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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24 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.
Greek #16 in US
Santiago Santiago is a boy's name of Spanish origin meaning "Saint James."
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.
Latin #46 in US
Christopher Christopher is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "bearer of Christ," from Christos and pherein, to carry.
Greek #68 in US
Dominic Dominic is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "of the Lord," from dominus.
Latin #106 in US
Vincent Vincent is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "conquering," from vincere, to conquer.
Latin #107 in US
Xavier Xavier is a boy's name from a Basque place name meaning "the new house," from etxe berri.
Basque #108 in US
Damian Damian is a boy's name of Greek origin, from damao, meaning to tame or subdue.
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.
Greek #112 in US
Callum Callum is a boy's name of Scottish origin meaning "dove," from the Latin columba.
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.
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.
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.
French #352 in US
Cillian Cillian is a boy's name of Irish origin.
Irish #507 in US
Lawrence Lawrence is a boy's name meaning from Laurentum, an ancient Italian town linked to the laurel.
Latin #518 in US
Valentin Valentin is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "strong" or "healthy," the French form of Valentine.
French #660 in US
Alessio Alessio is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "defender," the Italian form of Alexis.
Italian #869 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.
Greek #1,259 in US
Antoine Antoine is a boy's name from the Roman family name Antonius, the French form of Anthony.
French #1,716 in US
Augustin Augustin is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "venerable" or "majestic," the French form of Augustine.
French #1,747 in US
Senan Senan is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "little old one," understood as little wise one.
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.
Breton #7,419 in US
Basile Basile is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "royal" or "kingly," from basileus, a king.
French #11,995 in US
Côme Côme is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "order" or "beauty," the French form of Cosmas.
French 18,697 births

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