Sidonius of Clermont ([[August 21]]- '''Sound-alike'''), St Sidonius of Rouens ([[November 14]]- '''Sound-alike'''), or St Sedna of Ossory ([[March 10]]- '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]
==T==
{{Baptismal names}}*Tabitha (f) - St. Tabitha ([[October 25]]- '''Saint''')*Tania, Tanya (f) - St [[''see Tatiana of Rome]]'' ('''Diminutive'''); ''see Anthony'' ('''Diminutive''')*Tara (f) - ''closest is St Tarsila, aunt of St Gregory the Great ([[December 24]])- '''Sound-alike''' ) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]*Taylor Tatiana (f) - St [[Tatiana of Rome]] ('''Saint'''closest is )*Taylor (f) - St Talarican in Scotland ([[October 30]])- '''Sound-alike''' ) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]*Teresa, Theresa, Therese (f) - St Therissus (or Thyrsus), bishop of Karpasia, Cyprus ([[July 23]] or [[August 5]] - '''Derivative''')*Tess (f) - ''see Teresa'' ('''Diminutive''')*Theon (m) - St Theion, martyr ([[February 1]] - '''Saint''')*Thierry (m) - ''see Derek''('''Saint''')*Thomas (m) - [[Apostle Thomas]] ('''Saint''')*Thor (m) - St Thorgyth the Ascetic ([[January 25]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_t.htm]*Tia (f) - St [[Tatiana of Rome]]('''Sound-alike'''); or, saints ending in '-tia'('''Sound-alike'''); or, saints beginning in St Thais ([[May 10]] - '''Sound-alike'''Theo).*Tiana (f) -''see Tatiana or Christiana'' (e.g. Theodora'''Diminutive''').*Tiffany (f) - The [[Theophany]] of our Lord ([[January 6]]- '''Saint''')*Travis (m) - ''closest is St Triverius of Dombes ([[January 16]])- '''Sound-alike''' ) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]*Trevor (m) - St Triverius, hermit in Dombes ([[January 16]]- '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]*Trinity (f) - [[Pentecost]] ('''Feast Day''')*Tristan (m) - St Drostan (''or Drustan''), abbot in Aberdeenshire ([[July 11]]- '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]*Troy (m) - St Troyen of Saintes ([[November 30]]- '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]*Trudy (f) - ''see Gertrude'' ('''Saint'''); or, St Tudy of Wales ([[January 30]]- '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]*Ty (m) - ''see Tyler, Tyson or Tyrone''('''Diminutive''')*Tyler (m) - ''closest is St Tillo of Belgium ([[January 7]])- '''Sound-alike''' ) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]*Tyrone (m) - ''see Owen''('''Saint''')*Tyson Tyrion (m) - St [[Tikhon]], St Tiridates of Armenia ([[November 29]]), St Taurion ([[November 7]]), Turiav ([[July 13]]) ('''Sound-alike''closest is ') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_t.htm] [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]*Tyson (m) - St Dyfan of Britain'' ([[May 26]]- '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm] ==U=={{Baptismal names}}*Ulla (f) - St Ulric of Einsiedeln, son of St Gerold ([[May 29]] - '''Derivative'''); St Ulric (or Uldaricus, Udalric), Bishop of Augsburg ([[July 4]] - '''Derivative'''); St Ulric the Ascetic & Martyr ([[April 9]] - '''Derivative''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_u.htm]*Unity (f) - St Uni of Bremen-Hamburg ([[September 17]] - '''Meaning''': One) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsu.htm]*Uriel (m) - Archangel Uriel ([[November 8]] - '''Saint''')*Ursula (f) - St Ursula, Virgin-Martyr in Cologne ([[October 21]] - '''Saint''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_u.htm]*Usher (m) - ''see Asher'' ('''Sound-alike''')
==V==
{{Baptismal names}}*Valentina (f) - St Valentine of Rhaetia ([[January 7]]); St Valentine of Rome ([[February 14]]); St Valentine of Terni ([[February 14]]); St Valentine of Genoa ([[May 2]]); St Valentine of Trier ([[July 16]]); St Valentine of Strasbourg ([[September 2]]); St Valentine martyred at Viterbo ([[November 3]]); St Valentine martyred at Ravenna ([[November 11]]); St Valentine martyred at Ravenna ([[November 13]]); St Valentine martyred at Ravenna ([[December 16]]). [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]*Valerie (f) - St Valery of Leuconay ([[April 1]]- '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]; St Valeria of Milan ([[April 28]]- '''Saint'''); St Valeria martyred in France ([[December 9]]- '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]*Vanessa (f) - Esther (of the [[Book of Esther]]- '''Saint''': name invented, based on 'Esther')*Veronica (f) - St [[Veronica]]('''Saint''')*Victor (m) - Great-martyr Victor of Damascus (St [[November 11]]); Victor the Soldier ([[July 21]]); Victor of Braga (''São Victor'') ([[April 12]]); Victor the Moor ([[May 8]]); Victor of Capua ([[April 2]]); Victor of Piacenza ([[December 7]]); Victor of Vita ([[August 23]]); Victor ('Saint'Vitores'') of Spain ([[August 26]]); Victor of St. Gall ([[February 25]]); New Hiero-confessor Victor (Ostrovidov), Bishop of Glazov ([[April 19]]).*Victoria (f) - Virgin-Martyrs Martyr Victoria and Anatolia ([[December 23]]- '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]*Vincent (m) - St [[Vincent of Lerins]] ([[May 24]]- '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]*Violet (f) - St Lydia, seller of purple ([[May 7]] - ''not yet completed'Meaning''': Violet & Purple)*Vivian (f) - St Vivian, martyred in Rome ([[December 2]]- '''Saint''')
==W==
*Whitney (f) - St Wite in Dorset ([[June 1]] - '''Soundalike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]
*William (m) - St [[William of Gellone]] ('''Saint''')
*Willow (f) - St Willa, an ascetic ([[October 15]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_w.htm]*Winnie (f) - St Winifred of Wales ([[November 3]]) (- '''Saint''')
*Winston (m) - St Wistan ([[June 1]] - '''Soundalike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]
*Wyatt (m/f) - ''see William''
==X==
{{Baptismal names}}
*Xavier (m) - St Ava, Abbess of Denain ([[April 29]] - ''not yet completed'Sound-alike'''); St Avy of Micy ([[June 17]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St [[Avitus]] ('''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_an_az.htm]*Xander (m) - ''see Alexander'' ('''Diminutive''')
==Y==
{{Baptismal names}}
*Yvette (f) - St Ywi, ascetic of Lindisfarne ([[October 8]] - ''not yet completed'Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_y.htm]; or, ''see Eve or Janette'' ('''Sound-alike''')
==Z==
*Zachary, Zach (m) - St [[Zachariah]], father of St John the Baptist ('''Saint''')
*Zeke (m) - Prophet [[Ezekiel]] ('''Saint''')
*Zelda (f) - ''see Hilda'' ('''Diminutive, from Griselda''') [https://www.behindthename.com/name/griselda]*Zelie (f) - ''see Azalea'' ('''Diminutive''')*Zhadee (f) - St Jader of Numidia in North Africa (September 10 - ''not yet completed'Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_j.htm]
*Zoe, Zoey (f) - [[Life-Giving Spring]] (Bright Friday); Exuperius and Zoe ([[May 2]]); Zoe of Rome ([[December 18]]) ('''Saint''')
 
==A List of Old Testament Saints==
''This list of saints from the Old Testament, commemorated on the second Sunday before Nativity, has yet to be incorporated into the main body of this article.''
 
* Adam and Eve, the first-formed. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Abel. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Seth. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Enosh. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Canaan. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Mahalaleln. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Jared. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Enoch. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Methuselah. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Lamech. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Noah. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Shem. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Japhet. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Arphaxad. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Cainan. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Shelah. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Eber, after whom the Jews are named Hebrews. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Peleg. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Reu. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Serug. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Nahor. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Terah. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Abraham the Patriarch. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Isaac the Patriarch. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Jacob the Patriarch. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Reuben the Patriarch. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Symeon the Patriarch. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Levi the Patriarch. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Judah the Patriarch, of whose tribe came the Christ. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Zebulun the Patriarch, whose tribe lives by the seashore. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Issachar the Patriarch, whose tribe tills the soil. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Dan the Patriarch, whose tribe is judge. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Gad the Patriarch, whose tribe is robbed. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Asher the Patriarch, whose tribe is rich in wheat-bearing lands. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Naphtali the Patriarch, whose tribe is very numerous. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Joseph the Patriarch, whose tribe is very glorious and very famous. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Benjamin the Patriarch, whose tribe is gentle and not savage. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Perez and Zerach, the twin sons of Judah the Patriarch. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Hezron. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Ram. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Jesse. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* David the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Solomon the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Rehoboam the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Abijah the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Asa the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Jehoshaphat the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Joram the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Ahaziah the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Jotham the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Ahaz the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Hezekiah the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Manasseh the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Amon the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Josiah the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Jeconiah the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Shealtiel. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Zerubbabel, who rebuilt the Temple in Jerusalem which had been burned down. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Abiud. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Eliakim. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Azor. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Zadok. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Achim. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Eliud. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Eleazar. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Matthan. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Jacob. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Joseph, the Betrothed. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Melchizedek. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Job. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Prophet Moses. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Hur, the priest. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Aaron, the priest. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Joshua, son of Nun. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Prophet Samuel. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Prophet Nathan. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Prophet Daniel. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* The Three Holy Youths. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Sarah, Abraham's wife. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Rebecca, Isaac's wife. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Leah, Jacob's first wife. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Rachel, Jacob's second wife. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Asenath, the most upright Joseph's wife. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Mariah, Moses' sister. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Deborah, who judged Israel. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Ruth. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* The woman of Sarepta, to whom Elijah was sent. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* The Shunamitess, who gave lodging to Elisha. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Judith, who slew Holofernes. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Esther, who saved Israel from death. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Hannah, mother of the prophet Samuel. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
* Susanna. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
==See also==
* [http://www.namedays.gr/index_uk.php GREEK NAME DAYS for the year 2015 (source ©: www.namedays.gr)]
* [http://www.roman-catholic-saints.com/catholic-saint-names.html Roman Catholic Saints]
* [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_preface.htm When is my nameday?], compiled by Fr Christopher Klitou
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