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A '''baptismal name''' is a name given to a newly-baptised Orthodox Christian. For a lengthy time in the majority of Orthodox history, Orthodox Christians have been given the names of Orthodox saints(e.g. Mary, John, Demetrios, Olga) or names that reference Biblical events (e.g. Evangelos, which is a reference to the Annunciation).
* Orthodox saints, perhaps unexpectedly, attached to either the original name (e.g. Theophany for Tiffany) or to a diminutive (e.g. Gerald for Jerry), or
* Orthodox saints whose names mean the same thing (e.g. St . Alban for Bianca [, since they both mean '"white'], "; or St . Maurice for Blake [, since they both mean '"black']")., or* If these are not available, a 'phonetic "closest match' " may be given, where the name sounds similar to a saint's name (e.g. St . Rumon for Raymond).
However, this is not designed to be a list for existing matchups which have no relation (e.g. Panayiotis for Peter).
*Janet (f) - St Joanna ('''Diminutive''')
*Janice (f) - St Joanna ('''Diminutive''')
*Jared (m) - ([[Sunday of the ForefathersFathers]] - '''Saint''')
*Jason (m) - St [[Jason]] ('''Saint''')
*Jasmine (f) - St Jasimus, Ascetic & Wonderworker ([[February 4]] - '''Sound-alike''')
*Jeremiah, Jeremy (m) - Prophet [[Jeremiah]] ([[May 1]] - '''Saint''')
*Jerica (f) - St [[Gertrude of Nivelles]] ([[March 17]] - '''Derivative''')
*Jerome (m) - St [[Jerome]] of Stridon
*Jerry (m) - ''see Gerald'' ('''Derivative''')
*Jesse (m) - St Jesse, son of Obed ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]
*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''')
*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==
*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''')
*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==
{{Baptismal names}}
*Tabitha (f) - St. Tabitha ([[October 25]] - '''Saint''')
*Tania, Tanya (f) - ''see Tatiana'' ('''Diminutive'''); ''see Anthony'' ('''Diminutive''')
*Tara (f) - St Tarsila, aunt of St Gregory the Great ([[December 24]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]
*Tatiana (f) - St [[Tatiana of Rome]] ('''Saint''')
*Taylor (f) - St Talarican in Scotland ([[October 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]
*Teresa, Theresa, Therese (f) - St Therissus (or Thyrsus), bishop of Karpasia, Cyprus ([[July 23]] or [[August 5]] - '''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''')