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*Ciaran (m) - ''see Kieran''
 
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*Claire, Clare (f) - St [[Photine of Samaria|Photini the Samaritan Woman]]
 
*Claire, Clare (f) - St [[Photine of Samaria|Photini the Samaritan Woman]]
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*Colin, Collin (m) - St [[Nicholas of Myra|Nicholas]] ([[December 6]])
 
*Colton (m) - ''not yet completed''
 
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*Connor (m) - ''closest is St Conran ([[February 14]]) or St Conogan ([[October 16]])''
 
*Connor (m) - ''closest is St Conran ([[February 14]]) or St Conogan ([[October 16]])''

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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 (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) - not yet completed
  • 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

E

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

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

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