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Generate Catholic school names that follow real diocesan conventions: saint dedications, Marian titles, mysteries of the faith, religious-order schools and high schools named for bishops, cardinals and founders. Built for novels, screenplays, games and new parish or independent Catholic schools.

About Catholic school names

Catholic schools are named the way Catholic parishes are, and the patterns are remarkably stable across the United States, Ireland, the UK, Canada and Australia. The largest group takes a saint, usually the patron of the parish that founded the school: St. Patrick's Catholic School, St. Thomas Aquinas High School, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School. Marian titles come next (Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Immaculate Conception, Regina Caeli), followed by mysteries and titles of Christ such as Sacred Heart, Holy Cross, Corpus Christi, Christ the King and Blessed Sacrament.

Secondary schools add two more layers. Diocesan high schools are often named for the bishop, archbishop or cardinal who built them (Bishop McNamara, Archbishop Molloy, Cardinal Gibbons), and schools run by religious orders carry the order's heritage: Jesuit schools use Loyola, Xavier, Regis, Gonzaga and Bellarmine; the Christian Brothers use De La Salle; Salesians use Don Bosco and Savio; the Sisters of Mercy use Mercy and McAuley; Dominicans use Aquinas and Siena. The suffix signals the level: School or Parish School for elementary, Academy for many girls' and K-8 schools, High School or College Preparatory for secondary, and College in Ireland and Australia.

A convincing fictional Catholic school therefore needs a dedication plus a suffix that matches its age group and who runs it.

How to choose Catholic school names

  • Pick the patron first, then the suffix: St. Agnes School reads as a parish elementary, St. Agnes Academy as a girls' or K-8 school, St. Agnes High School or College Prep as a secondary.
  • For a diocesan high school, name it after a bishop or cardinal (Bishop Feehan, Cardinal Mooney); for an order-run school use the order's heritage names (Loyola, De La Salle, Mercy, Ursuline).
  • Regional flavour matters: Irish and Polish parishes favour St. Patrick, St. Brigid, St. Stanislaus and St. Hedwig; Hispanic parishes favour Our Lady of Guadalupe, St. Juan Diego and Cristo Rey.
  • Abbreviate consistently; most US schools write St., while Ireland, the UK and Australia usually spell out Saint, and many newer schools drop the apostrophe-s (St. Mary School rather than St. Mary's).
  • If you are naming a real new school, check the diocese for duplicates, because dedications repeat constantly within a single city.

Frequently asked questions

How are Catholic schools usually named?

Most take the name of the parish that founded them, which is a saint, a title of Mary or a mystery of the faith such as Sacred Heart or Holy Cross. Diocesan high schools are often named for a bishop or cardinal, and order-run schools use names tied to their founders, such as Loyola, De La Salle or Mercy.

What is the difference between a Catholic academy, school and college prep?

School or Parish School usually means an elementary school attached to a parish. Academy is common for girls' schools, K-8 schools and some independents. High School and College Preparatory mark secondary schools, and in Ireland, Australia and the UK, College itself usually means a secondary school.

Can I use these names for a fictional Catholic school in a novel or film?

Yes. They follow the real conventions closely enough to feel authentic. Because saint and Marian dedications repeat in almost every diocese, a name like St. Brendan Academy will read as real without pointing at a specific school, but search before using one for a villainous or scandal-plot school.

Which saints are most common in school names?

Mary in her many titles is first by a wide margin, then St. Joseph, St. Patrick, St. Anthony, St. Francis, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. John, St. Peter, St. Paul, St. Michael and, for newer schools, St. John Paul II, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and St. Katharine Drexel.

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A: 32 names

  • All Hallows Academy
  • All Hallows Catholic College
  • All Saints Catholic High School
  • All Saints Catholic School
  • Ampleforth Abbey College
  • Angela Merici Academy
  • Annunciation School
  • Aquinas Academy
  • Aquinas Institute
  • Archangel Academy

A, continued

  • Archbishop Bergan Academy
  • Archbishop Blenk School
  • Archbishop Carroll High School
  • Archbishop Chapelle School
  • Archbishop Hoban High School
  • Archbishop Holgate Catholic School
  • Archbishop MacDonald Academy
  • Archbishop McCarthy Academy
  • Archbishop Moeller School
  • Archbishop Molloy High School
  • Archbishop Riordan High School

A, continued

  • Archbishop Romero College
  • Archbishop Rummel Academy
  • Archbishop Ryan Academy
  • Archbishop Spalding Academy
  • Archbishop Temple Academy
  • Archbishop Williams High School
  • Ascension Academy
  • Assisi Academy
  • Assumption Academy
  • Augustinian Preparatory School
  • Ave Maria Preparatory School

B: 51 names

  • Bellarmine High School
  • Benedictine College Preparatory
  • Benedictine High School
  • Benilde Catholic School
  • Bethany School
  • Bethlehem Catholic High School
  • Bishop Ahr High School
  • Bishop Allen Academy
  • Bishop Amat School
  • Bishop Carroll School
  • Bishop Challoner Academy
  • Bishop Conaty High School

B, continued

  • Bishop Connolly Academy
  • Bishop Denis O'Connell School
  • Bishop Dunne Academy
  • Bishop Dwenger Academy
  • Bishop England Academy
  • Bishop Fenwick High School
  • Bishop Foley School
  • Bishop Gallagher Academy
  • Bishop Garcia Diego Academy
  • Bishop Grimes School
  • Bishop Guertin School
  • Bishop Heber School
  • Bishop Hogarth College

B, continued

  • Bishop Ireton Academy
  • Bishop Kearney Academy
  • Bishop Kelly Academy
  • Bishop Kenny School
  • Bishop Loughlin High School
  • Bishop Ludden High School
  • Bishop Macdonell Catholic School
  • Bishop Manogue High School
  • Bishop McGuinness School
  • Bishop Noll Institute
  • Bishop O'Dowd School
  • Bishop Rosecrans High School
  • Bishop Ryan College

B, continued

  • Bishop Shanahan Academy
  • Bishop Strachan Academy
  • Bishop Verot High School
  • Bishop Vesey Catholic College
  • Bishop Walsh School
  • Bishop Ward High School
  • Bishop Watterson Academy
  • Blessed Sacrament High School
  • Blessed Sacrament School
  • Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory
  • Brother André School
  • Brother Edmund Rice School
  • Brother Rice High School

C: 46 names

  • Cabrini High School
  • Calvary Academy
  • Campion Academy
  • Cana Academy
  • Canisius Academy
  • Capuchin College Preparatory
  • Cardinal Gibbons Academy
  • Cardinal Griffin College
  • Cardinal Hayes Academy
  • Cardinal Langley Catholic School
  • Cardinal Léger School

C, continued

  • Cardinal McCloskey Academy
  • Cardinal Mindszenty School
  • Cardinal Mooney Catholic School
  • Cardinal Newman Academy
  • Cardinal Pole School
  • Cardinal Spellman Academy
  • Cardinal Stritch Academy
  • Cardinal Vaughan Academy
  • Carmel Academy
  • Carmelite Convent School
  • Cathedral Preparatory School
  • Catholic Academy of Bridgeport

C, continued

  • Catholic Central High School
  • Catholic Collegiate Academy
  • Catholic Memorial High School
  • Catholic Regional High School
  • Central Catholic High School
  • Chaminade College Preparatory
  • Cheverus High School
  • Child Jesus School
  • Christ Child School
  • Christ Our Hope School
  • Christ the Good Shepherd School

C, continued

  • Christ the King High School
  • Christ the King School
  • Christ the Redeemer School
  • Christian Brothers Academy
  • Cluny Academy
  • Convent of Mercy School
  • Convent of the Holy Child Jesus
  • Cor Mariae School
  • Corpus Christi High School
  • Corpus Christi School
  • Cristo Rey High School
  • Crossroads Catholic School

D: 12 names

  • De La Salle Academy
  • De La Salle Collegiate School
  • DePaul Academy
  • Divine Child High School
  • Divine Mercy Catholic School
  • Divine Providence Academy
  • Divine Redeemer Academy
  • Dominican College Preparatory
  • Dominican High School
  • Domus Mariae Academy
  • Don Bosco Academy
  • Don Bosco Preparatory High School

E: 6 names

  • East Catholic High School
  • Edmund Rice College
  • Emmanuel Catholic School
  • Emmanuel College Preparatory
  • Emmaus School
  • Epiphany School

F: 14 names

  • Fairfield College Preparatory
  • Father Baker Academy
  • Father Bressani Academy
  • Father Damien School
  • Father Dueñas Academy
  • Father Judge High School
  • Father Leo Austin Academy
  • Father Lopez School
  • Father McGivney Academy
  • Father Patrick Fogarty Academy
  • Father Tolton Academy
  • Fatima Catholic School
  • Fordham Preparatory School
  • Franciscan High School

G: 7 names

  • Gesù Preparatory School
  • Gesu School
  • Gonzaga Preparatory School
  • Good Shepherd Academy
  • Guadalupe Academy
  • Guadalupe Regional Middle School
  • Guardian Angels School

H: 23 names

  • Holy Angels School
  • Holy Apostles School
  • Holy Child School
  • Holy Cross High School
  • Holy Cross School
  • Holy Faith Academy
  • Holy Family Academy
  • Holy Ghost Preparatory Academy
  • Holy Guardian Angels School
  • Holy Hill Academy
  • Holy Innocents Academy

H, continued

  • Holy Martyrs Academy
  • Holy Name Academy
  • Holy Name of Mary Academy
  • Holy Redeemer Academy
  • Holy Rosary Academy
  • Holy Sacrifice Academy
  • Holy Savior Academy
  • Holy Sepulchre Academy
  • Holy Spirit Academy
  • Holy Trinity High School
  • Holy Trinity School
  • Holy Wisdom Academy

I: 4 names

  • Immaculata High School
  • Immaculate Heart of Mary Academy
  • Incarnation School
  • Infant Jesus School

J: 3 names

  • Jesuit Academy
  • Jesus Marie Academy
  • Junípero Serra High School

K: 7 names

  • Kateri Catholic School
  • Katharine Drexel Catholic School
  • King's College Catholic School
  • Kingsway Catholic Academy
  • Knock Catholic School
  • Kolbe Academy
  • Kolbe Cathedral Preparatory

L: 14 names

  • La Salle Academy
  • Lasallian Academy
  • Lily of the Valley Catholic School
  • Little Flower Academy
  • Little Flower of Jesus School
  • Loreto College
  • Loreto Convent School
  • Loretto High School
  • Lourdes Catholic School
  • Lourdes Central Catholic
  • Loyola College Preparatory
  • Loyola High School
  • Lumen Christi Academy
  • Lux Mundi Academy

M: 48 names

  • Magnificat High School
  • Maria Regina High School
  • Marian Academy
  • Marian Catholic College
  • Marist Academy
  • Marquette Catholic High School
  • Mary Help of Christians School
  • Mary Queen of Heaven School
  • Marymount Academy
  • Marymount College Preparatory
  • Maryvale Academy
  • Mater Dei High School

M, continued

  • Mater Misericordiae School
  • McAuley Catholic Academy
  • Mercy Academy
  • Mercy Catholic School
  • Mercy Providence Academy
  • Merrimack Catholic School
  • Monsignor Bonner Academy
  • Monsignor Clair Academy
  • Monsignor Farrell High School
  • Monsignor McClancy School
  • Monsignor Pace High School
  • Monsignor Paul Dwyer School

M, continued

  • Monsignor Percy Johnson Academy
  • Monsignor Slade School
  • Monte Cassino School
  • Most Sacred Heart School
  • Mother Angeline School
  • Mother Cabrini High School
  • Mother Guerin School
  • Mother McAuley Academy
  • Mother of Good Counsel Academy
  • Mother of Sorrows Academy
  • Mother of the Redeemer Academy
  • Mother Seton Regional School

M, continued

  • Mother Teresa Academy
  • Mount Aloysius School
  • Mount Alvernia Academy
  • Mount Calvary School
  • Mount Carmel Academy
  • Mount Marian School
  • Mount St. Agnes School
  • Mount St. Benedict School
  • Mount St. Charles School
  • Mount St. Francis School
  • Mount St. Joseph Academy
  • Mount St. Mary's College

N: 10 names

  • Nativity School
  • Nazareth Academy
  • Nazareth High School
  • Neumann Catholic School
  • Newman Catholic High School
  • North Catholic High School
  • Northeast Catholic School
  • Notre Dame de Lourdes Academy
  • Notre Dame High School
  • Notre Dame Preparatory School

O: 32 names

  • Our Lady Mother of the Church School
  • Our Lady of Angels Academy
  • Our Lady of Aparecida Academy
  • Our Lady of Czestochowa School
  • Our Lady of Fatima High School
  • Our Lady of Good Counsel Academy
  • Our Lady of Grace School
  • Our Lady of Hope Academy
  • Our Lady of Knock Academy
  • Our Lady of Loreto Academy

O, continued

  • Our Lady of Lourdes Academy
  • Our Lady of Mercy Academy
  • Our Lady of Perpetual Help Academy
  • Our Lady of Pompeii Academy
  • Our Lady of Providence Academy
  • Our Lady of Refuge Academy
  • Our Lady of the Annunciation Academy
  • Our Lady of the Hills Academy
  • Our Lady of the Lake Academy
  • Our Lady of the Mountains Academy
  • Our Lady of the Pillar Academy

O, continued

  • Our Lady of the Pines Academy
  • Our Lady of the Rivers Academy
  • Our Lady of the Rosary Academy
  • Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Academy
  • Our Lady of the Snows School
  • Our Lady of the Visitation Academy
  • Our Lady of the Wayside Academy
  • Our Lady of Victory Academy
  • Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Academy
  • Our Lady Queen of Peace High School
  • Our Lady Star of the Sea School

P: 13 names

  • Padua Franciscan High School
  • Poor Clares School
  • Pope Francis Preparatory School
  • Pope Gregory School
  • Pope John Paul II Academy
  • Pope Leo XIII School
  • Pope Paul VI High School
  • Portsmouth Abbey School
  • Precious Blood School
  • Presentation Academy
  • Prince of Peace Academy
  • Priory Catholic School
  • Providence Catholic High School

Q: 5 names

  • Queen of All Saints School
  • Queen of Apostles School
  • Queen of Martyrs School
  • Queen of Peace Academy
  • Queen of the Universe Academy

R: 6 names

  • Redeemer Academy
  • Regina Caeli Academy
  • Regina Mundi College
  • Regis High School
  • Resurrection School
  • Rosa Mystica Academy

S: 148 names

  • Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory
  • Sacred Heart Convent School
  • Sacred Heart High School
  • Sacred Heart of Jesus School
  • Sacred Heart School
  • Saint John's Preparatory School
  • Saint Joseph's Collegiate Institute
  • Saint Peter's Preparatory
  • Saint Viator Academy
  • Salesian College
  • Savior Academy
  • Serra Catholic High School
  • Seton Academy
  • Seton Catholic Central

S, continued

  • Seton Keough Academy
  • Siena Catholic School
  • Sion Catholic Academy
  • Sisters of Mercy Academy
  • St. Adalbert Catholic School
  • St. Agatha School
  • St. Agnes Academy
  • St. Aidan's Academy
  • St. Albert the Great School
  • St. Aloysius Gonzaga School
  • St. Ambrose School
  • St. Andrew Kim Academy
  • St. Andrew the Apostle Academy
  • St. Anne's Academy
  • St. Ansgar Academy

S, continued

  • St. Anthony of Egypt School
  • St. Anthony of Padua School
  • St. Athanasius Academy
  • St. Augustine of Hippo Academy
  • St. Augustine Preparatory Academy
  • St. Barnabas Academy
  • St. Bartholomew School
  • St. Basil the Great High School
  • St. Bede the Venerable Academy
  • St. Benedict's Preparatory School
  • St. Bernadette of Lourdes School
  • St. Bernard of Clairvaux School
  • St. Boniface School
  • St. Brendan the Navigator School
  • St. Bridget of Sweden Academy

S, continued

  • St. Brigid's Academy
  • St. Carlo Acutis Academy
  • St. Casimir Academy
  • St. Catherine of Siena Academy
  • St. Cecilia Catholic School
  • St. Chad's School
  • St. Charles Lwanga Academy
  • St. Clare of Assisi School
  • St. Clement Academy
  • St. Colman's College
  • St. Columba's College
  • St. Columbkille School
  • St. Cyril and Methodius Academy
  • St. Dominic Savio Academy
  • St. Dunstan's College

S, continued

  • St. Edith Stein Academy
  • St. Edmund Arrowsmith Academy
  • St. Edmund Campion Academy
  • St. Edward the Confessor School
  • St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School
  • St. Elizabeth of Hungary School
  • St. Florian Academy
  • St. Frances Cabrini Academy
  • St. Francis Xavier Academy
  • St. Gabriel the Archangel Academy
  • St. George Catholic School
  • St. Gianna Beretta Molla Academy
  • St. Gregory the Great School
  • St. Hedwig School
  • St. Helena Catholic School

S, continued

  • St. Hyacinth School
  • St. Ignatius Loyola College Prep
  • St. Ignatius Preparatory School
  • St. Isaac Jogues Academy
  • St. James the Greater School
  • St. Jane Frances de Chantal School
  • St. Jerome Catholic Academy
  • St. Joan of Arc School
  • St. John Bosco High School
  • St. John Chrysostom School
  • St. John Fisher College
  • St. John Neumann Academy
  • St. John the Evangelist Academy
  • St. John Vianney High School

S, continued

  • St. John XXIII School
  • St. Joseph the Worker School
  • St. Joseph's Preparatory School
  • St. Juan Diego Academy
  • St. Jude Thaddeus School
  • St. Kevin's College
  • St. Ladislaus School
  • St. Lawrence Academy
  • St. Leo the Great Academy
  • St. Longinus School
  • St. Lorenzo Ruiz Academy
  • St. Louis Martin Academy
  • St. Louise de Marillac School
  • St. Luke the Evangelist School
  • St. Malachy's Academy

S, continued

  • St. Margaret of Scotland School
  • St. Marianne Cope Academy
  • St. Mark the Evangelist Academy
  • St. Martin de Porres Academy
  • St. Martin of Tours School
  • St. Mary Magdalene School
  • St. Mary of the Assumption School
  • St. Matthew the Evangelist School
  • St. Matthias School
  • St. Maximilian Kolbe Academy
  • St. Monica Catholic School
  • St. Norbert College Prep
  • St. Olaf Catholic School
  • St. Oscar Romero School
  • St. Padre Pio Academy

S, continued

  • St. Patrick of Armagh School
  • St. Patrick's Catholic School
  • St. Paul the Apostle High School
  • St. Perpetua Academy
  • St. Peter the Apostle School
  • St. Philip Neri School
  • St. Philip the Apostle Academy
  • St. Pius X High School
  • St. Raphael the Archangel Academy
  • St. Rita of Cascia Academy
  • St. Robert Bellarmine School
  • St. Rose of Lima School
  • St. Scholastica Academy
  • St. Simon and Jude Academy
  • St. Stanislaus Kostka School

S, continued

  • St. Sylvester Academy
  • St. Teresa of Avila School
  • St. Teresa of Calcutta School
  • St. Thérèse of Lisieux Academy
  • St. Thomas Aquinas High School
  • St. Thomas the Apostle Academy
  • St. Titus Academy
  • St. Toribio Academy
  • St. Veronica School
  • St. Vincent de Paul School
  • St. Wenceslaus Academy
  • St. Zachary School
  • Stella Maris Academy
  • Sts. Peter and Paul School
  • Subiaco Academy

T: 3 names

  • Transfiguration School
  • Trinity Catholic High School
  • Trinity College Preparatory

U: 3 names

  • Unity Catholic School
  • Ursuline Academy
  • Ursuline College Preparatory

V: 9 names

  • Veritas Catholic School
  • Villa Angela Academy
  • Villa Duchesne Academy
  • Villa Maria Academy
  • Villa Sacred Heart School
  • Villa Victoria School
  • Villanova Academy
  • Vincentian High School
  • Visitation Academy

W: 2 names

  • Woodside Priory School
  • Worth Abbey School

X: 2 names

  • Xavier College Preparatory
  • Xavier High School