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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 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).
* 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).
*Alexandra (f) - St Alexandra ([[April 21]] - '''Saint'''); Tsaritsa Alexandra ([[July 4]] - '''Saint''')
*Alexis (m/f) - St [[Alexios the Man of God|Alexis the Man of God]] ([[March 17]] - '''Saint'''); Tsarevich Alexei ('''Saint'''); ''see also: [[Alexis (disambiguation)]]'' ('''Saint''')
*Alia (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Diminutive'''); or, St [[Alexandra]] ('''Diminiutive''', from Russian).
*Alice, Alicia, Alisha (f) - St Alexandra ([[April 21]]); Tsaritsa Alexandra ([[July 4]]) ('''Diminutive''')
*Alison, Allison (f) - St Alexandra ([[April 21]]); Tsaritsa Alexandra ([[July 4]]) ('''Diminutive''')
*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]] - '''as yet unknownSaint''')
*Aria (f) - St Aria of Rome ([[August 21]] - '''Saint''')
*Arianna, Ariana (f) - St [[w:Ariadne of Phrygia|Ariadne of Phrygia]] ([[September 18]] - '''Saint''')
*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) - 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 at Meerbeke ([[February 3]] - '''Saint''')
*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]
*Chantal, Chantel - [[Apostle Peter]] ([[June 29]] - '''Meaning''': 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'''); St Carloman (King of Austrasia and monk, [[August 17]] - '''Derivative''')*Charlotte, Charlie, Charley (f) - St [[Haralampus_of_Magnesia|Charalambos of Magnesia]] ('''Saint'''); St Carloman (King of Austrasia and monk, [[August 17]] - '''Derivative''')*Chase (m) - St [[John Cassian]] ('''Sound-alike'''); St [[Chad of Lichfield]] ('''Sound-alike'''); or, ''see Chaz''.
*Chavez (m) - St [[Savas]] ('''Sound-alike''')
*Chaz (m) - ''see Charles''
*Chelsea (f) - St Celsus of Rome ([[November 21]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]
*Cheryl (f) - St Charity (''Agapi'' or ''Lyubov''), daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Meaning''': love)
==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) - St Ansgar, Enlightener of Denmark ([[February 3]] - '''Meaning''': Dane, Danish people); St Deiniol of Wales ([[September 11]] - '''Sound-alike''')
*Daniel (m) - St [[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''')
*Darlene (f) - St [[Daria]] ([[March 19]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St Darerca, sister of St Patrick ([[March 22]] - '''Sound-alike''')[http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]
*Darren (m) - Prophet Aaron ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')
*Darrell (m) - St [[Daria]] ([[March 19]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St Darerca, sister of St Patrick ([[March 22]] - '''Sound-alike''')[http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]
*David (m) - St [[David (disambiguation)|David]] ('''Saint''')
*Dawn (f) - ''see Aurora'' ('''Meaning''': dawn)
*Donna (f) - [[Mary]] the Mother of God ('''Meaning''': 'Madonna', meaning 'My Lady'); ''sometimes: see Donald'' ('''Diminutive''').
*Dorothy, Dora, Doreen, Doris (f) - St Dorothea of Caesarea ([[February 6]] - '''Saint''');
*Douglas, Doug (m) - St Daganus ([[August 18]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]
*Drogo (m) - St Drogo, ascetic ([[April 2]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_d.htm]
*Dustin (m) - St [[Dunstan of Canterbury]] ('''Sound-alike''')
*Dylan, Dillon (m/f) - St Dillon of Llandaff ([[February 9]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]
==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''')
*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''')
*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''')
*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''')
*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''')
*Hope (f) - St Hope, daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Saint''')
*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''')
*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]] ('''Derivative''', feminine form)
*Jocelyn, Joselyn (f) - St Judocus (Josse) of Brittany ([[December 13]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsj.htm]
*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''')
*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) - 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''')
*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''')
*Kyle (m) - St Kilian, abbot of Inishcaltra island, Ireland ([[July 29]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]
*Kylie (f) - 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==
*Landon (m) - St Landericus of Soignies ([[April 17]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]
*Larry (m) - ''see Laurence'' ('''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''')
*Linda (f) - 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) - St [[Longin the Centurion]] ([[October 16]] - '''Sound-alike''')
*London (f) - 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]
*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''')
*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''')
*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''')
{{Baptismal names}}
*Rachel (f) - St Rachel, wife of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')
*Raine, Rain (f) - ''see Regina ('''as yet unknownMeaning''': queen)
*Ralph (m) - St Ralph of Bourges ([[June 21]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]
*Raymond (m) - 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]
*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) - St Reineldis ([[July 16]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]
*River (m) - [[Theophany]] ('''as yet unknownMeaning''': 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''')
*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'' ('''Meaning''': Bright or Dawn)
*Ruby (f) - 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]] - '''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]] - '''Sound-alike''').
==S==
{{Baptismal names}}
*Sabrina (abbreviated: Saba, Sabi) (f) - St [[Sabbas the Sanctified]] ([[December 5]] - '''Sound-alike'''); ''see also: [[Sabbas (disambiguation)]]''.
*Sadie (f) - ''see Sarah'' ('''Diminutive''')
*Sage (m) - Martyr Saïs ([[January 5]] - '''as yet unknownSound-alike''')
*Samantha, Sam (f) - Prophet [[Samuel]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')
*Samuel, Sam (m) - Prophet [[Samuel]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')
*Scarlett, Scarlet (f) - St Scarthin ([[January 6]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]
*Scott (m) - [[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]] - '''as yet unknownSound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_e.htm]
*Sean, Shaun (m) - St [[John]] ('''Saint''')
*Sebastian (m) - St Sebastian the Martyr ([[December 18]] - '''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) - ''see Sean'' St Senan, founder of monasteries and churches ([[March 8]] - '''Sound-alikeSaint''')[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]
*Sharon, Shari, Sharrie, Sharree (f) (''from Hebrew: Šārôn - 'plain; 1 Chronicles 5:16'; 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]] - '''as yet unknownMeaning''': tranquil)
*Simone (f) - [[Apostle Simon]] ('''Saint''')
*Simpson (m) - St Acoustios ([[April 21]] - '''as yet unknownMeaning''': 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)
*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]] - '''as yet unknownSound-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]] - '''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) - ''see Tatiana'' ('''Diminutive'''); ''see Anthony'' ('''Diminutive''')
*Tara (f) - St Tarsila, aunt of St Gregory the Great ([[December 24]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]
*Tatiana (f) - St [[Tatiana of Rome]] ('''Saint''')
*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]] - '''as yet unknownDerivative''')
*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 'TheoSt Thais ([[May 10]] -' (e.g. Theodora) ('''Sound-alike''').
*Tiana (f) - ''see Tatiana or Christiana'' ('''Diminutive''')
*Tiffany (f) - The [[Theophany]] of our Lord ([[January 6]] - '''Saint''')
*Travis (m) - 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]
*Tyler (m) - St Tillo of Belgium ([[January 7]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]
*Tyrone (m) - ''see Owen'' ('''Saint''')
*Tyrion (m) - St [[Tikhon]], St Tiridates of Armenia ([[November 29]]), St Taurion ([[November 7]]), Turiav ([[July 13]]) ('''Sound-alike''') [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]
*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]] - '''as yet unknownSound-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''
*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 - '''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==