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*Danielle (f) - [[Prophet Daniel]]
 
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*Deborah, Debra, Debbie (f) - St Deborah the Judge ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])
 
*Deborah, Debra, Debbie (f) - St Deborah the Judge ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])

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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

  • Bailey (m) - closest is St Balin (September 7) [4]
  • Belinda (f) - St Berlinda (Anchoress at Meerbeke - February 3)
  • Bella (f) - St Elizabeth
  • Bess, Beth, Betty (f) - St Elizabeth
  • Bentley (m) - St Panteleimon (July 27)
  • Betty (f) - see Elizabeth
  • Bianca (f) - not yet completed
  • Blake (m) - St Maurice (December 27)
  • Bradley (m) - closest is St Bradon, venerated on the Isle of Man October 20 [5]
  • Brandon (m) - St Brendon the Navigator (May 16)
  • Braydon (m) - St Bradon, venerated on the Isle of Man (October 20)
  • Brett (m) - St Brito (or Britonius) of Trier (May 5) [6]
  • Brian, Bryan (m) - St Birinus of Dorchester
  • Brianna (f) - St Birinus of Dorchester
  • Brittany, Brittney, Britney (f) - St Brito (or Britonius) of Trier (May 5) [7]
  • Brody, Brodie (m) - closest is St Ambrose of Milan
  • Brooke (f) - not yet completed
  • Brooklyn (f) - St Raphael of Brooklyn (February 27)
  • Bryce (m) - St Brice/Brictius of Tours

C

D

E

F

G

  • Gabrielle (f) - Archangel Gabriel
  • Gail (f) - see Abigail
  • Gavin (m) - St Gavinus, Protomartyr of Sardinia (May 30)
  • Garrett (m) - see Gerald
  • 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) [18]
  • 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
  • Heather (f) - closest is St Ethelburgh (September 8) [19]
  • Henry (m) - St Henry of Saint-Germain d'Auxerre (June 24) [20]
  • Heidi (f) - see Adelaide
  • Holly (f) - not yet completed
  • Hope (f) - St Hope (daughter of St Sophia)
  • Hudson (m) - see Hugh or Richard
  • Hugh (m) - St Hugh of Rouen (Apr 9) [21]
  • 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) [32]
  • 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) [33]
  • Lincoln (m) - All Saints of Lincolnshire [34]
  • Linda (f) - closest is St Linus of Rome
  • Lindsey (f) - see Lincoln; or, see Linda
  • Lisa (f) - see Elizabeth
  • 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) [35]
  • Louis, Luis (m) - St Ludwin of Trier (September 29) [36]; or St Lewina of Seaford (July 24) [37]
  • 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

P

  • Paige (f) - not yet completed
  • Paisley (f) - not yet completed
  • Parker (m) - not yet completed
  • Patricia (f) - St Patrick of Ireland
  • Penelope (f) - St Penelope the Virgin Martyr (September 1)
  • Peyton, Payton (f) - St Pega, anchoress in England (January 8) [42]
  • Phoenix (m/f) - closest is St Felix
  • Piper (f) - not yet completed

R

S

T

  • Tabitha (f) - St. Tabitha (October 25)
  • Tara (f) - closest is St Tarsila, aunt of St Gregory the Great (December 24) [53]
  • Taylor (f) - not yet completed
  • Thierry (m) - see Derek.
  • Tiffany (f) - The Theophany of our Lord (January 6)
  • Travis (m) - not yet completed
  • Trevor (m) - not yet completed
  • Tristan (m) - St Drostan (or Drustan), abbot in Aberdeenshire (July 11) [54]
  • Tyler (m) - not yet completed

V

W

X

  • Xavier (m) - not yet completed

Z

See also

Bibliography