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Revision as of 22:42, January 16, 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

C

D

E

F

G

  • Gail (f) - see Abigail
  • Gavin (m) - St Gavinus, Protomartyr of Sardinia (May 30)
  • Genesis (f) - closest is the Nativity of Christ or the Nativity of the Theotokos
  • 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) - St Charis (January 28)
  • Grayson (m) - not yet completed
  • Gwen, Gwendoline (f) - St Gwen Teirborn of Britain

H

  • Hank (m) - St John, or see Henry.
  • Hannah (f) - St Anna, mother of the Theotokos; St Hannah, mother of the Prophet Samuel (Sunday of the Forefathers) [7]
  • Harper (f) - closest is St David the Prophet & King (Sunday of the Forefathers)
  • Harry (m) - see Henry or Harold
  • Haydon (m) - St Aidan of Lindisfarne
  • Hayley, Hailey, Haylee (f) - closest: see Leah
  • Henry (m) - St Henry of Saint-Germain d'Auxerre (June 24) [8]
  • Heidi (f) - see Adelaide
  • Hope (f) - St Hope (daughter of St Sophia)
  • Hudson (m) - see Hugh or Richard
  • Hugh (m) - St Hugh of Rouen (Apr 9) [9]
  • 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 the wife of Jacob (Sunday of the Forefathers); St Lea, ascetic in Rome (March 22)
  • 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

  • Naomi (f) - not yet completed
  • Natalie (f) - St Natalia
  • Nathan (m) - Prophet Nathan (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 (February 3)
  • 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 (September 1)
  • Peyton, Payton (f) - St Pega, anchoress in England (January 8) [17]
  • Piper (f) - not yet completed

R

S

T

  • Tabitha (f) - St. Tabitha (October 25)
  • Taylor (f) - not yet completed
  • Tiffany (f) - The Theophany of our Lord (January 6)
  • Tristan (m) - St Drostan (or Drustan), abbot in Aberdeenshire (July 11) [22]
  • Tyler (m) - not yet completed

V

W

X

  • Xavier (m) - not yet completed

Z

See also

Bibliography