Saint Names for Boys
- Vitus
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"life"Description:
No-no appelation of a child saint and martyr whose name is a term for the nervous condition known as Saint Vitus' Dance. Its one recommending feature is that it's among the elite group Boy names that mean life.
- Bardo
Origin:
Short form of Bardolph or AboriginalMeaning:
"water"Description:
Bardo has a poetic beginning and upbeat ending, with roots in several diverse cultures. It may be most familiar today via George Saunders' novel Lincoln in the Bardo, which refers to the Tibetan Buddhist state of suspension between one life and the next, resembling the Christian idea of Limbo. Bardo is also an ancient saint's name: Saint Bardo was the eleventh century bishop of Mainz, in Germany. Actress Sandra Bullock chose Bardo as her son's middle.
- Colman
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"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.
- Austell
Origin:
Cornish place and saint's nameDescription:
This Cornish place name comes from the name of a Breton saint who came to Cornwall. It could be an interesting alternative to Austin. The spelling has also been recorded as Austol.
- Madern
Origin:
CornishMeaning:
"lucky"Description:
Saint Madern, also sometimes referred to as Saint Madron, was a Cornish monk and hermit sanctified in the 6th century. The Cornish village of Madron is named after him.
- Roch
Origin:
French and PolishMeaning:
"rest"Description:
French and Polish form of Rocco
- Roderic
Origin:
Catalan form of Roderick, GermanMeaning:
"famous ruler"Description:
Saint Roderic was a priest in Spain who was persecuted by the Moors. Another form of this name is Ruderic.
- Helier
Origin:
JerraisMeaning:
"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.
- Ephrem
Origin:
Variation of Ephraim, HebrewMeaning:
"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.
- Gervais
- Madron
Origin:
CornishMeaning:
"lucky"Description:
An obscure Cornish saint's name that can also be considered a place name — Madron is a Cornish village named for the saint.
- Tropez
Origin:
French form of Torpes, LatinMeaning:
"stiff, numb"Description:
Most people have heard of the glamorous French town of San Tropez, but few know the legend of the saint it's named for. Tropez is the French form of Torpes, the Pisa-born martyr whose headless body was set afloat with a rooster and a dog.
- Neot
Origin:
Cornish saint's nameDescription:
St. Neot was a Saxon saint in the Middle Ages, whose name is used for a town in Cornwall, England. Some sources say the little-known name is Hebrew and means "pleasant pasture," but there is really no evidence for that.
- Dustan
- Ansgar
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"God spear"Description:
Ansgar is an ancient name still used in modern times, especially in Scandinavia. Saint Ansgar is the patron of Scandinavia.
- Brannoc
Origin:
Welsh, Irish, Scottish, EnglishMeaning:
"little raven; descended from Branan, little raindrop; hazel trees"Description:
A Celtic name of various origins and meanings, Brannoc could work as a surname style choice and an update on the likes of Brandon and Brendan.