As an Easter treat to myself, aside from gorging on chocolate, I have been perusing names of Christian saints.
Saints names span 2,000 years of history and many different cultures from Ancient Greece, through the Germanic and Latin languages, to Celtic Britain. There are many familiar 'saintly' choices such as John, Thomas, Peter, George, Mary, Anne, Elizabeth that are major staples of British names. Others include Charles, Daniel, Leo, Jessica, Lucy, Rose -- popular names which are less obviously 'saintly'.
Here is a list of some of the most striking Saints names, from the fashion-forward to the unusual.
| Abran Adelphus Aidric / Aldric Alban Aldo Alfrick Alphius Airick Alto Amator Anselm Ariston Artemas Aubin Augustine Augustus Austol / Austell Balin Balther Bardo Benedict Benno Bertrand Blaise Cadoc Caian Caradoc Casimir Caspar Cassian Cassius Castor Colman Conall Conrad Cormac |
Crispin Cyprian Cyrus Darius Declan Edgar Edmund Elian Elias Emeric Emilian Erasmus Erastus Evrard Fabian Falco / Falko Felix Fergus Finian Fintan Florian Fulco Gerard Gilbert Giles Herbert Hermes Hugh Isidore Ivan Ivo Jonas Jude Julian Julius Kilian |
Lazarus Leander Leonides Leontius Leopold Linus Lucian Lucius Maden / Madern Magnus Matthias Maximian Maximilian Nestor Nicander Otto Peregrine Philemon Quentin Quintus Ralph Raphael Regulus Roderic Ruan Rufus Rupert Sebastian Simeon Thaddeus Titus Urban Valentin Virgil Xavier Zeno |
Abra Ada Adela Adelaide Agatha Agnes Alena Aleydis / Alice Alodia Amalia Amata Anastasia Anatolia Angela Apollonia Aquila Ariadne Attalia Audrey Augusta Aurea Aurelia Beatrix Belina Berlinda Bernadette Blanche Britta Calliope Candida Carissima Casilda Cecilia Celine Cera / Ciara Claudia |
Concessa Crescentia Daria Delphina Dorothy Dwynwen Ebba Emiliana Endellion / Endelyn Eudocia Eugenia Eulalia Euphemia Euphrasia Euphrosyne Eusebia Euthalia Felicity Flavia Flora Florentina Genevieve Hedda Helena Hermione Inez Iphigenia Januaria Juliana Julitta Kennera Keyna Kinnia Lelia Leocadia Leoba / Lioba |
Lucilla Lucina Lucretia Mariana Maura Medana Melania Melitina Mella Merewenna Messalina Merryn Morwenna Natalia Nina Nouna Odilia Perpetua Phoebe Philonella Prisca Regina Rosalia Sabina Savina Seraphina Sylvia Tatiana Teresa Thelica Thérèse Ursula Verena Veronica Zenaida Zita |
