Just keeping an ongoing list of names I like and wanted to share. While the Catholic practice of naming a child after a saint isn't required, it's still a fun tradition. And how cool is it to have a namesake that loved God SO much that they devoted their lives [many martyred] for their strong faith in Him?!
This list is a little different than other Catholic Saint Baby Name lists. This one has some lesser known saints or some variations of saint names that are not as common.
Again, this particular name list is ongoing as I find more cool Saint names.
Girls :
Iona : St. Columba
Clover : St. Patrick
Ocean : St. Oceanus
Felicity : St. Felicity
Kateri : St. Kateri
Zelie : St. Zelie
Juniper : St. Junipero
Pippa : St. Perpetua
Poppy : St. Perpetua
Vera : St. Veronica
Stella Maris : Our Lady Star of the Sea
Maristella : Our Lady Star of the Sea
Gem/Gemma : St. Gemma Galgani
Zita : St. Zita of Lucca
Maeve : St. Maeve [Irish Saint]
Alena : St. Alena
Mila : St. Camilla
Seraphina : St. Seraphina
Irene : St. Irene
Anastasia : St. Anastasia
Colette : St. Colette
Coco : St. Colette
Nia : Apollonia
Goldie : St. Aurea [aurea means golden/goldie]
Siena : St. Bernadine of Siena or St. Catherine of Siena
Genevieve : St. Genevieve
Callie : St. Calliope
Calliope : St. Calliope
Capri : St. Caprais of Lérins
Jovi/Jovie : St. Jovian
Caris/Karis : St. Carissima
Carissima : St. Carissima
Willa : St. Wilhelmina
Willow : St. Wyllow
Remi : St. Remigius
Boys :
Augustine : St. Augustine of Hippo
Ambrose : St. Ambrose
Inigo : St. Ignatius
Ignatius : St. Ignatius
Zen : St. Zeno
Ocean : St. Oceanus
Kolbie : St. Maximillion Kolbe
Leo : St. Leo the Great
Otto : St. Otto
Felix : St. Felix
Brice : St. Brice
Sebastian : St. Sebastian
Andre : St. Andre Bessette
Vincent : St. Vincent
Xavier : St. Francis Xavier
Apollo : St. Apollo
Blaise : St. Blaise
Milo : St. Milo of Treves
Benedict : St. Benedict
Rocco : St. Rocco/St. Roch
Brice : St. Brice
Cash : St. Cassius
Dominic : St. Dominic
Nico : St. Dominic
Becket/Beckett : St. Thomas of Canterbury
Remy/Remi : St. Remigius
My friend has an Augustine (girl) and another has an Augie (Augustine) boy.
ReplyDeleteWe aren't Catholic, but we have a Poppy. She is actually Penelope but decided last year that she was Poppy. She still responds to Penelope and a lot of the time I forget and call her Penelope (if I am not calling her Sweetpea or Baby or some other nickname)...but she has consistently told people she is Poppy and has put her name down on everything as Poppy since she decided she was Poppy!! :D
ReplyDeleteMy sister is named Moira after Our Lady. 😊
ReplyDeleteGreat list! I've always liked Polly for St. Apollonia and Aggie for St. Agatha or Agnes.
ReplyDeleteFunny. I have a Zavier. Beckett and Kateri are both on my list too.
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