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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 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).
  
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The following is a list of names who, perhaps unexpectedly, have Orthodox saints attached to them.
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This article is a list of names that 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, since they both mean "white"; or St. Maurice for Blake, since they both mean "black"), or
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* 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).
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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).
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==A==
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{{Baptismal names}}
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*Aaliyah (f) - ''see Alia'' ('''Diminutive''')
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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]
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*Abigail, Abby (f) - Venerable Virgin-martyr Æbbe the Younger of Coldingham, Abbess of Coldingham Priory ([[April 2]] - '''Sound-alike''')
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*Adalyn, Adaline (f) - ''see Adele'' ('''Derivative''')
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*Adam (m) - ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')
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*Addison (f) - ''see Madison'' ('''Diminutive''')
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*Adrian (m) - Saint [[Adrian]]
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*Adelaide (f) - St Adelaide of Rome; St Adelaide of Burgundy ([[December 16]] - '''Saint''')
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*Adele, Adela (f) - St Adela, Abbess of Pfalzel ([[December 24]] - '''Saint''')
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*Adrian (m) - St Adrian ([[August 26]] - '''Saint''')
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*Aidan, Aiden (m) - St [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]] ('''Saint''')
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*Aimee (f) - ''see Amy'' ('''Diminutive''')
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*Alan, Allan, Allen (m) - St Alan of Lavaur ([[November 25]] - '''Saint'''); St Elian of Cornwall ([[January 13]] - '''Saint''')
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*Alana, Alaina (f) - ''see Alan'' ('''Saint''')
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*Albert (m) - St [[Albert]] ('''Saint''')
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*Alex (m/f) - ''see Alexis, Alexandra or Alexander'' ('''Diminutive''')
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*Alexa (f) - ''see Alexis or Alexandra'' ('''Diminutive''')
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*Alexander (m) - St [[Alexander]] ('''Saint''')
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*Alexandra (f) - St Alexandra ([[April 21]] - '''Saint'''); Tsaritsa Alexandra ([[July 4]] - '''Saint''')
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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''')
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*Alia (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Diminutive'''); or, St [[Alexandra]] ('''Diminiutive''', from Russian).
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*Alice, Alicia, Alisha (f) - St Alexandra ([[April 21]]); Tsaritsa Alexandra ([[July 4]]) ('''Diminutive''')
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*Alison, Allison (f) - St Alexandra ([[April 21]]); Tsaritsa Alexandra ([[July 4]]) ('''Diminutive''')
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*Alvin (m) - ''see Elvin'' ('''Saint''')
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*Alyssa, Alissa (f) - ''see Alice'' ('''Diminutive''')
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*Amanda (f) - St Amandus of Elnon ([[February 6]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]
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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')
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*Amelia (f) - St [[Emily|Emily of Caesarea]], mother of St Basil the Great. ('''Diminutive''')
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*Amy (f) - St Agapi (daughter of Sophia) ([[September 17]] - '''Meaning''')
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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==
 
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*Bryce (m) - St [[Brice/Brictius of Tours]]
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{{Baptismal names}}
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*Bailey (m) - St Balin ([[September 7]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]
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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''')
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*Beau (m) - St Kallistos of Constantinople (one on [[June 20]], the other on [[November 22]] - '''Meaning''': Beautiful)
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*Belinda (f) - St Berlinda, anchoress at Meerbeke ([[February 3]] - '''Saint''')
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*Bella (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Diminutive''')
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*Benjamin, Ben (m) - Righteous Benjamin, son of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')
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*Bentley (m) - St [[Panteleimon]] ([[July 27]] - '''Sound-alike''')
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*Bert (m) - ''see Albert''
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*Bertrand (m) - St Bertrand ([[June 30]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]
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*Bess, Beth, Betty (f) - ''see Elizabeth'' ('''Diminutive''')
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*Bianca (f) - St [[Alban]], Protomartyr of Britain ([[June 22]] - '''Meaning''': white)
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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]
  
 
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==C==
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*Claire (f) - St [[Photine of Samaria|Photini the Samaritan Woman]]
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*Caden, Cayden (m) - ''see Aidan'' ('''Sound-alike''')
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*Cadence (f) - ''see Aidan'' ('''Sound-alike''')
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*Caleb (m) - St Elesbaan, King of Ethiopia ([[October 24]]) ('''Sound-alike''')
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*Callie (f) - ''see Charlotte'' ('''Diminutive of Derivative''')
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*Callum (m) - St [[Columba of Iona]] ('''Saint''')
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*Caitlyn, Caitlin (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ([[November 25]] - '''Saint''')
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*Cameron (m) - St Camerinus, martyr under Diocletian ([[August 21]]) ('''Sound-alike''')
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*Camden (m) - St Kanten of Lianganten ([[November 5]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]
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*Camilla, Camila (f) - St Camilla, anchoress in France ([[March 3]] - '''Saint''')
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*Candace, Candice, Candy (f) - St [[Candida]] ('''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_c.htm]
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*Carl (m) - ''see Charles'' ('''Diminutive''')
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*Carla (f) - ''see Charlotte'' ('''Diminutive''')
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*Caroline (f) - ''see Charlotte'' ('''Diminutive''')
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*Carson (m) - St Caron ([[March 5]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]
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*Carter (m) - ''see Arthur'' ('''Sound-alike''')
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*Casey (m) - St Vigilius of Trent ([[June 26]] - '''Meaning''': vigilant) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]
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*Cassandra (f) - St [[Kassiani the Hymnographer]] ('''Sound-alike''')
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*Cecilia (f) - St Cecilia of Rome ([[November 22]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]
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*Chad (m) - St [[Chad of Lichfield]] ('''Saint''')
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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]
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==D==
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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''')
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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''')
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*Daniel (m) - St [[Daniel]] ('''Saint''')
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*Danielle (f) - St [[Daniel]] ('''Saint''')
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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/]
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*Daria (f) - St [[Daria]] ([[March 19]] - '''Saint''')
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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]
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*Darren (m) - Prophet Aaron ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')
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*Darrell (m) - St [[Daria]] ([[March 19]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St Darerca, sister of St Patrick ([[March 22]] - '''Sound-alike''')[http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]
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*David (m) - St [[David (disambiguation)|David]] ('''Saint''')
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*Dawn (f) - ''see Aurora'' ('''Meaning''': dawn)
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*Deborah, Debra, Debbie (f) - St Deborah the Judge ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')
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*Declan (m) - St Declan of Ardmore ([[w:Declán of Ardmore|Wikipedia]] - '''Saint''')
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*Dennis, Denis (m) - St [[Dionysius the Areopagite]] ([[October 3]] - '''Saint'''); ''see also: [[Dionysius (disambiguation)]]''.
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*Derek, Derrick (m) - St Theodoric of Mont d'Or ([[July 1]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]
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*Devin (m) - St [[Cosmas and Damian|Damian]] ('''Saint, Sound-alike''')
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*Diana (f) - St [[Tatiana of Rome]] ('''Sound-alike''')
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*Dirk, Dietrich (m) - ''see Derek'' ('''Saint''')
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*Dolly (f) - ''see Dorothy'' ('''Diminutive''')
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*Dominic (m) - Hieromartyr Cyriacus (''Kyriakos''), Bishop of Jerusalem ([[October 18]] - '''Meaning''': Lord); St Kyriakos (''Cyriacus the Anchorite'') ([[September 29]] - '''Meaning''': Lord).
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*Donald (m) - St [[Donald of Ogilvy]] ([[July 15]] - '''Saint''')
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*Donna (f) - [[Mary]] the Mother of God ('''Meaning''': 'Madonna', meaning 'My Lady'); ''sometimes: see Donald'' ('''Diminutive''').
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*Dorothy, Dora, Doreen, Doris (f) - St Dorothea of Caesarea  ([[February 6]] - '''Saint''');
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*Douglas, Doug (m) - St Daganus ([[August 18]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]
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*Drogo (m) - St Drogo, ascetic ([[April 2]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_d.htm]
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*Dustin (m) - St [[Dunstan of Canterbury]] ('''Sound-alike''')
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*Dylan, Dillon (m/f) - St Dillon of Llandaff ([[February 9]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]
  
 
==E==
 
==E==
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*Elvis (m) - St [[Ailbe of Emly]]
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*Eric (m) - St [[Erc of Slane]]
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*Easton (m) - St Eosterwine of Wearmouth ([[March 7]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintse.htm]
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*Edward (m) - St [[Edward the Martyr|Edward the Passion-Bearer of England]] ([[March 18]] - '''Saint''')
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*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''')
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*Eileen (f) - St [[Helen]] ([[May 21]] - '''Saint'''); [[Helen of Caernarfon]] ([[May 22]] - '''Saint''')
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*Elaine, Eleanor, Elena (f) - St [[Helen]] ([[May 21]] - '''Saint'''); [[Helen of Caernarfon]] ([[May 22]] - '''Saint''')
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*Electra (f) - ''see Amber'' ('''Meaning''': direct translation)
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*Eliana (f) - [[Prophet Elijah]] ('''Saint''')
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*Elijah, Eli (m) - [[Prophet Elijah]] ('''Saint''')
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*Elizabeth (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Saint''')
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*Ella, Ellie (f) - ''see Elizabeth'' ('''Diminutive'')
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*Elliot, Elliott (m) - ''see Elijah'' ('''Derivative of Saint''')
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*Elsa, Elsie (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Diminutive''')
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*Elvin (m) - St Elwin of Cornwall ([[February 22]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintse.htm]
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*Elvis (m) - St [[Ailbe of Emly]] ('''Saint''')
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*Emily (f) - St [[Emily|Emily of Caesarea]], mother of St Basil the Great ([[January 1]] or [[May 30]] - '''Saint''')
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*Emma (f) - St Imma of Karlburg ([[November 25]] - '''Saint''')
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*Eric, Erik (m) - St [[Erc of Slane]] ('''Saint''')
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*Erica, Erika (f) - ''see Eric'' ('''Saint''', feminine form)
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*Ericson (m) - ''see Eric'' ('''Derivative''')
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*Erin (f) - St Patrick, patron saint of Ireland ('''Meaning'''); or, St [[Irene of Thessaloniki]] ('''Sound-alike''')
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*Estelle (f) - ''see Stella'' ('''Derivative''')
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*Ethan (m) - Ethan, great-grandson of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')
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*Eugene (m) - St [[Eugene of Cherson|Eugene]]
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*Eva (f) - Eve the First-Formed ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]
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*Evan (m) - St [[John]] ('''Derivative of Saint'''); St Evan of Ayrshire ([[August 18]] - '''Saint''')
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*Evelyn (f) - St Abel ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')
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*Faith (f) - St [[Faith]], daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Saint'''); St. Faith (''Foi, Foy''), a holy virgin-martyr burnt to death in France ([[October 6]] - '''Saint''')
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*Finn (m) - ''see Alban'' ('''Meaning''': fair, white)
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*Flynn (m) - St Flannan of Killaloe ([[December 18]] - '''Saint''')
 +
*Frances (f) - ''see Frank''
 +
*Francis (m) - ''see Frank''
 +
*Frank (m) - St Francoveus (Franchy), an ascetic ([[May 16]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_f.htm]
 +
*Frederick, Fred (m) - St Frederick of Utrecht ([[July 18]] - '''Saint''')
 +
 
 +
==G==
 +
{{Baptismal names}}
 +
*Gabriel (m) - St [[Gabriel]] ('''Saint''')
 +
*Gabrielle, Gabriella (f) - St [[Gabriel]] ('''Saint''')
 +
*Gail (f) - ''see Abigail'' ('''Diminutive''')
 +
*Gavin (m) - St Gavinus, Protomartyr of Sardinia ([[May 30]] - '''Sound-alike''')
 +
*Garrett (m) - ''see Gerald'' ('''Diminutive''')
 +
*Gemma (f) - St Gemma in Gurk, Austria ([[June 29]] - '''Saint''')
 +
*Genesis (f) - ''closest is the [[Nativity|Nativity of Christ]] or the [[Nativity of the Theotokos]]'' ('''Meaning''')
 +
*Genevieve (f) - St Geneviève of Paris ([[January 3]] - '''Saint''')
 +
*Geoffrey, Geoff (m) - St Geoffrey, Abbot of Wearmouth ('''Saint''')
 +
*Geordie (m) - St [[George]] the Trophy-Bearer ('''Diminutive''')
 +
*George (m) - St [[George]] the Trophy-Bearer ('''Saint''')
 +
*Gerald, Gerry (m) - St Gerald, Bishop of Mayo ('''Saint''')
 +
*Gertrude (f) - St Gertrude of Nivelles ([[March 17]] - '''Saint'''); St Gertrude of Remiremont ([[November 7]] - '''Saint'''); St Gertrude the Elder ([[December 6]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsg.htm]
 +
*Gianna (f) - St [[John]] ('''Saint''')
 +
*Gilbert (m) - St Agilbert of Jouarre ('''Sound-alike''')
 +
*Gilles (m) - St Aegidius of Nîmes  ([[September 1]] - '''Saint''')
 +
*Gillian (f) - ''see Jillian''
 +
*Giselle (f) - St Gezelin (or Ghislain, Gisle or Joscelin), an Ascetic ([[August 6]] - '''Sound-alike'''); the Righteous Jesse ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')
 +
*Gina (f) - ''see Regina'' ('''Diminutive''')
 +
*Giovanna (f) - ''see Gianna'' ('''Diminutive''')
 +
*Gloria (f) - '''as yet unknown'''
 +
*Grace (f) - St Grace of Cornwall ([[July 5]] - '''Saint''') [https://celticsaints.org/2010/0705d.html]; St Engratia of Saragossa ([[March 13]] - '''Meaning''') [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engratia]; St Charis ([[January 28]] - '''Meaning''') [https://easternchristiansupply.biz/index.php/ecs/catalog/product/view/id/2618/s/the-great-synaxaristes-of-the-orthodox-churchxf-january/category/152]
 +
*Grayson (m) - St Villicus of Metz ([[April 17]] - '''Meaning''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]
 +
*Gwen, Gwendoline (f) - St Gwen Teirborn of Britain ('''Saint''')
 +
 
 +
==H==
 +
{{Baptismal names}}
 +
*Hadrian (m) - St [[Adrian]] ('''Saint''')
 +
*Hailey, Hailee (f) - ''see Hayley'' ('''Derivative''')
 +
*Hanalei (m/f) - ''see Henry'' ('''Sound-alike''')
 +
*Hank (m) - St [[John]] ('''Derivative''', from 'Hankin'); or, ''see Henry'' ('''Diminutive''').
 +
*Hannah (f) - St Anna, mother of the Theotokos; St Hannah, mother of the Prophet Samuel ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]
 +
*Harlow (f) - '''as yet unknown'''
 +
*Harper (f) - ''closest is St David the Prophet & King'' ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Meaning''': Harp-player)
 +
*Harrison (m) - ''see Harry'' ('''Derivative''').  Or, St [[Hariton]] ([[September 28]] - '''Sound-alike''')
 +
*Harry (m) - ''see Henry'' ('''Derivative'''); or, ''see Harold'' ('''Diminutive''')
 +
*Haydon (m) - St [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]] ('''Sound-alike''')
 +
*Hayley, 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==
 +
{{Baptismal names}}
 +
*Ian (m) - St [[John]] ('''Saint''')
 +
*Ida (f) - St Ita ([[January 15]] - '''Saint''')
 +
*Indigo (f) - St [[Porphyrios (disambiguation)|Prophyrios]] ('''Meaning''': colour (indigo is similar to purple))
 +
*Isa (f) - ''see Isabel'' ('''Diminutive''')
 +
*Isaac (m) - St [[Isaac]] ('''Saint''')
 +
*Isabel, Isabella, Isabelle (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Saint''')
 +
*Isaiah (m) - Prophet [[Isaiah]] ('''Saint''')
  
 
==J==
 
==J==
−
*Jaira (f) - St [[Lucy of Syracuse]] (''also Jairos/Jairus (m)'')
+
{{Baptismal names}}
−
*Jeoire (m) - St [[George]]
+
*Jace, Jase (m) - ''see Jason'' ('''Diminutive''')
−
*Jerica (f) - St [[Gertrude of Nivelles]]
+
*Jack (m) - St [[John]] ('''Diminutive'''); or, ''see Jacob'' ('''Sound-alike''')
−
*Jodie (f) - St [[Apostle Jude|Jude the Apostle]]
+
*Jackson, Jaxon, Jaxson (m) - ''see Jack'' ('''Derivative''')
−
*Joost (m) - St [[Judoc of Brittany]]
+
*Jacob, Jake (m) - St Jacob (Son of Isaac - [[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint'''), St [[Jacob Netsvetov]] ('''Saint''')
−
*Joyce (m/f) - St [[Judoc of Brittany]]
+
*Jacqueline (f) - St [[Jacob (disambiguation)|Jacob]] or St [[Apostle James the Just|James]] ('''Derivative''')
 +
*Jade (f) - St Jader (Iader) of Sigum, Bishop in Numidia ([[September 10]] - '''Sound-alike''')
 +
*Jaira (f) - St [[Lucy of Syracuse]] ('''Meaning''': He shines/God enlightens)
 +
*Jairos, Jairus (m) - St [[Lucy of Syracuse]] ('''Meaning''': He shines/God enlightens)
 +
*James (m) - St [[James]] ('''Saint''')
 +
*Jamie (m/f) - ''see James'' ('''Derivative''')
 +
*Jan, Jane (f) - St Joanna ('''Diminutive''')
 +
*Janet (f) - St Joanna ('''Diminutive''')
 +
*Janice (f) - St Joanna ('''Diminutive''')
 +
*Jared (m) - ([[Sunday of the Fathers]] - '''Saint''')
 +
*Jason (m) - St [[Jason]] ('''Saint''')
 +
*Jasmine (f) - St Jasimus, Ascetic & Wonderworker ([[February 4]] - '''Sound-alike''')
 +
*Javana (f) - ''see Giovanna'' ('''Sound-alike''')
 +
*Jay, Jayce (m) - ''see James or Jason'' ('''Diminutive''')
 +
*Jayden, Jaydon (m) - St. Jader (Iader) of Sigum, Bishop in Numidia ([[September 10]] - '''Sound-alike''')
 +
*Jeff, Jeffrey (m) - ''see Geoffrey'' ('''Derivative''')
 +
*Jenna (f) - ''see Jenny'' ('''Derivative''')
 +
*Jennifer (f) - St Genevieve of Paris ([[January 3]] - '''Sound-alike''')
 +
*Jenny (f) - ''see Jane'' ('''Diminutive'''); or, ''see Jennifer'' ('''Diminutive''')
 +
*Jeoire (m) - St [[George]] ([[April 23]] - '''Derivative''' from French)
 +
*Jeremiah, Jeremy (m) - Prophet [[Jeremiah]] ([[May 1]] - '''Saint''')
 +
*Jerica (f) - St [[Gertrude of Nivelles]] ([[March 17]] - '''Derivative''')
 +
*Jerome (m) - St [[Jerome]] of Stridon
 +
*Jerry (m) - ''see Gerald'' ('''Derivative''')
 +
*Jesse (m) - St Jesse, son of Obed ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]
 +
*Jessie (f) - St [[Joanna]] ('''Saint'''); St Jesse, son of Obed ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]
 +
*Jessica (f) - ''closest: see Jessie'' ('''Sound-alike''')
 +
*Jillian (f) - St [[w:Julian of Antioch|Julian]]
 +
*Jo, Joan, Joanna, Joanne (f) - St [[John (disambiguation)|John]] ('''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==
 +
{{Baptismal names}}
 +
*Kaelyn (f) - ''see Kay'' ('''diminutive''')
 +
*Kai (m) - ''see Kay'' ('''Saint''')
 +
*Kaiden (m) - ''see Kayden'' ('''Derivative''')
 +
*Kaitlyn (f) - ''see Caitlyn'' ('''Saint''')
 +
*Kallum (m) - ''see Callum'' ('''Saint''')
 +
*Karen (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Diminutive''')
 +
*Kateri (f) - ''see Katherine''
 +
*Katherine, Kathryn (f) - ''see Catherine'' ('''Saint''')
 +
*Kathleen (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Saint''')
 +
*Kay, Kayla, Kaylee, Kaylyn, Kaylynn (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Diminutive'''); St Kay in England ([[November 5]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]
 +
*Kayden (m) - ''see Aidan'' ('''Saint''')
 +
*Kayse (f) - ''see Casey'' ('''Saint''')
 +
*Keira (f) - St Kiara ([[January 5]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_k.htm]
 +
*Keith (m) - [[Elevation of the Holy Cross]] ('''Meaning''': Wood); or, St [[Nikifor]] ('''Sound-alike''')
 +
*Kelly (f) - St Ceallach of Killala ([[May 1]] - '''Diminutive'''); St Caellainn in Ireland ([[February 3]] - '''Sound-alike''')
 +
*Kelsey (m/f) - 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==
 +
{{baptismal names}}
 +
*Lance (m) - '''as yet unknown'''
 +
*Landon (m) - St Landericus of Soignies ([[April 17]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]
 +
*Larry (m) - ''see Laurence'' ('''Diminutive''')
 +
*Laura (f) - St Laura of Cordoba, martyred in Spain by the Moors ([[October 19]] - '''Saint'''); or, St [[Laurus]] ([[August 18]]).
 +
*Lauren (f) - St [[Laurence]] ('''Saint''')
 +
*Laurence (m) - St [[Laurence]] ('''Saint''')
 +
*Layla (f) - St Lelia ([[August 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]
 +
*Leah, Lia (f) - St Leah, the wife of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint'''); St Lea, ascetic in Rome ([[March 22]] - '''Saint''')
 +
*Lee (m) - ''see Leah'' ('''Sound-alike''')
 +
*Levi (m) - [[Apostle Matthew]] ('''Saint''')
 +
*Leo (m) - St [[Leo the Great]] ([[February 18]] - '''Saint''')
 +
*Leon (m) - ''see Leo''
 +
*Leonard (m) - St [[Leonid of Optina]]; St Leonard of Avranches ([[March 4]] - '''Saint'''), of Vandoeuvre ([[October 15]] - '''Saint''') or of Noblac ([[November 6]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm];
 +
*Leslie (m/f) - St Lelia in Limerick ([[August 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]
 +
*Lia (f) - ''see Leah'' ('''Saint''')
 +
*Liam (m) - ''see William'' ('''Diminutive''')
 +
*Lila (f) - St Lelia ([[August 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]
 +
*Liliana (f) - ''see Elizabeth; or, see Lily'' ('''Diminutive''')
 +
*Lillian (f) - ''see Elizabeth; or, see Lily'' ('''Diminutive''')
 +
*Lily (f) - St Lelia ([[August 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]
 +
*Lincoln (m) - All Saints of Lincolnshire ('''Meaning''': named for location) [http://www.allsaintslincs.org.uk/event-reader/events/patronal-festival-liturgy.html]
 +
*Linda (f) - 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==
 +
{{baptismal names}}
 +
*Mabel (f) - St Amabilis of Riome ([[November 1]] - '''Derivative'''), St Amabilis of Rouen ([[July 11]] - '''Derivative''')
 +
*Mackenzie (f) - St Kenneth of Wales ([[August 1]] - '''Derivative''': son of Kenneth); St [[w:Cainnech of Aghaboe|Cainnech of Aghaboe]] ([[October 11]] - '''Derivative''': son of Kenneth)
 +
*Madelyn, Madeleine, Madeline (f) - St [[Mary Magdalene]] ([[July 22]] - '''Derivative''')
 +
*Madison (f) - St Maud ([[March 14]] - '''Derivative''': son of Maud) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]
 +
*Maggie (f) - St [[Marina]] ('''Saint''')
 +
*Makayla (f) - ''see Michaela'' ('''Derivative''')
 +
*Malcolm (m) - St [[Columba of Iona]] ([[June 9]])
 +
*Marcia (f) - St Marcia, martyred under Diocletian ([[July 2]] - '''Saint''')
 +
*Margaret (f) - St [[Marina]] ('''Saint''')
 +
*Marlow (f) - St [[Mary Magdalene]] ('''Sound-alike of Derivative''')
 +
*Maria, Mariah (f) - [[Mary]] ('''Saint'''); St Mariah the sister of Moses ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]; St [[Maria (Skobtsova) | Maria of Paris]] ([[July 20]])
 +
*Marisa, Marissa (f) - ''see [[Theotokos|Mary]]; or, see Louis''
 +
*Marshall (m) - St Martial, bishop of Lomoges ([[June 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.htm?year=2017&today=9&month=10&trp=0] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Martial]; St Servatus of Tongres ([[May 13]] - '''Meaning''': servant) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]
 +
*Martin (m) - St [[Martin of Tours]] ([[November 11]] - '''Saint''')
 +
*Martina, Martine (f) - St [[Martin of Tours]] ([[November 11]] - '''Saint''')
 +
*Mary (f) - [[Mary]] ('''Saint''')
 +
*Mason (m) - St Maysimus the Ascetic and Syrian ([[January 23]] - '''Sound-alike''')
 +
*Matthew (m) - [[Apostle Matthew]] ('''Saint''')
 +
*Max (m) - St [[Maximos the Confessor]] ('''Saint''')
 +
*Maximilian (m) - St Maximilian, one of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus ([[October 22]] - '''Saint''') [https://oca.org/saints/lives/2017/10/22/103024-st-maximilian-one-of-the-seven-sleepers-of-ephesus]
 +
*Maxwell (m) - St Magnus the founder of the Füssen monastery ([[September 6]] - '''Derivative''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]
 +
*Maya (f) - St Magos (2nd century) ([[May 31]] - '''Sound-alike''')
 +
*Megan (f) - St [[Marina of Antioch|Margaret]] ('''Saint''')
 +
*Mehmet (m) - St [[Demetrios the Neomartyr]] ([[April 14]] - '''see Life''')
 +
*Melanie (f) - St 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==
−
*Noel (m/f) - The [[Nativity]] of Christ
+
{{Baptismal names}}
 +
*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 [[Adrian and Natalia|Natalia]] ('''Saint''')
 +
*Nathan (m) - Prophet Nathan ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')
 +
*Nathaniel (m) - [[Apostle Bartholomew]] (aka Nathaniel) ('''Saint''')
 +
*Nevaeh (f) - St Ourania of the Forty Virgin-martyrs in Thrace ([[September 1]] - '''Meaning''': 'heaven' in reverse)
 +
*Neil, Nigel (m) - St [[Nilus of Sora|Nil]] ([[May 7]] - '''Saint''')
 +
*Ngaire (f) - St Nereus ([[May 12]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsn.htm]
 +
*Nicholas (m) - St [[Nicholas of Myra]] ([[December 6]] - '''Saint''')
 +
*Nicole (f) - St [[Nicholas of Myra]] ([[December 6]] - '''Saint''')
 +
*Noah (m) - Righteous [[Noah]] ('''Saint''')
 +
*Noel (m/f) - The [[Nativity]] of Christ ('''Meaning''': Christmas)
 +
*Nolan (m) - St [[Eugene of Cherson|Eugene]] ([[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==
 +
{{Baptismal names}}
 +
*Oliver (m) - St Oliver of Ancona ([[February 3]] - '''Saint''')
 +
*Olivia (f) - St [[Olivia of Palermo]] ([[June 10]] - '''Saint''')
 +
*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==
 +
{{Baptismal names}}
 +
*Paige (f) - St Pega of England ([[January 8]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsp.htm]
 +
*Paisley (f) - St [[Basil the Great]] ('''Meaning''': Paisley -> Basilica)
 +
*Parker (m) - St Phylax ([[August 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_p.htm]
 +
*Patricia (f) - St [[Patrick of Ireland]] ('''Saint''')
 +
*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==
−
*Robert (m) - St [[Rupert of Salzburg]]
+
{{Baptismal names}}
 +
*Rachel (f) - St Rachel, wife of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')
 +
*Raine, Rain (f) - ''see Regina ('''Meaning''': queen)
 +
*Ralph (m) - St Ralph of Bourges ([[June 21]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]
 +
*Raymond (m) - St Rumon ([[August 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]; St Ebremund, Founder & Abbot of Fontenay-Louvet near Séez ([[June 10]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_e.htm]; St [[Ammon]] ('''Sound-alike'''); St Amon of Toul ([[October 23]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_e.htm]
 +
*Reagan, Regan (f) - St Reginus, Bishop of Skopel (February 25 - '''Sound-alike'''); St Reginus, Martyr of Cyprus (August 20 - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_r.htm]
 +
*Rebecca (f) - St Rebecca, wife of Isaac ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')
 +
*Regina (f) - [[Theotokos|Mary, the Mother of God]] ('''Meaning''': Queen); or, St Regina of Autun ([[September 7]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]
 +
*Reginald (m) - [[Theotokos|Mary, the Mother of God]] ('''Meaning''': Queen).
 +
*Richard (m) - St Richard ([[February 7]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]
 +
*Rider (m) - ''see Ryder'' ('''Saint''')
 +
*Rihanna (f) - St Basil the Great ('''Meaning''': basil), or St [[Anna]] ('''Sound-alike''')
 +
*Riley, Ryley (m/f) - St Reineldis ([[July 16]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]
 +
*River (m) - [[Theophany]] ('''Meaning''': link between River and the River Jordan)
 +
*Robert (m) - ''see Rupert'' ('''Saint''')
 +
*Robin (f) - St [[Photini]] ('''Meaning''': bright, shining)
 +
*Roderick, Rod (m) - St Rodericus, one of the 48 Martyrs of Cordoba ([[March 13]] - '''Saint''')
 +
*Roger (m) - St Roger, one of the 48 Martyrs of Cordoba ([[September 16]] - '''Saint''')
 +
*Ronald (m) - St Reinold, martyr at Pantaleon Monastery in Germany ([[January 7]] - '''Saint''')
 +
*Rosa, Rose, Rosy, Rosita (f) - 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==
 +
{{Baptismal names}}
 +
*Sabrina (abbreviated: Saba, Sabi) (f) - St [[Sabbas the Sanctified]] ([[December 5]] - '''Sound-alike'''); ''see also: [[Sabbas (disambiguation)]]''.
 +
*Sadie (f) - ''see Sarah'' ('''Diminutive''')
 +
*Sage (m) - Martyr Saïs ([[January 5]] - '''Sound-alike''')
 +
*Samantha, Sam (f) - Prophet [[Samuel]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')
 +
*Samuel, Sam (m) - Prophet [[Samuel]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')
 +
*Sarah, Sara (f) - [[Sarah]], wife of Abraham ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint'''); St [[w:Sarah of the Desert|Sarah of the Desert]] ([[July 13]] - '''Saint''')
 +
*Savannah (f) - St Savina of Milan ([[January 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]
 +
*Scarlett, Scarlet (f) - St Scarthin ([[January 6]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]
 +
*Scott (m) - [[Apostle Andrew]], patron of Scotland ('''Meaning''': Scottish person); or St [[Columba]], enlightener of Scotland ('''Meaning''': Scottish person).
 +
*Scout (f) - St Escoos, a martyr ([[March 26]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_e.htm]
 +
*Sean, Shaun (m) - St [[John]] ('''Saint''')
 +
*Sebastian (m) - St Sebastian the Martyr ([[December 18]] - '''Saint''')
 +
*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==
−
*Tiffany (f) - The [[Theophany]] of our Lord
+
{{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''')
 +
*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==
 +
{{Baptismal names}}
 +
*Valentina (f) - St [[Valentine]] [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]
 +
*Valerie (f) - St Valery of Leuconay ([[April 1]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]; St Valeria of Milan ([[April 28]] - '''Saint'''); St Valeria martyred in France ([[December 9]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]
 +
*Vanessa (f) - Esther (of the [[Book of Esther]] - '''Saint''': name invented, based on 'Esther')
 +
*Veronica (f) - St [[Veronica]] ('''Saint''')
 +
*Victor (m) - 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==
 +
{{Baptismal names}}
 +
*Walter (m) - St [[Vladimir]] ('''Meaning''')
 +
*Warren (m) - St Warren of France ([[August 25]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]
 +
*Wendall (m) - St Wendolinus ([[October 21]] - '''Soundalike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]
 +
*Whitney (f) - St Wite in Dorset ([[June 1]] - '''Soundalike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]
 +
*William (m) - St [[William of Gellone]] ('''Saint''')
 +
*Willow (f) - St Willa, an ascetic ([[October 15]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_w.htm]
 +
*Winnie (f) - St Winifred of Wales ([[November 3]] - '''Saint''')
 +
*Winston (m) - St Wistan ([[June 1]] - '''Soundalike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]
 +
*Wyatt (m/f) - ''see William''
 +
 
 +
==X==
 +
{{Baptismal names}}
 +
*Xavier (m) - St Ava, Abbess of Denain ([[April 29]] - '''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==
 +
{{Baptismal names}}
 +
*Zachary, Zach (m) - St [[Zachariah]], father of St John the Baptist ('''Saint''')
 +
*Zeke (m) - Prophet [[Ezekiel]] ('''Saint''')
 +
*Zelda (f) - ''see Hilda'' ('''Diminutive, from Griselda''') [https://www.behindthename.com/name/griselda]
 +
*Zelie (f) - ''see Azalea'' ('''Diminutive''')
 +
*Zhadee (f) - St Jader of Numidia in North Africa (September 10 - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_j.htm]
 +
*Zoe, Zoey (f) - [[Life-Giving Spring]] (Bright Friday); Exuperius and Zoe ([[May 2]]); Zoe of Rome ([[December 18]]) ('''Saint''')
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==A List of Old Testament Saints==
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''This list of saints from the Old Testament, commemorated on the second Sunday before Nativity, has yet to be incorporated into the main body of this article.''
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* Adam and Eve, the first-formed. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Abel. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Seth. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Enosh. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Canaan. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Mahalaleln. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Jared. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Enoch. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Methuselah. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Lamech. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Noah. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Shem. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Japhet. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Arphaxad. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Cainan. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Shelah. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Eber, after whom the Jews are named Hebrews. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Peleg. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Reu. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Serug. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Nahor. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Terah. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Abraham the Patriarch. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Isaac the Patriarch. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Jacob the Patriarch. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Reuben the Patriarch. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Symeon the Patriarch. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Levi the Patriarch. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Judah the Patriarch, of whose tribe came the Christ. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Zebulun the Patriarch, whose tribe lives by the seashore. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Issachar the Patriarch, whose tribe tills the soil. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Dan the Patriarch, whose tribe is judge. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Gad the Patriarch, whose tribe is robbed. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Asher the Patriarch, whose tribe is rich in wheat-bearing lands. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Naphtali the Patriarch, whose tribe is very numerous. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Joseph the Patriarch, whose tribe is very glorious and very famous. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Benjamin the Patriarch, whose tribe is gentle and not savage. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Perez and Zerach, the twin sons of Judah the Patriarch. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Hezron. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Ram. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Jesse. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* David the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Solomon the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Rehoboam the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Abijah the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Asa the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Jehoshaphat the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Joram the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Ahaziah the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Jotham the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Ahaz the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Hezekiah the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Manasseh the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Amon the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Josiah the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Jeconiah the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Shealtiel. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Zerubbabel, who rebuilt the Temple in Jerusalem which had been burned down. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Abiud. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Eliakim. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Azor. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Zadok. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Achim. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Eliud. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Eleazar. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Matthan. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Jacob. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Joseph, the Betrothed. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Melchizedek. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Job. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Prophet Moses. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Hur, the priest. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Aaron, the priest. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Joshua, son of Nun. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Prophet Samuel. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Prophet Nathan. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Prophet Daniel. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* The Three Holy Youths. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Sarah, Abraham's wife. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Rebecca, Isaac's wife. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Leah, Jacob's first wife. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Rachel, Jacob's second wife. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Asenath, the most upright Joseph's wife. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Mariah, Moses' sister. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Deborah, who judged Israel. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Ruth. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* The woman of Sarepta, to whom Elijah was sent. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* The Shunamitess, who gave lodging to Elisha. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Judith, who slew Holofernes. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Esther, who saved Israel from death. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Hannah, mother of the prophet Samuel. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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* Susanna. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
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==See also==
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*[[Western Saints before the AD 1054 Schism]]
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*[[Patron saint]]
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*[[Name day]]
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==Bibliography==
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* [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsint.htm The Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome]
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* [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/oespain.htm The Saints of Spain]
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* [http://suburbanbanshee.wordpress.com/category/saint-names/ Aliens in This World] Category: Saint Names
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* [http://www.oodegr.co/english/istorika/britain/British_saints.htm The Orthodox Saints of the Ancient Church in the British Isles and Ireland]
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* [http://www.namedays.gr/index_uk.php GREEK NAME DAYS for the year 2015 (source ©: www.namedays.gr)]
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* [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
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[[Category:Church Life]]

Latest revision as of 04:49, February 22, 2024

A baptismal name is a name given to a newly-baptised Orthodox Christian. For 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).

This article is a list of names that have:

  • Orthodox saints, perhaps unexpectedly, attached to either the original name (e.g. Theophany for Tiffany) or to a diminutive (e.g. Gerald for Jerry), or
  • Orthodox saints whose names mean the same thing (e.g. St. Alban for Bianca, since they both mean "white"; or St. Maurice for Blake, since they both mean "black"), or
  • If these are not available, a phonetic "closest match" may be given, where the name sounds similar to a saint's name (e.g. St. Rumon for Raymond).

However, this is not designed to be a list for existing matchups which have no relation (e.g. Panayiotis for Peter).

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)
  • Gilles (m) - St Aegidius of Nîmes (September 1 - Saint)
  • Gillian (f) - see Jillian
  • Giselle (f) - St Gezelin (or Ghislain, Gisle or Joscelin), an Ascetic (August 6 - Sound-alike); the Righteous Jesse (Sunday of the Forefathers - Sound-alike)
  • Gina (f) - see Regina (Diminutive)
  • Giovanna (f) - see Gianna (Diminutive)
  • Gloria (f) - as yet unknown
  • Grace (f) - St Grace of Cornwall (July 5 - Saint) [41]; St Engratia of Saragossa (March 13 - Meaning) [42]; St Charis (January 28 - Meaning) [43]
  • Grayson (m) - St Villicus of Metz (April 17 - Meaning) [44]
  • 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) [45]
  • 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) [46]
  • 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) [47]
  • 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) [48]; 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) [49]
  • Hunter (m) - St Gunthiern in Brittany (July 3 - Sound-alike) [50]

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) [65]
  • 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) [66]
  • 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) [67];
  • Leslie (m/f) - St Lelia in Limerick (August 11 - Sound-alike) [68]
  • Lia (f) - see Leah (Saint)
  • Liam (m) - see William (Diminutive)
  • Lila (f) - St Lelia (August 11 - Sound-alike) [69]
  • Liliana (f) - see Elizabeth; or, see Lily (Diminutive)
  • Lillian (f) - see Elizabeth; or, see Lily (Diminutive)
  • Lily (f) - St Lelia (August 11 - Sound-alike) [70]
  • Lincoln (m) - All Saints of Lincolnshire (Meaning: named for location) [71]
  • 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) [72]
  • Lorraine (f) - see Laura (Sound-alike)
  • Louis, Luis (m) - St Ludwin of Trier (September 29 - Derivative) [73]; or St Lewina of Seaford (July 24) [74]
  • Louise, Lou (f) - St Ludwin of Trier (September 29 - Derivative) [75]; or St Lewina of Seaford (July 24) [76]
  • 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) [86]
  • 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) [93]
  • Raymond (m) - St Rumon (August 30 - Sound-alike) [94]; St Ebremund, Founder & Abbot of Fontenay-Louvet near Séez (June 10 - Sound-alike) [95]; St Ammon (Sound-alike); St Amon of Toul (October 23 - Sound-alike) [96]
  • Reagan, Regan (f) - St Reginus, Bishop of Skopel (February 25 - Sound-alike); St Reginus, Martyr of Cyprus (August 20 - Sound-alike) [97]
  • 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) [98]
  • Reginald (m) - Mary, the Mother of God (Meaning: Queen).
  • Richard (m) - St Richard (February 7 - Saint) [99]
  • 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) [100]
  • 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) [101]; St. Rose of Sardinia (Saint) [102]
  • 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) [103]
  • 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) [104], 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.

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) [114]
  • Tatiana (f) - St Tatiana of Rome (Saint)
  • Taylor (f) - St Talarican in Scotland (October 30 - Sound-alike) [115]
  • 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) [116]
  • 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) [117]
  • Trevor (m) - St Triverius, hermit in Dombes (January 16 - Sound-alike) [118]
  • Trinity (f) - Pentecost (Feast Day)
  • Tristan (m) - St Drostan (or Drustan), abbot in Aberdeenshire (July 11 - Saint) [119]
  • Troy (m) - St Troyen of Saintes (November 30 - Sound-alike) [120]
  • Trudy (f) - see Gertrude (Saint); or, St Tudy of Wales (January 30 - Sound-alike) [121]
  • Ty (m) - see Tyler, Tyson or Tyrone (Diminutive)
  • Tyler (m) - St Tillo of Belgium (January 7 - Sound-alike) [122]
  • Tyrone (m) - see Owen (Saint)
  • Tyrion (m) - St Tikhon, St Tiridates of Armenia (November 29), St Taurion (November 7), Turiav (July 13) (Sound-alike) [123] [124]
  • Tyson (m) - St Dyfan of Britain (May 26 - Sound-alike) [125]

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) [126]
  • Unity (f) - St Uni of Bremen-Hamburg (September 17 - Meaning: One) [127]
  • Uriel (m) - Archangel Uriel (November 8 - Saint)
  • Ursula (f) - St Ursula, Virgin-Martyr in Cologne (October 21 - Saint) [128]
  • 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) [139]
  • 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) [140]; 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) [141]
  • Zelie (f) - see Azalea (Diminutive)
  • Zhadee (f) - St Jader of Numidia in North Africa (September 10 - Sound-alike) [142]
  • Zoe, Zoey (f) - Life-Giving Spring (Bright Friday); Exuperius and Zoe (May 2); Zoe of Rome (December 18) (Saint)

A List of Old Testament Saints

This list of saints from the Old Testament, commemorated on the second Sunday before Nativity, has yet to be incorporated into the main body of this article.

See also

Bibliography

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