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*Alexandra (f) - St Alexandra ([[April 21]] - '''Saint'''); Tsaritsa Alexandra ([[July 4]] - '''Saint''')
 
*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''')
 
*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''')
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*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''')
 
*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''')
 
*Alison, Allison (f) - St Alexandra ([[April 21]]); Tsaritsa Alexandra ([[July 4]]) ('''Diminutive''')
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*Avril (f) - ''see April'' ('''Saint''')
 
*Avril (f) - ''see April'' ('''Saint''')
 
*Ayden (m) - St [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]] ([[August 31]] - '''Saint''')
 
*Ayden (m) - St [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]] ([[August 31]] - '''Saint''')
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*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==
 
==B==
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*Chantal, Chantel - [[Apostle Peter]] ([[June 29]] - '''Meaning''': stony)
 
*Chantal, Chantel - [[Apostle Peter]] ([[June 29]] - '''Meaning''': stony)
 
*Charity (f) - St Charity (''Agapi'' or ''Lyubov''), daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Saint''')
 
*Charity (f) - St Charity (''Agapi'' or ''Lyubov''), daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Saint''')
*Charles, Charlie (m) - St Carloman (King of Austrasia and monk, [[August 17]] - '''Derivative''')
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*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 Carloman (King of Austrasia and monk, [[August 17]] - '''Derivative''')
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*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''')
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*Chase (m) - St [[John Cassian]] ('''Sound-alike'''); St [[Chad of Lichfield]] ('''Sound-alike'''); or, ''see Chaz''.
 
*Chavez (m) - St [[Savas]] ('''Sound-alike''')
 
*Chavez (m) - St [[Savas]] ('''Sound-alike''')
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*Chaz (m) - ''see Charles''
 
*Chelsea (f) - St Celsus of Rome ([[November 21]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]
 
*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)
 
*Cheryl (f) - St Charity (''Agapi'' or ''Lyubov''), daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Meaning''': love)
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==D==
 
==D==
 
{{Baptismal names}}
 
{{Baptismal names}}
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*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''')
 
*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''')
 
*Daniel (m) - St [[Daniel]] ('''Saint''')
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*Donna (f) - [[Mary]] the Mother of God ('''Meaning''': 'Madonna', meaning 'My Lady'); ''sometimes: see Donald'' ('''Diminutive''').
 
*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''');  
 
*Dorothy, Dora, Doreen, Doris (f) - St Dorothea of Caesarea  ([[February 6]] - '''Saint''');  
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*Douglas, Doug (m) - St Daganus ([[August 18]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]
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*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''')
 
*Dustin (m) - St [[Dunstan of Canterbury]] ('''Sound-alike''')
*Douglas, Doug (m) - St Daig ([[August 18]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]
 
 
*Dylan, Dillon (m/f) - St Dillon of Llandaff ([[February 9]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]
 
*Dylan, Dillon (m/f) - St Dillon of Llandaff ([[February 9]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]
  
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==F==
 
==F==
 
{{Baptismal names}}
 
{{Baptismal names}}
*Faith (f) - St [[Faith]], daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Saint''')
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*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)
 
*Finn (m) - ''see Alban'' ('''Meaning''': fair, white)
 
*Flynn (m) - St Flannan of Killaloe ([[December 18]] - '''Saint''')
 
*Flynn (m) - St Flannan of Killaloe ([[December 18]] - '''Saint''')
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*Gavin (m) - St Gavinus, Protomartyr of Sardinia ([[May 30]] - '''Sound-alike''')
 
*Gavin (m) - St Gavinus, Protomartyr of Sardinia ([[May 30]] - '''Sound-alike''')
 
*Garrett (m) - ''see Gerald'' ('''Diminutive''')
 
*Garrett (m) - ''see Gerald'' ('''Diminutive''')
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*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''')
 
*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''')
 
*Genevieve (f) - St Geneviève of Paris ([[January 3]] - '''Saint''')
 
*Geoffrey, Geoff (m) - St Geoffrey, Abbot of Wearmouth ('''Saint''')
 
*Geoffrey, Geoff (m) - St Geoffrey, Abbot of Wearmouth ('''Saint''')
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*Geordie (m) - St [[George]] the Trophy-Bearer ('''Diminutive''')
 
*George (m) - St [[George]] the Trophy-Bearer ('''Saint''')
 
*George (m) - St [[George]] the Trophy-Bearer ('''Saint''')
 
*Gerald, Gerry (m) - St Gerald, Bishop of Mayo ('''Saint''')
 
*Gerald, Gerry (m) - St Gerald, Bishop of Mayo ('''Saint''')
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*Gianna (f) - St [[John]] ('''Saint''')
 
*Gianna (f) - St [[John]] ('''Saint''')
 
*Gilbert (m) - St Agilbert of Jouarre ('''Sound-alike''')
 
*Gilbert (m) - St Agilbert of Jouarre ('''Sound-alike''')
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*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''')
 
*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''')
 
*Gina (f) - ''see Regina'' ('''Diminutive''')
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*Harlow (f) - '''as yet unknown'''
 
*Harlow (f) - '''as yet unknown'''
 
*Harper (f) - ''closest is St David the Prophet & King'' ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Meaning''': Harp-player)
 
*Harper (f) - ''closest is St David the Prophet & King'' ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Meaning''': Harp-player)
*Harrison (m) - ''see Harry'' ('''Derivative''')
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*Harrison (m) - ''see Harry'' ('''Derivative''').  Or, St [[Hariton]] ([[September 28]] - '''Sound-alike''')
 
*Harry (m) - ''see Henry'' ('''Derivative'''); or, ''see Harold'' ('''Diminutive''')
 
*Harry (m) - ''see Henry'' ('''Derivative'''); or, ''see Harold'' ('''Diminutive''')
 
*Haydon (m) - St [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]] ('''Sound-alike''')
 
*Haydon (m) - St [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]] ('''Sound-alike''')
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*Henry (m) - St Henry of Saint-Germain d'Auxerre ([[June 24]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsh.htm]
 
*Henry (m) - St Henry of Saint-Germain d'Auxerre ([[June 24]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsh.htm]
 
*Heidi (f) - ''see Adelaide'' ('''Diminutive''')
 
*Heidi (f) - ''see Adelaide'' ('''Diminutive''')
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*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''')
 
*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''')
 
*Hope (f) - St Hope, daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Saint''')
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*Janet (f) - St Joanna ('''Diminutive''')
 
*Janet (f) - St Joanna ('''Diminutive''')
 
*Janice (f) - St Joanna ('''Diminutive''')
 
*Janice (f) - St Joanna ('''Diminutive''')
*Jared (m) - ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')
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*Jared (m) - ([[Sunday of the Fathers]] - '''Saint''')
 
*Jason (m) - St [[Jason]] ('''Saint''')
 
*Jason (m) - St [[Jason]] ('''Saint''')
 
*Jasmine (f) - St Jasimus, Ascetic & Wonderworker ([[February 4]] - '''Sound-alike''')
 
*Jasmine (f) - St Jasimus, Ascetic & Wonderworker ([[February 4]] - '''Sound-alike''')
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*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]
 
*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''')
 
*Jessica (f) - ''closest: see Jessie'' ('''Sound-alike''')
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*Jillian (f) - St [[w:Julian of Antioch|Julian]]
 
*Jo, Joan, Joanna, Joanne (f) - St [[John (disambiguation)|John]] ('''Derivative''', feminine form)
 
*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]
 
*Jocelyn, Joselyn (f) - St Judocus (Josse) of Brittany ([[December 13]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsj.htm]
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*Kallum (m) - ''see Callum'' ('''Saint''')
 
*Kallum (m) - ''see Callum'' ('''Saint''')
 
*Karen (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Diminutive''')
 
*Karen (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Diminutive''')
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*Kateri (f) - ''see Katherine''
 
*Katherine, Kathryn (f) - ''see Catherine'' ('''Saint''')
 
*Katherine, Kathryn (f) - ''see Catherine'' ('''Saint''')
 
*Kathleen (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Saint''')
 
*Kathleen (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Saint''')
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*Kayse (f) - ''see Casey'' ('''Saint''')
 
*Kayse (f) - ''see Casey'' ('''Saint''')
 
*Keira (f) - St Kiara ([[January 5]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_k.htm]
 
*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)
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*Keith (m) - [[Elevation of the Holy Cross]] ('''Meaning''': Wood); or, St [[Nikifor]] ('''Sound-alike''')
 
*Kelly (f) - St Ceallach of Killala ([[May 1]] - '''Diminutive''')
 
*Kelly (f) - St Ceallach of Killala ([[May 1]] - '''Diminutive''')
 
*Kelsey (m/f) - St Celsus of Rome ([[November 21]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]
 
*Kelsey (m/f) - St Celsus of Rome ([[November 21]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]
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*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]])
 
*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''')
 
*Kevin (m) - St [[Kevin of Glendalough]] ('''Saint''')
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*Khaleesi (f) - St Kali the Ascetic ([[May 22]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]
 
*Khloe (f) - ''see Chloe'' ('''Saint''')
 
*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''')
 
*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''')
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*Kyle (m) - St Kilian, abbot of Inishcaltra island, Ireland ([[July 29]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]
 
*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]
 
*Kylie (f) - St Kilian, abbot of Inishcaltra island, Ireland ([[July 29]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]
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*Kyrion (m) - Martyr Kyrion (''Cyrion, Quirio'') of the Holy 40 Martyrs of Sebaste ([[March 9]])
  
 
==L==
 
==L==
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*Landon (m) - St Landericus of Soignies ([[April 17]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]
 
*Landon (m) - St Landericus of Soignies ([[April 17]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]
 
*Larry (m) - ''see Laurence'' ('''Diminutive''')
 
*Larry (m) - ''see Laurence'' ('''Diminutive''')
*Laura (f) - St Laura of Cordoba, martyred in Spain by the Moors ([[October 19]] - '''Saint''')
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*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''')
 
*Lauren (f) - St [[Laurence]] ('''Saint''')
 
*Laurence (m) - St [[Laurence]] ('''Saint''')
 
*Laurence (m) - St [[Laurence]] ('''Saint''')
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*Linda (f) - St [[Linus]] of Rome ('''Sound-alike''')
 
*Linda (f) - St [[Linus]] of Rome ('''Sound-alike''')
 
*Lindsey (f) - ''see Lincoln'' ('''Derivative'''); or, ''see Linda'' ('''Sound-alike''')
 
*Lindsey (f) - ''see Lincoln'' ('''Derivative'''); or, ''see Linda'' ('''Sound-alike''')
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*Link (m) - ''see Lincoln'' ('''Diminutive''')
 
*Lisa (f) - ''see Elizabeth'' ('''Diminutive''')
 
*Lisa (f) - ''see Elizabeth'' ('''Diminutive''')
 
*Logan (m) - St [[Longin the Centurion]] ([[October 16]] - '''Sound-alike''')
 
*Logan (m) - St [[Longin the Centurion]] ([[October 16]] - '''Sound-alike''')
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*Madelyn, Madeleine, Madeline (f) - St [[Mary Magdalene]] ([[July 22]] - '''Derivative''')
 
*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]
 
*Madison (f) - St Maud ([[March 14]] - '''Derivative''': son of Maud) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]
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*Maggie (f) - St [[Marina]] ('''Saint''')
 
*Makayla (f) - ''see Michaela'' ('''Derivative''')
 
*Makayla (f) - ''see Michaela'' ('''Derivative''')
 
*Malcolm (m) - St [[Columba of Iona]] ([[June 9]])
 
*Malcolm (m) - St [[Columba of Iona]] ([[June 9]])
 
*Marcia (f) - St Marcia, martyred under Diocletian ([[July 2]] - '''Saint''')
 
*Marcia (f) - St Marcia, martyred under Diocletian ([[July 2]] - '''Saint''')
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*Margaret (f) - St [[Marina]] ('''Saint''')
 
*Marlow (f) - St [[Mary Magdalene]] ('''Sound-alike of Derivative''')
 
*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]
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*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''
 
*Marisa, Marissa (f) - ''see [[Theotokos|Mary]]; or, see Louis''
*Marshall (m) - St Servatus of Tongres ([[May 13]] - '''Meaning''': servant) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]
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*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''')
 
*Martin (m) - St [[Martin of Tours]] ([[November 11]] - '''Saint''')
 
*Martina, Martine (f) - St [[Martin of Tours]] ([[November 11]] - '''Saint''')
 
*Martina, Martine (f) - St [[Martin of Tours]] ([[November 11]] - '''Saint''')
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*Matthew (m) - [[Apostle Matthew]] ('''Saint''')
 
*Matthew (m) - [[Apostle Matthew]] ('''Saint''')
 
*Max (m) - St [[Maximos the Confessor]] ('''Saint''')
 
*Max (m) - St [[Maximos the Confessor]] ('''Saint''')
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*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]
 
*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''')
 
*Maya (f) - St Magos (2nd century) ([[May 31]] - '''Sound-alike''')
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*Mila (f) - St Milica of Serbia ('''Derivative of Saint''' - ''pronounced Mίlitsa'')
 
*Mila (f) - St Milica of Serbia ('''Derivative of Saint''' - ''pronounced Mίlitsa'')
 
*Milena (f) - ''see Melissa'' ('''Derivative''')
 
*Milena (f) - ''see Melissa'' ('''Derivative''')
*Miles (m) - St Milo, hermit at Fontenelle ([[August 18]] - ''Saint'')
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*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''')
 
*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''')
 
*Mitchell (m) - ''see Michael'' ('''Derivative''')
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*Richard (m) - St Richard ([[February 7]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]
 
*Richard (m) - St Richard ([[February 7]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]
 
*Rider (m) - ''see Ryder'' ('''Saint''')
 
*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]
 
*Riley, Ryley (m/f) - St Reineldis ([[July 16]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]
 
*River (m) - [[Theophany]] ('''Meaning''': link between River and the River Jordan)
 
*River (m) - [[Theophany]] ('''Meaning''': link between River and the River Jordan)
 
*Robert (m) - ''see Rupert'' ('''Saint''')
 
*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''')
 
*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''')
 
*Roger (m) - St Roger, one of the 48 Martyrs of Cordoba ([[September 16]] - '''Saint''')
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*Serena (f) - 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''')
 
*Shane (m) - St John ('''Saint''')
*Shannon (m/f) - ''see Sean'' ('''Sound-alike''')
+
*Shannon (m/f) - St Senan, founder of monasteries and churches ([[March 8]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]
 
*Shantelle (f) - ''see Chantal'' ('''Saint''')
 
*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]
 
*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''')
 
*Shelby (f) - [[Apostle Silvan]] ('''Sound-alike''')
 
*Sheldon (m) - St Elwin in Cornwall ([[February 22]] - '''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)
 
*Shiloh (f) - St Galina, martyr at Corinth (one on [[April 16]], another on [[March 10]] - '''Meaning''': tranquil)
 
*Simone (f) - [[Apostle Simon]] ('''Saint''')
 
*Simone (f) - [[Apostle Simon]] ('''Saint''')
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{{Baptismal names}}
 
{{Baptismal names}}
 
*Tabitha (f) - St. Tabitha ([[October 25]] - '''Saint''')
 
*Tabitha (f) - St. Tabitha ([[October 25]] - '''Saint''')
*Tania, Tanya (f) - ''see Tatiana'' ('''Diminutive''')
+
*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]
 
*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''')
 
*Tatiana (f) - St [[Tatiana of Rome]] ('''Saint''')
 
*Taylor (f) - St Talarican in Scotland ([[October 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]
 
*Taylor (f) - St Talarican in Scotland ([[October 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]
*Teresa (f) - St Therissus (or Thyrsus), bishop of Karpasia, Cyprus ([[July 23]] - '''Derivative''')
+
*Teresa, Theresa, Therese (f) - St Therissus (or Thyrsus), bishop of Karpasia, Cyprus ([[July 23]] or [[August 5]] - '''Derivative''')
 
*Tess (f) - ''see Teresa'' ('''Diminutive''')
 
*Tess (f) - ''see Teresa'' ('''Diminutive''')
 +
*Theon (m) - St Theion, martyr ([[February 1]] - '''Saint''')
 
*Thierry (m) - ''see Derek'' ('''Saint''')
 
*Thierry (m) - ''see Derek'' ('''Saint''')
 
*Thomas (m) - [[Apostle Thomas]] ('''Saint''')
 
*Thomas (m) - [[Apostle Thomas]] ('''Saint''')
*Tia (f) - St [[Tatiana of Rome]] ('''Sound-alike'''); or, saints ending in '-tia' ('''Sound-alike'''); or, saints beginning in 'Theo-' (e.g. Theodora) ('''Sound-alike''').
+
*Tia (f) - St [[Tatiana of Rome]] ('''Sound-alike'''); or, saints ending in '-tia' ('''Sound-alike'''); or, St Thais ([[May 10]] - '''Sound-alike''').
 
*Tiana (f) - ''see Tatiana or Christiana'' ('''Diminutive''')
 
*Tiana (f) - ''see Tatiana or Christiana'' ('''Diminutive''')
 
*Tiffany (f) - The [[Theophany]] of our Lord ([[January 6]] - '''Saint''')
 
*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]
 
*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]
 
*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]
 
*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]
 
*Troy (m) - St Troyen of Saintes ([[November 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]
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*Tyler (m) - St Tillo of Belgium ([[January 7]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.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''')
 
*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]
 
*Tyson (m) - St Dyfan of Britain ([[May 26]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]
  
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*Zachary, Zach (m) - St [[Zachariah]], father of St John the Baptist ('''Saint''')
 
*Zachary, Zach (m) - St [[Zachariah]], father of St John the Baptist ('''Saint''')
 
*Zeke (m) - Prophet [[Ezekiel]] ('''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]
 
*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''')
 
*Zoe, Zoey (f) - [[Life-Giving Spring]] (Bright Friday); Exuperius and Zoe ([[May 2]]); Zoe of Rome ([[December 18]]) ('''Saint''')

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

The following is a list of names who 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 [both mean 'white'], or St Maurice for Blake [both mean 'black']).
  • If these are not available, a '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).

A

Key: If a name has a saint directly attached to it (or a foreign/derivative form of it), then Saint is used. If the name is short for a longer name that has a saint attached to it, then Diminutive is used. If the name is known to have the same meaning as a saint's name, then Meaning is used. If it is known only that the name sounds similar to a saint's name, then Sound-alike is used.

B

Key: If a name has a saint directly attached to it (or a foreign/derivative form of it), then Saint is used. If the name is short for a longer name that has a saint attached to it, then Diminutive is used. If the name is known to have the same meaning as a saint's name, then Meaning is used. If it is known only that the name sounds similar to a saint's name, then Sound-alike is used.
  • Bailey (m) - St Balin (September 7 - Sound-alike) [11]
  • 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)
  • Bella (f) - St Elizabeth (Diminutive)
  • Benjamin, Ben (m) - Righteous Benjamin, son of Jacob (Sunday of the Forefathers - Saint)
  • Bentley (m) - St Panteleimon (July 27 - Sound-alike)
  • Bert (m) - see Albert
  • Bertrand (m) - St Bertrand (June 30 - Saint) [12]
  • 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) - St Bradon, venerated on the Isle of Man (October 20 - Sound-alike) [13]
  • Braedon, Braydon (m) - St Bradon, venerated on the Isle of Man (October 20 - Saint)
  • Brandy (f) - 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) [14]
  • 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) [15]
  • Brody, Brodie (m) - St Ambrose of Milan (Sound-alike)
  • Brooke (f) - 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 - Saint) [16]

C

Key: If a name has a saint directly attached to it (or a foreign/derivative form of it), then Saint is used. If the name is short for a longer name that has a saint attached to it, then Diminutive is used. If the name is known to have the same meaning as a saint's name, then Meaning is used. If it is known only that the name sounds similar to a saint's name, then Sound-alike is used.

D

Key: If a name has a saint directly attached to it (or a foreign/derivative form of it), then Saint is used. If the name is short for a longer name that has a saint attached to it, then Diminutive is used. If the name is known to have the same meaning as a saint's name, then Meaning is used. If it is known only that the name sounds similar to a saint's name, then Sound-alike is used.

E

Key: If a name has a saint directly attached to it (or a foreign/derivative form of it), then Saint is used. If the name is short for a longer name that has a saint attached to it, then Diminutive is used. If the name is known to have the same meaning as a saint's name, then Meaning is used. If it is known only that the name sounds similar to a saint's name, then Sound-alike is used.

F

Key: If a name has a saint directly attached to it (or a foreign/derivative form of it), then Saint is used. If the name is short for a longer name that has a saint attached to it, then Diminutive is used. If the name is known to have the same meaning as a saint's name, then Meaning is used. If it is known only that the name sounds similar to a saint's name, then Sound-alike is used.
  • 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) [39]
  • Frederick, Fred (m) - St Frederick of Utrecht (July 18 - Saint)

G

Key: If a name has a saint directly attached to it (or a foreign/derivative form of it), then Saint is used. If the name is short for a longer name that has a saint attached to it, then Diminutive is used. If the name is known to have the same meaning as a saint's name, then Meaning is used. If it is known only that the name sounds similar to a saint's name, then Sound-alike is used.
  • Gabriel (m) - St Gabriel (Saint)
  • Gabrielle, Gabriella (f) - St 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 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) [40]
  • Gianna (f) - St John (Saint)
  • Gilbert (m) - St Agilbert of Jouarre (Sound-alike)
  • 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 Charis (January 28 - Meaning)
  • Grayson (m) - St Villicus of Metz (April 17 - Meaning) [41]
  • Gwen, Gwendoline (f) - St Gwen Teirborn of Britain (Saint)

H

Key: If a name has a saint directly attached to it (or a foreign/derivative form of it), then Saint is used. If the name is short for a longer name that has a saint attached to it, then Diminutive is used. If the name is known to have the same meaning as a saint's name, then Meaning is used. If it is known only that the name sounds similar to a saint's name, then Sound-alike is used.
  • 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) [42]
  • 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, Haylee (f) - see Leah (Sound-alike)
  • Heather (f) - St Ethelburgh (September 8 - Sound-alike) [43]
  • 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) [44]
  • 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) [45]; or, St Olive the Virgin-Martyr (June 10 - Sound-alike)
  • 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 (April 9 - Saint) [46]
  • Hunter (m) - St Gunthiern in Brittany (July 3 - Sound-alike) [47]

I

Key: If a name has a saint directly attached to it (or a foreign/derivative form of it), then Saint is used. If the name is short for a longer name that has a saint attached to it, then Diminutive is used. If the name is known to have the same meaning as a saint's name, then Meaning is used. If it is known only that the name sounds similar to a saint's name, then Sound-alike is used.
  • Ian (m) - St John (Saint)
  • Ida (f) - St Ita (January 15 - Saint)
  • Indigo (f) - St Prophyrios (Meaning: colour (indigo is similar to purple))
  • Isa (f) - see Isabel (Diminutive)
  • Isaac (m) - St Isaac (Saint)
  • Isabel, Isabella, Isabelle (f) - St Elizabeth (Saint)
  • Isaiah (m) - Prophet Isaiah (Saint)

J

Key: If a name has a saint directly attached to it (or a foreign/derivative form of it), then Saint is used. If the name is short for a longer name that has a saint attached to it, then Diminutive is used. If the name is known to have the same meaning as a saint's name, then Meaning is used. If it is known only that the name sounds similar to a saint's name, then Sound-alike is used.

K

Key: If a name has a saint directly attached to it (or a foreign/derivative form of it), then Saint is used. If the name is short for a longer name that has a saint attached to it, then Diminutive is used. If the name is known to have the same meaning as a saint's name, then Meaning is used. If it is known only that the name sounds similar to a saint's name, then Sound-alike is used.

L

Key: If a name has a saint directly attached to it (or a foreign/derivative form of it), then Saint is used. If the name is short for a longer name that has a saint attached to it, then Diminutive is used. If the name is known to have the same meaning as a saint's name, then Meaning is used. If it is known only that the name sounds similar to a saint's name, then Sound-alike is used.
  • Lance (m) - as yet unknown
  • Landon (m) - St Landericus of Soignies (April 17 - Sound-alike) [62]
  • 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)
  • Layla (f) - St Lelia (August 11 - Sound-alike) [63]
  • 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) [64];
  • Leslie (m/f) - St Lelia in Limerick (August 11 - Sound-alike) [65]
  • Lia (f) - see Leah (Saint)
  • Liam (m) - see William (Diminutive)
  • Lila (f) - St Lelia (August 11 - Sound-alike) [66]
  • Liliana (f) - see Elizabeth; or, see Lily (Diminutive)
  • Lillian (f) - see Elizabeth; or, see Lily (Diminutive)
  • Lily (f) - St Lelia (August 11 - Sound-alike) [67]
  • Lincoln (m) - All Saints of Lincolnshire (Meaning: named for location) [68]
  • 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) [69]
  • Lorraine (f) - see Laura (Sound-alike)
  • Louis, Luis (m) - St Ludwin of Trier (September 29 - Derivative) [70]; or St Lewina of Seaford (July 24) [71]
  • Louise, Lou (f) - St Ludwin of Trier (September 29 - Derivative) [72]; or St Lewina of Seaford (July 24) [73]
  • Lucas (m) - Apostle Luke (Saint)
  • Lucy (f) - St Lucy of Syracuse (December 13 - Saint)
  • Luke (m) - Apostle Luke (Saint)
  • Lydia (f) - St Lydia of Phillipi (May 20 - Saint)
  • Lynn (f) - Theophany (Meaning: lake); or, see Linda (Diminutive)

M

Key: If a name has a saint directly attached to it (or a foreign/derivative form of it), then Saint is used. If the name is short for a longer name that has a saint attached to it, then Diminutive is used. If the name is known to have the same meaning as a saint's name, then Meaning is used. If it is known only that the name sounds similar to a saint's name, then Sound-alike is used.

N

Key: If a name has a saint directly attached to it (or a foreign/derivative form of it), then Saint is used. If the name is short for a longer name that has a saint attached to it, then Diminutive is used. If the name is known to have the same meaning as a saint's name, then Meaning is used. If it is known only that the name sounds similar to a saint's name, then Sound-alike is used.
  • Nadine, Nadia, Nadya (f) - St Hope, daughter of St Sophia (September 17 - Saint: Nadezhda)
  • Naomi (f) - Prophet Naum (December 1 - Sound-alike)
  • Natalie (f) - St 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 Nil (May 7 - Saint)
  • Ngaire (f) - St Nereus (May 12 - Sound-alike) [83]
  • 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 (March 7 - Meaning: 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

Key: If a name has a saint directly attached to it (or a foreign/derivative form of it), then Saint is used. If the name is short for a longer name that has a saint attached to it, then Diminutive is used. If the name is known to have the same meaning as a saint's name, then Meaning is used. If it is known only that the name sounds similar to a saint's name, then Sound-alike is used.

P

Key: If a name has a saint directly attached to it (or a foreign/derivative form of it), then Saint is used. If the name is short for a longer name that has a saint attached to it, then Diminutive is used. If the name is known to have the same meaning as a saint's name, then Meaning is used. If it is known only that the name sounds similar to a saint's name, then Sound-alike is used.

Q

Key: If a name has a saint directly attached to it (or a foreign/derivative form of it), then Saint is used. If the name is short for a longer name that has a saint attached to it, then Diminutive is used. If the name is known to have the same meaning as a saint's name, then Meaning is used. If it is known only that the name sounds similar to a saint's name, then Sound-alike is used.

R

Key: If a name has a saint directly attached to it (or a foreign/derivative form of it), then Saint is used. If the name is short for a longer name that has a saint attached to it, then Diminutive is used. If the name is known to have the same meaning as a saint's name, then Meaning is used. If it is known only that the name sounds similar to a saint's name, then Sound-alike is used.
  • 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) [90]
  • Raymond (m) - St Rumon (August 30 - Sound-alike) [91]; St Ebremund, Founder & Abbot of Fontenay-Louvet near Séez (June 10 - Sound-alike) [92]; St Ammon (Sound-alike); St Amon of Toul (October 23 - Sound-alike) [93]
  • Reagan, Regan (f) - St Reginus, Bishop of Skopel (February 25 - Sound-alike); St Reginus, Martyr of Cyprus (August 20 - Sound-alike) [94]
  • Rebecca (f) - St Rebecca, wife of Isaac (Sunday of the Forefathers - Saint)
  • Regina (f) - Mary, the Mother of God (Meaning: Queen); or, St Regina of Autun (September 7 - Saint) [95]
  • Reginald (m) - Mary, the Mother of God (Meaning: Queen).
  • Richard (m) - St Richard (February 7 - Saint) [96]
  • 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) [97]
  • 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) - St Triantafyllos (August 8 - Meaning) [98]; St. Rose of Sardinia (Saint) [99]
  • 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 (Meaning: Bright or Dawn)
  • Ruby (f) - St Maelrubius (April 21 - Sound-alike) [100]
  • Rupert (m) - St 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) [101], 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

Key: If a name has a saint directly attached to it (or a foreign/derivative form of it), then Saint is used. If the name is short for a longer name that has a saint attached to it, then Diminutive is used. If the name is known to have the same meaning as a saint's name, then Meaning is used. If it is known only that the name sounds similar to a saint's name, then Sound-alike is used.
  • Sadie (f) - see Sarah (Diminutive)
  • Sage (m) - Martyr Saïs (January 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 Sarah of the Desert (July 13 - Saint)
  • Savannah (f) - St Savina of Milan (January 30 - Sound-alike) [102]
  • Scarlett, Scarlet (f) - St Scarthin (January 6 - Sound-alike) [103]
  • 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 - Sound-alike) [104]
  • Sean, Shaun (m) - St John (Saint)
  • Sebastian (m) - St Sebastian the Martyr (December 18 - 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) [105]
  • Shantelle (f) - see Chantal (Saint)
  • Shardae, Sharday (f) - St Jader of Numidia in North Africa (September 10 - Sound-alike) [106]
  • 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 - 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) - 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 Stephen the Protomartyr (Saint)
  • Summer (f) - St Sunaman, an ascetic and martyr (February 15 - Sound-alike) [107]; St Therissus (or Thyrsus), bishop of Karpasia, Cyprus (July 23 - Meaning: Summer) [108]
  • Susanna (f) - St Susanna, martyred in Salerno (January 18 - Saint); St Susanna the Just (Sunday of the Forefathers - Saint) [109]
  • Sydney (f) - 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) [110]

T

Key: If a name has a saint directly attached to it (or a foreign/derivative form of it), then Saint is used. If the name is short for a longer name that has a saint attached to it, then Diminutive is used. If the name is known to have the same meaning as a saint's name, then Meaning is used. If it is known only that the name sounds similar to a saint's name, then Sound-alike is used.
  • 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) [111]
  • Tatiana (f) - St Tatiana of Rome (Saint)
  • Taylor (f) - St Talarican in Scotland (October 30 - Sound-alike) [112]
  • 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)
  • Tia (f) - St Tatiana of Rome (Sound-alike); or, saints ending in '-tia' (Sound-alike); or, St Thais (May 10 - 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) [113]
  • Trevor (m) - St Triverius, hermit in Dombes (January 16 - Sound-alike) [114]
  • Trinity (f) - Pentecost (Feast Day)
  • Tristan (m) - St Drostan (or Drustan), abbot in Aberdeenshire (July 11 - Saint) [115]
  • Troy (m) - St Troyen of Saintes (November 30 - Sound-alike) [116]
  • Trudy (f) - see Gertrude (Saint); or, St Tudy of Wales (January 30 - Sound-alike) [117]
  • Ty (m) - see Tyler, Tyson or Tyrone (Diminutive)
  • Tyler (m) - St Tillo of Belgium (January 7 - Sound-alike) [118]
  • Tyrone (m) - see Owen (Saint)
  • Tyrion (m) - St Tikhon, St Tiridates of Armenia (November 29), St Taurion (November 7), Turiav (July 13) (Sound-alike) [119] [120]
  • Tyson (m) - St Dyfan of Britain (May 26 - Sound-alike) [121]

U

Key: If a name has a saint directly attached to it (or a foreign/derivative form of it), then Saint is used. If the name is short for a longer name that has a saint attached to it, then Diminutive is used. If the name is known to have the same meaning as a saint's name, then Meaning is used. If it is known only that the name sounds similar to a saint's name, then Sound-alike is used.
  • 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) [122]
  • Unity (f) - St Uni of Bremen-Hamburg (September 17 - Meaning: One) [123]
  • Uriel (m) - Archangel Uriel (November 8 - Saint)
  • Ursula (f) - St Ursula, Virgin-Martyr in Cologne (October 21 - Saint) [124]
  • Usher (m) - see Asher (Sound-alike)

V

Key: If a name has a saint directly attached to it (or a foreign/derivative form of it), then Saint is used. If the name is short for a longer name that has a saint attached to it, then Diminutive is used. If the name is known to have the same meaning as a saint's name, then Meaning is used. If it is known only that the name sounds similar to a saint's name, then Sound-alike is used.

W

Key: If a name has a saint directly attached to it (or a foreign/derivative form of it), then Saint is used. If the name is short for a longer name that has a saint attached to it, then Diminutive is used. If the name is known to have the same meaning as a saint's name, then Meaning is used. If it is known only that the name sounds similar to a saint's name, then Sound-alike is used.

X

Key: If a name has a saint directly attached to it (or a foreign/derivative form of it), then Saint is used. If the name is short for a longer name that has a saint attached to it, then Diminutive is used. If the name is known to have the same meaning as a saint's name, then Meaning is used. If it is known only that the name sounds similar to a saint's name, then Sound-alike is used.
  • Xavier (m) - St Ava, Abbess of Denain (April 29 - Sound-alike); St Avy of Micy (June 17 - Sound-alike); St Avitus (Sound-alike) [135]
  • Xander (m) - see Alexander (Diminutive)

Y

Key: If a name has a saint directly attached to it (or a foreign/derivative form of it), then Saint is used. If the name is short for a longer name that has a saint attached to it, then Diminutive is used. If the name is known to have the same meaning as a saint's name, then Meaning is used. If it is known only that the name sounds similar to a saint's name, then Sound-alike is used.
  • Yvette (f) - St Ywi, ascetic of Lindisfarne (October 8 - Sound-alike) [136]; or, see Eve or Janette (Sound-alike)

Z

Key: If a name has a saint directly attached to it (or a foreign/derivative form of it), then Saint is used. If the name is short for a longer name that has a saint attached to it, then Diminutive is used. If the name is known to have the same meaning as a saint's name, then Meaning is used. If it is known only that the name sounds similar to a saint's name, then Sound-alike is used.
  • Zachary, Zach (m) - St Zachariah, father of St John the Baptist (Saint)
  • Zeke (m) - Prophet Ezekiel (Saint)
  • Zelda (f) - see Hilda (Diminutive, from Griselda) [137]
  • Zelie (f) - see Azalea (Diminutive)
  • Zhadee (f) - St Jader of Numidia in North Africa (September 10 - Sound-alike) [138]
  • Zoe, Zoey (f) - Life-Giving Spring (Bright Friday); Exuperius and Zoe (May 2); Zoe of Rome (December 18) (Saint)

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