Baptismal names

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.

The following is a list of names who, perhaps unexpectedly, have Orthodox saints attached to them.

(Note: this is not designed to be a list of matchups between names with no real connection. For example, Hannah can be matched with St Anna, because it's the same name; but Peter and Panayiotis have no direct relation)

A

• Aaliyah (f) - see Alia
• Aaron (m) - (Sunday of the Forefathers)
• Abigail, Abby (f) - St Gobnait (February 11)
• Adam (m) - (Sunday of the Forefathers)
• Addison (f) - see Madison
• Adelaide (f) - St Adelaide of Rome; St Adelaide of Burgundy (December 16)
• Adele (f) - St Adela, Abbess of Pfalzel (December 24)
• Adrian (m) - St Adrian (August 26)
• Alan, Allan, Allen (m) - St Alan of Lavaur (November 25); St Elian of Cornwall (January 13)
• Alexa (f) - see Alexis or Alexandra
• Alexis (m/f) - St Alexis Man of God (March 17); Tsarevich Alexei; see also: Alexis (disambiguation)
• Alia (f) - St Elizabeth (September 5)
• Alice, Alicia, Alisha (f) - St Alexandra (April 21); Tsaritsa Alexandra (July 4)
• Alison, Allison (f) - St Alexandra (April 21); Tsaritsa Alexandra (July 4)
• Alyssa, Alissa (f) - see Alicia
• Amelia (f) - St Emily of Caesarea, mother of St Basil the Great.
• Angus (m) - St Angus of Keld (Óengus the Culdee, Óengus of Tallaght) (March 11)
• Annabelle (f) - St Amabilis of Riome; St Amabilis of Rouen
• Aria (f) - St Aria (Cyriaca, Dominica) of Rome (August 21)
• Arianna, Ariana (f) - St Ariadne of Phrygia (September 18)
• Arnold (m) - St Arnold (in Germany - July 8)
• Ashley (f) - closest known is St Leah (Sunday of the Forefathers)
• Ava (f) - St Ava of Dinant, Abbess in Belgium (April 29)
• Avery (f) - St Alfred the Great (October 26)
• Aubrey, Aubree (f) - St Alfred the Great (October 26)
• Audrey (f) - St Audrey (or Etheldred) of Ely (June 23)
• Austin (m) - St Augustine of Canterbury (May 26); St Augustine of Hippo (August 28)
• Autumn (f) - not yet completed
• Ayden (m) - St Aidan of Lindisfarne (August 31)

B

• Belinda (f) - St Berlinda (Anchoress at Meerbeke - February 3)
• Bella (f) - St Elizabeth (September 5)
• Bess (f) - St Elizabeth (September 5)
• Beth (f) - St Elizabeth (September 5)
• Betty (f) - St Elizabeth (September 5)
• Bentley (m) - St Panteleimon (July 27)
• Blake (m) - St Maurice (December 27)
• Brandon (m) - St Brendon the Navigator (May 16)
• Braydon (m) - St Bradon, venerated on the Isle of Man (October 20)
• Brian, Bryan (m) - St Birinus of Dorchester
• Brianna (f) - St Birinus of Dorchester
• Brody, Brodie (m) - closest is St Ambrose of Milan
• Brooklyn (f) - St Raphael of Brooklyn (February 27)
• Bryce (m) - St Brice/Brictius of Tours

C

• Caleb (m) - St Elesbaan, King of Ethiopia (October 24)
• Caitlyn, Caitlin (f) - St Catherine of Alexandria (November 25)
• Cameron (m) - St Camerinus, martyr under Diocletian (August 21)
• Camden (m) - not yet completed
• Camilla, Camila (f) - St Camilla, anchoress in France (March 3)
• Carl (m) - see Charles
• Carla (f) - see Charlotte
• Caroline (f) - see Charlotte
• Carson (m) - not yet completed
• Carter (m) - not yet completed
• Charles (m) - closest is St Carloman (King of Austrasia and monk August 17)
• Charlotte (f) - closest is St Carloman (King of Austrasia and monk August 17)
• Chase (m) - closest is St John Cassian or St Chad of Lichfield
• Chloe (f) - St Chloe, commemorated in ancient Corinth together with holy apostles Titus, Crispus and Justus (the Sunday between February 13 and February 19)
• Ciaran (m) - see Kieran
• Claire, Clare (f) - St Photini the Samaritan Woman
• Colin, Collin (m) - St Nicholas (December 6)
• Colton (m) - not yet completed
• Connor (m) - closest is St Conran (February 14) or St Conogan (October 16)
• Cooper (m) - closest is St Cyprian

D

• Deborah, Debra (f) - St Deborah (Sunday of the Forefathers)
• Dennis, Denis (m) - St Dionysius the Areopagite (October 3); (see also: Dionysius (disambiguation)).
• Dominic (m) - Hieromartyr Cyriacus (Kyriakos), Bishop of Jerusalem (October 18); St Kyriakos (Cyriacus the Anchorite) (September 29).
• Donald (m) - St Donald of Ogilvy (July 15)
• Dora (f) - Dorothy - St Dorothea of Caesarea (February 6);
• Doreen (f) - Dorothy - St Dorothea of Caesarea (February 6);
• Doris (f) - Dorothy - St Dorothea of Caesarea (February 6);
• Dustin (m) - closest is St Dunstan of Canterbury
• Dylan, Dillon (m/f) - St Teilo of Llandaff (February 9)

E

• Easton (m) - not yet completed
• Edward (m) - St Edward the Passion-Bearer of England (March 18)
• Eli (m) - Prophet Elijah
• Ella, Ellie (f) - St Elizabeth
• Elsa, Elsie (f) - St Elizabeth
• Eileen (f) - St Helen
• Elaine (f) - St Helen
• Eleanor (f) - St Helen
• Elvis (m) - St Ailbe of Emly
• Emily (f) - St Emily of Caesarea, mother of St Basil the Great (January 1 or May 30); St Mildred of Minster-in-Thanet (July 13)
• Emma (f) - St Imma of Karlburg (November 25)
• Eric (m) - St Erc of Slane
• Ethan (m) - not yet completed
• Eva (f) - not yet completed
• Evan (m) - St John; St Evan of Ayrshire (August 18)
• Evelyn (f) - not yet completed

F

• Faith (f) - St Faith, daughter of St Sophia (September 17)

G

• Gail (f) - see Abigail
• Gavin (m) - not yet completed
• Genesis (f) - not yet completed
• Geoffrey, Geoff (m) - St Geoffrey, Abbot of Wearmouth
• Gerald, Gerry (m) - St Gerald, Bishop of Mayo
• Gianna (f) - St John
• Gilbert (m) - St Agilbert of Jouarre
• Grace (f) - not yet completed
• Grayson (m) - not yet completed
• Gwen, Gwendoline (f) - St Gwen Teirborn of Britain

H

• Hailey, Haylee (f) - not yet completed
• Hannah (f) - St Anna, mother of the Theotokos
• Harper (f) - not yet completed
• Haydon (m) - St Aidan of Lindisfarne
• Henry (m) - not yet completed
• Hope (f) - St Hope (daughter of St Sophia)
• Hudson (m) - not yet completed
• Hunter (m) - not yet completed

I

• Ian (m) - St John
• Isabel, Isabella (f) - St Elizabeth

J

• Jace, Jase (m) - St Jason
• Jack (m) - St Iakovos, St Jacob; (see also: Jacob (disambiguation))
• Jackson, Jaxon, Jaxson (m) - see Jack
• Jacob, Jake (m) - St Jacob (Son of Isaac - Sunday of the Forefathers), St Jacob Netsvetov
• Jacqueline (f) - St Joanna
• Jade (f) - closest known is St. Jader (Iader) of Sigum, Bishop in Numidia (September 10)
• Jane (f) - St Joanna
• Janet (f) - St Joanna
• Janice (f) - St Joanna
• Jaira (f) - St Lucy of Syracuse (also Jairos/Jairus (m))
• Jayden (m) - see Jade
• Jeff (m) - see Geoffrey
• Jenny (f) - St Joanna
• Jeoire (m) - St George
• Jerica (f) - St Gertrude of Nivelles
• Jerry (m) - see Gerald
• Jessie (f) - St Joanna
• Jo, Joan, Joanna, Joanne (f) - St John (disambiguation)
• Jocelyn (f) - not yet completed
• Jodie (f) - St Jude the Apostle
• Joe, Joseph (m) - St Joseph (Sunday of the Forefathers)
• Josephine (f) - St Joseph (Sunday of the Forefathers)
• Joost (m) - St Judoc of Brittany
• Jordan, Jordana (m/f) - The Theophany of Christ
• Joshua, Josh (m) - (Sunday of the Forefathers)
• Joyce (m/f) - St Judoc of Brittany
• Judy (f) - (Sunday of the Forefathers)

K

• Kaitlyn (f) - see Caitlyn
• Karen (f) - St Catherine of Alexandria
• Kathleen (f) - St Catherine of Alexandria
• Kay (f) - St Catherine of Alexandria
• Kayden (m) - not yet completed
• Kayla (f) - not yet completed
• Kaylee (f) - not yet completed
• Kelly (f) - St Ceallach of Killala (May 1)
• Ken, Kenneth (m) - St Kenneth of Wales (August 1); St Cainnech of Aghaboe (October 11)
• Kennedy (f) - not yet completed
• Kevin (m) - St Kevin of Glendalough
• Khloe (f) - see Chloe
• Kieran, Kyran, Kiaran (m) - St Kieran of Clonmacnoise (September 9)
• Kittie (f) - St Catherine of Alexandria
• Kylie (f) - not yet completed

L

• Landon (m) - not yet completed
• Larry (m) - St Laurence of Canterbury (February 2)
• Laura (f) - St Laura of Cordoba, martyred in Spain by the Moors (October 19)
• Lauren (f) - not yet completed
• Layla (f) - not yet completed
• Leah, Lia (f) - St Leah, wife of Jacob
• Lee (m) - not yet completed
• Leslie (m/f) - not yet completed
• Liam (m) - see William
• Lillian, Lily (f) - not yet completed
• Lincoln (m) - not yet completed
• London (f) - not yet completed
• Lorna (f) - not yet completed
• Louis, Luis (m) - not yet completed
• Lucy (f) - St Lucy of Syracuse (December 13)
• Lydia (f) - St Lydia of Phillipi (May 20)

M

• Mabel (f) - St Amabilis of Riome, St Amabilis of Rouen
• Mackenzie (f) - St Kenneth of Wales (August 1); St Cainnech of Aghaboe (October 11)
• Madelyn, Madeleine, Madeline (f) - St Mary Magdalene (July 22)
• Madison (f) - not yet completed
• Malcolm (m) - St Columba of Iona (June 9)
• Marcia (f) - St Marcia, martyred under Diocletian (July 2)
• Martin (m) - St Martin of Tours (November 11)
• Martina, Martine (f) - St Martin of Tours (November 11)
• Maya (f) - St Magos (2nd century)
• Megan (f) - St Margaret
• Melanie (f) - St Melangell (Abbess in Wales)
• Mia (f) - see Amelia or Maria
• Mikayla (f) - Archangel Michael (November 8)
• Mila (f) - St Milica of Serbia
• Milly (f) - St Emily of Caesarea, mother of St Basil the Great (January 1 or May 30); St Mildred of Minster-in-Thanet (July 13)
• Morgan (f) - not yet completed

N

• Naomi (f) - not yet completed
• Natalie (f) - St Natalia
• Nathan (m) - (Sunday of the Forefathers)
• Nevaeh (f) - not yet completed
• Neil, Nigel (m) - not yet completed
• Nicole (f) - St Nicholas of Myra (December 6)
• Noel (m/f) - The Nativity of Christ
• Nolan (m) - not yet completed
• Nora (f) - St Helen

O

• Oliver (m) - St Oliver of Ancona (February 3)
• Olivia (f) - St Oliva of Brescia (martyred under Hadrian - March 5); Olivia of Palermo (June 10)
• Oscar (m) - St Ansgar
• Owen (m) - St Eugene of Trebizond (January 21)

P

• Paisley (f) - not yet completed
• Parker (m) - not yet completed
• Penelope (f) - St Penelope the Virgin Martyr (1 Sep)
• Peyton, Payton (f) - not yet completed
• Piper (f) - not yet completed

R

• Rachel (f) - St Rachel, wife of Jacob (Sunday of the Forefathers)
• Rebecca (f) - St Rebecca, wife of Isaac (Sunday of the Forefathers)
• Riley (f) - not yet completed
• Robert (m) - St Rupert of Salzburg (March 27)
• Roderick (m) - St Rodericus, one of the 48 Martyrs of Cordoba (March 13)
• Roger (m) - St Roger, one of the 48 Martyrs of Cordoba (September 16)
• Ronald (m) - St Reinold, martyr at Pantaleon Monastery in Germany (January 7)
• Rowan (m) - St Ruadhán of Lorrha (April 15)
• Rowena (f) - St Ruadhán of Lorrha (April 15)
• Ruby (f) - not yet completed
• Ruth (f) - (Sunday of the Forefathers)
• Ryan (m) - not yet completed

S

• Sadie (f) - Sarah, wife of Abraham (Sunday of the Forefathers); St Sarah of the Desert (July 13)
• Samantha, Sam (f) - Prophet Samuel (Sunday of the Forefathers)
• Samuel, Sam (m) - Prophet Samuel (Sunday of the Forefathers)
• Sarah (f) - Sarah, wife of Abraham (Sunday of the Forefathers); St Sarah of the Desert (July 13)
• Savannah (f) - not yet completed
• Scarlett, Scarlet (f) - not yet completed
• Sean, Shaun (m) - St John
• Serenity (f) - not yet completed
• Skylar (f) - St Scholastica, sister of St Benedict
• Stella (f) - St Stylianos of Paphlagonia (November 26)
• Susanna (f) - St Susanna, martyred in Salerno (January 18)
• Sydney (f) - not yet completed

T

• Taylor (f) - not yet completed
• Tiffany (f) - The Theophany of our Lord (January 6)
• Tristan (m) - not yet completed
• Tyler (m) - not yet completed

V

• Victoria (f) - Virgin-Martyrs Victoria and Anatolia (December 23); Great-martyr Victor of Damascus (November 11); Victor the Soldier (July 21); Victor of Braga (São Victor) (April 12); Victor the Moor (May 8); Victor of Capua (April 2); Victor of Piacenza (December 7); Victor of Vita (August 23); Victor (Vitores) of Spain (August 26); Victor of St. Gall (February 25); New Hiero-confessor Victor (Ostrovidov), Bishop of Glazov (April 19).
• Violet (f) - not yet completed
• Vivian (f) - St Vivian, martyred in Rome (December 2)

W

• Walter (m) - St Vladimir
• Warren (m) - not yet completed
• William (m) - St William of Gellone
• Winnie (f) - St Winifred of Wales
• Wyatt (m) - see William

X

• Xavier (m) - not yet completed

Z

• Zachary, Zach (m) - St Zachariah, father of St John the Baptist
• Zeke (m) - Prophet Ezekiel
• Zoe, Zoey (f) - Life-Giving Spring (Bright Friday); Exuperius and Zoe (May 2); Zoe of Rome (December 18)

See also

• Western Saints before the AD 1054 Schism
• Patron saint
• Name day

Bibliography

• The Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome
• The Saints of Spain
• Aliens in This World Category: Saint Names
• The Orthodox Saints of the Ancient Church in the British Isles and Ireland
• GREEK NAME DAYS for the year 2015 (source ©: www.namedays.gr)
• Roman Catholic Saints