Berries,
Thanks for your opinions on my last forum (Help me decide!) Unfortunately, my husband stubbornly refuses to like the name [name_f]Gemma[/name_f]. So there goes my choice :mad:
He still likes [name_f]Gwyneth[/name_f] and LOVES [name_f]Winifred[/name_f]. Though I’m not in love with either. I have noticed that most of the names we have liked were Catholic [name_m]Saint[/name_m] Names. And surprisingly our first daughter name is too! Maybe this is a reoccurring theme?
So I need your suggestions of [name_m]Saint[/name_m] Names that hopefully we both can love.
Thanks!
Are you looking for just girl names or boys too?
Here’s a full compendium: Female / Women Saints - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online
I’m not promoting any agenda-- just figured I’d go straight to the source
Female [name_m]Saint[/name_m] Names + Female [name_m]Saint[/name_m]-Related Names:
[name_f]Abigail[/name_f]
[name_f]Ada[/name_f]
[name_f]Adele[/name_f]
[name_f]Adrienne[/name_f]
[name_f]Agatha[/name_f]
[name_f]Agnes[/name_f]
[name_f]Alba[/name_f]
[name_f]Alberta[/name_f]
[name_f]Alessandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Alma[/name_f]
[name_f]Amanda[/name_f]
[name_f]Ambrosia[/name_f]
[name_f]Amelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Amy[/name_f]
[name_f]Anastasia[/name_f]
[name_u]Andrea[/name_u]
[name_f]Angela[/name_f]
[name_f]Ann[/name_f]
[name_f]Antonia[/name_f]
[name_f]Arlene[/name_f]
[name_f]Audrey[/name_f]
[name_f]Barbara[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_f]Bernadette[/name_f]
[name_f]Bernice[/name_f]
[name_f]Bertha[/name_f]
[name_f]Bianca[/name_f]
[name_f]Brenda[/name_f]
[name_f]Bridget[/name_f]
Briel
[name_f]Camille[/name_f]
[name_f]Cara[/name_f]
[name_u]Carmel[/name_u]
[name_f]Carol[/name_f]
[name_f]Cassandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Catherine[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f]
Cesca
[name_f]Chantale[/name_f]
[name_f]Charity[/name_f]
[name_f]Cheryl[/name_f]
[name_f]Christine[/name_f]
[name_u]Clare[/name_u]
[name_f]Claudia[/name_f]
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f]
[name_f]Colette[/name_f]
[name_f]Columbine[/name_f]
Conception
[name_f]Constance[/name_f]
[name_f]Cornelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Daniela[/name_f]
[name_f]Deborah[/name_f]
[name_f]Della[/name_f]
[name_f]Denise[/name_f]
[name_f]Dolores[/name_f]
[name_f]Dominica[/name_f]
[name_f]Donna[/name_f]
[name_f]Doris[/name_f]
[name_f]Edith[/name_f]
[name_f]Edwina[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_f]Elissa[/name_f]
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Emily[/name_f]
[name_f]Erica[/name_f]
[name_f]Erma[/name_f]
[name_f]Ernestine[/name_f]
[name_f]Esther[/name_f]
[name_f]Eugenia[/name_f]
[name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]
[name_f]Faith[/name_f]
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f]
[name_f]Flora[/name_f]
[name_f]Frances[/name_f]
[name_f]Gabriela[/name_f]
[name_f]Gail[/name_f]
[name_f]Gemma[/name_f]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgia[/name_f]
[name_f]Geraldine[/name_f]
[name_u]Germaine[/name_u]
[name_f]Gertrude[/name_f]
[name_f]Gina[/name_f]
[name_f]Gloria[/name_f]
[name_f]Grace[/name_f]
[name_f]Gretchen[/name_f]
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f]
[name_f]Helen[/name_f]
[name_f]Helena[/name_f]
[name_f]Hilda[/name_f]
[name_f]Hope[/name_f]
[name_f]Ida[/name_f]
[name_f]Ignatia[/name_f]
[name_f]Immaculata[/name_f]
[name_f]Irene[/name_f]
[name_f]Irma[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Jane[/name_f]
[name_f]Jennifer[/name_f]
[name_f]Jessica[/name_f]
[name_f]Jill[/name_f]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_f]Judith[/name_f]
[name_f]Julia[/name_f]
[name_f]Justina[/name_f]
[name_f]Karen[/name_f]
[name_f]Katherine[/name_f]
[name_f]Laura[/name_f]
[name_f]Lenore[/name_f]
[name_f]Leona[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f]
[name_f]Lola[/name_f]
[name_f]Louise[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f]
[name_f]Lydia[/name_f]
[name_f]Madeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Marlene[/name_f]
[name_f]Manuela[/name_f]
[name_f]Marcia[/name_f]
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
[name_f]Martha[/name_f]
[name_f]Martina[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f]
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f]
[name_f]Maura[/name_f]
[name_f]Melanie[/name_f]
[name_f]Melissa[/name_f]
[name_f]Mercedes[/name_f]
[name_f]Michelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Mildred[/name_f]
[name_f]Mona[/name_f]
[name_f]Monica[/name_f]
[name_f]Nadine[/name_f]
[name_f]Nancy[/name_f]
[name_f]Natalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Nell[/name_f]
[name_f]Nicole[/name_f]
[name_f]Nina[/name_f]
[name_f]Nora[/name_f]
[name_f]Olga[/name_f]
[name_f]Olivia[/name_f]
[name_f]Patricia[/name_f]
[name_f]Paula[/name_f]
[name_f]Peggy[/name_f]
[name_f]Polly[/name_f]
[name_f]Priscilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Rachel[/name_f]
[name_f]Rafaela[/name_f]
[name_f]Ramona[/name_f]
[name_f]Rebecca[/name_f]
[name_f]Renee[/name_f]
[name_f]Rita[/name_f]
[name_f]Roberta[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosaria[/name_f]
[name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_f]Ruth[/name_f]
[name_f]Sandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Sarah[/name_f]
[name_f]Selma[/name_f]
[name_f]Seraphina[/name_f]
[name_f]Sharon[/name_f]
[name_u]Simone[/name_u]
[name_f]Sophia[/name_f]
[name_u]Stacey[/name_u]
[name_f]Stella[/name_f]
[name_f]Stephanie[/name_f]
[name_f]Susanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f]
[name_f]Tanya[/name_f]
[name_f]Teresa[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f]
[name_f]Theresa[/name_f]
[name_f]Thomasina[/name_f]
[name_f]Tillie[/name_f]
[name_f]Trina[/name_f]
[name_f]Trudy[/name_f]
[name_f]Ursula[/name_f]
[name_f]Valerie[/name_f]
[name_f]Veronica[/name_f]
[name_f]Vincentia[/name_f]
[name_f]Virginia[/name_f]
[name_u]Vivian[/name_u]
[name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f]
[name_f]Winifred[/name_f]
[name_f]Yvette[/name_f]
[name_f]Zita[/name_f]
[name_f]Zoe[/name_f]
My favorites are [name_f]Alice[/name_f], [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f], [name_f]Cara[/name_f], [name_f]Ernestine[/name_f], [name_f]Geraldine[/name_f], [name_f]Jane[/name_f], [name_f]Josephine[/name_f], [name_f]Lillian[/name_f] nn [name_f]Lily[/name_f], [name_f]Mona[/name_f], [name_f]Sarah[/name_f], [name_u]Vivian[/name_u], [name_f]Winifred[/name_f], [name_f]Yvette[/name_f]
Patron Saints
[name_f]Agatha[/name_f] (nurses and breast cancer)
[name_f]Anne[/name_f] (mothers and grandmothers) (mother of [name_f]Mary[/name_f] and grandmother of [name_m]Jesus[/name_m])
[name_f]Bernadette[/name_f] (bodily ills and orphans)
[name_f]Catherine[/name_f] (of [name_f]Siena[/name_f]: firefighters)
[name_f]Cecelia[/name_f] (musicians)
[name_u]Clare[/name_u] (eye diseases and communications)
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] (of Hungary: homeless and young brides)
[name_f]Faustina[/name_f] (divine mercy)
[name_f]Jane[/name_f] [name_f]Frances[/name_f] (of [name_f]Chantal[/name_f]: forgotten people)
[name_f]Joan[/name_f] (of [name_m]Arc[/name_m]: soldiers and [name_f]France[/name_f])
[name_f]Kateri[/name_f] Takakwitha (environment: First Native American saint)
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f] [name_f]Mary[/name_f] (polio victims)
[name_f]Maria[/name_f] (Gorietti: victims of rape, youth and purity)
[name_f]Martha[/name_f] (housewives, domestic workers, and cooks)
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Magdalene[/name_f] (penitent women)
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] (mother of [name_m]Jesus[/name_m], [name_f]Queen[/name_f] of Saints)
[name_f]Monica[/name_f] (mothers, alcoholism and trouble marriages)
[name_f]Rita[/name_f] (impossible cases)
[name_f]Teresa[/name_f] (of Avila: headache sufferers)
[name_f]Teresa[/name_f] (of Calcutta: the poorest of the poor and the dying)
[name_f]Terese[/name_f] (of Lisiuex: missions)
[name_f]Veronica[/name_f] (photographers)
Saints have had so many beautiful names and their stories make them even more beautiful.
I advise to read through some of their stories.
Here’s a list of all female saints, not just the patron ones: Female / Women Saints - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online
I’ve always liked the name [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] because she’s the patroness of musicians and I love music…[name_f]Celia[/name_f] and [name_f]Cilla[/name_f] are great nicknames too.
As well as reading up on patron saints, you could pick a first or middle name based on a saint’s feast day. In some European countries it’s traditional to name a baby after the saint whose feast day coincides with their birthday, then they can celebrate that anniversary as their Name [name_u]Day[/name_u].