Confirmation Names for Boys (with Meanings and Definitions)

  1. Dunstan
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "dark stone"
    • Description:

      A two-syllable surname feel puts this name of an important English saint in the running -- though it could sound like a confused cross between Duncan and Dustin.
  2. Colman
    • Origin:

      Irish
    • Meaning:

      "little dove"
    • Description:

      Colman is best known as the name of the mustard, but is also the name of several Irish saints. The Colman spelling is less widely used than Coleman, which is just outside the Top 1000.
  3. Roch
    • Origin:

      French and Polish
    • Meaning:

      "rest"
    • Description:

      French and Polish form of Rocco
  4. Zepherin
    • Origin:

      French
    • Meaning:

      "west wind"
    • Description:

      Zepherin is an ancient saints' name that sounds like anything but. Zepherin Namuncura, a priest of Argentinian Indian background, was beatified in the 20th century. There was a Pope Zephyrinus.
  5. Gervaise
    • Origin:

      French
    • Meaning:

      "skilled with a spear"
    • Description:

      Unusual saint's name rarely heard outside Roman Catholic rectories until it made an appearance on a reality-TV show; has an attractive French feel.
  6. Denis
    • Origin:

      French from Greek
    • Meaning:

      "god of Nysa"
  7. Helier
    • Origin:

      Jerrais
    • Meaning:

      "cheerful"
    • Description:

      Helier is the patron saint of the Jersey, one of the Channel Islands, and it is for him that St. Helier, Jersey's capital, is named. The name is related to Hilary, Ilario etc, and therefor shares their wonderful meanings.
  8. Roderic
    • Origin:

      Catalan form of Roderick, German
    • Meaning:

      "famous ruler"
    • Description:

      Saint Roderic was a priest in Spain who was persecuted by the Moors. Another form of this name is Ruderic.
  9. Ephrem
    • Origin:

      Variation of Ephraim, Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "fruitful, fertile, productive"
    • Description:

      Ephrem is a spelling variation of the Biblical Ephraim, most often used for an early saint, Ephrem the Syrian, who was a 4th century theologian. This makes a cool, religiously appropriate choice.