Saints Names

Names carried by the calendar of saints, which is how most Latin and Greek names reached northern Europe at all. The saint is often the only reason the name survived the language it came from.

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43 names, most popular first in United States

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Sebastian Sebastian is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "from Sebaste," a city whose name derives from sebastos, meaning venerable or august.
Boy Greek #16 in US
Lucy Lucy is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "light," from lux.
Girl Latin #25 in US
Santiago Santiago is a boy's name of Spanish origin meaning "Saint James."
Boy Spanish #26 in US
Anthony Anthony is a boy's name from the Roman family name Antonius, whose meaning is genuinely unknown — it is probably Etruscan rather than Latin.
Boy Latin #46 in US
Clara Clara is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "bright" or "clear," from clarus.
Girl Latin #63 in US
Christopher Christopher is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "bearer of Christ," from Christos and pherein, to carry.
Boy Greek #68 in US
Lucia Lucia is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "light," the feminine of Lucius from lux.
Girl Latin #83 in US
Dominic Dominic is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "of the Lord," from dominus.
Boy Latin #106 in US
Vincent Vincent is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "conquering," from vincere, to conquer.
Boy Latin #107 in US
Xavier Xavier is a boy's name from a Basque place name meaning "the new house," from etxe berri.
Boy Basque #108 in US
Cecilia Cecilia is a girl's name of Latin origin from the Roman family name Caecilius, which derives from caecus, meaning blind.
Girl Latin #108 in US
Damian Damian is a boy's name of Greek origin, from damao, meaning to tame or subdue.
Boy Greek #109 in US
Nicholas Nicholas is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "victory of the people," from nike, victory, and laos, the people.
Boy Greek #112 in US
Callum Callum is a boy's name of Scottish origin meaning "dove," from the Latin columba.
Boy Scottish #118 in US
George George is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "farmer" or "worker of the earth," from ge, earth, and ergon, work.
Boy Greek #126 in US
Martin Martin is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "of Mars," borne by Saint Martin of Tours, whose cloak gave Europe the word chapel.
Boy Latin #335 in US
Damien Damien is a boy's name meaning to tame, and its saint was a Belgian priest who chose to live in a leper colony and died of the disease.
Boy French #352 in US
Veronica Veronica is a girl's name from a Latin phrase meaning true image, and the saint behind it was invented to explain a relic — the cloth came first, and the woman was named after it.
Girl Latin #427 in US
Cillian Cillian is a boy's name of Irish origin.
Boy Irish #507 in US
Lawrence Lawrence is a boy's name meaning from Laurentum, an ancient Italian town linked to the laurel.
Boy Latin #518 in US
Valentin Valentin is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "strong" or "healthy," the French form of Valentine.
Boy French #660 in US
Monica Monica is a girl's name whose meaning is genuinely unknown, and whose saint — the mother of Augustine — came from Roman North Africa, so the name may be Berber rather than Latin or Greek at all.
Girl Latin #737 in US
Alessio Alessio is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "defender," the Italian form of Alexis.
Boy Italian #869 in US
Teresa Teresa is a girl's name whose meaning is genuinely uncertain, though harvester is the usual reading.
Girl Spanish #909 in US
Bernadette Bernadette is a girl's name meaning brave as a bear, and its bearer was a fourteen-year-old miller's daughter whose visions at Lourdes in 1858 turned a Pyrenean grotto into one of the most visited places on earth.
Girl French #1,037 in US
Inès Inès is a girl's name meaning "pure" or "holy," the French and Spanish form of Agnes.
Girl French #1,112 in US
Lucie Lucie is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "light," the French form of Lucy.
Girl French #1,131 in US
Jerome Jerome is a boy's name meaning sacred name, and it belongs to the scholar who translated the Bible into Latin — the version Western Europe read for over a thousand years.
Boy Greek #1,259 in US
Theresa Theresa is a girl's name of uncertain meaning, the German and English spelling of Teresa.
Girl German #1,548 in US
Zélie Zélie is a girl's name of French origin, a short form of Azélie, and belongs to Saint Zélie Martin, the mother of Thérèse of Lisieux, canonised in 2015.
Girl French #1,698 in US
Antoine Antoine is a boy's name from the Roman family name Antonius, the French form of Anthony.
Boy French #1,716 in US
Augustin Augustin is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "venerable" or "majestic," the French form of Augustine.
Boy French #1,747 in US
Thérèse Thérèse is a girl's name of genuinely uncertain meaning, the French form of Teresa.
Girl French #2,318 in US
Monique Monique is a girl's name, the French form of Monica, whose meaning is genuinely unknown despite the confident answers usually given for it.
Girl French #3,356 in US
Jeanne Jeanne is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is gracious," the French feminine of Jean.
Girl French #4,565 in US
Cécile Cécile is a girl's name meaning blind, the French form of Cecilia — and its saint became patron of music through a mistranslation of a single line in her passion.
Girl French #5,705 in US
Senan Senan is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "little old one," understood as little wise one.
Boy Irish #7,077 in US
Malo Malo is a boy's name of Breton origin, borne by the sixth-century saint who gave his name to Saint-Malo.
Boy Breton #7,419 in US
Véronique Véronique is a girl's name meaning true image, the French form of Veronica. It holds 237,412 recorded births and does not currently chart in any of the six markets we track, while the English form still charts in four.
Girl French #9,966 in US
Apolline Apolline is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "belonging to Apollo," the French feminine of Apollinaris.
Girl French #10,745 in US
Basile Basile is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "royal" or "kingly," from basileus, a king.
Boy French #11,995 in US
Agathe Agathe is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning simply "good," from agathos.
Girl French 63,897 births
Côme Côme is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "order" or "beauty," the French form of Cosmas.
Boy French 18,697 births

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