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Saint and confirmation names from the Catholic calendar

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Find Catholic names for a baby, a confirmation, or a character: apostles and martyrs, Church Fathers, Celtic and Iberian saints, Marian titles like Pilar and Lourdes, and classic double names such as John Paul and Mary Frances.

About Catholic names

Catholic naming draws on a calendar of saints that spans two thousand years, so a "Catholic name" can be Hebrew (Joachim, Miriam), Greek (Agatha, Ignatius), Latin (Cecilia, Benedict), Celtic (Brigid, Kieran), Germanic (Hedwig, Wolfgang), or a modern surname that became a given name after a canonization (Kolbe, Bosco, Kateri). Canon law once required baptismal names to be Christian, and although that rule is gone, the habit of choosing a saint or a Marian title remains strong across Europe, Latin America, the Philippines, and Catholic communities everywhere.

Two conventions set Catholic names apart from generic biblical ones. First, devotion to Mary produced an entire family of girls' names taken from her titles and shrines: Pilar, Dolores, Mercedes, Guadalupe, Lourdes, Carmen, Rosario, Socorro, Assunta, Montserrat. Second, double names pair a family favorite with a patron: John Paul, Francis Xavier, Mary Frances, Ana Lucía, Jean-Baptiste, José María. Boys are also given Mary (José María, Jean-Marie), a detail that instantly signals a Catholic culture in fiction.

For confirmation, candidates usually take the name of a saint whose life or patronage speaks to them, and many of the names here, from Perpetua to Pier Giorgio, are chosen for exactly that reason.

How to choose Catholic names

For a confirmation name, read the saint's biography and feast day before deciding; sponsors and pastors will ask why you chose it, and a real connection matters more than how it sounds.
Match the language form to the family or setting: Francis, Francisco, Francesco, François and Franciszek are all the same saint, and the local spelling sounds more natural.
Marian titles (Lourdes, Fatima, Pilar, Carmen, Socorro) read as unmistakably Catholic and work well for Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Filipino and French characters.
Double names give you room to honor a grandparent and a patron at once: Mary Kateri, John Bosco, Anna Maria, José Luis.
If you want something uncommon but still recognizably Catholic, look to Irish and early-medieval saints such as Ita, Gobnait, Fiacre, Swithun and Walburga.

Frequently asked questions

What counts as a Catholic name?

Traditionally, the name of a canonized saint, an angel, a biblical figure, or a title of Mary such as Dolores or Guadalupe. Today any name that is not contrary to the faith is allowed at baptism, but most Catholic families still pick a patron saint.

How do I choose a confirmation name?

Pick a saint whose story, virtue or patronage you want to imitate, then confirm the name with your parish. Popular choices include Thérèse, Francis, Kateri, Sebastian, Cecilia, Maximilian and John Paul, but any saint is acceptable.

Can boys have Mary in their name?

Yes. José María, Jean-Marie, Gianmaria and Joseph Mary are long-standing Catholic forms, and Louis-Marie de Montfort and Jean-Marie Vianney are both saints.

Are these names good for characters in fiction?

Very much so. A Catholic first name, especially a Marian title or a double name, quietly tells the reader about a character's family, region and upbringing without a word of exposition.

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All 500 Catholic names

This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

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A: 42 names

Abraham
Adalbert
Addolorata
Adelaide
Adrian
Agatha
Agnes
Agnese
Aidan
Alban
Albert
Aloysius
Alphonsus
Amand
Ambrose
Amparo
Ana Lucía
Ana María
Anastasia
Anastasius
Andrew
Andrew Kim
Angela
Angelina
Ann Marie
Anna Maria
Anne-Marie
Annunziata
Anselm
Ansgar
Anthony
Antonietta
Apollonia
Apollos
Araceli
Aránzazu
Assunta
Asunción
Athanasius
Attracta
Audrey
Augustine

B: 29 names

Balbina
Barbara
Barnabas
Bartholomew
Basil
Bathilde
Beatriz
Bede
Begoña
Belén
Benedetta
Benedict
Bernadette
Bernard
Bernardine
Bernward
Bibiana
Birgitta
Blaise
Blandina
Blathnaid
Bonaventure
Boniface
Brendan
Bríd
Bridget
Brigid
Bronisława
Bruno

C: 44 names

Caesarius
Cajetan
Camillus
Candelaria
Candida
Canute
Caridad
Carmela
Carmen
Casilda
Casimir
Caterina
Catherine
Cecilia
Cecilia Maria
Celestine
Chad
Charity
Charles
Charles Lwanga
Chiara
Christian
Christina
Christopher
Ciara
Clare
Clement
Cletus
Clotilde
Colette
Columba
Columban
Concepción
Concetta
Conrad
Consuelo
Corbinian
Cornelius
Cosmas
Covadonga
Cunegunda
Cuthbert
Cyprian
Cyril

D: 18 names

Dairine
Damasus
Damian
Damien
Daniel
David
Declan
Demetrius
Denis
Dionysius
Dolores
Dominic
Dominic Savio
Domitilla
Dorothea
Dorothy
Dunstan
Dymphna

E: 27 names

Ebba
Edith
Edith Stein
Edmund
Edmund Campion
Edward
Elias
Eligius
Elizabeth Ann
Emerentiana
Emeric
Emmanuel
Encarnación
Engelbert
Engracia
Ephrem
Eric
Ermelinda
Esperanza
Etheldreda
Ethna
Eulalia
Eulogius
Euphemia
Eusebius
Expeditus
Ezekiel

F: 23 names

Fabian
Fabiola
Faith
Fatima
Faustina
Faustyna
Felicity
Felix
Ferdinand
Fidelis
Filomena
Finbar
Flavia
Florentina
Florian
Frances
Francesca
Francis
Francis de Sales
Francis Solano
Frideswide
Fridolin
Fulgentius

G: 19 names

Gabriel
Gall
Gemma
Genesius
Genevieve
George
Gerard
Gerard Majella
Germain
Gertrude
Gianna
Giles
Giuseppina
Gloria
Gobnait
Godehard
Gráinne
Gregory
Guadalupe

H: 12 names

Hedwig
Helena
Henry
Hermann
Hilarion
Hilary
Hilda
Hildegard
Honoratus
Hope
Hubert
Hugh

I: 15 names

Íde
Ignatius
Ildephonsus
Immacolata
Immaculata
Inés
Innocent
Irenaeus
Irene
Isaac
Isaac Jogues
Isabel
Isaiah
Isidore
Ita

J: 34 names

Jacinta
Jacob
Jadwiga
James
Jean de Brébeuf
Jeanne
Jeremiah
Jerome
Joachim
Joan
Joel
John
John Bosco
John Chrysostom
John Eudes
John Fisher
John Henry Newman
John Neumann
John Paul
John Vianney
Jolenta
Josaphat
Joseph
Joseph Calasanz
Josephine
Josephine Bakhita
Joshua
Juan Diego
Juana
Jude
Juliana
Junípero
Justin
Justina

K: 8 names

Kateri
Kateri Rose
Katharine
Kevin
Kieran
Kilian
Kinga
Kizito

L: 22 names

Ladislaus
Lambert
Laura
Lawrence
Lazarus
Leander
Leo
Leocadia
Leonard
Linus
Lioba
Lorenzo Ruiz
Loreto
Louis
Louis de Montfort
Lourdes
Lucia
Lucrezia
Lucy
Ludmila
Luke
Luz

M: 73 names

Macarena
Macarius
Malachi
Marcella
Marcellinus
Margaret
Margaret Mary
Margarita
Marguerite
Marguerite-Marie
María Auxiliadora
Maria Chiara
María Cristina
María de los Ángeles
María del Carmen
María Dolores
María Gabriela
Maria Goretti
María Isabel
María José
María Pilar
Maria Regina
Maria Stella
María Teresa
Mariam
Mariana
Marianne
Marie-Bernarde
Marie-Claire
Marie-Madeleine
Marie-Thérèse
Mariella
Marietta
Marina
Mark
Martin

M, continued

Martin de Porres
Mary Agnes
Mary Bernadette
Mary Catherine
Mary Clare
Mary Elizabeth
Mary Frances
Mary Grace
Mary Joseph
Mary Kateri
Mary Magdalene
Mary Margaret
Mary Rose
Mary Therese
Matilda
Matilde
Matthew
Matthias
Maurice
Maurus
Maximilian
Maximilian Kolbe
Maximus
Mechtild
Meinrad
Melania
Menas
Mercedes
Methodius
Michael
Milagros
Mildred
Miriam
Monica
Moninne
Montserrat
Moses

N: 9 names

Narcisa
Nathaniel
Natividad
Nicholas
Nicodemus
Nieves
Norbert
Notburga
Nuria

O: 10 names

Obdulia
Odile
Odilo
Odo
Olaf
Olga
Onesimus
Oscar Romero
Oswald
Otto

P: 28 names

Pachomius
Pancras
Pantaleon
Paschal
Patrick
Paul
Paul Miki
Paula
Paulinus
Paz
Perpetua
Peter
Peter Claver
Petronilla
Philemon
Philip
Philip Neri
Philomena
Pilar
Pio
Pius
Placid
Polycarp
Praxedes
Prisca
Priscilla
Prosper
Pudentiana

Q: 2 names

Quirinus
Quiteria

R: 23 names

Radegonde
Radegund
Raphael
Raymond
Regina
Remedios
Remigius
René Goupil
Reyes
Rita
Robert
Rocco
Roch
Rocío
Romuald
Rosa
Rosalia
Rosalie
Rosaria
Rose
Rose Marie
Rose Philippine
Rupert

S: 23 names

Sabas
Sabina
Samthann
Samuel
Scholastica
Sebastian
Serafina
Serena
Silas
Simeon
Simon
Sixtus
Socorro
Solange
Soledad
Solomon
Sophia
Spyridon
Stanislaus
Stella
Stephen
Swithun
Sylvester

T: 16 names

Tabitha
Teresa
Teresa Benedicta
Thecla
Theodore
Theophilus
Thérèse
Thomas
Thomas More
Timothy
Titus
Titus Brandsma
Tobias
Toribio
Trinidad
Tryphon

U: 4 names

Ulrich
Urban
Ursula
Urszula

V: 8 names

Valentine
Veronica Giuliani
Victor
Vincent
Vincent de Paul
Virgil
Viviana
Vladimir

W: 7 names

Walburga
Wenceslaus
Werburgh
Wilfrid
Willibrord
Winifred
Wolfgang

X: 1 name

Xavier

Z: 3 names

Zachary
Zeno
Zita