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*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''')
*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]] - '''as yet unknownSaint''')
*Aria (f) - St Aria of Rome ([[August 21]] - '''Saint''')
*Arianna, Ariana (f) - St [[w:Ariadne of Phrygia|Ariadne of Phrygia]] ([[September 18]] - '''Saint''')
*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) - ''see Dawn'' St Aurora, martyr ([[July 4]] - '''MeaningSaint''')
*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]
*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]] - '''as yet unknownMeaning''': 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''')
*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]
*Chantal, Chantel - [[Apostle Peter]] ([[June 29]] - '''Meaning''': 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]] ('''Saint'''); St Carloman (King of Austrasia and monk, [[August 17]] - '''Derivative''')*Charlotte, Charlie, Charley (f) - St [[Haralampus_of_Magnesia|Charalambos of Magnesia]] ('''Saint'''); 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 Charity (''Agapi'' or ''Lyubov''), daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Meaning''': love)
*Chiarina (f) - ''see Claire''
==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'as yet incomplete'('''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]
==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'as yet unknown'('''Meaning''': fair, white)
*Flynn (m) - St Flannan of Killaloe ([[December 18]] - '''Saint''')
*Frances (f) - ''see Frank ''*Francis (m) - ''see Frank'as yet unknown'*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''')
*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''')
*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]] - '''as yet unknownSound-alike''')
*Gina (f) - ''see Regina'' ('''Diminutive''')
*Giovanna (f) - ''see Gianna'' ('''Diminutive''')
*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''')
*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''')
{{Baptismal names}}
*Ian (m) - St [[John]] ('''Saint''')
*Ida (f) - St Ita ([[January 15]] - '''as yet unknownSaint''')*Indigo (f) - St [[Porphyrios (disambiguation)|Prophyrios]] ('''as yet unknownMeaning''': colour (indigo is similar to purple))*Isa (f) - ''see Isabel'' ('as yet unknown''Diminutive''')
*Isaac (m) - St [[Isaac]] ('''Saint''')
*Isabel, Isabella, Isabelle (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Saint''')
*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]] - '''Sound-alike''')
*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) - St Judocus (Josse) of Brittany ([[December 13]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsj.htm]
*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]] - '''as yet unknownSound-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]
*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''')
*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''')
*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''')
*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==
*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''')
*Linda (f) - 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) - St [[Longin the Centurion]] ([[October 16]] - '''Sound-alike''')
*London (f) - 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]
*Lou Lorraine (f) - ''see Laura'' ('as yet unknown''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''')
*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]] ('''as yet unknownSound-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''')
*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''')
*Mila (f) - St Milica of Serbia ('''Derivative of Saint''' - ''pronounced Mίlitsa'')
*Milena (f) - ''see Melissa'' ('''Derivative''')
*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''')
*Monroe (f) - St Mun, Bishop & Ascetic on island in Lough Ree, Ireland ([[February 6]] - '''as yet unknownSound-alike''')
*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]] - '''as yet unknownSound-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 ('''as yet unknownMeaning''': 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]
*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]] ('''as yet unknownMeaning''': 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]] - '''as yet unknownSound-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]] - '''as yet unknownSound-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]] - '''as yet unknownMeaning''': tranquil)
*Simone (f) - [[Apostle Simon]] ('''Saint''')
*Simpson (m) - St Acoustios ([[April 21]] - '''as yet unknownMeaning''': 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)
*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]] - '''as yet unknownSound-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==
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*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''as yet unknown('''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 'TheoSt Thais ([[May 10]] -' (e.g. Theodora) ('''Sound-alike''').*Tiana (f) - ''see Tatiana or Christiana'' ('''as yet unknownDiminutive''')
*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]
*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]] - '''as yet unknownSound-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''
*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''')
