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*Cameron (m) - ''not yet completed''
 
*Cameron (m) - ''not yet completed''
 
*Camden (m) - ''not yet completed''
 
*Camden (m) - ''not yet completed''
*Camilla, Camila (f) - ''not yet completed''
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*Camilla, Camila (f) - St Camilla (anchoress in France - [[March 3]])
 
*Carl (m) - ''see Charles''
 
*Carl (m) - ''see Charles''
*Carla (f) - ''not yet completed''
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*Carla (f) - ''see Charlotte''
 
*Caroline (f) - ''not yet completed''
 
*Caroline (f) - ''not yet completed''
 
*Carson (m) - ''not yet completed''
 
*Carson (m) - ''not yet completed''
 
*Carter (m) - ''not yet completed''
 
*Carter (m) - ''not yet completed''
*Charles (m) - ''not yet completed''
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*Charles (m) - ''closest is St Carloman (King of Austrasia and monk [[August 17]])''
*Charlotte (f) - ''not yet completed''
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*Charlotte (f) - ''closest is St Carloman (King of Austrasia and monk [[August 17]])''
*Chase (m) - ''not yet completed''
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*Chase (m) - ''closest is St [[John Cassian]] or St [[Chad of Lichfield]]''
 
*Chloe (f) - ''not yet completed''
 
*Chloe (f) - ''not yet completed''
 
*Ciaran (m) - ''see Kieran''
 
*Ciaran (m) - ''see Kieran''

Revision as of 12:34, January 1, 2015

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

B

  • Belinda (f) - St Berlinda (Anchoress at Meerbeke - February 3)
  • Bella (f) - St Elizabeth
  • Bess (f) - St Elizabeth
  • Beth (f) - St Elizabeth
  • Betty (f) - St Elizabeth
  • Bentley (m) - St Panteleimon
  • Blake (m) - St Maurice (December 27)
  • Brandon (m) - St Brendon the Navigator
  • 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 Katherine of Alexandria
  • Cameron (m) - not yet completed
  • 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) - not yet completed
  • 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) - not yet completed
  • Ciaran (m) - see Kieran
  • Claire, Clare (f) - St Photini the Samaritan Woman
  • Colin, Collin (m) - St Nicholas
  • Colton (m) - not yet completed
  • Connor (m) - not yet completed
  • Cooper (m) - not yet completed

D

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)
  • Emma (f) - not yet completed
  • Eric (m) - St Erc of Slane
  • Ethan (m) - not yet completed
  • Eva (f) - not yet completed
  • Evan (m) - St John
  • Evelyn (f) - not yet completed

F

  • Faith (f) - St Faith (daughter of St Sophia)

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

K

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 Cornwall
  • Madelyn, Madeleine, Madeline (f) - St Mary Magdalene
  • 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
  • Martina, Martine (f) - St Martin of Tours
  • 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
  • Mila (f) - St Milica of Serbia
  • Milly (f) - St Emily of Caesarea (mother of St Basil the Great), St Mildred of Minster-in-Thanet
  • Morgan (f) - not yet completed

N

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

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

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

See also

Bibliography