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The following is a list of names who, perhaps unexpectedly, have Orthodox saints attached to them.
 
The following is a list of names who, perhaps unexpectedly, have Orthodox saints attached to them.
  
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(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)
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(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.  However, if there is no saints name available, a closest match may be listed.)
  
 
==A==
 
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==D==
 
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*Dane (m) - ''closest is St Deiniol of Wales''
 
*Deborah, Debra, Debbie (f) - St Deborah the Judge ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
 
*Deborah, Debra, Debbie (f) - St Deborah the Judge ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
 
*Dennis, Denis (m) - St [[Dionysius the Areopagite]] ([[October 3]]); (''see also: [[Dionysius (disambiguation)]]'').
 
*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]]).
 
*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]])
 
*Donald (m) - St [[Donald of Ogilvy]] ([[July 15]])
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*Donna (f) - [[Mary]] the Mother of God; ''sometimes, see Donald''.
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*Donna (f) - [[Mary]] the Mother of God; ''sometimes: see Donald''.
 
*Dora (f) - ''Dorothy'' - St Dorothea of Caesarea  ([[February 6]]);  
 
*Dora (f) - ''Dorothy'' - St Dorothea of Caesarea  ([[February 6]]);  
 
*Doreen (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);  
 
*Doris (f) - ''Dorothy'' - St Dorothea of Caesarea  (February 6);  
 
*Dustin (m) - ''closest is St [[Dunstan of Canterbury]]''
 
*Dustin (m) - ''closest is St [[Dunstan of Canterbury]]''
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*Douglas, Doug (m) - ''closest is St Daig ([[August 18]])'' [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]
 
*Dylan, Dillon (m/f) - St Teilo of Llandaff ([[February 9]])
 
*Dylan, Dillon (m/f) - St Teilo of Llandaff ([[February 9]])
  
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*Jacqueline (f) - St Joanna
 
*Jacqueline (f) - St Joanna
 
*Jade (f) - ''closest is St. Jader (Iader) of Sigum, Bishop in Numidia ([[September 10]])''
 
*Jade (f) - ''closest is St. Jader (Iader) of Sigum, Bishop in Numidia ([[September 10]])''
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*Jane (f) - St Joanna
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*Jan, Jane (f) - St Joanna
 
*Janet (f) - St Joanna
 
*Janet (f) - St Joanna
 
*Janice (f) - St Joanna
 
*Janice (f) - St Joanna
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*Nevaeh (f) - St Ourania of the Forty Virgin-martyrs in Thrace ([[September 1]])
 
*Nevaeh (f) - St Ourania of the Forty Virgin-martyrs in Thrace ([[September 1]])
 
*Neil, Nigel (m) - St [[Nilus of Sora|Nil]] ([[May 7]])
 
*Neil, Nigel (m) - St [[Nilus of Sora|Nil]] ([[May 7]])
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*Ngaire (f) - St Nereus ([[May 12]]) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsn.htm]
 
*Nicole (f) - St [[Nicholas of Myra]] ([[December 6]])
 
*Nicole (f) - St [[Nicholas of Myra]] ([[December 6]])
 
*Noel (m/f) - The [[Nativity]] of Christ
 
*Noel (m/f) - The [[Nativity]] of Christ
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*Zachary, Zach (m) - St [[Zachariah]], father of St John the Baptist
 
*Zachary, Zach (m) - St [[Zachariah]], father of St John the Baptist
 
*Zeke (m) - Prophet [[Ezekiel]]
 
*Zeke (m) - Prophet [[Ezekiel]]
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*Zhadee (f) - ''not yet completed''
 
*Zoe, Zoey (f) - [[Life-Giving Spring]] (Bright Friday); Exuperius and Zoe ([[May 2]]); Zoe of Rome ([[December 18]])
 
*Zoe, Zoey (f) - [[Life-Giving Spring]] (Bright Friday); Exuperius and Zoe ([[May 2]]); Zoe of Rome ([[December 18]])
  

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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. However, if there is no saints name available, a closest match may be listed.)

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
  • Gina (f) - see Regina
  • 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) [9]
  • 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) [10]
  • 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) [11]
  • 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) - St Laurence
  • Layla (f) - closest is St Lelia (August 11) [18]
  • Leah, Lia (f) - St Leah, the wife of Jacob (Sunday of the Forefathers); St Lea, ascetic in Rome (March 22)
  • Lee (m) - see Leah
  • Leslie (m/f) - not yet completed
  • Liam (m) - see William
  • Lillian (f) - see Elizabeth; or, see Lily
  • Lily (f) - St Lelia (August 11) [19]
  • Lincoln (m) - All Saints of Lincolnshire [20]
  • Linda (f) - closest is St Linus of Rome
  • London (f) - closest is St Mellitus of London; St Sebbe, founder of Westminster; St Erconwald of London; St Ethelburgh, abbess of Barking; Sts Beocca & Hethor, martyrs of Chertsey; St Wulsin, renewer of St Peter's Monastery; St Dunstan of London; or St Alphege of Canterbury
  • Lorna (f) - St Loarn, disciple of St Patrick (August 30) [21]
  • Louis, Luis (m) - St Ludwin of Trier (September 29) [22]; or St Lewina of Seaford (July 24) [23]
  • Lucy (f) - St Lucy of Syracuse (December 13)
  • Lydia (f) - St Lydia of Phillipi (May 20)
  • Lynn (f) - see Linda; or, closest is Theophany

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 (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) [28]
  • Phoenix (m/f) - closest is St Felix
  • 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) [39]
  • Tyler (m) - not yet completed

V

W

X

  • Xavier (m) - not yet completed

Z

See also

Bibliography

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