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Convent names for historical fiction, mysteries, gothic stories and tabletop settings, from Carmel of the Holy Spirit and St. Agnes Priory to Convento de Santa Clara la Nueva and House of the Veiled Dawn. The list covers saint and Marian dedications, medieval nunneries, forms in several languages and a share of fantasy sisterhood houses.

About convent names

A convent is usually named for its dedication rather than its town: a saint, a title of Mary, or a mystery of faith such as the Annunciation or the Holy Cross. The first word often shows the order. A house of Carmelite nuns is a Carmel. Poor Clares, Dominican nuns and the Visitation call their enclosed houses monasteries, while teaching and nursing sisters mostly say convent. An abbey is governed by an abbess and a priory by a prioress.

The list mixes these English forms with their counterparts abroad: couvent, abbaye and prieuré in French, convento and monasterio in Spanish, monastero in Italian, Kloster in German and clochar in Irish, along with Latin titles of Mary, medieval English nunneries, Orthodox women's monasteries and a few Buddhist nunneries. A little over a tenth of the entries are real houses, past or present, among them Godstow Abbey, Stift Nonnberg and Novodevichy Convent. The rest are invented from real dedications, and because dedications repeat from country to country, an invented entry can still share its name with a house that exists somewhere.

Gothic and fantasy houses form a smaller part of the list, for stories that want a colder corridor or an order of their own: Ravenscar Convent, Cloister of the Grey Lady, House of the Veiled Dawn, Sisterhouse of the Dawn Chorus.

How to choose convent names

  • Decide the order first, because it decides the form word: Carmel for Carmelites, monastery for Poor Clares and Dominican nuns, abbey or priory for Benedictines and Cistercians, convent for teaching and nursing sisters.
  • Match the language to the setting and keep the entry's grammar as it stands: Couvent Sainte-Ursule for a French town, Convento de Santa Inés for Spain or Latin America, Kloster Marienbrunn for a German valley.
  • For a mystery or a gothic story, a plain dedication can be eerier than a dark one. Convent of the Annunciation with one locked wing unsettles more than a name that announces the haunting.
  • In a fantasy world keep the shape and change the dedication: a founder (Convent of the Blessed Ysolde) or an image (House of the Patient Loom) implies a rule, a habit and a feast day.
  • Before you give a name to a real place, a business or a non-fiction project, search for it. Many dedications belong to living communities.

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between a convent, a nunnery, an abbey and a priory?

In everyday English a convent is any house of religious sisters, and nunnery is the older word for the same thing. Strictly speaking, enclosed nuns live in a monastery. An abbey is a monastery ruled by an abbess, and a priory is led by a prioress and is often smaller or dependent on an abbey.

What is a Carmel?

A Carmel is a monastery of Carmelite nuns, most often of the Discalced Carmelites, the branch reformed by St. Teresa of Avila in the sixteenth century. The word comes from Mount Carmel. A house is usually called Carmel of its dedication, as in Carmel of the Holy Spirit or Carmel of St. Joseph, both in the list.

Are the convents in this list real?

A little over a tenth are real houses, some of them long closed, such as Tyburn Convent, Kloster Helfta, Abbaye du Paraclet and Tōkei-ji. The page gives no history for them, so look one up before you rely on it. The others are built from real dedications and naming patterns, and a name such as Convent of the Sacred Heart or Loreto Convent is borne by many real houses.

Can I use these names for a D&D campaign or a gothic story?

Yes. The gothic entries (Convent of the Weeping Bell, Nightmere Abbey) and the fantasy sisterhood houses (Motherhouse of the Rose and Thorn, Sanctuary of the Moon Mothers) were built for that. A real-pattern name such as Convent of the Visitation at Orchard Close suits a quieter, more historical tone.

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A: 50 names

  • Abbaye aux Dames
  • Abbaye de Chelles
  • Abbaye de Maubuisson
  • Abbaye de Port-Royal des Champs
  • Abbaye du Paraclet
  • Abbaye du Val-de-Grâce
  • Abbaye Notre-Dame de Jouarre
  • Abbaye Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix
  • Abbaye Notre-Dame-du-Pré
  • Abbaye Sainte-Marie-des-Anges
  • Abbess Hythe Nunnery
  • Abbess Morwenna's Abbey

A, continued

  • Abbey of the Falling Star
  • Abbey of the Frostbound Cloister
  • Abbey of the Gentle Rain
  • Abbey of the Hearth Mother
  • Abbey of the Nine Tapers
  • Abbey of the Silver Birches
  • Abbey of the Sleeping Abbess
  • Abbey of the Unanswered Bell
  • Abbey of the Veiled Choir
  • Abbey of the Wild Thyme
  • Abtei Frauenwörth
  • Abtei Lichtenthal
  • Agapia Monastery

A, continued

  • Agia Ekaterini Convent
  • Agia Kyriaki Convent
  • Agia Marina Convent
  • Agia Paraskevi Women's Monastery
  • Agia Skepi Convent
  • Agia Thekla Convent
  • Agia Varvara Convent
  • Agnetenkloster
  • Agnietenklooster
  • Alverno Convent
  • Amesbury Priory
  • Anchorhold by the Churchyard Yew

A, continued

  • Anchorhold of the Lady Julian
  • Ancilla Domini Convent
  • Ani Gompa of the Juniper Ridge
  • Ani Gompa of the Turquoise Lake
  • Annenkloster
  • Ashgrave Abbey
  • Ashmere Nunnery
  • Assisi Convent
  • Augustinian Priory of the Mother of Good Counsel
  • Aula Virginum
  • Auxilium Convent School
  • Ave Maria Convent
  • Avila Convent

B: 26 names

  • Beaterio de la Compañía
  • Beaterio de Santa Catalina
  • Begijnhof Sint-Elisabeth
  • Beginenhof Sankt Elisabeth
  • Béguinage Sainte-Begge
  • Béguinage Sainte-Élisabeth
  • Benedictine Abbey of the Immaculate Heart
  • Benedictine Convent of Perpetual Adoration
  • Benedictine Priory of the Holy Paraclete
  • Benedictine Priory of the Peace of Christ
  • Benediktinerinnenabtei Mariä Heimsuchung
  • Benediktinerinnenabtei Sankt Erentraud
  • Bethany Convent

B, continued

  • Bethlehem Convent
  • Birgittenkloster
  • Blackthorn Convent
  • Blessed Imelda Convent
  • Bodbe Convent
  • Brackenholt Priory
  • Brigidine Convent at Mountain View
  • Brigidine Convent of the Oak
  • Brigidine Convent School
  • Brigittine Abbey of Mount Sion
  • Brigittine Abbey of the Holy Saviour
  • Brigittine Convent of Our Lady of Consolation
  • Brigittine Convent of the Most Holy Saviour

C: 410 names

  • Cabrini Convent
  • Calderwick Priory
  • Candlewick Convent
  • Canonesses' Convent of the New Nazareth
  • Canonesses' Priory of the Holy Cross
  • Canonesses' Priory of the Holy Sepulchre
  • Carmel de l'Enfant-Jésus
  • Carmel de la Paix
  • Carmel de la Sainte-Trinité
  • Carmel de Notre-Dame-de-l'Espérance
  • Carmel du Cœur-Immaculé
  • Carmel du Saint-Esprit
  • Carmel of Christ the King
  • Carmel of Jesus, Mary and Joseph

C, continued

  • Carmel of Mary Immaculate
  • Carmel of Mary, Mother of Grace
  • Carmel of Perpetual Adoration
  • Carmel of Saint Anne
  • Carmel of Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity
  • Carmel of Saint Mariam of Jesus Crucified
  • Carmel of Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
  • Carmel of St. John of the Cross
  • Carmel of St. Joseph
  • Carmel of St. Teresa of Jesus
  • Carmel of St. Teresa of the Andes
  • Carmel of the Annunciation
  • Carmel of the Assumption
  • Carmel of the Blessed Sacrament
  • Carmel of the Dark Night

C, continued

  • Carmel of the Divine Heart
  • Carmel of the Divine Mercy
  • Carmel of the Holy Cross
  • Carmel of the Holy Face
  • Carmel of the Holy Family
  • Carmel of the Holy Spirit
  • Carmel of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
  • Carmel of the Incarnation
  • Carmel of the Infant Jesus of Prague
  • Carmel of the Interior Castle
  • Carmel of the Little Flower
  • Carmel of the Living Flame
  • Carmel of the Martyrs of Compiègne
  • Carmel of the Most Holy Trinity

C, continued

  • Carmel of the Mother of God
  • Carmel of the Nativity
  • Carmel of the Precious Blood
  • Carmel of the Prophet Elijah
  • Carmel of the Queen of Heaven
  • Carmel of the Resurrection
  • Carmel of the Way of Perfection
  • Carmelite Hermitage of the Still Small Voice
  • Carmelite Monastery of Cristo Rey
  • Carmelite Monastery of the Holy Name
  • Carmelite Monastery of the Holy Trinity
  • Carmelite Monastery of the Infant Jesus
  • Carmelite Monastery of the Most Pure Heart
  • Carmelite Monastery of the Mother of Mercy
  • Carmelite Monastery of the Sacred Heart

C, continued

  • Carmelo de Cristo Rey
  • Carmelo de San José
  • Carmelo del Espíritu Santo
  • Carmelo della Madre di Dio
  • Carmelo di San Giuseppe
  • Carmelo di Santa Teresa
  • Carrow Priory
  • Chantal Convent
  • Chapel House of the Silent Order
  • Chapterhouse of the Bright Morrow
  • Chapterhouse of the Oaken Rule
  • Chapterhouse of the Veil
  • Chūgū-ji
  • Cinderholt Convent
  • Cistercian Abbey of the Holy Cross

C, continued

  • Claustrum Sanctae Mariae
  • Cliffside Convent of the Stella Maris Light
  • Clochar an Chroí Naofa
  • Clochar Bhríde
  • Clochar Ghobnatan
  • Clochar Íde
  • Clochar Mhuire
  • Clochar Mhuire gan Smál
  • Clochar na Maighdine Muire
  • Clochar na Toirbhirte
  • Clochar na Trócaire
  • Clochar Naomh Áine
  • Clochar Naomh Iósaf
  • Clochar Naomh Pádraig

C, continued

  • Clochar Réalt na Mara
  • Cloister of the Bricked Arch
  • Cloister of the Dove's Return
  • Cloister of the Grey Lady
  • Cloister of the Healing Spring
  • Cloister of the Ivy Door
  • Cloister of the Moonwell Maidens
  • Cloister of the Moth and Taper
  • Cloister of the Sparrow's Rest
  • Cloister of the Starlit Vow
  • Cloister of the Stopped Clock
  • Cloister of the Sungold Lily
  • Cloister of the Unfinished Hymn
  • Cloister of the Whispering Psalm
  • Cloister of the Willow Mother

C, continued

  • Cluny Convent School
  • Coenobium Sanctae Agnetis
  • Coenobium Sanctae Annae
  • Coenobium Sanctae Ursulae
  • Coenobium Virginum
  • Coldwell Priory
  • Convent Academy of the Holy Names
  • Convent Academy of the Visitation
  • Convent and Day School of the Incarnate Word
  • Convent and Dispensary of the Holy Family
  • Convent and Hospice of the Holy Spirit
  • Convent and Infirmary of the Compassionate Heart
  • Convent and Novitiate of the Holy Cross
  • Convent Girls' School of the Annunciation
  • Convent Hospital of the Holy Cross

C, continued

  • Convent National School of the Nativity
  • Convent of Christ the King
  • Convent of Divine Mercy
  • Convent of Jesus and Mary
  • Convent of Mary Immaculate
  • Convent of Mary, Mother of the Church
  • Convent of Mary, Queen of Africa
  • Convent of Mary, Queen of Apostles
  • Convent of Mary, Queen of the Missions
  • Convent of Mary, Star of Evangelization
  • Convent of Mercy at the Fair Green
  • Convent of Notre Dame de Namur
  • Convent of Notre Dame de Sion
  • Convent of Our Lady of Africa

C, continued

  • Convent of Our Lady of Akita
  • Convent of Our Lady of Altagracia
  • Convent of Our Lady of Aparecida
  • Convent of Our Lady of Chiquinquirá
  • Convent of Our Lady of Compassion
  • Convent of Our Lady of Copacabana
  • Convent of Our Lady of Coromoto
  • Convent of Our Lady of Fatima
  • Convent of Our Lady of Good Counsel
  • Convent of Our Lady of Good Voyage
  • Convent of Our Lady of Grace
  • Convent of Our Lady of Guadalupe
  • Convent of Our Lady of Health
  • Convent of Our Lady of Kibeho
  • Convent of Our Lady of La Vang

C, continued

  • Convent of Our Lady of Loreto
  • Convent of Our Lady of Lourdes
  • Convent of Our Lady of Luján
  • Convent of Our Lady of Manaoag
  • Convent of Our Lady of Mercy
  • Convent of Our Lady of Peñafrancia
  • Convent of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour
  • Convent of Our Lady of Prompt Succor
  • Convent of Our Lady of Providence
  • Convent of Our Lady of Sheshan
  • Convent of Our Lady of Sorrows
  • Convent of Our Lady of the Desert
  • Convent of Our Lady of the Lake
  • Convent of Our Lady of the Missions
  • Convent of Our Lady of the Pines

C, continued

  • Convent of Our Lady of the Prairies
  • Convent of Our Lady of the Southern Cross
  • Convent of Our Lady of the Wayside
  • Convent of Our Lady of Velankanni
  • Convent of Our Lady of Victories
  • Convent of Our Lady, Health of the Sick
  • Convent of Our Lady, Undoer of Knots
  • Convent of Saint Agatha
  • Convent of Saint Anne
  • Convent of Saint Bridget of Sweden
  • Convent of Saint Cecilia
  • Convent of Saint Dorothy
  • Convent of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
  • Convent of Saint Julie Billiart

C, continued

  • Convent of Saint Odile
  • Convent of Saint Rose of Lima
  • Convent of Saint Teresa of Avila
  • Convent of Saint Veronica
  • Convent of Saint Walburga
  • Convent of Ss. Cosmas and Damian
  • Convent of Ss. Joachim and Anne
  • Convent of Ss. Martha and Mary
  • Convent of Ss. Perpetua and Felicity
  • Convent of St. Agnes
  • Convent of St. Agnes of Prague
  • Convent of St. Alphonsa
  • Convent of St. Angela Merici
  • Convent of St. Catherine of Alexandria
  • Convent of St. Etheldreda

C, continued

  • Convent of St. Faustina
  • Convent of St. Felicity
  • Convent of St. Frances Cabrini
  • Convent of St. Gertrude the Great
  • Convent of St. Helena
  • Convent of St. Jane Frances de Chantal
  • Convent of St. Joan of Arc
  • Convent of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
  • Convent of St. Marianne Cope
  • Convent of St. Mary MacKillop
  • Convent of St. Ursula
  • Convent of the Annunciation
  • Convent of the Annunciation on Harbour Row
  • Convent of the Ascension
  • Convent of the Ashen Rose

C, continued

  • Convent of the Assumption
  • Convent of the Assumption at Lark Rise
  • Convent of the Blessed Maerwyn
  • Convent of the Blessed Sacrament
  • Convent of the Blessed Ysolde
  • Convent of the Brown Scapular
  • Convent of the Canticle of the Creatures
  • Convent of the Cenacle
  • Convent of the Cold Hearth
  • Convent of the Company of Mary
  • Convent of the Cross and Passion
  • Convent of the Dawnmother
  • Convent of the Divine Infant
  • Convent of the Divine Physician

C, continued

  • Convent of the Dominican Nuns of the Eternal Word
  • Convent of the Dormition of the Theotokos
  • Convent of the Drowned Steeple
  • Convent of the Empress of the Americas
  • Convent of the Entry of the Theotokos
  • Convent of the Epiphany
  • Convent of the Exaltation of the Cross
  • Convent of the Faithful Companions
  • Convent of the Five Wounds
  • Convent of the Flower of Carmel
  • Convent of the Fog Bell
  • Convent of the Gate of Heaven
  • Convent of the Guardian Angels
  • Convent of the Harvest Maiden
  • Convent of the Help of Christians

C, continued

  • Convent of the Hidden Life of Nazareth
  • Convent of the Holy Child
  • Convent of the Holy Face
  • Convent of the Holy Family
  • Convent of the Holy Myrrhbearers
  • Convent of the Holy Rosary
  • Convent of the Holy Union
  • Convent of the Humility of Mary
  • Convent of the Icon Quick to Hear
  • Convent of the Immaculate Conception
  • Convent of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
  • Convent of the Incarnate Word
  • Convent of the Incarnation
  • Convent of the Infant Jesus

C, continued

  • Convent of the Joy of All Who Sorrow
  • Convent of the Kazan Icon
  • Convent of the Korean Martyrs
  • Convent of the Lady of Looms
  • Convent of the Lady Seraphine
  • Convent of the Last Compline
  • Convent of the Little Portion
  • Convent of the Little Way
  • Convent of the Long Winter Vigil
  • Convent of the Martyr Elowyn
  • Convent of the Martyrs of Nagasaki
  • Convent of the Meeting of the Lord
  • Convent of the Midnight Office
  • Convent of the Morning Star
  • Convent of the Mother of God

C, continued

  • Convent of the Mount of Beatitudes
  • Convent of the Mount of Olives
  • Convent of the Mystical Rose
  • Convent of the Nativity
  • Convent of the Nativity of the Theotokos
  • Convent of the Precious Blood
  • Convent of the Presentation
  • Convent of the Presentation of Mary
  • Convent of the Protection of the Mother of God
  • Convent of the Purification
  • Convent of the Queen of Angels
  • Convent of the Queen of Martyrs
  • Convent of the Queen of Peace
  • Convent of the Quiet Lamp
  • Convent of the Resurrection

C, continued

  • Convent of the Sacred Heart
  • Convent of the Sealed Door
  • Convent of the Seat of Wisdom
  • Convent of the Seven Dolors
  • Convent of the Seven Joys of Mary
  • Convent of the Shining Tide
  • Convent of the Shower of Roses
  • Convent of the Shuttered Choir
  • Convent of the Sign
  • Convent of the Singing Stones
  • Convent of the Sorrowful Mother
  • Convent of the Southern Cross
  • Convent of the Star of Bethlehem
  • Convent of the Star of the Sea

C, continued

  • Convent of the Stigmata
  • Convent of the Theophany
  • Convent of the Third Order of St. Francis
  • Convent of the Thirteenth Candle
  • Convent of the Tikhvin Icon
  • Convent of the Tolling Hour
  • Convent of the Transfiguration
  • Convent of the Uganda Martyrs
  • Convent of the Unburnt Bush
  • Convent of the Unexpected Joy
  • Convent of the Unlit Chapel
  • Convent of the Vietnamese Martyrs
  • Convent of the Visitation at Orchard Close
  • Convent of the Visitation of Holy Mary
  • Convent of the Walled Garden

C, continued

  • Convent of the Wedding at Cana
  • Convent of the Weeping Bell
  • Convent School of the Assumption
  • Convento da Conceição
  • Convento da Madre de Deus
  • Convento de Jesús María
  • Convento de la Anunciación
  • Convento de la Enseñanza
  • Convento de la Madre de Dios
  • Convento de la Piedad
  • Convento de la Purísima Concepción
  • Convento de la Santa Cruz
  • Convento de la Santísima Trinidad
  • Convento de la Visitación
  • Convento de las Cinco Llagas

C, continued

  • Convento de las Comendadoras de Santiago
  • Convento de las Dueñas
  • Convento de las Trinitarias Descalzas
  • Convento de Nuestra Señora de Gracia
  • Convento de Nuestra Señora de la Consolación
  • Convento de Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza
  • Convento de Nuestra Señora de la Merced
  • Convento de Nuestra Señora de la Paz
  • Convento de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad
  • Convento de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles
  • Convento de Nuestra Señora del Rosario
  • Convento de San Antonio el Real
  • Convento de San José de las Carmelitas Descalzas
  • Convento de San Leandro

C, continued

  • Convento de San Pelayo
  • Convento de Santa Ana
  • Convento de Santa Catalina de Siena
  • Convento de Santa Clara la Nueva
  • Convento de Santa Clara la Vieja
  • Convento de Santa Clara-a-Velha
  • Convento de Santa Inés
  • Convento de Santa Isabel la Real
  • Convento de Santa Lucía
  • Convento de Santa Marta
  • Convento de Santa Mónica
  • Convento de Santa Rosa de Lima
  • Convento de Santa Teresa de Jesús
  • Convento de Santa Úrsula
  • Convento del Corpus Christi

C, continued

  • Convento del Espíritu Santo
  • Convento della Madonna dell'Umiltà
  • Convento delle Domenicane di Santa Sabina
  • Convento delle Orsoline di Sant'Angela
  • Convento di San Damiano
  • Conventus Sanctae Catharinae
  • Conventus Sanctae Luciae
  • Cornelia Connelly Convent
  • Corpus Christi Convent
  • Couvent de l'Annonciade
  • Couvent de l'Assomption
  • Couvent de l'Enfant-Jésus
  • Couvent de la Miséricorde
  • Couvent de la Présentation de Marie
  • Couvent de la Providence

C, continued

  • Couvent de la Sainte-Enfance
  • Couvent de la Sainte-Famille
  • Couvent des Annonciades Célestes
  • Couvent des Augustines de l'Hôtel-Dieu
  • Couvent des Augustines de la Miséricorde
  • Couvent des Bénédictines du Saint-Sacrement
  • Couvent des Bernardines du Val-des-Lys
  • Couvent des Capucines de Sainte-Claire
  • Couvent des Carmélites du Saint-Esprit
  • Couvent des Clarisses de l'Ave Maria
  • Couvent des Clarisses de la Nativité
  • Couvent des Dominicaines de la Croix
  • Couvent des Dominicaines du Saint-Rosaire
  • Couvent des Hospitalières de Saint-Joseph

C, continued

  • Couvent des Oiseaux
  • Couvent des Ursulines de Sainte-Odile
  • Couvent des Ursulines du Sacré-Cœur
  • Couvent des Visitandines de Sainte-Marie
  • Couvent du Saint-Nom-de-Jésus
  • Couvent du Verbe Incarné
  • Couvent Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
  • Couvent Notre-Dame-de-la-Compassion
  • Couvent Notre-Dame-des-Anges
  • Couvent Sainte-Agnès
  • Couvent Sainte-Anne-des-Prés
  • Couvent Sainte-Bathilde
  • Couvent Sainte-Bernadette
  • Couvent Sainte-Catherine-de-Sienne
  • Couvent Sainte-Cécile

C, continued

  • Couvent Sainte-Clotilde
  • Couvent Sainte-Colette
  • Couvent Sainte-Élisabeth
  • Couvent Sainte-Geneviève
  • Couvent Sainte-Germaine
  • Couvent Sainte-Jeanne-de-Chantal
  • Couvent Sainte-Marguerite
  • Couvent Sainte-Marthe
  • Couvent Sainte-Radegonde
  • Couvent Sainte-Scholastique
  • Couvent Sainte-Solange
  • Couvent Sainte-Thérèse-de-l'Enfant-Jésus
  • Couvent Sainte-Ursule
  • Cross and Passion Convent on the Hill
  • Crowhurst Abbey

D: 27 names

  • Damenstift Sankt Anna
  • Darkwater Nunnery
  • Dartford Priory
  • Denny Abbey
  • Dhammadinna Nunnery
  • Discalced Carmelite Monastery of the Annunciation
  • Discalced Carmelite Monastery of the Holy Cross
  • Discalced Carmelite Nuns' Monastery of the Trinity
  • Diveyevo Convent
  • Dolma Ling Nunnery
  • Dominican Convent at Sion Cross
  • Dominican Convent of Saint Catherine of Siena
  • Dominican Convent of St. Rose

D, continued

  • Dominican Convent of the Blessed Imelda
  • Dominican Convent of the Queen of Peace
  • Dominican Monastery of Corpus Christi
  • Dominican Monastery of Mary the Queen
  • Dominican Monastery of the Heart of Jesus
  • Dominican Monastery of the Infant Jesus
  • Dominican Monastery of the Mother of God
  • Dominican Monastery of the Perpetual Rosary
  • Dominican Monastery of the Rosary
  • Dominican Priory of the Annunciation
  • Dominikanerinnenkloster Sankt Katharina
  • Duchesne Convent
  • Dunmere Abbey
  • Duskfield Convent

E: 9 names

  • Eastmarch Abbey
  • Ecce Homo Convent
  • Elijah's Well Carmelite Hermitage
  • Elisabethkloster
  • Elstow Abbey
  • Emmaus Convent
  • Enclosure of the Silent Roses
  • Eremo delle Clarisse del Monte
  • Evangelistria Convent

F: 7 names

  • Fons Vitae
  • Franciscan Convent of Greccio
  • Franciscan Convent of Mount Alverno
  • Franciscan Convent of the Sacred Wounds
  • Franciscan Convent of the Seraphic Heart
  • Frauenkloster Sankt Ottilia
  • Frauenkloster Sankt Walburga

G: 8 names

  • Godstow Abbey
  • Gorny Convent
  • Gravenhurst Priory
  • Green Tara Nunnery
  • Greyholt Priory
  • Greyladies Priory
  • Greywater Convent
  • Guanyin Nunnery

H: 38 names

  • Hall of the Lantern Maidens
  • Harrowmere Nunnery
  • Haven of the Veiled Pilgrims
  • Hazelhythe Nunnery
  • Hermitage of the Carmelite Nuns of Elijah's Spring
  • Hermitage of the High Larches
  • Hermitage of the Listening Shell
  • Hermitage of the Veiled Anchoress
  • Hokke-ji
  • Hold of the Thimble and Sword
  • Hollowmere Convent
  • Holy Child Convent School

H, continued

  • Holy Cross Convent School
  • Holy Faith Convent on Strand Road
  • Holy Faith Convent School
  • Holywell Nunnery
  • Hortus Conclusus
  • Hospice Convent of the Good Samaritan
  • Hospital Convent of the Holy Ghost
  • Hôtel-Dieu Convent
  • House of the Barley Moon
  • House of the Ember Rose
  • House of the Grey Mantle
  • House of the Honeyed Word
  • House of the Low Flame

H, continued

  • House of the Mending Hands
  • House of the Moonlit Psalter
  • House of the Ninefold Veil
  • House of the Patient Loom
  • House of the Quiet Mothers
  • House of the Salt and Lantern
  • House of the Seventh Bell
  • House of the Silver Thread
  • House of the Thousand Stitches
  • House of the Unbroken Circle
  • House of the Veiled Dawn
  • House of the Wandering Star
  • House of the Winter Wren

I: 1 name

  • Iona Nunnery

J: 1 name

  • Jakkō-in

K: 50 names

  • Karmel Maria vom Frieden
  • Karmel Regina Pacis
  • Karmelitinnenkloster Sankt Josef
  • Katharinenkloster
  • Keep of the Vigilant Daughters
  • Khema Bhikkhuni Hermitage
  • Killone Abbey
  • Kirklees Priory
  • Kisa Gotami Nunnery
  • Klarissenkloster Sankt Klara
  • Klooster Mariëndaal
  • Kloster Engelthal

K, continued

  • Kloster Fahr
  • Kloster Frauenalb
  • Kloster Frauenbrunn
  • Kloster Frauenthal
  • Kloster Gnadenthal
  • Kloster Heiligkreuztal
  • Kloster Helfta
  • Kloster Himmelsgarten
  • Kloster Himmelspforte
  • Kloster Lichtenstern
  • Kloster Lilienthal
  • Kloster Lüne
  • Kloster Maria Frieden

K, continued

  • Kloster Maria Hilf
  • Kloster Maria Rosengarten
  • Kloster Maria Schnee
  • Kloster Marienbrunn
  • Kloster Mariengarten
  • Kloster Marienhain
  • Kloster Marienlinde
  • Kloster Marienquell
  • Kloster Marienthron
  • Kloster Paradies
  • Kloster Rosenthal
  • Kloster Sankt Afra

K, continued

  • Kloster Sankt Gertrud
  • Kloster Sankt Hedwig
  • Kloster Sankt Hildegard
  • Kloster Sankt Kunigunde
  • Kloster Sankt Lioba
  • Kloster Sankt Mechthild
  • Kloster Sankt Notburga
  • Kloster Sankt Scholastika
  • Kloster Seligenthal
  • Kloster Unserer Lieben Frau
  • Kloster Wienhausen
  • Kloster zum Heiligen Kreuz
  • Kloster zur Heiligen Familie

L: 13 names

  • Ladyholme Priory
  • Ladymead Nunnery
  • Ladywell Priory
  • Larkholt Priory
  • Lesna Convent
  • Lisieux Convent
  • Little Flower Convent School
  • Ljubostinja Monastery
  • Loreto Convent
  • Loreto Convent at Fairy Hill
  • Loreto Convent on the Green
  • Lotus Sutra Nunnery
  • Lumen Christi Convent

M: 149 names

  • Magnificat Convent
  • Mahapajapati Nunnery
  • Maidenhythe Abbey
  • Maidenwell Priory
  • Maison-Dieu Convent
  • Malling Abbey
  • Mar Takla Convent
  • Marian Convent School
  • Marillac Convent
  • Markyate Priory
  • Marrick Priory
  • Martha and Mary Convent
  • Mary Ward Convent
  • Marychurch Nunnery

M, continued

  • Marymount Convent
  • Maryvale Convent
  • Mater Admirabilis Convent
  • Mater Dei Convent
  • Mater Dolorosa Convent
  • Mater Infirmorum Convent
  • Mater Misericordiae Convent
  • McAuley Convent
  • Mercy Convent at the Bridge End
  • Mercy Convent on Abbey Street
  • Mercy Convent Primary School
  • Merici Convent
  • Minchin Barrow Priory
  • Minchinholt Priory
  • Minoresses' Abbey of the Blessed Virgin

M, continued

  • Minoresses' House by the East Gate
  • Mission Convent of the Apostles
  • Mission Convent of the Epiphany
  • Mission Convent of the Pentecost
  • Mission Convent of the Propagation of the Faith
  • Mission Convent of the Santo Niño
  • Mission Convent of the Star of the Sea
  • Mission Convent of the Three Kings
  • Mission Convent of the Visitation in the Hill Country
  • Monastère de l'Adoration Perpétuelle
  • Monastère de la Visitation Sainte-Marie
  • Monastère des Bénédictines de Notre-Dame-du-Calvaire
  • Monastère des Clarisses de l'Immaculée
  • Monastère du Précieux-Sang
  • Monastère Sainte-Marie de Prouilhe

M, continued

  • Monasterio de la Sagrada Familia
  • Monasterio de las Agustinas Recoletas de la Asunción
  • Monasterio de las Benedictinas de la Santa Cruz
  • Monasterio de las Bernardas del Sacramento
  • Monasterio de las Brígidas del Salvador
  • Monasterio de las Capuchinas de la Natividad
  • Monasterio de las Carmelitas Descalzas de la Encarnación
  • Monasterio de las Clarisas de la Purísima
  • Monasterio de las Concepcionistas Franciscanas
  • Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales
  • Monasterio de las Dominicas del Rosario
  • Monasterio de las Jerónimas de Belén
  • Monasterio de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria
  • Monasterio de Nuestra Señora de la Estrella
  • Monasterio de Nuestra Señora de la Luz

M, continued

  • Monasterio de Nuestra Señora de las Nieves
  • Monasterio de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios
  • Monasterio de Nuestra Señora del Carmen
  • Monasterio de Pedralbes
  • Monasterio de Santa Águeda
  • Monasterio de Santa Brígida
  • Monasterio de Santa Catalina
  • Monasterio de Santa Escolástica
  • Monasterio de Santa Eulalia
  • Monasterio de Santa Gertrudis
  • Monasterio de Santa María de Gracia
  • Monasterio de Santa María de Vallbona
  • Monasterio de Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas
  • Monasterio del Santo Ángel Custodio
  • Monasterium Beatae Mariae Virginis

M, continued

  • Monasterium Sanctae Caeciliae
  • Monasterium Sanctae Clarae
  • Monasterium Sanctae Crucis
  • Monasterium Sanctae Mariae Angelorum
  • Monasterium Sanctae Scholasticae
  • Monasterium Sancti Spiritus
  • Monasterium Sanctissimae Trinitatis
  • Monastero del Bambino Gesù
  • Monastero del Corpus Domini
  • Monastero del Sacro Cuore
  • Monastero dell'Addolorata
  • Monastero dell'Adorazione Perpetua
  • Monastero dell'Assunta
  • Monastero dell'Immacolata Concezione
  • Monastero della Madonna del Giglio

M, continued

  • Monastero della Madonna del Soccorso
  • Monastero della Madonna della Pace
  • Monastero della Madonna della Stella
  • Monastero della Madonna delle Grazie
  • Monastero della Madonna delle Rose
  • Monastero della Madre di Dio
  • Monastero della Natività
  • Monastero della Sacra Famiglia
  • Monastero della Santissima Annunziata
  • Monastero della Santissima Trinità
  • Monastero della Visitazione
  • Monastero delle Agostiniane del Buon Consiglio
  • Monastero delle Benedettine di San Pietro
  • Monastero delle Cappuccine
  • Monastero delle Carmelitane Scalze

M, continued

  • Monastero delle Clarisse di San Damiano
  • Monastero delle Clarisse Eremite
  • Monastero delle Domenicane del Santo Rosario
  • Monastero delle Orsoline
  • Monastero dello Spirito Santo
  • Monastero di Gesù e Maria
  • Monastero di San Zaccaria
  • Monastero di Sant'Agata
  • Monastero di Sant'Agnese
  • Monastero di Sant'Anna
  • Monastero di Sant'Elisabetta
  • Monastero di Sant'Eufemia
  • Monastero di Sant'Orsola
  • Monastero di Santa Caterina
  • Monastero di Santa Cecilia

M, continued

  • Monastero di Santa Chiara
  • Monastero di Santa Giulia
  • Monastero di Santa Margherita
  • Monastero di Santa Maria degli Angeli
  • Monastero di Santa Maria della Neve
  • Monastero di Santa Maria delle Vergini
  • Monastero di Santa Marta
  • Monastero di Santa Rita da Cascia
  • Monastero di Santa Scolastica
  • Monastero Mater Ecclesiae
  • Monastery of Perpetual Adoration
  • Monastery of Saint Agnes of Assisi
  • Monastery of the Carmelite Nuns of the Rosary
  • Monastery of the Poor Ladies of San Damiano
  • Moorland Convent of the Hooded Lady

M, continued

  • Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Arouca
  • Motherhouse of Elderglen
  • Motherhouse of the Evening Tide
  • Motherhouse of the First Snow
  • Motherhouse of the Golden Spindle
  • Motherhouse of the Lamplighters
  • Motherhouse of the Rose and Thorn
  • Mount Alvernia Convent
  • Mount Carmel Convent
  • Mount Mercy Convent
  • Mount Olivet Convent
  • Mount Providence Convent
  • Mount St. Ursula Convent
  • Mount Tabor Convent
  • Mournewood Convent

N: 22 names

  • Nano Nagle Convent
  • Nazareth Convent
  • Nightmere Abbey
  • Nirmala Convent School
  • Notre Dame Convent School
  • Novodevichy Convent
  • Nun Appleton Priory
  • Nun's Cross Priory
  • Nunhythe Nunnery
  • Nunnaminster
  • Nunnery of the Black Veil

N, continued

  • Nunnery of the Blind Windows
  • Nunnery of the Eleven Thousand Virgins
  • Nunnery of the Hanging Mist
  • Nunnery of the Holy Rood
  • Nunnery of the Jeweled Lotus
  • Nunnery of the Quiet Bowl
  • Nunnery of the White Ladies of Elmscar
  • Nuns' Minster of the Holy Virgins
  • Nunsford Priory
  • Nunwood Priory
  • Nursing Convent of the Five Wounds

O: 3 names

  • Old Ursuline Convent
  • Owlscombe Nunnery
  • Oxenhythe Nunnery

P: 39 names

  • Panagia Chrysopigi Convent
  • Panagia Eleousa Convent
  • Panagia Faneromeni Convent
  • Panagia Glykophilousa Convent
  • Panagia Odigitria Convent
  • Passionist Monastery of the Sacred Passion
  • Patacara Bhikkhuni Vihara
  • Pax Christi Convent
  • Plum Blossom Nunnery
  • Pokrovsky Convent
  • Polesworth Abbey
  • Poor Clare Colettine Convent of the Holy Cross
  • Poor Clare Convent of Lady Poverty

P, continued

  • Poor Clare Convent of St. Colette
  • Poor Clare Convent of the Canticle
  • Poor Clare Convent of the Immaculate Conception
  • Poor Clare Monastery of Bethlehem
  • Poor Clare Monastery of Christ the King
  • Poor Clare Monastery of Corpus Christi
  • Poor Clare Monastery of Our Lady of the Angels
  • Poor Clare Monastery of San Damiano
  • Poor Clare Monastery of the Blessed Sacrament
  • Poor Clare Monastery of the Holy Name
  • Poor Clare Monastery of the Portiuncula
  • Prajnaparamita Nunnery
  • Presentation Convent at Hazel Cross

P, continued

  • Presentation Convent by the Weir
  • Presentation Convent on Chapel Hill
  • Presentation Convent School
  • Prieuré des Dames de la Fontaine-Sainte
  • Prieuré Notre-Dame du Val-des-Roses
  • Prieuré Notre-Dame-de-Bethléem
  • Prieuré Sainte-Hildegarde
  • Prieuré Sainte-Lucie-du-Bois
  • Priory of the Black Ladies of Fenholt
  • Priory of the Extinguished Lamp
  • Priory of the Mourning Doves
  • Protomonastero di Santa Chiara
  • Pühtitsa Convent

R: 14 names

  • Ravenscar Convent
  • Real Monasterio de la Encarnación
  • Real Monasterio de Santa Clara
  • Redemptoristine Monastery of the Most Holy Redeemer
  • Regina Angelorum Convent
  • Regina Coeli Convent
  • Regina Pacis Convent
  • Romitorio di Santa Verdiana
  • Romsey Abbey
  • Rosa Mystica Convent
  • Rosary Convent High School
  • Rosary Hill Convent
  • Rosary Shrine Convent
  • Rousanou Monastery

S: 85 names

  • Sacramentine Monastery of the Blessed Sacrament
  • Saidnaya Convent
  • Saint Anne's Priory
  • Saint Apollonia's Convent
  • Saint Cecilia's Priory
  • Saint Clare's Nunnery
  • Saint Clotilde's Convent
  • Saint Colette's Convent
  • Saint Dympna's Convent
  • Saint Helen's Nunnery
  • Saint Kateri's Convent
  • Saint Lucy's Convent
  • Saint Lucy's Priory
  • Saint Margaret's Convent

S, continued

  • Saint Margaret's Priory
  • Saint Non's Priory
  • Saint Perpetua's Convent
  • Saint Philomena's Convent
  • Saint Radegund's Nunnery
  • Saint Rita's Convent
  • Saint Ursula's Priory
  • Saint Winefride's Nunnery
  • Saint Winifred's Convent
  • Saltmarsh Convent of the Seven Sorrows
  • Salus Infirmorum Convent
  • Salve Regina Convent
  • Samtavro Convent
  • San Gabriel Convent

S, continued

  • San Miguel Convent
  • San Rafael Convent
  • Sancta Maria Convent
  • Sanctuary of the Hearthkeepers
  • Sanctuary of the Linden Court
  • Sanctuary of the Mercy Flame
  • Sanctuary of the Moon Mothers
  • Sanctuary of the Tidewatch
  • Sanghamitta Nunnery
  • Santa Inés Convent
  • Santa Rosa Convent
  • Santa Ysabel Convent
  • Sedes Sapientiae Convent
  • Servite Convent of the Seven Sorrows

S, continued

  • Seton Convent
  • Shamordino Convent
  • Shugsep Nunnery
  • Siena Convent
  • Sisterhouse at Heron's Ford
  • Sisterhouse of Starfall Ridge
  • Sisterhouse of the Amber Hive
  • Sisterhouse of the Dawn Chorus
  • Sisterhouse of the Kindly Light
  • Sisterhouse of the Open Gate
  • Sisterhouse of the Reed and River
  • Sisterhouse of the Twelve Looms
  • Smolny Convent
  • Snow Lion Nunnery

S, continued

  • St. Agnes Priory
  • St. Angela's Ursuline Convent
  • St. Barbara's Convent
  • St. Bega's Priory
  • St. Bernadette's Convent
  • St. Brigid's Convent School
  • St. Cuthburga's Minster
  • St. Eanswythe's Nunnery
  • St. Ebba's Priory
  • St. Edith's Nunnery
  • St. Genevieve's Convent
  • St. Hilda's Convent
  • St. Hilda's Priory at the Headland
  • St. Hildegard's Convent

S, continued

  • St. Josephine Bakhita Convent
  • St. Louise's Convent
  • St. Martha's Convent
  • St. Mildburh's Priory
  • St. Monica's Convent
  • St. Osyth's Nunnery
  • St. Scholastica's Convent
  • St. Sexburga's Minster
  • St. Ursula's Convent and Academy
  • St. Zita's Convent
  • Star of the Sea Convent School
  • Stella Maris Convent
  • Stift Gandersheim
  • Stift Nonnberg
  • Stillmarsh Convent

T: 13 names

  • Tarrant Abbey
  • Teresian Carmel of the Holy Mountain
  • Teresian Convent of the Seven Mansions
  • The Convent at World's End
  • The Convent Beyond the Causeway
  • The Convent on Gallows Hill
  • The Old Convent at Raven's Reach
  • Thornhallow Convent
  • Tilokpur Nunnery
  • Tōkei-ji
  • Tolga Convent
  • Trappistine Abbey of the Mother of God
  • Tyburn Convent

U: 9 names

  • Unmunsa
  • Uppalavanna Nunnery
  • Ursuline Convent of Brescia
  • Ursuline Convent of Mount Merici
  • Ursuline Convent of the Annunciation
  • Ursuline Convent of the Holy Martyrs
  • Ursuline Convent School
  • Ursulinenkloster Sankt Angela
  • Usk Priory

V: 11 names

  • Vallis Liliorum
  • Vallis Rosarum
  • Văratec Monastery
  • Veilbrook Nunnery
  • Villa Maria Convent
  • Virgo Fidelis Convent
  • Visitation Convent of Saint Jane Frances
  • Visitation Convent of the Gentle Heart
  • Visitation Monastery of Mount de Sales
  • Visitation Monastery of the Holy Family
  • Visitation Monastery of the Sacred Heart

W: 13 names

  • Wherwell Abbey
  • White Ladies Priory
  • White Tara Nunnery
  • Whitenuns Priory
  • Wickenlow Nunnery
  • Wolfsbane Abbey
  • Women's Monastery of the Annunciation
  • Women's Monastery of the Burning Bush
  • Women's Monastery of the Holy Protection
  • Women's Monastery of the Myrrhbearing Women
  • Women's Monastery of the Tenderness Icon
  • Wraithmoor Convent
  • Wynholt Priory

Z: 2 names

  • Zisterzienserinnenabtei Marienstern
  • Zoodochos Pigi Convent