[name_m]Hi[/name_m] Berries!
I was wondering what your favorite saint names were. All names welcome. [name_m]Both[/name_m] genders would be great!
Thanks and have a great day!
I’m more of a fan of angel names than saints (I’m not Catholic), but upon some brief research here’s my list (I tried to include names that I hadn’t heard before or didn’t have other connotations for me, as many are very familiar and not distinctly saintly):
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] - Aleydis - [name_f]Anastasia[/name_f] - [name_f]Anatolia[/name_f] - [name_f]Apollonia[/name_f] - [name_f]Aquilina[/name_f] - [name_f]Augusta[/name_f] - [name_f]Aurelia[/name_f] - Bathildis - [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f] - [name_f]Brigid[/name_f] - [name_f]Catherine[/name_f] (well known, but one of the coolest ones) - [name_f]Clotilde[/name_f] - [name_f]Colette[/name_f] - [name_f]Delphina[/name_f] - [name_f]Endellion[/name_f] - Everild - [name_f]Flavia[/name_f] - [name_f]Florentina[/name_f] - [name_f]Hermione[/name_f] - [name_f]Hildegarde[/name_f] - [name_f]Honorata[/name_f] - [name_f]Hyacinth[/name_f] - [name_f]Isidora[/name_f] - [name_f]Joan[/name_f] (of [name_m]Arc[/name_m]) - [name_f]Lelia[/name_f] - [name_f]Lucy[/name_f] - [name_f]Marcella[/name_f] - [name_f]Mathilda[/name_f] - [name_f]Natalia[/name_f] - [name_f]Petronilla[/name_f] - [name_f]Philomena[/name_f] - [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f] - [name_f]Seraphina[/name_f] - Severa - [name_f]Thais[/name_f] - [name_f]Theodora[/name_f] (BAMF!) - [name_f]Valentina[/name_f] - [name_f]Valeria[/name_f] - [name_f]Yvette[/name_f] - [name_f]Zita[/name_f]
[name_m]Abraham[/name_m] - [name_m]Aloysius[/name_m] - [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m] - [name_m]Bartholomew[/name_m] - [name_m]Basil[/name_m] - [name_m]Benedict[/name_m] - [name_m]Bonaventure[/name_m] - Camillus - [name_m]Casimir[/name_m] - [name_m]Christopher[/name_m] - [name_m]Colin[/name_m] - [name_m]Crispin[/name_m] - [name_m]Felix[/name_m] - [name_m]Ferdinand[/name_m] - [name_m]Frederick[/name_m] - [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m] - [name_m]Isaac[/name_m] - [name_m]Isidore[/name_m] - [name_m]Ives[/name_m] - [name_m]Joel[/name_m] - [name_u]Jude[/name_u] - [name_m]Killian[/name_m] - [name_m]Leo[/name_m] - [name_m]Luke[/name_m] - [name_m]Oliver[/name_m] - [name_m]Raphael[/name_m] - [name_m]Samson[/name_m] - [name_m]Samuel[/name_m] - [name_m]Simon[/name_m] - [name_m]Theodore[/name_m] - [name_m]William[/name_m]
I’m an atheist Jew, but most of my academic work is in late Medieval and early Renaissance Europe, so I’ve run across a lot of awesome saint’s names. [name_u]Jude[/name_u] [name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m] is definitely my all-time favorite combo. [name_f]Stella[/name_f] [name_f]Maris[/name_f], one of the names of the Virgin [name_f]Mary[/name_f], is staggeringly gorgeous.
This is going to be a long list. Brace yourself. 
[name_f]Marcella[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucia[/name_f]
[name_m]Aloysius[/name_m] and [name_f]Aloisia[/name_f]
[name_m]Ivo[/name_m]
[name_u]Averil[/name_u]
[name_m]Benedict[/name_m]
[name_m]Isidore[/name_m] (m)
[name_f]Abra[/name_f]
Polycarp (okay, probably not usable, but if you ever needed to name a fish…)
[name_m]Cassius[/name_m]
[name_f]Solange[/name_f] (gorgeous)
[name_f]Tatiana[/name_f]
Barthomlomew
Appollonia
[name_f]Kateri[/name_f] (very modern, compared to most of this list)
[name_m]Cyprian[/name_m]
[name_m]Ormond[/name_m]
[name_m]Ignatius[/name_m]
[name_f]Beata[/name_f]
[name_f]Sidonia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lourdes[/name_f] (love this)
[name_f]Arcadia[/name_f]
[name_m]Crispin[/name_m]
[name_f]Eulalia[/name_f]
[name_m]Baptiste[/name_m]
[name_f]Agrippina[/name_f]
Sixte
[name_f]Thais[/name_f]
[name_f]Merryn[/name_f]
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m]
[name_m]Clement[/name_m]
[name_f]Fabiola[/name_f]
[name_m]Cornelius[/name_m]
[name_u]Remy[/name_u]
Addai
[name_u]Carmen[/name_u]
[name_m]Peregrine[/name_m]
[name_f]Seraphina[/name_f]
[name_f]Zelia[/name_f]
[name_m]Acacius[/name_m]
[name_u]Columba[/name_u]
[name_m]Darius[/name_m]
[name_f]Winifred[/name_f]
[name_m]Cosmo[/name_m]
[name_f]Hyacinth[/name_f]
[name_f]Odelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Viridiana[/name_f]
[name_f]Cassia[/name_f]
[name_m]Yves[/name_m]
[name_m]Benno[/name_m]
[name_f]Sabina[/name_f]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u] (adore)
Chrysantha
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]
[name_u]Blaine[/name_u] and [name_u]Blaise[/name_u] (different saints, both great names)
[name_f]Ursula[/name_f]
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
[name_f]Bridget[/name_f]
[name_f]Francesca[/name_f]
[name_m]Faust[/name_m]
[name_m]Tigris[/name_m] (okay, this is cheating – she was [name_m]Saint[/name_m] [name_m]Patrick[/name_m]'s sister, but what a great name!)
[name_f]Claudia[/name_f]
[name_f]Amadore[/name_f] (love this, and such a wonderful meaning)
[name_f]Colette[/name_f]
[name_u]Sinclair[/name_u] (would love to see this used more)
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_u]Corin[/name_u]
[name_f]Asteria[/name_f] (gorgeous)
[name_m]Fabian[/name_m]
[name_m]Bonaventure[/name_m] (so cool)
[name_m]Lucian[/name_m] (on my list)
[name_m]Foy[/name_m]
[name_m]Gaius[/name_m]
[name_m]Bruno[/name_m]
[name_m]Erasmus[/name_m] (on my list)
[name_m]Demetrius[/name_m]
[name_m]Cadoc[/name_m]
[name_f]Heloise[/name_f]
[name_m]Finbar[/name_m] (my favorite of the [name_m]Fin[/name_m]- names)
[name_m]Amadeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Hart[/name_m] (would love to see this come back for boys)
[name_f]Leocadia[/name_f]
[name_m]Januarius[/name_m]
[name_m]Malcolm[/name_m]
[name_u]Gervase[/name_u] (if only it weren’t for the @$$hole comedian…)
[name_m]Atticus[/name_m]
[name_m]Leander[/name_m]
[name_u]Florian[/name_u]
[name_m]Severin[/name_m] (currently playing a D&D character with this name)
[name_f]Lucilla[/name_f]
[name_m]Augustine[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m]
[name_f]Effemy[/name_f]
Nympha
[name_m]Aurelio[/name_m]
[name_m]Zacchaeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Narcissus[/name_m]
[name_m]Marmaduke[/name_m] (probably unusable thanks to the dog)
[name_f]Endellion[/name_f] (means “fire soul”)
[name_m]Santiago[/name_m]
[name_f]Ludmila[/name_f]
[name_m]Fergus[/name_m]
Zepherin
[name_f]Clotilda[/name_f]
[name_m]Virgil[/name_m]
[name_m]Nevin[/name_m]
Tycho ([name_f]LOVE[/name_f])
[name_m]Cillian[/name_m]
[name_f]Elodia[/name_f]
[name_m]Rocco[/name_m] (awesome)
[name_f]Theodosia[/name_f]
Zosimos
Apologies for the length of this list. I adore old saint’s names.
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I’m not a [name_m]Christian[/name_m], but I like the sound of:
Girls
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_u]Clare[/name_u]
[name_f]Bridget[/name_f]
[name_f]Catherine[/name_f]
[name_f]Isidora[/name_f]
[name_f]Tuilelaith[/name_f]/[name_f]Talulla[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f]
Boys
[name_u]Aidan[/name_u]
[name_u]Ailbhe[/name_u]/Albeus
[name_u]Jude[/name_u]
[name_m]Finnian[/name_m]
[name_m]Malachy[/name_m]
[name_m]Isidore[/name_m]
[name_m]Dominic[/name_m]
[name_u]Francis[/name_u]
Haha, that reminds me; my grandmother’s name is [name_f]Mary[/name_f], and when she was little, she says the boys used to “tease” her by calling her [name_f]Stella[/name_f] [name_f]Maris[/name_f] (she went to Catholic School). She seems to have forgotten that half of the other girls names were [name_f]Mary[/name_f], and no boys called them [name_f]Stella[/name_f] [name_f]Maris[/name_f]. I swear she was the prettiest girl in that school : )
Back to the subject, my favorite Saints (and Blessed’s) names as follows:
[name_f]Eulalia[/name_f]
Athanasius
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucas[/name_m]/[name_m]Luke[/name_m]
[name_f]Lucia[/name_f]/[name_f]Lucy[/name_f]
[name_f]Therese[/name_f]
[name_m]Melchior[/name_m]
[name_m]Damian[/name_m]
[name_u]Jude[/name_u]
[name_f]Gemma[/name_f]
[name_m]Dominic[/name_m]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_f]Zoe[/name_f]
[name_f]Perpetua[/name_f]
[name_m]Charles[/name_m]
[name_f]Veronica[/name_f] for a girl. [name_m]Wenceslaus[/name_m] for a boy. (I’m Czech-American. Good [name_m]King[/name_m] [name_m]Wenceslaus[/name_m]! However, I would never name a child [name_m]Wenceslaus[/name_m]. Maybe a middle name?)
I love [name_f]Veronica[/name_f], but I don’t know if it would go well with my 10-letter surname that is now [name_m]German[/name_m] after marriage.
I’m more of a fan of angel names than saints (I’m not Catholic), but upon some brief research here’s my list (I tried to include names that I hadn’t heard before or didn’t have other connotations for me, as many are very familiar and not distinctly saintly)
Thanks! [name_u]Angel[/name_u] names are welcome too, I should have put that in the description. [name_f]Love[/name_f]: [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] (didn’t know she was a saint), [name_f]Aurelia[/name_f], [name_f]Colette[/name_f] (love this), [name_f]Hermione[/name_f](didn’t know she was a saint either), [name_f]Marcella[/name_f], [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f], [name_f]Valentina[/name_f], [name_m]Felix[/name_m], & [name_m]Frederick[/name_m].
Jude Thaddeus is definitely my all-time favorite combo. Stella Maris, one of the names of the Virgin Mary, is staggeringly gorgeous.
[name_f]Love[/name_f] [name_u]Jude[/name_u]. [name_f]Stella[/name_f] is my grandmother’s name, and I never considered it before. It’s a nice connection. [name_f]Love[/name_f] a lot of your names, I hadn’t heard of a lot of them. [name_u]Valentine[/name_u] is one of my GPs. [name_f]Amadore[/name_f] was awesome and I like [name_u]Sinclair[/name_u] (though I think I would use it for a character rather than a real person)
@stripedsocks: I love a lot of the names you mentioned. [name_m]Dominic[/name_m] needs a come back and [name_f]Isidora[/name_f] is one of my favorites.
@chrisco: [name_f]Zoe[/name_f] is my absolute favorite name (its the name of a very close family friend of mine). I didn’t know [name_f]Gemma[/name_f] was a saint, so I will look into that, because its growing on me.
@loislane1222: I love [name_f]Veronica[/name_f] too! I think its different without being too crazy and ages well.
Thanks for all your suggestions!
Ooh! If angel names are welcome, I’ve got a good healthy list (most all of these are boys’ names, but some could work well for girls)
[name_m]Michael[/name_m], [name_m]Raphael[/name_m], [name_m]Uriel[/name_m], [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m], Samael, [name_m]Cassiel[/name_m], [name_u]Ariel[/name_u], Metatron, Ambriel, Castiel, [name_m]Adriel[/name_m], Zophiel, [name_m]Seraphim[/name_m]/[name_f]Seraphima[/name_f]/Seraphiel, Ephra, Remiel, Erubey, Sariel
Oh, I would have included [name_f]Veronica[/name_f] if I had known it was a saint’s name, I love this name just for the sound. Beautiful.
Angels? I can do angels!
I like for boys: Raziel, [name_m]Michael[/name_m], [name_m]Raphael[/name_m], [name_m]Cassiel[/name_m], [name_m]Gavriel[/name_m]/[name_m]Gabriel[/name_m], Tzadkiel/Zadkiel, [name_u]Ariel[/name_u], Ezriel/[name_m]Azriel[/name_m] and [name_f]Carmiel[/name_f]/Karmiel.
For girls I like [name_f]Raziela[/name_f], [name_f]Raphaela[/name_f], [name_f]Ariella[/name_f], Ezriela, and [name_f]Carmiela[/name_f]. I don’t like [name_f]Gabriella[/name_f] for a girl because I dislike “[name_u]Gabby[/name_u]” very much. And I do like [name_f]Michaela[/name_f] but the spelling mess that has happened to it in recent years makes me sad.
[name_f]Raziela[/name_f] has maybe my favourite meaning.
I’m probably forgetting some, but:
[name_f]Anastasia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ariadne[/name_f]
[name_f]Asteria[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Bridget[/name_f]
[name_f]Calliope[/name_f]
[name_f]Catherine[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Euphemia[/name_f]
Euphrasia
Euphrosyne
[name_f]Eve[/name_f]
[name_f]Magdalena[/name_f]
[name_f]Ofelia[/name_f] ([name_f]Ophelia[/name_f])
[name_f]Salomea[/name_f]
Scholastica
[name_f]Seraphina[/name_f]
[name_f]Silvia[/name_f]
[name_f]Sophia[/name_f]
[name_f]Sophronia[/name_f] (feminine form of Sophronius
[name_f]Theophania[/name_f] (feminine form of Theophanes)
[name_f]Veronica[/name_f] (my confirmation name)
[name_f]Zenobia[/name_f] (feminine form of [name_m]Zenobius[/name_m])
[name_f]Zoe[/name_f]
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]
[name_m]Anthony[/name_m]
[name_m]Augustine[/name_m]
[name_u]Blaise[/name_u]
[name_m]Casimir[/name_m]
[name_f]Celestine[/name_f]
[name_m]Christopher[/name_m]
[name_u]Constantine[/name_u]
[name_m]Crispin[/name_m]
[name_m]Damian[/name_m]
[name_m]Dominic[/name_m]
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m]
[name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
[name_m]Gregory[/name_m]
[name_m]Nicholas[/name_m]
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_m]William[/name_m]
@stripedsocks: [name_f]Love[/name_f] [name_f]Raziela[/name_f] and [name_f]Raphaela[/name_f] and [name_f]Ariella[/name_f]. I will put those on my list.
@mega_muffin: [name_f]Love[/name_f] [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m] and [name_f]Ariadne[/name_f] and [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f]. Too bad I’ve gotten negative reactions to [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m] and [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] from family because they’re so nice. Maybe next time I remind them that they are saint names. Maybe I can win them over =)
@stripedsocks: [name_f]Love[/name_f] [name_f]Raziela[/name_f] and [name_f]Raphaela[/name_f] and [name_f]Ariella[/name_f]. I will put those on my list.
@mega_muffin: [name_f]Love[/name_f] [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m] and [name_f]Ariadne[/name_f] and [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f]. Too bad I’ve gotten negative reactions to [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m] and [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] from family because they’re so nice. Maybe next time I remind them that they are saint names. Maybe I can win them over =)
So these are based as much on the saint as the name itself. Some are clunky, but have beautiful stories.
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f] ([name_f]Empress[/name_f], wife of [name_m]Justinian[/name_m])
[name_f]Junia[/name_f]
[name_f]Zenaida[/name_f] (one of the first female doctors, known for her thoughtfulness and compassion)
[name_f]Thekla[/name_f]
Philothea
[name_f]Xenia[/name_f]
[name_f]Susanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Cassiane[/name_f] (also [name_f]Kassiani[/name_f] or [name_f]Cassia[/name_f])
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] the Dragonslayer
[name_f]Lydia[/name_f]
[name_f]Verena[/name_f]
[name_f]Vera[/name_f]
[name_f]Sophia[/name_f]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
And [name_f]Brigid[/name_f], of course!
So these are based as much on the saint as the name itself. Some are clunky, but have beautiful stories.
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f] ([name_f]Empress[/name_f], wife of [name_m]Justinian[/name_m])
[name_f]Junia[/name_f]
[name_f]Zenaida[/name_f] (one of the first female doctors, known for her thoughtfulness and compassion)
[name_f]Thekla[/name_f]
Philothea
[name_f]Xenia[/name_f]
[name_f]Susanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Cassiane[/name_f] (also [name_f]Kassiani[/name_f] or [name_f]Cassia[/name_f])
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] the Dragonslayer
[name_f]Lydia[/name_f]
[name_f]Verena[/name_f]
[name_f]Vera[/name_f]
[name_f]Sophia[/name_f]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
And [name_f]Brigid[/name_f], of course!
I have tried so hard to convince my husband to love [name_f]Stella[/name_f] [name_f]Maris[/name_f]!
I guess I should post some saints names on this thread since I’ve already posted about saints names in the past and I’m an avid hagiographist. Here are some names I find the most interesting and unusual.
[name_m]Male[/name_m] Saints
Aidric
[name_m]Caradoc[/name_m]
[name_m]Cormac[/name_m]
Emeric
Gerlac
Meriadoc
Romaric
Evermund
Meinrad
Authaire
Jovinian
Aventine
[name_m]Bonaventure[/name_m]
Canice
Optatian
[name_f]Celestine[/name_f]
[name_m]Aurelius[/name_m]
[name_m]Philemon[/name_m]
Esterwine
Mathurin
[name_m]Eustace[/name_m]
[name_m]Swithun[/name_m]
Lamalisse
[name_m]Peregrine[/name_m]
Pantaleon
Polydore
Finlugh
Tydecho
Bodagisil
[name_m]Valerian[/name_m]
Arbogast
[name_f]Hyacinthe[/name_f]
Vedast
[name_m]Hilarion[/name_m]
[name_m]Ananias[/name_m]
Winnow
[name_m]Ciaran[/name_m]
Macartan
RĂ©my/Remigius
Moelray
[name_m]Ptolemy[/name_m]
[name_m]Aloysius[/name_m]
Corbinian
Junipero
Briavel
Dogmael
Eutychian
[name_m]Macarius[/name_m]
[name_m]Giacomo[/name_m]
Cajetan
Guenhael
Valens
Amadour
Judicael
Adjutor
Onesimus
[name_m]Laszlo[/name_m]
Juvenal
[name_m]Prosper[/name_m]
Bessarion
Primael
Chrysanthus
Agatho
Barlaam
Eucharius
[name_m]Ephrem[/name_m]
Adventor
[name_m]Gaetano[/name_m]
Louthien
[name_m]Seraphim[/name_m]
[name_m]Ivo[/name_m]
[name_m]Casimir[/name_m]
Female Saints
[name_f]Aphra[/name_f]
Amabilis
Archelais
Austell
Bartholomea
[name_f]Bibiana[/name_f]
Casilda
[name_f]Crescentia[/name_f]
Devota
[name_f]Dominica[/name_f]
Emerentiana
[name_f]Endellion[/name_f]
Eudocia
[name_f]Eulalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Euphemia[/name_f]
Euphrasia
Eustochium
Everild
[name_f]Felicitas[/name_f]
[name_f]Flavia[/name_f]
[name_f]Florentina[/name_f]
Frideswide
Gaudentia
Glaphyra
Humbeline
[name_f]Illuminata[/name_f]
[name_f]Jovita[/name_f]
Juthware
Kyneswide
[name_f]Leocadia[/name_f]
LĂ©onie
Macrina
Maxentia
Melangell
Messalina
[name_f]Morwenna[/name_f]
Nazaria
[name_f]Odilia[/name_f]
Olympias
Osyth/Osith
[name_f]Pelagia[/name_f]
[name_f]Perpetua[/name_f]
[name_f]Philomena[/name_f]
Polyxena
Praxedes
Pulcheria
Radegunde
Rhipsime
Saethryth/Sethrida
Scholastica
Soteris
Tarsykia
[name_f]Theodosia[/name_f]
Triphina/Tryphaena
[name_f]Viridiana[/name_f]
[name_f]Winifred[/name_f]
[name_f]Zita[/name_f]
Edited for privacy.
[name_m]Dominic[/name_m] and [name_u]Francis[/name_u].
@charlieandperry - some modern scholars believe that Austell was a woman named Hoystill, a daughter of [name_m]Brychan[/name_m] of [name_m]Wales[/name_m]. Who knows for sure but I think it would be a nice name for both genders.
Oh? In most sources I’ve come across, people are fairly certain he was male and came over from [name_f]Brittany[/name_f]. The church at St Austell certainly seems to think so. Anyway, can’t say I like it as a name. It’s too strongly tied to the town for me and St Awful’s not exactly an attractive place.