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A '''baptismal name''' is a name given to a newly-baptised Orthodox Christian.  For a lengthy time in Orthodox history, Orthodox Christians are given the names of Orthodox saints.
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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, perhaps unexpectedly, have Orthodox saints attached to them.
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The following is a list of names who have:
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* 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
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* 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']).
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* 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).
  
(Note: this is not designed to be a list of matchups between names with no real connection. For example, Hannah can be matched with St Anna, because it's the same name; but Peter and Panayiotis have no direct relation)
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However, this is not designed to be a list for existing matchups which have no relation (e.g. Panayiotis for Peter).
  
 
==A==
 
==A==
*Aaliyah (f) - ''see Alia''
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{{Baptismal names}}
*Aaron (m) - St Aaron the Priest ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]]) [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]
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*Aaliyah (f) - ''see Alia'' ('''Diminutive''')
*Abigail, Abby (f) - St [[w:Gobnait|Gobnait]] ([[February 11]])
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*Aaron (m) - St Aaron the Priest ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]
*Adam (m) - ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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*Abigail, Abby (f) - Venerable Virgin-martyr Æbbe the Younger of Coldingham, Abbess of Coldingham Priory ([[April 2]] - '''Sound-alike''')
*Addison (f) - ''see Madison''
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*Adalyn, Adaline (f) - ''see Adele'' ('''Derivative''')
*Adelaide (f) - St Adelaide of Rome; St Adelaide of Burgundy ([[December 16]])
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*Adam (m) - ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')
*Adele (f) - St Adela, Abbess of Pfalzel ([[December 24]])
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*Addison (f) - ''see Madison'' ('''Diminutive''')
*Adrian (m) - St Adrian ([[August 26]])
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*Adrian (m) - Saint [[Adrian]]
*Alan, Allan, Allen (m) - St Alan of Lavaur ([[November 25]]); St Elian of Cornwall ([[January 13]])
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*Adelaide (f) - St Adelaide of Rome; St Adelaide of Burgundy ([[December 16]] - '''Saint''')
*Alexa (f) - ''see Alexis or Alexandra''
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*Adele, Adela (f) - St Adela, Abbess of Pfalzel ([[December 24]] - '''Saint''')
*Alexis (m/f) - St [[Alexios the Man of God|Alexis Man of God]] ([[March 17]]); Tsarevich Alexei; ''see also: [[Alexis (disambiguation)]]''
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*Adrian (m) - St Adrian ([[August 26]] - '''Saint''')
*Alia (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]]
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*Aidan, Aiden (m) - St [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]] ('''Saint''')
*Alice, Alicia, Alisha (f) - St Alexandra ([[April 21]]); Tsaritsa Alexandra ([[July 4]])
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*Aimee (f) - ''see Amy'' ('''Diminutive''')
*Alison, Allison (f) - St Alexandra ([[April 21]]); Tsaritsa Alexandra ([[July 4]])
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*Alan, Allan, Allen (m) - St Alan of Lavaur ([[November 25]] - '''Saint'''); St Elian of Cornwall ([[January 13]] - '''Saint''')
*Alyssa, Alissa (f) - ''see Alice''
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*Alana, Alaina (f) - ''see Alan'' ('''Saint''')
*Amelia (f) - St [[Emily|Emily of Caesarea]], mother of St Basil the Great.
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*Albert (m) - St [[Albert]] ('''Saint''')
*Angus (m) - St [[Angus of Keld]] (''Óengus the Culdee, Óengus of Tallaght'') ([[March 11]])
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*Alex (m/f) - ''see Alexis, Alexandra or Alexander'' ('''Diminutive''')
*Annabelle (f) - St Amabilis of Riome; St Amabilis of Rouen
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*Alexa (f) - ''see Alexis or Alexandra'' ('''Diminutive''')
*Aria (f) - St Aria (''Cyriaca, Dominica'') of Rome ([[August 21]])
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*Alexander (m) - St [[Alexander]] ('''Saint''')
*Arianna, Ariana (f) - St [[w:Ariadne of Phrygia|Ariadne of Phrygia]] ([[September 18]])
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*Alexandra (f) - St Alexandra ([[April 21]] - '''Saint'''); Tsaritsa Alexandra ([[July 4]] - '''Saint''')
*Arnold (m) - St Arnold (in Germany - [[July 8]])
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*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''')
*Arthur (m) - ''closest is St Artemius or St [[Athanasios of Alexandria|Athanasios]]''
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*Alia (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Diminutive'''); or, St [[Alexandra]] ('''Diminiutive''', from Russian).
*Ash (m/f) - ''closest is St Ignatius the God-bearer ([[December 20]])''
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*Alice, Alicia, Alisha (f) - St Alexandra ([[April 21]]); Tsaritsa Alexandra ([[July 4]]) ('''Diminutive''')
*Ashley (m/f) - ''closest known is St Leah ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])''
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*Alison, Allison (f) - St Alexandra ([[April 21]]); Tsaritsa Alexandra ([[July 4]]) ('''Diminutive''')
*Ava (f) - St Ava of Dinant, Abbess in Belgium ([[April 29]])
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*Alvin (m) - ''see Elvin'' ('''Saint''')
*Avery (f) - St [[Alfred the Great]] ([[October 26]])
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*Alyssa, Alissa (f) - ''see Alice'' ('''Diminutive''')
*Aubrey, Aubree (f) - St [[Alfred the Great]] ([[October 26]])
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*Amanda (f) - St Amandus of Elnon ([[February 6]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]
*Audrey (f) - St Audrey (''or Etheldred'') of Ely ([[June 23]])
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*Amber (f) - [[Theotokos|Mary, the Mother of God]] ('''Sound-alike meaning''': 'Ambelos', meaning 'vine'); St Ambelus in Sicily ([[November 20]] - '''Sound-alike meaning''': 'Ambelos', meaning 'vine'); St Ambelius of Milan ([[July 7]] - '''Sound-alike meaning''': 'Ambelos', meaning 'vine')
*Austin (m) - St [[Augustine of Canterbury]] ([[May 26]]); St [[Augustine of Hippo]] ([[August 28]])
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*Amelia (f) - St [[Emily|Emily of Caesarea]], mother of St Basil the Great. ('''Diminutive''')
*Autumn (f) - ''closest is St Autonomos ([[September 12]])'' [http://home.iprimus.com.au/xenos/autonomos.html]
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*Amy (f) - St Agapi (daughter of Sophia) ([[September 17]] - '''Meaning''')
*Ayden (m) - St [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]] ([[August 31]])
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*Anastasia, Anastacia (f) - St [[Anastasia the Roman]] ([[October 29]] - '''Saint'''), St [[Anastasia the Deliverer from Potions]] ([[December 22]] - '''Saint''')
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*Andrew (m) - [[Apostle Andrew|St Andrew the First-called Apostle]] ('''Saint''')
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*Anekah (f) - St Anacharius of Auxerre ([[September 25]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]
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*Angela (f) - Synaxis of Bodiless Powers ([[November 8]] - '''Meaning'''); [[Annunciation]] (or ''' ''Evangelismos'' ''') to the Theotokos ([[March 25]] - '''Meaning''')
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*Angus (m) - St [[Angus of Keld]] (''Óengus the Culdee, Óengus of Tallaght'') ([[March 11]] - '''Saint''')
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*Anna (f) - St [[Anna]], mother of the Theotokos ('''Saint''')
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*Annabelle (f) - St Amabilis of Riome ('''Sound-alike'''); St Amabilis of Rouen ('''Sound-alike''')
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*Anthony (m) - St [[Anthony]] ('''Saint''')
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*April (f) - St Aprus of Toul ([[September 15]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]
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*Archibald, Archie (m) - Saint Erconwald, Bishop of London ([[April 30]] - '''Saint''')
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*Aria (f) - St Aria of Rome ([[August 21]] - '''Saint''')
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*Arianna, Ariana (f) - St [[w:Ariadne of Phrygia|Ariadne of Phrygia]] ([[September 18]] - '''Saint''')
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*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 -->
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*Arnold (m) - St Arnold ([[July 8]]) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]
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*Arthur (m) - St Artemius ('''Sound-alike'''); St [[Athanasius of Alexandria|Athanasius]] ('''Sound-alike''')
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*Arya (m/f) - St [[Eugene of Cherson|Eugene]] ([[March 7]] - '''Meaning''': noble)
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*Ash (m/f) - ''closest is: see Asher or Ashley'' ('''Sound-alike''')
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*Asher (m) - Asher, son of [[Jacob]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')
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*Ashley (m/f) - St Leah ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')
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*Ava (f) - St Ava of Dinant, Abbess in Belgium ([[April 29]] - '''Saint''')
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*Avery (f) - St [[Alfred the Great]] ([[October 26]]) ('''Diminutive''')
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*Aubrey, Aubree (f) - St Alberic of Stavelot-Malmédy ([[October 28]] - '''Saint'''); St Alberic of Utrecht ([[November 14]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]
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*Audrey (f) - St Audrey (''or Etheldred'') of Ely ([[June 23]] - '''Saint''')
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*Aurora (f) - St Aurora, martyr ([[July 4]] - '''Saint''')
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*Austin, Austen (m) - St [[Augustine of Canterbury]] ([[May 26]] - '''Saint'''); St [[Augustine of Hippo]] ([[August 28]] - '''Saint''')
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*Autumn (f) - St Autonomos ([[September 12]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://home.iprimus.com.au/xenos/autonomos.html]
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*Ava (f) - ''see Eve'' ('''Derivative''')
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*Avril (f) - ''see April'' ('''Saint''')
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*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==
*Bailey (m) - ''closest is St Balin ([[September 7]])'' [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]
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{{Baptismal names}}
*Belinda (f) - St Berlinda (Anchoress at Meerbeke - [[February 3]])
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*Bailey (m) - St Balin ([[September 7]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]
*Bella (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]]
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*Barry (m) - Prophet Baruch ([[September 28]] - '''Saint'''); Saint Finbarr of Cork (''Barrocus, Barry''), ([[September 25]] - '''Saint'''); Saint Barrog (''Barruc''), ([[September 27]] - '''Saint''')
*Bess, Beth, Betty (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]]
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*Beau (m) - St Kallistos of Constantinople (one on [[June 20]], the other on [[November 22]] - '''Meaning''': Beautiful)
*Bentley (m) - St [[Panteleimon]] ([[July 27]])
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*Belinda (f) - St Berlinda, anchoress at Meerbeke ([[February 3]] - '''Saint''')
*Blake (m) - St Maurice ([[December 27]])
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*Bella (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Diminutive''')
*Brandon (m) - St [[Brendan the Navigator|Brendon the Navigator]] ([[May 16]])
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*Benjamin, Ben (m) - Righteous Benjamin, son of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')
*Braydon (m) - St Bradon, venerated on the Isle of Man ([[October 20]])
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*Bentley (m) - St [[Panteleimon]] ([[July 27]] - '''Sound-alike''')
*Brian, Bryan (m) - St Birinus of Dorchester
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*Bert (m) - ''see Albert''
*Brianna (f) - St Birinus of Dorchester
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*Bertrand (m) - St Bertrand ([[June 30]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]
*Brody, Brodie (m) - ''closest is St [[Ambrose of Milan]]''
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*Bess, Beth, Betty (f) - ''see Elizabeth'' ('''Diminutive''')
*Brooklyn (f) - St Raphael of Brooklyn ([[February 27]])
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*Bianca (f) - St [[Alban]], Protomartyr of Britain ([[June 22]] - '''Meaning''': white)
*Bryce (m) - St Brice/Brictius of Tours
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*Blake (m) - St Maurice ([[December 27]] - '''Meaning''': black)
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*Bradley (m) - St Bradon, venerated on the Isle of Man ([[October 20]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]
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*Braedon, Braydon (m) - St Bradon, venerated on the Isle of Man ([[October 20]] - '''Saint''')
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*Brandy (f) - St [[Brendan the Navigator]] ([[May 16]]) - '''Sound-alike''')
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*Brendan, Brendon (m) - St [[Brendan the Navigator]] ([[May 16]] - '''Saint''')
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*Brett (m) - St Brito (''or Britonius'') of Trier ([[May 5]] - '''Meaning''': a Briton) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]
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*Brian, Bryan (m) - St [[Eugene]] ('''Meaning''': noble); St Birinus of Dorchester ('''Sound-alike''')
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*Brianna (f) - St Birinus of Dorchester ('''Sound-alike''')
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*Brittany, Brittney, Britney (f) - St Brito (''or Britonius'') of Trier ([[May 5]] - '''Meaning''': a Briton) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]
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*Brody, Brodie (m) - St [[Ambrose of Milan]] ('''Sound-alike''')
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*Brooke (f) - Prophet [[Baruch]] ([[September 28]] - '''Sound-alike''')
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*Brooklyn (f) - St Raphael of Brooklyn ([[February 27]] - '''Saint''' based on name of place)
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*Bryce, Bryson (m) - St Brice of Tours ([[November 13]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]
  
 
==C==
 
==C==
*Caden, Cayden (m) - ''see Aidan''
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{{baptismal names}}
*Caleb (m) - St Elesbaan, King of Ethiopia ([[October 24]])
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*Caden, Cayden (m) - ''see Aidan'' ('''Sound-alike''')
*Caitlyn, Caitlin (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ([[November 25]])
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*Cadence (f) - ''see Aidan'' ('''Sound-alike''')
*Cameron (m) - St Camerinus, martyr under Diocletian ([[August 21]])
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*Caleb (m) - St Elesbaan, King of Ethiopia ([[October 24]]) ('''Sound-alike''')
*Camden (m) - ''closest is St Kanten of Lianganten ([[November 5]])'' [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]
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*Callie (f) - ''see Charlotte'' ('''Diminutive of Derivative''')
*Camilla, Camila (f) - St Camilla, anchoress in France ([[March 3]])
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*Callum (m) - St [[Columba of Iona]] ('''Saint''')
*Carl (m) - ''see Charles''
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*Caitlyn, Caitlin (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ([[November 25]] - '''Saint''')
*Carla (f) - ''see Charlotte''
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*Cameron (m) - St Camerinus, martyr under Diocletian ([[August 21]]) ('''Sound-alike''')
*Caroline (f) - ''see Charlotte''
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*Camden (m) - St Kanten of Lianganten ([[November 5]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]
*Carson (m) - ''closest is St Caron'' ([[March 5]]) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]
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*Camilla, Camila (f) - St Camilla, anchoress in France ([[March 3]] - '''Saint''')
*Carter (m) - ''closest: see Arthur''
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*Candace, Candice, Candy (f) - St [[Candida]] ('''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_c.htm]
*Charles (m) - ''closest is St Carloman (King of Austrasia and monk [[August 17]])''
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*Carl (m) - ''see Charles'' ('''Diminutive''')
*Charlotte (f) - ''closest is St Carloman (King of Austrasia and monk [[August 17]])''
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*Carla (f) - ''see Charlotte'' ('''Diminutive''')
*Chase (m) - ''closest is St [[John Cassian]] or St [[Chad of Lichfield]]''
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*Caroline (f) - ''see Charlotte'' ('''Diminutive''')
*Chloe (f) - St Chloe, commemorated in ancient Corinth together with holy apostles Titus, Crispus and Justus (the Sunday between [[February 13]] and [[February 19]])
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*Carson (m) - St Caron ([[March 5]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]
*Ciaran (m) - ''see Kieran''
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*Carter (m) - ''see Arthur'' ('''Sound-alike''')
*Claire, Clare (f) - St [[Photine of Samaria|Photini the Samaritan Woman]]
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*Casey (m) - St Vigilius of Trent ([[June 26]] - '''Meaning''': vigilant) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]
*Colin, Collin (m) - St [[Nicholas of Myra|Nicholas]] ([[December 6]])
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*Cassandra (f) - St [[Kassiani the Hymnographer]] ('''Sound-alike''')
*Colton (m) - ''closest is St [[Colman of Lindisfarne]]'' ([[February 18]])
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*Cecilia (f) - St Cecilia of Rome ([[November 22]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]
*Connor (m) - ''closest is St Conran ([[February 14]]) or St Conogan ([[October 16]])''
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*Chad (m) - St [[Chad of Lichfield]] ('''Saint''')
*Cooper (m) - ''closest is St [[Cyprian of Carthage|Cyprian]]''
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*Chantal, Chantel - [[Apostle Peter]] ([[June 29]] - '''Meaning''': stony)
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*Charity (f) - St Charity (''Agapi'' or ''Lyubov''), daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Saint''')
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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''')
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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''')
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*Chase (m) - St [[John Cassian]] ('''Sound-alike'''); St [[Chad of Lichfield]] ('''Sound-alike'''); or, ''see Chaz''.
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*Chavez (m) - St [[Savas]] ('''Sound-alike''')
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*Chaz (m) - ''see Charles''
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*Chelsea (f) - St Celsus of Rome ([[November 21]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]
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*Cheryl (f) - St Charity (''Agapi'' or ''Lyubov''), daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Meaning''': love)
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*Chiarina (f) - ''see Claire''
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*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''')
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*Christian (m) - St Christian of Auxerre ([[November 22]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]
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*Christine, Christina (f) - St [[Christina of Tyre]] ('''Saint''')
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*Christopher, Chris (m) - St [[Christopher of Lycia]] ('''Saint''')
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*Chryssa (f) - St [[Chrysanthus]] ([[March 19]] - '''Saint''')
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*Ciaran (m) - ''see Kieran'' ('''Saint''')
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*Claire, Clara, Clare (f) - St [[Photine of Samaria|Photini the Samaritan Woman]] ('''Saint''')
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*Cody (m) - St Boethius ([[December 7]] - '''Meaning''': helpful) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stddec.htm]
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*Cole (m) - ''see Maurice ('''Meaning''': dark) or Colin ('''Sound-alike''')''
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*Colin, Collin (m) - St [[Nicholas of Myra|Nicholas]] ([[December 6]] - '''Saint''')
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*Colton (m) - St [[Colman of Lindisfarne]] ([[February 18]] - '''Sound-alike''')
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*Connor (m) - St Conran ([[February 14]] - '''Sound-alike''') or St Conogan ([[October 16]] - '''Sound-alike''')
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*Cooper (m) - ''closest is St [[Cyprian of Carthage|Cyprian]] ('''Sound-alike''')
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*Cora (f) - St Coralia the Virginmartyr ([[September 1]] - '''Sound-alike''')
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*Corey (m) - St Corentinus of Quimper ([[December 12]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]
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*Courtney (f) - ''see Curtis'' ('''Derivative''')
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*Crystal, Chrystal (f) - Celebrated on [[December 25]] (from 'Chrystalla')
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*Cruz (m) - [[Elevation of the Holy Cross]] ('''Meaning''': Cross)
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*Curtis (m) - Apostle [[Quartus]] ([[November 10]] - '''Sound-alike'''), St Curnutus of Iconium ([[September 12]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_c.htm]
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*Cynthia (f) - St Cyntianus of Seleucia ([[15 November]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St Cyntianus (or Cyntion), Hieromartyr & Bishop of Chalcedon ([[29 April]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_c.htm]
  
 
==D==
 
==D==
*Deborah, Debra, Debbie (f) - St Deborah the Judge ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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{{Baptismal names}}
*Dennis, Denis (m) - St [[Dionysius the Areopagite]] ([[October 3]]); (''see also: [[Dionysius (disambiguation)]]'').
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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''')
*Dominic (m) - Hieromartyr Cyriacus (''Kyriakos''), Bishop of Jerusalem ([[October 18]]); St Kyriakos (''Cyriacus the Anchorite'') ([[September 29]]).
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*Dane (m) - St Ansgar, Enlightener of Denmark ([[February 3]] - '''Meaning''': Dane, Danish people); St Deiniol of Wales ([[September 11]] - '''Sound-alike''')
*Donald (m) - St [[Donald of Ogilvy]] ([[July 15]])
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*Daniel (m) - St [[Daniel]] ('''Saint''')
*Donna (f) - [[Mary]] the Mother of God; ''sometimes, see Donald''.
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*Danielle (f) - St [[Daniel]] ('''Saint''')
*Dora (f) - ''Dorothy'' - St Dorothea of Caesarea  ([[February 6]]);  
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*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/]
*Doreen (f) - ''Dorothy'' - St Dorothea of Caesarea  (February 6);
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*Daria (f) - St [[Daria]] ([[March 19]] - '''Saint''')
*Doris (f) - ''Dorothy'' - St Dorothea of Caesarea  (February 6);
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*Darlene (f) - St [[Daria]] ([[March 19]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St Darerca, sister of St Patrick ([[March 22]] - '''Sound-alike''')[http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]
*Dustin (m) - ''closest is St [[Dunstan of Canterbury]]''
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*Darren (m) - Prophet Aaron ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')
*Dylan, Dillon (m/f) - St Teilo of Llandaff ([[February 9]])
+
*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)
 +
*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) - 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) - 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]
  
 
==E==
 
==E==
*Easton (m) - ''closest is St Eosterwine of Wearmouth'' ([[March 7]]) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintse.htm]
+
{{Baptismal names}}
*Edward (m) - St [[Edward the Martyr|Edward the Passion-Bearer of England]] ([[March 18]])
+
*Easton (m) - St Eosterwine of Wearmouth ([[March 7]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintse.htm]
*Eli (m) - [[Prophet Elijah]]
+
*Edward (m) - St [[Edward the Martyr|Edward the Passion-Bearer of England]] ([[March 18]] - '''Saint''')
*Ella, Ellie (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]]
+
*Edwin (m) - St Edwen, Patron saint of Llanedwen in Anglesey in Wales ([[November 6]] - '''Saint'''); St Edwin, King of Northumbria in England ([[October 12]] - '''Saint''')
*Elsa, Elsie (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]]
+
*Eileen (f) - St [[Helen]] ([[May 21]] - '''Saint'''); [[Helen of Caernarfon]] ([[May 22]] - '''Saint''')
*Eileen (f) - St [[Helen]] ([[May 21]]); [[Helen of Caernarfon]] ([[May 22]])
+
*Elaine, Eleanor, Elena (f) - St [[Helen]] ([[May 21]] - '''Saint'''); [[Helen of Caernarfon]] ([[May 22]] - '''Saint''')
*Elaine (f) - St [[Helen]] (May 21); [[Helen of Caernarfon]] (May 22)
+
*Electra (f) - ''see Amber'' ('''Meaning''': direct translation)
*Eleanor (f) - St [[Helen]] (May 21); [[Helen of Caernarfon]] (May 22)
+
*Eliana (f) - [[Prophet Elijah]] ('''Saint''')
*Elvis (m) - St [[Ailbe of Emly]]
+
*Elijah, Eli (m) - [[Prophet Elijah]] ('''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]])
+
*Elizabeth (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Saint''')
*Emma (f) - St Imma of Karlburg ([[November 25]])
+
*Ella, Ellie (f) - ''see Elizabeth'' ('''Diminutive'')
*Eric (m) - St [[Erc of Slane]]
+
*Elliot, Elliott (m) - ''see Elijah'' ('''Derivative of Saint''')
*Ethan (m) - ''not yet completed''
+
*Elsa, Elsie (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Diminutive''')
*Eva (f) - Eve the First-Formed ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]]) [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]
+
*Elvin (m) - St Elwin of Cornwall ([[February 22]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintse.htm]
*Evan (m) - St [[John]]; St Evan of Ayrshire ([[August 18]])
+
*Elvis (m) - St [[Ailbe of Emly]] ('''Saint''')
*Evelyn (f) - ''closest is St Abel ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])''
+
*Emily (f) - St [[Emily|Emily of Caesarea]], mother of St Basil the Great ([[January 1]] or [[May 30]] - '''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) - 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) - St Abel ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')
  
 
==F==
 
==F==
*Faith (f) - St [[Faith]], daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]])
+
{{Baptismal names}}
*Frederick, Fred (m) - St Frederick of Utrecht ([[July 18]])
+
*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==
 
==G==
*Gail (f) - ''see Abigail''
+
{{Baptismal names}}
*Gavin (m) - St Gavinus, Protomartyr of Sardinia ([[May 30]])
+
*Gabriel (m) - St [[Gabriel]] ('''Saint''')
*Genesis (f) - ''closest is the [[Nativity|Nativity of Christ]] or the [[Nativity of the Theotokos]]''
+
*Gabrielle, Gabriella (f) - St [[Gabriel]] ('''Saint''')
*Geoffrey, Geoff (m) - St Geoffrey, Abbot of Wearmouth
+
*Gail (f) - ''see Abigail'' ('''Diminutive''')
*Gerald, Gerry (m) - St Gerald, Bishop of Mayo
+
*Gavin (m) - St Gavinus, Protomartyr of Sardinia ([[May 30]] - '''Sound-alike''')
*Gianna (f) - St John
+
*Garrett (m) - ''see Gerald'' ('''Diminutive''')
*Gilbert (m) - St Agilbert of Jouarre
+
*Gemma (f) - St Gemma in Gurk, Austria ([[June 29]] - '''Saint''')
*Grace (f) - St Charis ([[January 28]])
+
*Genesis (f) - ''closest is the [[Nativity|Nativity of Christ]] or the [[Nativity of the Theotokos]]'' ('''Meaning''')
*Grayson (m) - ''not yet completed''
+
*Genevieve (f) - St Geneviève of Paris ([[January 3]] - '''Saint''')
*Gwen, Gwendoline (f) - St Gwen Teirborn of Britain
+
*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''')
 +
*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''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]
 +
*Gwen, Gwendoline (f) - St Gwen Teirborn of Britain ('''Saint''')
  
 
==H==
 
==H==
*Hank (m) - St [[John]], ''or see Henry''.
+
{{Baptismal names}}
*Hannah (f) - St Anna, mother of the Theotokos; St Hannah, mother of the Prophet Samuel ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]]) [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]
+
*Hadrian (m) - St [[Adrian]] ('''Saint''')
*Harper (f) - ''closest is St David the Prophet & King'' ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
+
*Hailey, Hailee (f) - ''see Hayley'' ('''Derivative''')
*Harry (m) - ''see Henry or Harold''
+
*Hanalei (m/f) - ''see Henry'' ('''Sound-alike''')
*Haydon (m) - St [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]]
+
*Hank (m) - St [[John]] ('''Derivative''', from 'Hankin'); or, ''see Henry'' ('''Diminutive''').
*Hayley, Hailey, Haylee (f) - ''closest: see Leah''
+
*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]
*Henry (m) - St Henry of Saint-Germain d'Auxerre ([[June 24]]) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsh.htm]
+
*Harlow (f) - '''as yet unknown'''
*Heidi (f) - ''see Adelaide''
+
*Harper (f) - ''closest is St David the Prophet & King'' ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Meaning''': Harp-player)
*Hope (f) - St Hope (daughter of St Sophia)
+
*Harrison (m) - ''see Harry'' ('''Derivative''').  Or, St [[Hariton]] ([[September 28]] - '''Sound-alike''')
*Hudson (m) - ''see Hugh or Richard''
+
*Harry (m) - ''see Henry'' ('''Derivative'''); or, ''see Harold'' ('''Diminutive''')
*Hugh (m) - St Hugh of Rouen ([[Apr 9]]) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsh.htm]
+
*Haydon (m) - St [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]] ('''Sound-alike''')
*Hunter (m) - ''not yet completed''
+
*Hayley, Haylee (f) - ''see Leah'' ('''Sound-alike''')
 +
*Heather (f) - 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''')
 +
*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''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsh.htm]
 +
*Hunter (m) - St Gunthiern in Brittany ([[July 3]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsg.htm]
  
 
==I==
 
==I==
*Ian (m) - St John
+
{{Baptismal names}}
*Isabel, Isabella (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]]
+
*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==
 
==J==
*Jace, Jase (m) - St Jason
+
{{Baptismal names}}
*Jack (m) - St Iakovos, St Jacob; (''see also: [[Jacob (disambiguation)]]'')
+
*Jace, Jase (m) - ''see Jason'' ('''Diminutive''')
*Jackson, Jaxon, Jaxson (m) - ''see Jack''
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*Jack (m) - St [[John]] ('''Diminutive'''); or, ''see Jacob'' ('''Sound-alike''')
*Jacob, Jake (m) - St Jacob (Son of Isaac - [[Sunday of the Forefathers]]), St [[Jacob Netsvetov]]
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*Jackson, Jaxon, Jaxson (m) - ''see Jack'' ('''Derivative''')
*Jacqueline (f) - St Joanna
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*Jacob, Jake (m) - St Jacob (Son of Isaac - [[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint'''), St [[Jacob Netsvetov]] ('''Saint''')
*Jade (f) - ''closest is St. Jader (Iader) of Sigum, Bishop in Numidia ([[September 10]])''
+
*Jacqueline (f) - St [[Jacob (disambiguation)|Jacob]] or St [[Apostle James the Just|James]] ('''Derivative''')
*Jane (f) - St Joanna
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*Jade (f) - St Jader (Iader) of Sigum, Bishop in Numidia ([[September 10]] - '''Sound-alike''')
*Janet (f) - St Joanna
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*Jaira (f) - St [[Lucy of Syracuse]] ('''Meaning''': He shines/God enlightens)
*Janice (f) - St Joanna
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*Jairos, Jairus (m) - St [[Lucy of Syracuse]] ('''Meaning''': He shines/God enlightens)
*Jaira (f) - St [[Lucy of Syracuse]] (''also Jairos/Jairus (m)'')
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*James (m) - St [[James]] ('''Saint''')
*Jayden (m) - ''see Jade''
+
*Jamie (m/f) - ''see James'' ('''Derivative''')
*Jeff (m) - ''see Geoffrey''
+
*Jan, Jane (f) - St Joanna ('''Diminutive''')
*Jennifer (f) - St Genevieve of Paris ([[January 3]]); St Winifred of Wales ([[November 3]])
+
*Janet (f) - St Joanna ('''Diminutive''')
*Jenny (f) - St Joanna
+
*Janice (f) - St Joanna ('''Diminutive''')
*Jeoire (m) - St [[George]] ([[April 23]])
+
*Jared (m) - ([[Sunday of the Fathers]] - '''Saint''')
*Jerica (f) - St [[Gertrude of Nivelles]] ([[March 17]])
+
*Jason (m) - St [[Jason]] ('''Saint''')
*Jerry (m) - ''see Gerald''
+
*Jasmine (f) - St Jasimus, Ascetic & Wonderworker ([[February 4]] - '''Sound-alike''')
*Jessie (f) - St [[Joanna]]; St Jesse, son of Obed ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]]) [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]
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*Javana (f) - ''see Giovanna'' ('''Sound-alike''')
*Jo, Joan, Joanna, Joanne (f) - St [[John (disambiguation)|John]]
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*Jay, Jayce (m) - ''see James or Jason'' ('''Diminutive''')
*Jocelyn, Joselyn (f) - ''closest is St Judocus (Josse) of Brittany ([[December 13]]) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsj.htm]
+
*Jayden, Jaydon (m) - St. Jader (Iader) of Sigum, Bishop in Numidia ([[September 10]] - '''Sound-alike''')
*Jodie (f) - ''see Judith''
+
*Jeff, Jeffrey (m) - ''see Geoffrey'' ('''Derivative''')
*Joe, Joseph (m) - St [[Joseph the Betrothed|Joseph]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
+
*Jenna (f) - ''see Jenny'' ('''Derivative''')
*Josephine (f) - St [[Joseph the Betrothed|Joseph]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
+
*Jennifer (f) - St Genevieve of Paris ([[January 3]] - '''Sound-alike''')
*Joost (m) - St [[Judoc of Brittany]]
+
*Jenny (f) - ''see Jane'' ('''Diminutive'''); or, ''see Jennifer'' ('''Diminutive''')
*Jordan, Jordana (m/f) - The [[Theophany]] of Christ
+
*Jeoire (m) - St [[George]] ([[April 23]] - '''Derivative''' from French)
*Joshua, Josh (m) - St Joshua the son of Nun ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]]) [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]
+
*Jeremiah, Jeremy (m) - Prophet [[Jeremiah]] ([[May 1]] - '''Saint''')
*Joyce (m/f) - St [[Judoc of Brittany]]
+
*Jerica (f) - St [[Gertrude of Nivelles]] ([[March 17]] - '''Derivative''')
*Judith, Judy (f) - St Judith, slayer of Holofernes ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]]) [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]; St [[Apostle Jude|Jude the Apostle]]
+
*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]
 +
*Jodie (f) - ''see Judith'' ('''Diminutive''')
 +
*Joe (m) - ''see Joseph'' ('''Diminutive''')
 +
*Joel (m) - [[Prophet Joel]] ('''Saint''')
 +
*John (m) - St [[John (disambiguation)|John]] ('''Saint''')
 +
*Jonathan, Jonty (m) - Jonathan, son of Saul [[Sunday of the Forefathers]] ('''Saint'''), or St [[Theodore]] ('''Meaning''': God has given)
 +
*Jordan, Jordana (m/f) - The [[Theophany of Christ]] ('''Derivative''', name of river)
 +
*Joseph (m) - St [[Joseph the Betrothed|Joseph]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')
 +
*Josephine (f) - St [[Joseph the Betrothed|Joseph]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')
 +
*Joost (m) - St [[Judoc of Brittany]] ('''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==
 
==K==
*Kaitlyn (f) - ''see Caitlyn''
+
{{Baptismal names}}
*Karen (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]]
+
*Kaelyn (f) - ''see Kay'' ('''diminutive''')
*Kathleen (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]]
+
*Kai (m) - ''see Kay'' ('''Saint''')
*Kay, Kayla, Kaylee (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]]
+
*Kaiden (m) - ''see Kayden'' ('''Derivative''')
*Kayden (m) - ''see Aidan''
+
*Kaitlyn (f) - ''see Caitlyn'' ('''Saint''')
*Kelly (f) - St Ceallach of Killala ([[May 1]])
+
*Kallum (m) - ''see Callum'' ('''Saint''')
*Ken, Kenneth (m) - St Kenneth of Wales ([[August 1]]); St [[w:Cainnech of Aghaboe|Cainnech of Aghaboe]] ([[October 11]])
+
*Karen (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Diminutive''')
*Kennedy (f) - ''closest: see Kenneth''
+
*Kateri (f) - ''see Katherine''
*Kevin (m) - St [[Kevin of Glendalough]]
+
*Katherine, Kathryn (f) - ''see Catherine'' ('''Saint''')
*Khloe (f) - ''see Chloe''
+
*Kathleen (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Saint''')
*Kieran, Kyran, Kiaran (m) - St [[Kieran of Clonmacnoise]] ([[September 9]])
+
*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]
*Kittie (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]]
+
*Kayden (m) - ''see Aidan'' ('''Saint''')
*Kyle (m) - ''closest is St Kilian, abbot of Inishcaltra island, Ireland ([[July 29]])'' [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]
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*Kayse (f) - ''see Casey'' ('''Saint''')
*Kylie (f) - ''closest is St Kilian, abbot of Inishcaltra island, Ireland ([[July 29]])'' [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.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); 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''')
 +
*Kennedy (f) - ''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]] ('''Sound-alike''': 'Chrystalla')
 +
*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==
 
==L==
*Landon (m) - ''not yet completed''
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{{baptismal names}}
*Larry (m) - St Laurence of Canterbury ([[February 2]])
+
*Lance (m) - '''as yet unknown'''
*Laura (f) - St Laura of Cordoba, martyred in Spain by the Moors ([[October 19]])
+
*Landon (m) - St Landericus of Soignies ([[April 17]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]
*Lauren (f) - St [[Laurence]]
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*Larry (m) - ''see Laurence'' ('''Diminutive''')
*Layla (f) - ''closest is St Lelia ([[August 11]]) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]''
+
*Laura (f) - St Laura of Cordoba, martyred in Spain by the Moors ([[October 19]] - '''Saint'''); or, St [[Laurus]] ([[August 18]]).
*Leah, Lia (f) - St Leah, the wife of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]]); St Lea, ascetic in Rome ([[March 22]])
+
*Lauren (f) - St [[Laurence]] ('''Saint''')
*Lee (m) - ''see Leah''
+
*Laurence (m) - St [[Laurence]] ('''Saint''')
*Leslie (m/f) - ''not yet completed''
+
*Layla (f) - St Lelia ([[August 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]
*Liam (m) - ''see William''
+
*Leah, Lia (f) - St Leah, the wife of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint'''); St Lea, ascetic in Rome ([[March 22]] - '''Saint''')
*Lillian (f) - ''see Elizabeth; or, see Lily''
+
*Lee (m) - ''see Leah'' ('''Sound-alike''')
*Lily (f) - St Lelia ([[August 11]]) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]
+
*Levi (m) - [[Apostle Matthew]] ('''Saint''')
*Lincoln (m) - All Saints of Lincolnshire [http://www.allsaintslincs.org.uk/event-reader/events/patronal-festival-liturgy.html]
+
*Leo (m) - St [[Leo the Great]] ([[February 18]] - '''Saint''')
*Linda (f) - ''closest is St [[Linus]] of Rome''
+
*Leon (m) - ''see Leo''
*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''
+
*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];
*Lorna (f) - St Loarn, disciple of St Patrick ([[August 30]]) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]
+
*Leslie (m/f) - St Lelia in Limerick ([[August 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]
*Louis, Luis (m) - St Ludwin of Trier ([[September 29]]) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]; or St Lewina of Seaford ([[July 24]]) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]
+
*Lia (f) - ''see Leah'' ('''Saint''')
*Lucy (f) - St [[Lucy of Syracuse]] ([[December 13]])
+
*Liam (m) - ''see William'' ('''Diminutive''')
*Lydia (f) - St [[Lydia of Thyatira|Lydia of Phillipi]] ([[May 20]])
+
*Lila (f) - St Lelia ([[August 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]
*Lynn (f) - ''see Linda; or, closest is [[Theophany]]''
+
*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) - 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]
 +
*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]] ('''Meaning''': lake); or, ''see Linda'' ('''Diminutive''')
  
 
==M==
 
==M==
*Mabel (f) - St Amabilis of Riome, St Amabilis of Rouen
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{{baptismal names}}
*Mackenzie (f) - St Kenneth of Wales ([[August 1]]); St [[w:Cainnech of Aghaboe|Cainnech of Aghaboe]] ([[October 11]])
+
*Mabel (f) - St Amabilis of Riome ([[November 1]] - '''Derivative'''), St Amabilis of Rouen ([[July 11]] - '''Derivative''')
*Madelyn, Madeleine, Madeline (f) - St [[Mary Magdalene]] ([[July 22]])
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*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)
*Madison (f) - St Maud ([[March 14]]), [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.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]])
 
*Malcolm (m) - St [[Columba of Iona]] ([[June 9]])
*Marcia (f) - St Marcia, martyred under Diocletian ([[July 2]])
+
*Marcia (f) - St Marcia, martyred under Diocletian ([[July 2]] - '''Saint''')
*Mariah (f) - [[Mary]]; St Mariah the sister of Moses ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]]) [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]
+
*Margaret (f) - St [[Marina]] ('''Saint''')
*Martin (m) - St [[Martin of Tours]] ([[November 11]])
+
*Marlow (f) - St [[Mary Magdalene]] ('''Sound-alike of Derivative''')
*Martina, Martine (f) - St [[Martin of Tours]] (November 11)
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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]])
*Maya (f) - St Magos (2nd century) ([[May 31]])
+
*Marisa, Marissa (f) - ''see [[Theotokos|Mary]]; or, see Louis''
*Megan (f) - St [[Marina of Antioch|Margaret]]
+
*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]
*Melanie (f) - St Melangell (Abbess in Wales)
+
*Martin (m) - St [[Martin of Tours]] ([[November 11]] - '''Saint''')
*Mia (f) - ''see Amelia or Maria''
+
*Martina, Martine (f) - St [[Martin of Tours]] ([[November 11]] - '''Saint''')
*Mikayla (f) - [[Archangel Michael]] ([[November 8]])
+
*Mary (f) - [[Mary]] ('''Saint''')
*Mila (f) - St Milica of Serbia
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*Mason (m) - St Maysimus the Ascetic and Syrian ([[January 23]] - '''Sound-alike''')
*Milly (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]])
+
*Matthew (m) - [[Apostle Matthew]] ('''Saint''')
*Morgan (f) - ''closest is St Maughold ([[December 28]]), St Modan ([[February 4]]) or St Morwenna ([[July 8]])'' [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]
+
*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 Melania the Ascetic & Elder ([[June 8]] - '''Saint'''); St Melania (Melanie) 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]] - '''Sound-alike''')
 +
*Merissa (f) - ''see Marissa''
 +
*Mhairi, Mhaire (f) - ''see Mary'' ('''Derivative of Saint''')
 +
*Mia (f) - ''see Maria'' ('''Diminutive''')
 +
*Micah (m) - Prophet [[Micah]] ('''Saint'''); or, St [[Micah of Radonezh]] ([[May 6]] - '''Saint''')
 +
*Michael (m) - ''[[Archangel Michael]] ([[November 8]] - '''Saint''')
 +
*Michaela, Mikayla (f) - [[Archangel Michael]] ([[November 8]] - '''Derivative of Saint''')
 +
*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''')
 +
*Monroe (f) - St Mun, Bishop & Ascetic on island in Lough Ree, Ireland ([[February 6]] - '''Sound-alike''')
 +
*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==
 
==N==
*Naomi (f) - ''not yet completed''
+
{{Baptismal names}}
*Natalie (f) - St Natalia
+
*Nadine, Nadia, Nadya (f) - St Hope, daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Saint''': Nadezhda)
*Nathan (m) - Prophet Nathan ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
+
*Naomi (f) - [[Prophet Naum]] ([[December 1]] - '''Sound-alike''')
*Nevaeh (f) - St Ourania of the Forty Virgin-martyrs in Thrace ([[September 1]])
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*Natalie (f) - St [[Adrian and Natalia|Natalia]] ('''Saint''')
*Neil, Nigel (m) - St [[Nilus of Sora|Nil]] ([[May 7]])
+
*Nathan (m) - Prophet Nathan ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')
*Nicole (f) - St [[Nicholas of Myra]] ([[December 6]])
+
*Nathaniel (m) - [[Apostle Bartholomew]] (aka Nathaniel) ('''Saint''')
*Noel (m/f) - The [[Nativity]] of Christ
+
*Nevaeh (f) - St Ourania of the Forty Virgin-martyrs in Thrace ([[September 1]] - '''Meaning''': 'heaven' in reverse)
*Nolan (m) - St [[Eugene of Cherson|Eugene]] (''based on meaning'' - [[March 7]]), ''or (based on sound) St Paulinus of Nola, St Felix of Nola, St Maximus of Nola, St Arnold, Maginold, Reinold.''
+
*Neil, Nigel (m) - St [[Nilus of Sora|Nil]] ([[May 7]] - '''Saint''')
*Nora (f) - St [[Helen]]
+
*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]] ([[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==
 
==O==
*Oliver (m) - St Oliver of Ancona ([[February 3]])
+
{{Baptismal names}}
*Olivia (f) - St Oliva of Brescia (martyred under Hadrian - [[March 5]]); Olivia of Palermo ([[June 10]])
+
*Oliver (m) - St Oliver of Ancona ([[February 3]] - '''Saint''')
*Oscar (m) - St Ansgar ([[February 3]])
+
*Olivia (f) - St [[Olivia of Palermo]] ([[June 10]] - '''Saint''')
*Owen (m) - St Eugene of Trebizond ([[January 21]])
+
*Onyx (f) - St Maurice ([[December 27]] - '''Meaning''')
 +
*Oren (m) - St Orentius of Loret ([[May 1]] - '''Sound-alike''') or St Orentius of Auch ([[May 1]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintso.htm]
 +
*Oscar (m) - St Ansgar ([[February 3]] - '''Saint''')
 +
*Owen (m) - St Eugene of Trebizond ([[January 21]] - '''Saint''')
  
 
==P==
 
==P==
*Paisley (f) - ''not yet completed''
+
{{Baptismal names}}
*Parker (m) - ''not yet completed''
+
*Paige (f) - St Pega of England ([[January 8]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsp.htm]
*Penelope (f) - St Penelope the Virgin Martyr ([[September 1]])
+
*Paisley (f) - St [[Basil the Great]] ('''Meaning''': Paisley -> Basilica)
*Peyton, Payton (f) - St Pega, anchoress in England ([[January 8]]) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsp.htm]
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*Parker (m) - St Phylax ([[August 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_p.htm]
*Phoenix (m/f) - ''closest is St [[Felix of Byzantium|Felix]]''
+
*Patricia (f) - St [[Patrick of Ireland]] ('''Saint''')
*Piper (f) - ''not yet completed''
+
*Penelope (f) - St Penelope the Virgin Martyr ([[September 1]] - '''Saint''')
 +
*Peyton, Payton (f) - St Pega, anchoress in England ([[January 8]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsp.htm]
 +
*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==
 +
{{Baptismal names}}
 +
*Quentin (m) - St Quentin of France ([[October 31]] - '''Saint''')
 +
*Quinn - St Quintus, Quintius or Quintilla ([http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsq.htm Various namesdays] - '''Sound-alike''')
  
 
==R==
 
==R==
*Rachel (f) - St Rachel, wife of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
+
{{Baptismal names}}
*Rebecca (f) - St Rebecca, wife of Isaac ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
+
*Rachel (f) - St Rachel, wife of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')
*Richard (m) - St Richard ([[February 7]]) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]
+
*Raine, Rain (f) - ''see Regina ('''Meaning''': queen)
*Riley (f) - ''closest is St Reineldis ([[July 16]])'' [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]
+
*Ralph (m) - St Ralph of Bourges ([[June 21]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]
*Robert (m) - St [[w:Rupert of Salzburg|Rupert of Salzburg]] ([[March 27]])
+
*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]
*Roderick (m) - St Rodericus, one of the 48 Martyrs of Cordoba ([[March 13]])
+
*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]
*Roger (m) - St Roger, one of the 48 Martyrs of Cordoba ([[September 16]])
+
*Rebecca (f) - St Rebecca, wife of Isaac ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')
*Ronald (m) - St Reinold, martyr at Pantaleon Monastery in Germany ([[January 7]])
+
*Regina (f) - [[Theotokos|Mary, the Mother of God]] ('''Meaning''': Queen); or, St Regina of Autun ([[September 7]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]
*Rosa, Rosy, Rosita (f) - ''closest is St Rosendo ([[March 1]])'' [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]
+
*Reginald (m) - [[Theotokos|Mary, the Mother of God]] ('''Meaning''': Queen).
*Rowan (m) - St Ruadhán of Lorrha ([[April 15]])
+
*Richard (m) - St Richard ([[February 7]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]
*Rowena (f) - St Ruadhán of Lorrha ([[April 15]])
+
*Rider (m) - ''see Ryder'' ('''Saint''')
*Ruby (f) - ''closest is St Maelrubius ([[April 21]])'' [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]
+
*Rihanna (f) - St Basil the Great ('''Meaning''': basil), or St [[Anna]] ('''Sound-alike''')
*Ruth (f) - ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
+
*Riley, Ryley (m/f) - St Reineldis ([[July 16]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]
*Ryan (m) - St Rhian, abbot ([[March 8]])
+
*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''') [http://www.greek-names.info/triantafyllos/]; St. Rose of Sardinia ('''Saint''') [https://www.flickr.com/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'' ('''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==
 
==S==
*Sadie (f) - [[Sarah]], wife of Abraham ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]]); St [[w:Sarah of the Desert|Sarah of the Desert]] ([[July 13]])
+
{{Baptismal names}}
*Samantha, Sam (f) - Prophet [[Samuel]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
+
*Sadie (f) - ''see Sarah'' ('''Diminutive''')
*Samuel, Sam (m) - Prophet [[Samuel]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
+
*Sage (m) - Martyr Saïs ([[January 5]] - '''Sound-alike''')
*Sarah (f) - [[Sarah]], wife of Abraham ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]]); St [[w:Sarah of the Desert|Sarah of the Desert]] ([[July 13]])
+
*Samantha, Sam (f) - Prophet [[Samuel]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')
*Savannah (f) - ''closest is St Savina of Milan ([[January 30]])'' [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]
+
*Samuel, Sam (m) - Prophet [[Samuel]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')
*Scarlett, Scarlet (f) - ''closest is St Scarthin ([[January 6]])'' [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]
+
*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''')
*Sean, Shaun (m) - St [[John]]
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*Savannah (f) - St Savina of Milan ([[January 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]
*Serenity (f) - St Galina (''=serenity'') of Corinth, martyr ([[April 16]]); Sts. Serenicus and Serenus, monastic brothers ([[May 7]])
+
*Scarlett, Scarlet (f) - St Scarthin ([[January 6]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]
*Skye (f) - St Ourania of the Forty Virgin-martyrs in Thrace ([[September 1]])
+
*Scott (m) - [[Apostle Andrew]], patron of Scotland ('''Meaning''': Scottish person); or St [[Columba]], enlightener of Scotland ('''Meaning''': Scottish person).
*Skylar (f) - St Scholastica, sister of St Benedict
+
*Scout (f) - St Escoos, a martyr ([[March 26]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_e.htm]
*Stella (f) - St [[Stylianos of Paphlagonia]] ([[November 26]])
+
*Sean, Shaun (m) - St [[John]] ('''Saint''')
*Susanna (f) - St Susanna, martyred in Salerno ([[January 18]]); St Susanna the Just ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]]) [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]
+
*Sebastian (m) - St Sebastian the Martyr ([[December 18]] - '''Saint''')
*Sydney (f) - ''closest is St Sidonius of Clermont ([[August 21]]), St Sidonius of Rouens ([[November 14]]), or St Sedna of Ossory ([[March 10]]) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]
+
*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''') [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]] - '''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 [[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]] - '''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==
 
==T==
*Tabitha (f) - St. Tabitha ([[October 25]])
+
{{Baptismal names}}
*Taylor (f) - ''not yet completed''
+
*Tabitha (f) - St. Tabitha ([[October 25]] - '''Saint''')
*Tiffany (f) - The [[Theophany]] of our Lord ([[January 6]])
+
*Tania, Tanya (f) - ''see Tatiana'' ('''Diminutive'''); ''see Anthony'' ('''Diminutive''')
*Tristan (m) - St Drostan (''or Drustan''), abbot in Aberdeenshire ([[July 11]]) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]
+
*Tara (f) - St Tarsila, aunt of St Gregory the Great ([[December 24]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]
*Tyler (m) - ''not yet completed''
+
*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]] - '''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, 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''') [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) - 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]
 +
 
 +
==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==
 
==V==
*Victoria (f) - Virgin-Martyrs Victoria and Anatolia ([[December 23]]); Great-martyr Victor of Damascus ([[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 (''Vitores'') of Spain ([[August 26]]); Victor of St. Gall ([[February 25]]); New Hiero-confessor Victor (Ostrovidov), Bishop of Glazov ([[April 19]]).
+
{{Baptismal names}}
*Violet (f) - ''not yet completed''
+
*Valentina (f) - St [[Valentine]] [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]
*Vivian (f) - St Vivian, martyred in Rome ([[December 2]])
+
*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) - St [[Victor]] ('''Saint''').
 +
*Victoria (f) - Virgin-Martyr Victoria ([[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]] - '''Meaning''': Violet & Purple)
 +
*Vivian (f) - St Vivian, martyred in Rome ([[December 2]] - '''Saint''')
  
 
==W==
 
==W==
*Walter (m) - St Vladimir
+
{{Baptismal names}}
*Warren (m) - St Woranus of Bodmin ([[April 7]]) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsg.htm]
+
*Walter (m) - St [[Vladimir]] ('''Meaning''')
*William (m) - St [[William of Gellone]]
+
*Warren (m) - St Warren of France ([[August 25]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]
*Winnie (f) - St Winifred of Wales ([[November 3]])
+
*Wendall (m) - St Wendolinus ([[October 21]] - '''Soundalike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]
*Wyatt (m) - ''see William''
+
*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==
 
==X==
*Xavier (m) - ''not yet completed''
+
{{Baptismal names}}
 +
*Xavier (m) - St Ava, Abbess of Denain ([[April 29]] - '''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]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_y.htm]; or, ''see Eve or Janette'' ('''Sound-alike''')
  
 
==Z==
 
==Z==
*Zachary, Zach (m) - St [[Zachariah]], father of St John the Baptist
+
{{Baptismal names}}
*Zeke (m) - Prophet [[Ezekiel]]
+
*Zachary, Zach (m) - St [[Zachariah]], father of St John the Baptist ('''Saint''')
*Zoe, Zoey (f) - [[Life-Giving Spring]] (Bright Friday); Exuperius and Zoe ([[May 2]]); Zoe of Rome ([[December 18]])
+
*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''')
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
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* [http://www.namedays.gr/index_uk.php GREEK NAME DAYS for the year 2015 (source ©: www.namedays.gr)]
 
* [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.roman-catholic-saints.com/catholic-saint-names.html Roman Catholic Saints]
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* [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_preface.htm When is my nameday?], compiled by Fr Christopher Klitou
  
 
[[Category:Church Life]]
 
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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 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) [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)
  • Thor (m) - St Thorgyth the Ascetic (January 25 - Sound-alike) [113]
  • 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) [114]
  • Trevor (m) - St Triverius, hermit in Dombes (January 16 - Sound-alike) [115]
  • Trinity (f) - Pentecost (Feast Day)
  • Tristan (m) - St Drostan (or Drustan), abbot in Aberdeenshire (July 11 - Saint) [116]
  • Troy (m) - St Troyen of Saintes (November 30 - Sound-alike) [117]
  • Trudy (f) - see Gertrude (Saint); or, St Tudy of Wales (January 30 - Sound-alike) [118]
  • Ty (m) - see Tyler, Tyson or Tyrone (Diminutive)
  • Tyler (m) - St Tillo of Belgium (January 7 - Sound-alike) [119]
  • Tyrone (m) - see Owen (Saint)
  • Tyrion (m) - St Tikhon, St Tiridates of Armenia (November 29), St Taurion (November 7), Turiav (July 13) (Sound-alike) [120] [121]
  • Tyson (m) - St Dyfan of Britain (May 26 - Sound-alike) [122]

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) [123]
  • Unity (f) - St Uni of Bremen-Hamburg (September 17 - Meaning: One) [124]
  • Uriel (m) - Archangel Uriel (November 8 - Saint)
  • Ursula (f) - St Ursula, Virgin-Martyr in Cologne (October 21 - Saint) [125]
  • 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) [136]
  • 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) [137]; 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) [138]
  • Zelie (f) - see Azalea (Diminutive)
  • Zhadee (f) - St Jader of Numidia in North Africa (September 10 - Sound-alike) [139]
  • Zoe, Zoey (f) - Life-Giving Spring (Bright Friday); Exuperius and Zoe (May 2); Zoe of Rome (December 18) (Saint)

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