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However, this is not designed to be a list for existing matchups which have no relation (e.g. Panayiotis for Peter).
==A==
*Adam (m) - ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')
*Addison (f) - ''see Madison'' ('''Diminutive''')
*Adrian (m) - Saint [[Adrian]]
*Adelaide (f) - St Adelaide of Rome; St Adelaide of Burgundy ([[December 16]] - '''Saint''')
*Adele, Adela (f) - St Adela, Abbess of Pfalzel ([[December 24]] - '''Saint''')
*Alan, Allan, Allen (m) - St Alan of Lavaur ([[November 25]] - '''Saint'''); St Elian of Cornwall ([[January 13]] - '''Saint''')
*Alana, Alaina (f) - ''see Alan'' ('''Saint''')
*Albert (m) - St [[Albert]] ('''Saint''')
*Alex (m/f) - ''see Alexis, Alexandra or Alexander'' ('''Diminutive''')
*Alexa (f) - ''see Alexis or Alexandra'' ('''Diminutive''')
*Alexandra (f) - St Alexandra ([[April 21]] - '''Saint'''); Tsaritsa Alexandra ([[July 4]] - '''Saint''')
*Alexis (m/f) - St [[Alexios the Man of God|Alexis the Man of God]] ([[March 17]] - '''Saint'''); Tsarevich Alexei ('''Saint'''); ''see also: [[Alexis (disambiguation)]]'' ('''Saint''')
*Alia (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Diminutive'''); or, St [[Alexandra]] ('''Diminiutive''', from Russian).
*Alice, Alicia, Alisha (f) - St Alexandra ([[April 21]]); Tsaritsa Alexandra ([[July 4]]) ('''Diminutive''')
*Alison, Allison (f) - St Alexandra ([[April 21]]); Tsaritsa Alexandra ([[July 4]]) ('''Diminutive''')
*Amelia (f) - St [[Emily|Emily of Caesarea]], mother of St Basil the Great. ('''Diminutive''')
*Amy (f) - St Agapi (daughter of Sophia) ([[September 17]] - '''Meaning''')
*Anastasia, Anastacia (f) - St [[Anastasia the Roman]] ([[October 29]] - '''Saint'''), St [[Anastasia the Deliverer from Potions]] ([[December 22]] - '''Saint''')
*Andrew (m) - [[Apostle Andrew|St Andrew the First-called Apostle]] ('''Saint''')
*Anekah (f) - St Anacharius of Auxerre ([[September 25]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]
*Anthony (m) - St [[Anthony]] ('''Saint''')
*April (f) - St Aprus of Toul ([[September 15]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]
*Archibald, Archie (m) - Saint Erconwald, Bishop of London ([[April 30]] - '''Saint''')
*Aria (f) - St Aria of Rome ([[August 21]] - '''Saint''')
*Arianna, Ariana (f) - St [[w:Ariadne of Phrygia|Ariadne of Phrygia]] ([[September 18]] - '''Saint''')
*Arnold (m) - St Arnold ([[July 8]]) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]
*Arthur (m) - St Artemius ('''Sound-alike'''); St [[Athanasius of Alexandria|Athanasius]] ('''Sound-alike''')
*Arya (m/f) - St [[Eugene of Cherson|Eugene]] ([[March 7]] - '''Meaning''': noble)*Ash (m/f) - ''closest is: see Asheror Ashley'' ('''Sound-alike''')
*Asher (m) - Asher, son of [[Jacob]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')
*Ashley (m/f) - St Leah ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')
*Aubrey, Aubree (f) - St Alberic of Stavelot-Malmédy ([[October 28]] - '''Saint'''); St Alberic of Utrecht ([[November 14]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]
*Audrey (f) - St Audrey (''or Etheldred'') of Ely ([[June 23]] - '''Saint''')
*Aurora (f) - St Aurora, martyr ([[July 4]] - '''Saint''')
*Austin, Austen (m) - St [[Augustine of Canterbury]] ([[May 26]] - '''Saint'''); St [[Augustine of Hippo]] ([[August 28]] - '''Saint''')
*Autumn (f) - St Autonomos ([[September 12]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://home.iprimus.com.au/xenos/autonomos.html]
*Ava (f) - ''see Eve'' ('''Derivative''')
*Avril (f) - ''see April'' ('''Saint''')
*Ayden (m) - St [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]] ([[August 31]] - '''Saint''')
*Azalea, Azelie (f) - St Adelaide ([[December 16]] - '''Derivative''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm], or, St Azarius, of the Three Holy Children ([[December 17]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_an_az.htm]
==B==
{{Baptismal names}}
*Bailey (m) - St Balin ([[September 7]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]
*Barry (m) - Prophet Baruch ([[September 28]] - '''Saint'''); Saint Finbarr of Cork (''Barrocus, Barry''), ([[September 25]] - '''Saint'''); Saint Barrog (''Barruc''), ([[September 27]] - '''Saint''')
*Beau (m) - St Kallistos of Constantinople (one on [[June 20]], the other on [[November 22]] - '''Meaning''': Beautiful)
*Belinda (f) - St Berlinda, anchoress at Meerbeke ([[February 3]] - '''Saint''')
*Bella (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Diminutive''')
*Benjamin , Ben (m) - Righteous Benjamin, son of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')
*Bentley (m) - St [[Panteleimon]] ([[July 27]] - '''Sound-alike''')
*Bert (m) - ''see Albert''
*Bertrand (m) - St Bertrand ([[June 30]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]
*Bess, Beth, Betty (f) - ''see Elizabeth'' ('''Diminutive''')
*Bradley (m) - St Bradon, venerated on the Isle of Man ([[October 20]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]
*Braedon, Braydon (m) - St Bradon, venerated on the Isle of Man ([[October 20]] - '''Saint''')
*Brandy (f) - St [[Brendan the Navigator]] ([[May 16]]) - '''Sound-alike''')
*Brendan, Brendon (m) - St [[Brendan the Navigator]] ([[May 16]] - '''Saint''')
*Brett (m) - St Brito (''or Britonius'') of Trier ([[May 5]] - '''Meaning''': a Briton) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]
*Brian, Bryan (m) - St [[Eugene]] ('''Meaning''': noble); St Birinus of Dorchester ('''Sound-alike''')
*Brianna (f) - St Birinus of Dorchester ('''Sound-alike''')
*Brittany, Brittney, Britney (f) - St Brito (''or Britonius'') of Trier ([[May 5]] - '''Meaning''': a Briton) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]
==C==
{{baptismal names}}*Caden, Cayden (m) - ''see Aidan''('''Sound-alike''')*Cadence (f) - ''see Aidan'' ('''Sound-alike''')*Caleb (m) - St Elesbaan, King of Ethiopia ([[October 24]]) ('''Sound-alike''')*Callie (f) - ''see Charlotte'' ('''Diminutive of Derivative''')
*Callum (m) - St [[Columba of Iona]] ('''Saint''')
*Caitlyn, Caitlin (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ([[November 25]] - '''Saint''')
*Cameron (m) - St Camerinus, martyr under Diocletian ([[August 21]]) ('''Sound-alike''')*Camden (m) - ''closest is St Kanten of Lianganten ([[November 5]])- '''Sound-alike''' ) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]
*Camilla, Camila (f) - St Camilla, anchoress in France ([[March 3]] - '''Saint''')
*Candace, Candice, Candy (f) - St [[Candida]] ('''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_c.htm]
*Caroline (f) - ''see Charlotte'' ('''Diminutive''')
*Carson (m) - St Caron ([[March 5]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]
*Carter (m) - ''closest: see Arthur''('''Sound-alike''')*Casey (m) - St Vigilius of Trent ([[June 26]]- '''Meaning''': vigilant) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]*Cassandra (f) - ''closest is St [[Kassiani the Hymnographer]]('''Sound-alike''')
*Cecilia (f) - St Cecilia of Rome ([[November 22]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]
*Chad (m) - St [[Chad of Lichfield]] ('''Saint''')
*Chantal, Chantel - [[Apostle Peter]] ([[June 29]] - '''meaningMeaning''': stony)*Charity (f) - St Charity (''Agapi'' or ''Lyubov''), daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Saint''')*Charles, Charlie (m) - St [[Haralampus_of_Magnesia|Charalambos of Magnesia]] (''closest is 'Saint'''); St Carloman (King of Austrasia and monk, [[August 17]])- '''Derivative''')*Charlotte , Charlie, Charley (f) - St [[Haralampus_of_Magnesia|Charalambos of Magnesia]] ('''Saint'''closest is ); St Carloman (King of Austrasia and monk, [[August 17]])- '''Derivative''')*Chase (m) - St [[John Cassian]] ('''Sound-alike'''); St [[Chad of Lichfield]] ('''Sound-alike'''); or, ''see Chaz''.
*Chavez (m) - St [[Savas]] ('''Sound-alike''')
*Chaz (m) - ''see Charles''*Chelsea (f) - St Celsus of Rome ([[CelsusNovember 21]] (- '''Sound-alike''')[http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]*Cheryl (f) - St Love Charity (''Agapi'' or ''Lyubov''), daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]]- '''Meaning''': love)
*Chiarina (f) - ''see Claire''
*Chloe (f) - St Chloe, commemorated in ancient Corinth together with holy apostles Titus, Crispus and Justus (the Sunday between [[February 13]] and [[February 19]] - '''Saint''')
*Christian (m) - St Christian of Auxerre ([[November 22]]- '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]*Christine, Christina (f) - St [[Christina of Tyre]]('''Saint''')
*Christopher, Chris (m) - St [[Christopher of Lycia]] ('''Saint''')
*Chryssa (f) - St [[Chrysanthus]] ([[March 19]]- '''Saint''')
*Ciaran (m) - ''see Kieran'' ('''Saint''')
*Claire, Clara, Clare (f) - St [[Photine of Samaria|Photini the Samaritan Woman]] ('''Saint''')
*Cody (m) - St Boethius ([[December 7]]- '''Meaning''': helpful) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stddec.htm]
*Cole (m) - ''see Maurice ('''Meaning''': dark) or Colin ('''Sound-alike''')''
*Colin, Collin (m) - St [[Nicholas of Myra|Nicholas]] ([[December 6]] - '''Saint''')
*Connor (m) - St Conran ([[February 14]] - '''Sound-alike''') or St Conogan ([[October 16]] - '''Sound-alike''')
*Cooper (m) - ''closest is St [[Cyprian of Carthage|Cyprian]] ('''Sound-alike''')
*Cora (f) - St Coralia the Virginmartyr ([[September 1]] - '''Sound-alike''')*Corey (m) - St Corentinus of Quimper ([[December 12]]- '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]*Courtney (f) - ''see Curtis''('''Derivative''')
*Crystal, Chrystal (f) - Celebrated on [[December 25]] (from 'Chrystalla')
*Cruz (m) - [[Elevation of the Holy Cross]] ('''Meaning''': Cross)
*Curtis (m) - Apostle [[Quartus]] ([[November 10]] - '''Sound-alike'''), St Curnutus of Iconium ([[September 12]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_c.htm]
*Cynthia (f) - Greatmartyr Artemius at Antioch St Cyntianus of Seleucia ([[October 2015 November]]- '''Sound-alike'''); St Cyntianus (or Cyntion), Hieromartyr & Bishop of Chalcedon ([[29 April]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_c.htm]
==D==
{{Baptismal names}}
*Daenerys (f) - St Nirras, Martyr ([[January 20]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_n.htm] or St [[Daniel]] ('''Sound-alike''')
*Dane (m) - St Ansgar, Enlightener of Denmark ([[February 3]] - '''Meaning''': Dane, Danish people); St Deiniol of Wales ([[September 11]] - '''Sound-alike''')
*Daniel (m) - St [[Daniel]] ('''Saint''')
*Daphne (f) - Greek for laurel; [[Palm Sunday]], in remembrance of palms and laurels laid down for Jesus' entry into Jerusalem [http://www.greek-names.info/dafni-or-daphne/]
*Daria (f) - St [[Daria]] ([[March 19]] - '''Saint''')
*Darlene (f) - St [[Daria]] ([[March 19]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St Darerca, sister of St Patrick ([[March 22]] - '''Sound-alike''')[http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]
*Darren (m) - Prophet Aaron ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')
*Darrell (m) - St [[Daria]] ([[March 19]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St Darerca, sister of St Patrick ([[March 22]] - '''Sound-alike''')[http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]
*David (m) - St [[David (disambiguation)|David]] ('''Saint''')
*Dawn (f) - ''see Aurora'' ('''Meaning''': dawn)
*Deborah, Debra, Debbie (f) - St Deborah the Judge ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')
*Declan (m) - St Declan of Ardmore ([[w:Declán of Ardmore|Wikipedia]] - '''Saint''')
*Donna (f) - [[Mary]] the Mother of God ('''Meaning''': 'Madonna', meaning 'My Lady'); ''sometimes: see Donald'' ('''Diminutive''').
*Dorothy, Dora, Doreen, Doris (f) - St Dorothea of Caesarea ([[February 6]] - '''Saint''');
*Douglas, Doug (m) - St Daganus ([[August 18]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]
*Drogo (m) - St Drogo, ascetic ([[April 2]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_d.htm]
*Dustin (m) - St [[Dunstan of Canterbury]] ('''Sound-alike''')
*Dylan, Dillon (m/f) - St Dillon of Llandaff ([[February 9]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]
==E==
{{Baptismal names}}
*Easton (m) - St Eosterwine of Wearmouth ([[March 7]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintse.htm]
*Edward (m) - St [[Edward the Martyr|Edward the Passion-Bearer of England]] ([[March 18]] - '''Saint''')
*Edwin (m) - St Edwen, Patron saint of Llanedwen in Anglesey in Wales ([[November 6]] - '''Saint'''); St Edwin, King of Northumbria in England ([[October 12]] - '''Saint''')
*Eileen (f) - St [[Helen]] ([[May 21]] - '''Saint'''); [[Helen of Caernarfon]] ([[May 22]] - '''Saint''')
*Elaine, Eleanor, Elena (f) - St [[Helen]] ([[May 21]] - '''Saint'''); [[Helen of Caernarfon]] ([[May 22]] - '''Saint''')
*Electra (f) - ''see Amber'' ('''Meaning''': direct translation)
*Eliana (f) - [[Prophet Elijah]] ('''Saint''')
*Elijah, Eli (m) - [[Prophet Elijah]] ('''Saint''')
*Ella, Ellie Elizabeth (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]]('''Saint''')*Ella, Ellie (f) - ''see Elizabeth'' ('''Diminutive'')
*Elliot, Elliott (m) - ''see Elijah'' ('''Derivative of Saint''')
*Elsa, Elsie (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]]*Eileen (f) - St [[Helen]] ([[May 21]]); [[Helen of Caernarfon]] ([[May 22]])*Elaine (f) - St [[Helen]] (May 21); [[Helen of Caernarfon]] (May 22)*Eleanor (f) - St [[Helen]] (May 21); [[Helen of Caernarfon]] (May 22)*Electra (f) - ''see Amber'Diminutive''')*Elvin (m) - St Elwin of Cornwall ([[February 22]]- '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintse.htm]*Elvis (m) - St [[Ailbe of Emly]]('''Saint''')*Emily (f) - St [[Emily|Emily of Caesarea]], mother of St Basil the Great ([[January 1]] or [[May 30]]); St Mildred of Minster-in-Thanet ([[July 13]]'''Saint''')*Emma (f) - St Imma of Karlburg ([[November 25]]- '''Saint''')*Eric, Erik (m) - St [[Erc of Slane]]('''Saint''')*Erica, Erika (f) - ''see Eric''('''Saint''', feminine form)*Ericson (m) - ''see Eric''('''Derivative''')*Erin (f) - ''closest is St Patrick, patron saint of Ireland('''Meaning'''); or, St [[Irene of Thessaloniki]]('''Sound-alike''')*Estelle (f) - ''see Stella'' ('''Derivative''')*Ethan (m) - Ethan, great-grandson of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]]- '''Saint''')*Eugene (m)- St [[Eugene of Cherson|Eugene]]*Eva (f) - Eve the First-Formed ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]]- '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]*Evan (m) - St [[John]]('''Derivative of Saint'''); St Evan of Ayrshire ([[August 18]]- '''Saint''')*Evelyn (f) - ''closest is St Abel ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])- '''Sound-alike''')
==F==
{{Baptismal names}}
*Faith (f) - St [[Faith]], daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Saint'''); St. Faith (''Foi, Foy''), a holy virgin-martyr burnt to death in France ([[October 6]] - '''Saint''')*Finn (m) - ''see Alban'' ('''Meaning''': fair, white)
*Flynn (m) - St Flannan of Killaloe ([[December 18]] - '''Saint''')
*Frances (f) - ''see Frank''
*Francis (m) - ''see Frank''
*Frank (m) - St Francoveus (Franchy), an ascetic ([[May 16]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_f.htm]
*Frederick, Fred (m) - St Frederick of Utrecht ([[July 18]] - '''Saint''')
{{Baptismal names}}
*Gabriel (m) - St [[Gabriel]] ('''Saint''')
*Gabrielle , Gabriella (f) - St [[Gabriel]] ('''Saint''')
*Gail (f) - ''see Abigail'' ('''Diminutive''')
*Gavin (m) - St Gavinus, Protomartyr of Sardinia ([[May 30]] - '''Sound-alike''')
*Garrett (m) - ''see Gerald'' ('''Diminutive''')
*Gemma (f) - St Gemma in Gurk, Austria ([[June 29]] - '''Saint''')
*Genesis (f) - ''closest is the [[Nativity|Nativity of Christ]] or the [[Nativity of the Theotokos]]'' ('''Meaning''')
*Genevieve (f) - St Geneviève of Paris ([[January 3]] - '''Saint''')
*Geoffrey, Geoff (m) - St Geoffrey, Abbot of Wearmouth ('''Saint''')
*Geordie (m) - St [[George]] the Trophy-Bearer ('''Diminutive''')
*George (m) - St [[George]] the Trophy-Bearer ('''Saint''')
*Gerald, Gerry (m) - St Gerald, Bishop of Mayo ('''Saint''')
*Gertrude (f) - St Gertrude of Nivelles ([[March 17]] - '''Saint'''); St Gertrude of Remiremont ([[November 7]] - '''Saint'''); St Gertrude the Elder ([[December 6]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsg.htm]
*Gianna (f) - St [[John]] ('''Saint''')
*Gilbert (m) - St Agilbert of Jouarre ('''Sound-alike''')
*Gillian (f) - ''see Jillian''
*Giselle (f) - St Gezelin (or Ghislain, Gisle or Joscelin), an Ascetic ([[August 6]] - '''Sound-alike'''); the Righteous Jesse ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')
*Gina (f) - ''see Regina'' ('''Diminutive''')
*Giovanna (f) - ''see Gianna'' ('''Diminutive''')
*Gloria (f) - '''as yet unknown'''
*Grace (f) - St Charis ([[January 28]] - '''Meaning''')
*Grayson (m) - St Villicus of Metz ([[April 17]] - '''Meaning''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]
==H==
{{Baptismal names}}
*Hadrian (m) - St [[Adrian]] ('''Saint''')
*Hailey, Hailee (f) - ''see Hayley'' ('''Derivative''')
*Hanalei (m/f) - ''see Henry'' ('''Sound-alike''')
*Hank (m) - St [[John]]('''Derivative''', from 'Hankin'); or , ''see Henry''('''Diminutive''').*Hannah (f) - St Anna, mother of the Theotokos; St Hannah, mother of the Prophet Samuel ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]]- '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]*Harlow (f) - '''as yet unknown'''*Harper (f) - ''closest is St David the Prophet & King'' ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]]- '''Meaning''': Harp-player)*Harrison (m) - ''see Harry'' ('''Derivative'''). Or, St [[Hariton]] ([[September 28]] - '''Sound-alike''')*Harry (m) - ''see Henry '' ('''Derivative'''); or , ''see Harold''('''Diminutive''')*Haydon (m) - St [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]]('''Sound-alike''')*Hayley, Hailey, Haylee (f) - ''closest: see Leah''('''Sound-alike''')*Heather (f) - ''closest is St Ethelburgh'' ([[September 8]]- '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintse.htm]*Helen (f) - St [[Helen]] ([[May 21]] - '''Saint'''); [[Helen of Caernarfon]] ([[May 22]] - '''Saint''')*Henry (m) - St Henry of Saint-Germain d'Auxerre ([[June 24]]- '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsh.htm]*Heidi (f) - ''see Adelaide''('''Diminutive''')*Hilda (f) - St [[Hilda of Whitby]] ('''Saint''')
*Holly (f) - [[Holy Cross]] ([[September 14]] - '''Sound-alike'''); or, St Hellius the Martyr ([[July 14]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_h.htm]; or, St Olive the Virgin-Martyr ([[June 10]] - '''Sound-alike''')
*Hope (f) - St Hope (, daughter of St Sophia([[September 17]] - '''Saint''')*Hudson (m) - ''see Hugh or Richard''('''Diminutive''', via 'Hudde')*Hugh (m) - St Hugh of Rouen ([[Apr April 9]]- '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsh.htm]*Hunter (m) - ''closest is St Gunthiern in Brittany ([[July 3]])- '''Sound-alike''' ) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsg.htm]
==I==
{{Baptismal names}}
*Ian (m) - St [[John]] ('''Saint''')
*Ida (f) - St Ita ([[January 15]] - '''Saint''')
*Indigo (f) - St [[Porphyrios (disambiguation)|Prophyrios]] ('''Meaning''': colour (indigo is similar to purple))
*Isa (f) - ''see Isabel'' ('''Diminutive''')
*Isaac (m) - St [[Isaac]] ('''Saint''')
*Isabel, Isabella , Isabelle (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Saint''')
*Isaiah (m) - Prophet [[Isaiah]] ('''Saint''')
==J==
{{Baptismal names}}*Jace, Jase (m) - ''see Jason''('''Diminutive''')*Jack (m) - St Iakovos[[John]] ('''Diminutive'''); or, St Jacob; (''see also: [[Jacob '' (disambiguation)]]'''Sound-alike''')*Jackson, Jaxon, Jaxson (m) - ''see Jack''('''Derivative''')*Jacob, Jake (m) - St Jacob (Son of Isaac - [[Sunday of the Forefathers]]- '''Saint'''), St [[Jacob Netsvetov]]('''Saint''')*Jacqueline (f) - St [[Jacob (disambiguation)|Jacob]] or St [[Apostle James the Just|James]]('''Derivative''')*Jade (f) - ''closest is St. Jader (Iader) of Sigum, Bishop in Numidia ([[September 10]])- '''Sound-alike''')*Jaira (f) - St [[Lucy of Syracuse]] (''also 'Meaning''': He shines/God enlightens)*Jairos/, Jairus (m)- St [[Lucy of Syracuse]] ('''Meaning''': He shines/God enlightens)
*James (m) - St [[James]] ('''Saint''')
*Jamie (m/f) - ''see James'' ('''Derivative of Saint''')*Jan, Jane (f) - St Joanna('''Diminutive''')*Janet (f) - St Joanna('''Diminutive''')*Janice (f) - St Joanna('''Diminutive''')*Jared (m) - ([[Sunday of the ForefathersFathers]]- '''Saint''')*Jason (m) - St [[Jason]]('''Saint''')*Jasmine (f) - St Jasimus, Ascetic & Wonderworker ([[February 4]] - ''closest: see Jesse'Sound-alike''')*Javana (f) - ''see Giovanna'' ('''Sound-alike''')*Jay, Jayce (m) - ''see James or Jason''('''Diminutive''')*Jayden, Jaydon (m) - ''closest is St. Jader (Iader) of Sigum, Bishop in Numidia ([[September 10]])- '''Sound-alike''')*Jeff, Jeffrey (m) - ''see Geoffrey''('''Derivative''')*Jenna (f) - ''see Jenny''('''Derivative''')*Jennifer (f) - St Genevieve of Paris ([[January 3]]); St Winifred of Wales ([[November 3]]- '''Sound-alike''')*Jenny (f) - St Joanna''see Jane'' ('''Diminutive'''); or, ''see Jennifer'' ('''Diminutive''')*Jeoire (m) - St [[George]] ([[April 23]]- '''Derivative''' from French)
*Jeremiah, Jeremy (m) - Prophet [[Jeremiah]] ([[May 1]] - '''Saint''')
*Jerica (f) - St [[Gertrude of Nivelles]] ([[March 17]]- '''Derivative''')*Jerry (m) - ''see Gerald''('''Derivative''')*Jesse (m) - St Jesse, son of Obed ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]]- '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]*Jessie (f) - St [[Joanna]]('''Saint'''); St Jesse, son of Obed ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]]- '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]*Jessica (f) - ''closest: see Jessie''('''Sound-alike''')*Jillian (f) - St [[w:Julian of Antioch|Julian]]*Jo, Joan, Joanna, Joanne (f) - St [[John (disambiguation)|John]]('''Derivative''', feminine form)*Jocelyn, Joselyn (f) - ''closest is St Judocus (Josse) of Brittany ([[December 13]]- '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsj.htm]*Jodie (f) - ''see Judith''('''Diminutive''')
*Joe (m) - ''see Joseph'' ('''Diminutive''')
*Joel (m) - [[Prophet Joel]]('''Saint''')*John (m) - St [[John (disambiguation)|John]]('''Saint''')*Jonathan, Jonty (m) - Jonathan, son of Saul [[Sunday of the Forefathers]]('''Saint'''), or St [[Theodore]]('''Meaning''': God has given)*Jordan , Jordana (m/f) - The [[Theophany of Christ]]('''Derivative''', name of river)*Joseph (m) - St [[Joseph the Betrothed|Joseph]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]]- '''Saint''')*Josephine (f) - St [[Joseph the Betrothed|Joseph]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]]- '''Saint''')*Joost (m) - St [[Judoc of Brittany]]*Jordan, Jordana (m/f'''Saint''') - The [[Theophany]] of Christ*Joshua, Josh (m) - St Joshua the son of Nun ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]]- '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]
*Josiah (m) - [[Prophet Josiah]] ([[October 17]] - '''Saint'''); St Josiah of Cordoba ([[August 27]] - '''Saint'''); King Josiah ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')
*Joyce (m/f) - St [[Judoc of Brittany]] ('''Saint''')*Juno (f) - St Junia, Apostle of the 70 ([[May 17]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_j.htm]*Judith, Judy (f) - St Judith, slayer of Holofernes ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]]- '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]; St [[Apostle Jude|Jude the Apostle]]('''Saint''')*Julia, Julie (f) - St Julia of Corsica ([[July 16]]- '''Saint'''), St Julia of Troyes ([[July 21]]- '''Saint'''), or St Julia of Mérida ([[December 10]]- '''Saint'''). [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsj.htm]
*Julian (m) - St Julian of Homs ([[February 6]] - '''Saint'''); St Julian of Antioch ([[June 21]] - '''Saint''')
==K==
{{Baptismal names}}
*Kaelyn (f) - ''see Kay'' ('''diminutive''')
*Kai (m) - ''see Kay'' ('''Saint''')
*Kaiden (m) - ''see Kayden'' ('''Derivative''')
*Kaitlyn (f) - ''see Caitlyn'' ('''Saint''')
*Kallum (m) - ''see Callum'' ('''Saint''')
*Karen (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Diminutive''')
*Kateri (f) - ''see Katherine''
*Katherine, Kathryn (f) - ''see Catherine'' ('''Saint''')
*Kathleen (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Saint''')
*Kay, Kayla, Kaylee, Kaylyn, Kaylynn (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Diminutive'''); St Kay in England ([[November 5]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]
*Kayden, Kaiden (m) - ''see Aidan'' ('''Saint''')
*Kayse (f) - ''see Casey'' ('''Saint''')
*Keira (f) - St Kiara ([[January 5]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_k.htm]*Keith (m) - [[Elevation of the Holy Cross]] ('''Meaning''': Wood); or, St [[Nikifor]] ('''Sound-alike''')*Kelly (f) - St Ceallach of Killala ([[May 1]] - '''Diminutive'''); St Caellainn in Ireland ([[February 3]] - '''Sound-alike''')*Kelsey (m/f) - St Celsus of Rome ([[November 21]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]
*Ken, Kenneth (m) - St Kenneth of Wales ([[August 1]] - '''Saint'''); St [[w:Cainnech of Aghaboe|Cainnech of Aghaboe]] ([[October 11]] - '''Saint''')
*Kennedy (f) - ''see Kenneth'' ('''Sound-alike''')
*Kerrian (m/f) - St. [[w:Saint Piran|Piran of Cornwall]] ([[March 5]] - '''Diminutive'''), who in turn has been identified as the Irish saint [[w:Ciarán of Saigir|Ciarán of Saigir]] (also [[March 5]])
*Kevin (m) - St [[Kevin of Glendalough]] ('''Saint''')
*Khaleesi (f) - St Kali the Ascetic ([[May 22]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]
*Khloe (f) - ''see Chloe'' ('''Saint''')
*Kieran, Kyran, Kiaran (m) - St. [[w:Ciarán of Saigir|Ciarán of Saigir]] (''Ciarán the Elder'', [[March 5]] - '''Saint'''); St [[Kieran of Clonmacnoise]] ([[September 9]] - '''Saint''')
*Kimberley, Kimberly, Kim (f) - St Cyneburgh, abbess in Northamptonshire ([[March 6]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]
*Kittie (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Diminutive''')
*Kyle (m) - St Kilian, abbot of Inishcaltra island, Ireland ([[July 29]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]
*Kylie (f) - St Kilian, abbot of Inishcaltra island, Ireland ([[July 29]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]
*Kyra (f) - St Kyra, an ascetic ([[February 28]] - '''Saint'''); St Kyra Obolenskaya ([[December 4]] - '''Saint'''), new-martyr; St Kyra, a virgin ([[June 6]] - '''Saint''')
*Kyrion (m) - Martyr Kyrion (''Cyrion, Quirio'') of the Holy 40 Martyrs of Sebaste ([[March 9]])
==L==
{{baptismal names}}*Landon Lance (m) - ''closest is 'as yet unknown'''*Landon (m) - St Landericus of Soignies ([[April 17]])- '''Sound-alike''' ) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]
*Larry (m) - ''see Laurence'' ('''Diminutive''')
*Laura (f) - St Laura of Cordoba, martyred in Spain by the Moors ([[October 19]] - '''Saint'''); or, St [[Laurus]] ([[August 18]]).*Lauren (f) - St [[Laurence]]('''Saint''')*Laurence (m) - St [[Laurence]]('''Saint''')*Layla (f) - ''closest is St Lelia ([[August 11]])- '''Sound-alike''' ) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]*Leah, Lia (f) - St Leah, the wife of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]]- '''Saint'''); St Lea, ascetic in Rome ([[March 22]]- '''Saint''')*Lee (m) - ''see Leah''('''Sound-alike''')
*Levi (m) - [[Apostle Matthew]] ('''Saint''')
*Leo (m) - St [[Leo the Great]] ([[February 18]] - '''Saint''')
*Leon (m) - ''see Leo''
*Leonard (m) - St [[Leonid of Optina]]; St Leonard of Avranches ([[March 4]] - '''Saint'''), of Vandoeuvre ([[October 15]] - '''Saint''') or of Noblac ([[November 6]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm];
*Leslie (m/f) - ''closest is St Lelia in Limerick ([[August 11]])- '''Sound-alike''' ) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]*Lia (f) - ''see Leah'' ('''Saint''')
*Liam (m) - ''see William'' ('''Diminutive''')
*Lila (f) - St Lelia ([[August 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]*Liliana (f) - ''see Elizabeth; or, see Lily'' ('''Diminutive''')*Lillian (f) - ''see Elizabeth; or, see Lily''('''Diminutive''')*Lily (f) - St Lelia ([[August 11]]- '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]*Lincoln (m) - All Saints of Lincolnshire ('''Meaning''': named for location) [http://www.allsaintslincs.org.uk/event-reader/events/patronal-festival-liturgy.html]*Linda (f) - ''closest is St [[Linus]] of Rome('''Sound-alike''')*Lindsey (f) - ''see Lincoln'' ('''Derivative'''); or, ''see Linda''('''Sound-alike''')*Link (m) - ''see Lincoln'' ('''Diminutive''')*Lisa (f) - ''see Elizabeth''('''Diminutive''')*Logan (m) - ''closest is St [[Longin the Centurion]] ([[October 16]])- '''Sound-alike''')*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('''Meaning''': named for location)*Lorna (f) - St Loarn, disciple of St Patrick ([[August 30]]- '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]*Lorraine (f) - ''see Laura'' ('''Sound-alike''')*Louis, Luis (m) - St Ludwin of Trier ([[September 29]]- '''Derivative''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]; or St Lewina of Seaford ([[July 24]]) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]*Louise, Lou (f) - St Ludwin of Trier ([[September 29]] - '''Derivative''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]; or St Lewina of Seaford ([[July 24]]) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]
*Lucas (m) - [[Apostle Luke]] ('''Saint''')
*Lucy (f) - St [[Lucy of Syracuse]] ([[December 13]] - '''Saint''')
*Luke (m) - [[Apostle Luke]] ('''Saint''')
*Lydia (f) - St [[Lydia of Thyatira|Lydia of Phillipi]] ([[May 20]] - '''Saint''')
*Lynn (f) - [[Theophany]] (''see Linda'Meaning''': lake); or, closest is [[Theophany]]''see Linda'' ('''Diminutive''')
==M==
{{baptismal names}}*Mabel (f) - St Amabilis of Riome([[November 1]] - '''Derivative'''), St Amabilis of Rouen([[July 11]] - '''Derivative''')*Mackenzie (f) - St Kenneth of Wales ([[August 1]]- '''Derivative''': son of Kenneth); St [[w:Cainnech of Aghaboe|Cainnech of Aghaboe]] ([[October 11]]- '''Derivative''': son of Kenneth)*Madelyn, Madeleine, Madeline (f) - St [[Mary Magdalene]] ([[July 22]]- '''Derivative''')*Madison (f) - St Maud ([[March 14]]- '''Derivative''': son of Maud) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]*Maggie (f) - St [[Marina]] ('''Saint''')*Makayla (f) - ''see Michaela'' ('''Derivative''')
*Malcolm (m) - St [[Columba of Iona]] ([[June 9]])
*Marcia (f) - St Marcia, martyred under Diocletian ([[July 2]]- '''Saint''')*Margaret (f) - St [[Marina]] ('''Saint''')*Marlow (f) - St [[Mary Magdalene]] ('''Sound-alike of Derivative''')*Maria, Mariah (f) - [[Mary]]('''Saint'''); St Mariah the sister of Moses ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]]- '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]; St [[Maria (Skobtsova) | Maria of Paris]] ([[July 20]])
*Marisa, Marissa (f) - ''see [[Theotokos|Mary]]; or, see Louis''
*Marshall (m) - St Martial, bishop of Lomoges ([[June 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.htm?year=2017&today=9&month=10&trp=0] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Martial]; St Servatus of Tongres ([[May 13]] - '''Meaning''': servant) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]*Martin (m) - St [[Martin of Tours]] ([[November 11]]- '''Saint''')
*Martina, Martine (f) - St [[Martin of Tours]] ([[November 11]] - '''Saint''')
*Mary (f) - [[Mary]] ('''Saint''')
*Matthew (m) - [[Apostle Matthew]] ('''Saint''')
*Max (m) - St [[Maximos the Confessor]] ('''Saint''')
*Maximilian (m) - St Maximilian, one of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus ([[October 22]] - '''Saint''') [https://oca.org/saints/lives/2017/10/22/103024-st-maximilian-one-of-the-seven-sleepers-of-ephesus]
*Maxwell (m) - St Magnus the founder of the Füssen monastery ([[September 6]] - '''Derivative''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]
*Maya (f) - St Magos (2nd century) ([[May 31]]- '''Sound-alike''')*Megan (f) - St [[Marina of Antioch|Margaret]]('''Saint''')
*Mehmet (m) - St [[Demetrios the Neomartyr]] ([[April 14]] - '''see Life''')
*Melanie (f) - St Melangell Melania the Ascetic & Elder (Abbess in Wales[[June 8]] - '''Saint'''); St Melania (Melanie) of Rome, Ascetic ([[December 31]] - '''Saint''')*Melina (f) - ''see Melissa'' ('''Derivative'''), or, ''see Milena'' ('''Sound-alike''')*Melinda (f) - St Ermelindis, hermitess ([[October 29]]- '''Sound-alike'''); or, ''see Melissa or Melania'' ('''Derivative''')*Melissa, Milena (f) - St Melissinus the Martyr ([[March 6]] - '''closest is: see MelindaSound-alike''')
*Merissa (f) - ''see Marissa''
*Mhairi, Mhaire (f) - ''see Mary'' ('''Derivative of Saint''')*Mia (f) - ''see Amelia or Maria''('''Diminutive''')*Micah (m) - Prophet [[Micah]]('''Saint'''); or, St [[Micah of Radonezh]] ([[May 6]] - '''Saint''')
*Michael (m) - ''[[Archangel Michael]] ([[November 8]] - '''Saint''')
*Michaela, Mikayla (f) - [[Archangel Michael]] ([[November 8]] - '''Derivative of Saint''')
*Michelle (f) - [[Archangel Michael]] ([[November 8]] - '''Saint''')
*Mikayla Mila (f) - [[Archangel Michael]] St Milica of Serbia ([[November 8]] - '''Derivative of Saint''' - ''pronounced Mίlitsa'')*Mila Milena (f) - St Milica of Serbia ''see Melissa'' ('''Derivative of Saint''')*Miles (m) - St Milo, hermit at Fontenelle ([[August 18]] - ''Saint'')or St Miles (''or Milos''), Bishop and Hieromartyr ([[10 November]] - ''Saint'') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_m.htm]*Milly (f) - St [[Emily|Emily of Caesarea]], mother of St Basil the Great ([[January 1]] or [[May 30]]- '''Diminutive'''); St Mildred of Minster-in-Thanet ([[July 13]]- '''Diminutive''')*Mitchell (m) - ''see Michael''('''Derivative''')*Molly (f) - ''see Mary''('''Diminutive''')*Monica, Monique (f) - St [[Monica of Hippo]], mother of St Augustine.('''Saint''')*Morgan Monroe (f) - St Mun, Bishop & Ascetic on island in Lough Ree, Ireland ([[February 6]] - '''Sound-alike'''closest is )*Morgan (f) - St Maughold ([[December 28]]- '''Sound-alike'''), St Modan ([[February 4]]- '''Sound-alike''') or St Morwenna ([[July 8]])- '''Sound-alike''' ) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]
*Mohammed, Muhammed, Muhammad (m) - St [[Demetrios the Neomartyr]] ([[April 14]] - '''see Life''')
{{Baptismal names}}
*Paige (f) - St Pega of England ([[January 8]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsp.htm]
*Paisley (f) - St [[Basil the Great]] ('''Meaning (''': Paisley -> Basilica)''')
*Parker (m) - St Phylax ([[August 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_p.htm]
*Patricia (f) - St [[Patrick of Ireland]] ('''Saint''')
*Phoenix (m/f) - St [[Felix of Byzantium|Felix]] ('''Sound-alike''')
*Piper (f) - St Piperion ([[March 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_p.htm]
*Poppy (f) - St Poppo, Abbot of Stavelot-Malmédy in Belgium ([[January 25]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_p.htm]
==Q==
{{Baptismal names}}
*Rachel (f) - St Rachel, wife of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')
*Raine, Rain (f) - ''see Regina ('''Meaning''': queen)
*Ralph (m) - St Ralph of Bourges ([[June 21]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]
*Raymond (m) - St Rumon ([[August 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]; St Ebremund, Founder & Abbot of Fontenay-Louvet near Séez ([[June 10]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_e.htm]; St [[Ammon]] ('''Sound-alike'''); St Amon of Toul ([[October 23]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_e.htm]
*Reagan, Regan (f) - St Reginus, Bishop of Skopel (February 25 - '''Sound-alike'''); St Reginus, Martyr of Cyprus (August 20 - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_r.htm]
*Rebecca (f) - St Rebecca, wife of Isaac ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')
*Regina (f) - [[Theotokos|Mary, the Mother of God]] ('''Meaning''': Queen); or, St Regina of Autun ([[September 7]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]
*Richard (m) - St Richard ([[February 7]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]
*Rider (m) - ''see Ryder'' ('''Saint''')
*Rihanna (f) - St Basil the Great ('''Meaning''': basil), or St [[Anna]] ('''Sound-alike''')
*Riley, Ryley (m/f) - St Reineldis ([[July 16]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]
*River (m) - [[Theophany]] ('''Meaning''': link between River and the River Jordan)
*Robert (m) - ''see Rupert'' ('''Saint''')
*Robin (f) - St [[Photini]] ('''Meaning''': bright, shining)
*Roderick, Rod (m) - St Rodericus, one of the 48 Martyrs of Cordoba ([[March 13]] - '''Saint''')
*Roger (m) - St Roger, one of the 48 Martyrs of Cordoba ([[September 16]] - '''Saint''')
*Rowan (m) - St Ruadhán of Lorrha ([[April 15]] - '''Sound-alike''')
*Rowena (f) - St Ruadhán of Lorrha ([[April 15]] - '''Sound-alike''')
*Roxana, Roxanne, Roxy (f) - St [[Photine of Samaria]] , or, ''see Aurora'' ('''Meaning''': Bright or Dawn)
*Ruby (f) - St Maelrubius ([[April 21]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]
*Rupert (m) - St [[w:Rupert of Salzburg|Rupert of Salzburg]] ([[March 27]] - '''Saint''')
*Ruth (f) - ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')
*Ryan (m) - St Rhian, abbot ([[March 8]] - '''Sound-alike'''); or, Emmanuel (being a translation referring to the infant Christ - '''Meaning''').
*Ryder (m) - [[Synaxis of the Bodiless Powers]] ([[November 8]] - '''Meaning''': messenger); or, St Ruadan of Lothra ([[April 15]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm], St Ida of Nivelles ([[May 8]] - '''Sound-alike'''), St Idea of Herzfeld ([[September 4]] - '''Sound-alike''') or St Idus of Alt-Fadha in Leinster ([[July 14]] - '''Sound-alike''').
{{Baptismal names}}
*Sadie (f) - ''see Sarah'' ('''Diminutive''')
*Sage (m) - Martyr Saïs ([[January 5]] - '''Sound-alike''')
*Samantha, Sam (f) - Prophet [[Samuel]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')
*Samuel, Sam (m) - Prophet [[Samuel]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')
*Scarlett, Scarlet (f) - St Scarthin ([[January 6]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]
*Scott (m) - [[Apostle Andrew]], patron of Scotland ('''Meaning''': Scottish person); or St [[Columba]], enlightener of Scotland ('''Meaning''': Scottish person).
*Scout (f) - St Escoos, a martyr ([[March 26]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_e.htm]
*Sean, Shaun (m) - St [[John]] ('''Saint''')
*Sebastian (m) - St Sebastian the Martyr ([[December 18]] - '''Saint''')
*Serena (f) - Sts. Serenicus and Serenus, monastic brothers ([[May 7]] - '''Saint'''); St Serenus of Marseilles ([[August 9]] - '''Saint''')
*Shane (m) - St John ('''Saint''')
*Shannon (m/f) - ''see Sean'' St Senan, founder of monasteries and churches ([[March 8]] - '''Sound-alikeSaint''')[http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]
*Shantelle (f) - ''see Chantal'' ('''Saint''')
*Shardae, Sharday (f) - St Jader of Numidia in North Africa (September 10 - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_j.htm]
*Sharon, Shari, Sharrie, Sharree (f) (''from Hebrew: Šārôn - 'plain; 1 Chronicles 5:16'; 1 Chronicles 27:29; Acts 9:35'') – ''variant of Sarah, Sarai ('''Saint''')''; St Charalambos of Magnesia ([[February 10]] - '''Sound-alike''').
*Shelby (f) - [[Apostle Silvan]] ('''Sound-alike''')
*Sheldon (m) - St Elwin in Cornwall ([[February 22]] - '''Sound-alike''')
*Sherry, Sheree, Sherri, Sherrie, Cherie (f) - ''see Cheryl''; ''also variant of Sharon'' ('''Derivative''')
*Shiloh (f) - St Galina, martyr at Corinth (one on [[April 16]], another on [[March 10]] - '''Meaning''': tranquil)
*Simone (f) - [[Apostle Simon]] ('''Saint''')
*Simpson (m) - St Acoustios ([[April 21]] - '''Meaning''': listening); or, St [[Sampson]] ('''Sound-alike''')
*Siobhan (f) - ''see Jeanne'' ('''Saint''')
*Skye (f) - St Ourania of the Forty Virgin-martyrs in Thrace ([[September 1]] - '''Meaning''': Sky and Heavens)
*Skylar , Skyler (f) - St Scholastica, sister of St Benedict ('''Meaning''': Skylar derived from Schuyler, meaning 'scholar')
*Sloane (m) - St [[Silouan the Athonite]] ('''Sound-alike''')
*Sophia, Sophie (f) - St Sophia (mother of Sts Faith, Hope & Love) ([[September 17]] - '''Saint''')
*Stella (f) - St [[Stylianos of Paphlagonia]] ([[November 26]] - '''Saint''')
*Stephanie (f) - St [[Apostle Stephen the Protomartyr|Stephen]] the Protomartyr ('''Saint''')
*Summer (f) - St Sunaman, an ascetic and martyr ([[February 15]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_s.htm]; St Therissus (or Thyrsus), bishop of Karpasia, Cyprus ([[July 23]] - '''Meaning''': Summer) [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_t.htm]
*Susanna (f) - St Susanna, martyred in Salerno ([[January 18]] - '''Saint'''); St Susanna the Just ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]
*Sydney (f) - St [[Dionysius the Areopagite]] ([[October 3]] - '''Saint'''); ''see also: [[Dionysius (disambiguation)]]''; St Sidonius of Clermont ([[August 21]] - '''Sound-alike'''), St Sidonius of Rouens ([[November 14]] - '''Sound-alike'''), or St Sedna of Ossory ([[March 10]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]
==T==
{{Baptismal names}}
*Tabitha (f) - St. Tabitha ([[October 25]] - '''Saint''')
*Tania, Tanya (f) - St [[''see Tatiana of Rome]] '' ('''Diminutive'''); ''see Anthony'' ('''Diminutive''')
*Tara (f) - St Tarsila, aunt of St Gregory the Great ([[December 24]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]
*Tatiana (f) - St [[Tatiana of Rome]] ('''Saint''')
*Taylor (f) - St Talarican in Scotland ([[October 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]
*Teresa, Theresa, Therese (f) - St Therissus (or Thyrsus), bishop of Karpasia, Cyprus ([[July 23]] or [[August 5]] - '''Derivative''')
*Tess (f) - ''see Teresa'' ('''Diminutive''')
*Theon (m) - St Theion, martyr ([[February 1]] - '''Saint''')
*Thierry (m) - ''see Derek'' ('''Saint''')
*Thomas (m) - [[Apostle Thomas]] ('''Saint''')
*Thor (m) - St Thorgyth the Ascetic ([[January 25]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_t.htm]*Tia (f) - St [[Tatiana of Rome]] ('''Sound-alike'''); or, saints ending in '-tia' ('''Sound-alike'''); or, saints beginning in St Thais ([[May 10]] - '''TheoSound-alike'' ').*Tiana (e.g. Theodoraf) - ''see Tatiana or Christiana'' ('''Sound-alikeDiminutive''').
*Tiffany (f) - The [[Theophany]] of our Lord ([[January 6]] - '''Saint''')
*Travis (m) - St Triverius of Dombes ([[January 16]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]
*Trevor (m) - St Triverius, hermit in Dombes ([[January 16]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]
*Trinity (f) - [[Pentecost]] ('''Feast Day''')
*Tristan (m) - St Drostan (''or Drustan''), abbot in Aberdeenshire ([[July 11]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]
*Troy (m) - St Troyen of Saintes ([[November 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]
*Tyler (m) - St Tillo of Belgium ([[January 7]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]
*Tyrone (m) - ''see Owen'' ('''Saint''')
*Tyrion (m) - St [[Tikhon]], St Tiridates of Armenia ([[November 29]]), St Taurion ([[November 7]]), Turiav ([[July 13]]) ('''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_t.htm] [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]
*Tyson (m) - St Dyfan of Britain ([[May 26]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]
==U==
{{Baptismal names}}
*Ulla (f) - St Ulric of Einsiedeln, son of St Gerold ([[May 29]] - '''Derivative'''); St Ulric (or Uldaricus, Udalric), Bishop of Augsburg ([[July 4]] - '''Derivative'''); St Ulric the Ascetic & Martyr ([[April 9]] - '''Derivative''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_u.htm]
*Unity (f) - St Uni of Bremen-Hamburg ([[September 17]] - '''Meaning''': One) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsu.htm]
*Uriel (m) - Archangel Uriel ([[November 8]] - '''Saint''')
*Ursula (f) - St Ursula, Virgin-Martyr in Cologne ([[October 21]] - '''Saint''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_u.htm]
*Usher (m) - ''see Asher'' ('''Sound-alike''')
==V==
*Whitney (f) - St Wite in Dorset ([[June 1]] - '''Soundalike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]
*William (m) - St [[William of Gellone]] ('''Saint''')
*Willow (f) - St Willa, an ascetic ([[October 15]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_w.htm]*Winnie (f) - St Winifred of Wales ([[November 3]]) (- '''Saint''')
*Winston (m) - St Wistan ([[June 1]] - '''Soundalike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]
*Wyatt (m/f) - ''see William''
==X==
*Zachary, Zach (m) - St [[Zachariah]], father of St John the Baptist ('''Saint''')
*Zeke (m) - Prophet [[Ezekiel]] ('''Saint''')
*Zelda (f) - ''see Hilda'' ('''Diminutive, from Griselda''') [https://www.behindthename.com/name/griselda]
*Zelie (f) - ''see Azalea'' ('''Diminutive''')
*Zhadee (f) - St Jader of Numidia in North Africa (September 10 - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_j.htm]
*Zoe, Zoey (f) - [[Life-Giving Spring]] (Bright Friday); Exuperius and Zoe ([[May 2]]); Zoe of Rome ([[December 18]]) ('''Saint''')
