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*Donna (f) - [[Mary]] the Mother of God ('''Meaning''': 'Madonna', meaning 'My Lady'); ''sometimes: see Donald'' ('''Diminutive''').
*Dorothy, Dora, Doreen, Doris (f) - St Dorothea of Caesarea ([[February 6]] - '''Saint''');
*Douglas, Doug (m) - St Daganus ([[August 18]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]
*Dustin (m) - St [[Dunstan of Canterbury]] ('''Sound-alike''')
*Dylan, Dillon (m/f) - St Dillon of Llandaff ([[February 9]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]
*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''')
*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''')
