Saints Name Generator
Real Catholic and Orthodox Saint Names
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Generate real saint names drawn from the Catholic, Orthodox, and Anglican calendars, from the apostles and Desert Fathers to Celtic abbots and modern martyrs. Ideal for confirmation names, baby names, church characters, and historical fiction.
About saints names
Saint names come from every era and corner of the Christian world: Hebrew and Aramaic names of the apostles (Peter, Thomas, Mary Magdalene), Greek and Latin names of the early martyrs (Agnes, Cecilia, Sebastian), Celtic and Anglo-Saxon names of monastic founders (Brigid, Columba, Cuthbert), Slavic and Scandinavian royal saints (Wenceslaus, Olga, Olaf), and modern figures such as Thérèse of Lisieux, Maximilian Kolbe, and Teresa of Calcutta. Because sainthood was declared by local acclamation for the first thousand years, the calendar preserves regional names that would otherwise have vanished.
Most saints are identified by a given name plus a distinguisher: a place (Francis of Assisi, Catherine of Siena), an epithet (Gregory the Great, Anthony the Abbot), or a role (John the Baptist, Edward the Confessor). When two saints share a name, the qualifier is what tells them apart, which matters if you are picking a patron for confirmation or naming a parish, school, or ship in a story.
The list below mixes universally recognized names with lesser-known ones like Dymphna, Expeditus, Ita, and Zeno, so writers can find something plausible for a medieval abbey, a Latin American village church, or a Byzantine icon without defaulting to the same ten names everyone knows.
Tips for choosing a name
- For a confirmation or baby name, look up the saint's feast day and patronage first; a name whose story you connect with will mean more than one chosen for sound alone.
- In fiction, drop the 'Saint' and use the bare given name for a character, then keep the full form for churches, hospitals, and schools (St. Brendan's, Santa Rosalia).
- Match the saint to the setting: Celtic saints for Ireland and Britain, Iberian saints for Spain and Latin America, Slavic saints for Eastern Europe, and Desert Fathers for Egypt and Syria.
- Localize the form when it fits: Saint John becomes San Juan, Sankt Johann, Saint-Jean, or São João depending on the language of your world.
- Obscure saints (Zita, Roch, Pancras, Eulalia) feel more authentic for historical fiction than the handful of famous names most readers already associate with modern usage.
Frequently asked questions
How are saint names structured?
Usually a given name followed by an identifier: a hometown (Anthony of Padua), an epithet (Basil the Great), a role (Isidore the Farmer), or a surname for modern saints (Elizabeth Ann Seton). Older saints rarely have surnames because family names were not yet common.
Can I use one of these names as a confirmation name?
Yes. Any canonized saint is a valid confirmation name in Catholic practice, and many people choose one whose patronage or life story reflects something personal to them.
Are these Catholic, Orthodox, or both?
Both. Saints from before the 1054 schism (such as Basil, John Chrysostom, and Cyril and Methodius) are honored by Catholics and Orthodox alike, while later names like Seraphim of Sarov are Orthodox and Thérèse of Lisieux is Catholic.
Can I use these names in a novel or game?
Yes. Historical saints' names are public domain, and naming a fictional cathedral, hospital, or character after one is a long-standing literary convention.
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- Saint Peter
- Saint Paul
- Saint Andrew
- Saint James the Greater
- Saint James the Less
- Saint John the Evangelist
- Saint Philip
- Saint Bartholomew
- Saint Matthew
- Saint Thomas
- Saint Simon the Zealot
- Saint Jude Thaddeus
- Saint Matthias
- Saint Barnabas
- Saint Mark
- Saint Luke
- Saint Stephen
- Saint Timothy
- Saint Mary Magdalene
- Saint Martha
- Saint Lazarus
- Saint Joseph
- Saint Anne
- Saint Joachim
- Saint Elizabeth
- Saint Zechariah
- Saint John the Baptist
- Saint Michael the Archangel
- Saint Gabriel the Archangel
- Saint Raphael the Archangel
- Saint Ignatius of Antioch
- Saint Polycarp
- Saint Justin Martyr
- Saint Irenaeus
- Saint Perpetua
- Saint Felicity
- Saint Cecilia
- Saint Agnes
- Saint Agatha
- Saint Lucy
- Saint Barbara
- Saint Margaret of Antioch
- Saint Catherine of Alexandria
- Saint Sebastian
- Saint Lawrence
- Saint Vincent of Saragossa
- Saint George
- Saint Christopher
- Saint Valentine
- Saint Blaise
- Saint Nicholas of Myra
- Saint Helena
- Saint Anthony of Egypt
- Saint Pachomius
- Saint Athanasius
- Saint Basil the Great
- Saint Gregory of Nazianzus
- Saint Gregory of Nyssa
- Saint John Chrysostom
- Saint Ephrem the Syrian
- Saint Cyril of Jerusalem
- Saint Cyril of Alexandria
- Saint Ambrose
- Saint Jerome
- Saint Augustine of Hippo
- Saint Monica
- Saint Martin of Tours
- Saint Hilary of Poitiers
- Saint Leo the Great
- Saint Gregory the Great
- Saint Benedict of Nursia
- Saint Scholastica
- Saint Patrick
- Saint Brigid of Kildare
- Saint Columba
- Saint Columbanus
- Saint Brendan the Navigator
- Saint Kevin of Glendalough
- Saint Ciaran of Clonmacnoise
- Saint Finnian
- Saint Declan
- Saint Ita
- Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne
- Saint Cuthbert
- Saint Bede the Venerable
- Saint Hilda of Whitby
- Saint Etheldreda
- Saint Oswald
- Saint Edmund the Martyr
- Saint Alban
- Saint David of Wales
- Saint Genevieve
- Saint Clotilde
- Saint Radegund
- Saint Boniface
- Saint Willibrord
- Saint Ansgar
- Saint Gall
- Saint Cyril
- Saint Methodius
- Saint Adalbert of Prague
- Saint Wenceslaus
- Saint Ludmila
- Saint Stanislaus
- Saint Hedwig
- Saint Casimir
- Saint Stephen of Hungary
- Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
- Saint Margaret of Scotland
- Saint Olaf
- Saint Bridget of Sweden
- Saint Olga of Kiev
- Saint Vladimir
- Saint Boris
- Saint Gleb
- Saint Sergius of Radonezh
- Saint Seraphim of Sarov
- Saint Anselm
- Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
- Saint Hildegard of Bingen
- Saint Gertrude the Great
- Saint Dominic
- Saint Francis of Assisi
- Saint Clare of Assisi
- Saint Anthony of Padua
- Saint Bonaventure
- Saint Thomas Aquinas
- Saint Albert the Great
- Saint Louis of France
- Saint Edward the Confessor
- Saint Catherine of Siena
- Saint Rita of Cascia
- Saint Joan of Arc
- Saint Thomas More
- Saint John Fisher
- Saint Ignatius of Loyola
- Saint Francis Xavier
- Saint Teresa of Avila
- Saint John of the Cross
- Saint Philip Neri
- Saint Charles Borromeo
- Saint Aloysius Gonzaga
- Saint Robert Bellarmine
- Saint Rose of Lima
- Saint Martin de Porres
- Saint Francis de Sales
- Saint Jane Frances de Chantal
- Saint Vincent de Paul
- Saint Louise de Marillac
- Saint Kateri Tekakwitha
- Saint Isaac Jogues
- Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque
- Saint Alphonsus Liguori
- Saint Paul of the Cross
- Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
- Saint John Neumann
- Saint John Vianney
- Saint Catherine Labouré
- Saint Bernadette Soubirous
- Saint John Bosco
- Saint Dominic Savio
- Saint Thérèse of Lisieux
- Saint Gemma Galgani
- Saint Damien of Molokai
- Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini
- Saint Katharine Drexel
- Saint Josephine Bakhita
- Saint Charles Lwanga
- Saint Andrew Kim Taegon
- Saint Paul Miki
- Saint Lorenzo Ruiz
- Saint Juan Diego
- Saint Faustina Kowalska
- Saint Maximilian Kolbe
- Saint Edith Stein
- Saint Padre Pio
- Saint Gianna Beretta Molla
- Saint Teresa of Calcutta
- Saint Óscar Romero
- Saint John Paul II
- Saint John XXIII
- Saint Pius X
- Saint Peter Claver
- Saint Junípero Serra
- Saint Margaret Clitherow
- Saint Edmund Campion
- Saint Expeditus
- Saint Dymphna
- Saint Roch
- Saint Florian
- Saint Hubert
- Saint Giles
- Saint Denis
- Saint Ursula
- Saint Apollonia
- Saint Philomena
- Saint Zita
- Saint Isidore the Farmer
- Saint Eulalia
- Saint Rosalia
- Saint Titus
- Saint Silas
- Saint Apollos
- Saint Aquila
- Saint Priscilla
- Saint Lydia of Thyatira
- Saint Phoebe
- Saint Onesimus
- Saint Philemon
- Saint Cleopas
- Saint Nicodemus
- Saint Joseph of Arimathea
- Saint Veronica
- Saint Dismas
- Saint Longinus
- Saint Cornelius the Centurion
- Saint Ananias of Damascus
- Saint Clement of Rome
- Saint Linus
- Saint Cletus
- Saint Evaristus
- Saint Telesphorus
- Saint Anicetus
- Saint Soter
- Saint Eleutherius
- Saint Victor I
- Saint Zephyrinus
- Saint Callixtus
- Saint Urban I
- Saint Pontian
- Saint Hippolytus of Rome
- Saint Fabian
- Saint Cyprian of Carthage
- Saint Sixtus II
- Saint Dionysius of Rome
- Saint Marcellinus
- Saint Marcellus I
- Saint Eusebius
- Saint Miltiades
- Saint Sylvester I
- Saint Julius I
- Saint Damasus
- Saint Siricius
- Saint Innocent I
- Saint Zosimus
- Saint Celestine I
- Saint Sixtus III
- Saint Simplicius
- Saint Felix III
- Saint Gelasius
- Saint Symmachus
- Saint Hormisdas
- Saint John I
- Saint Agapetus
- Saint Silverius
- Saint Martin I
- Saint Agatho
- Saint Zachary
- Saint Paschal I
- Saint Nicholas the Great
- Saint Leo IX
- Saint Gregory VII
- Saint Celestine V
- Saint Pius V
- Saint Blandina
- Saint Pothinus
- Saint Attalus
- Saint Sanctus
- Saint Symphorian
- Saint Genesius of Rome
- Saint Pancras
- Saint Tarcisius
- Saint Prisca
- Saint Susanna
- Saint Bibiana
- Saint Anastasia
- Saint Chrysogonus
- Saint Cosmas
- Saint Damian
- Saint Pantaleon
- Saint Cyriacus
- Saint Vitus
- Saint Modestus
- Saint Crescentia
- Saint Nabor
- Saint Felix of Nola
- Saint Januarius
- Saint Sossius
- Saint Agrippina
- Saint Christina of Bolsena
- Saint Sabina
- Saint Serapia
- Saint Emerentiana
- Saint Balbina
- Saint Petronilla
- Saint Domitilla
- Saint Nereus
- Saint Achilleus
- Saint Processus
- Saint Martinian
- Saint Abdon
- Saint Sennen
- Saint Marius
- Saint Audifax
- Saint Abachum
- Saint Vitalis
- Saint Valeria
- Saint Gervasius
- Saint Protasius
- Saint Nazarius
- Saint Celsus
- Saint Alexander of Bergamo
- Saint Maurice
- Saint Exuperius
- Saint Candidus
- Saint Victor of Marseilles
- Saint Faith
- Saint Quentin
- Saint Crispin
- Saint Crispinian
- Saint Fuscian
- Saint Firmin
- Saint Saturninus of Toulouse
- Saint Eutropius
- Saint Marcellus of Tangier
- Saint Cassian of Imola
- Saint Emygdius
- Saint Sabinus of Spoleto
- Saint Justina of Padua
- Saint Prosdocimus
- Saint Zeno of Verona
- Saint Syrus of Pavia
- Saint Simplician
- Saint Eusebius of Vercelli
- Saint Maximus of Turin
- Saint Paulinus of Nola
- Saint Prosper of Aquitaine
- Saint Vincent of Lérins
- Saint Honoratus of Arles
- Saint Caesarius of Arles
- Saint Germanus of Auxerre
- Saint Lupus of Troyes
- Saint Remigius
- Saint Vedast
- Saint Eligius
- Saint Ouen
- Saint Wandrille
- Saint Philibert
- Saint Bathild
- Saint Leodegar
- Saint Amand
- Saint Bavo
- Saint Lambert of Maastricht
- Saint Servatius
- Saint Gudula
- Saint Waltrude
- Saint Aldegund
- Saint Gertrude of Nivelles
- Saint Begga
- Saint Pepin of Landen
- Saint Itta
- Saint Arnulf of Metz
- Saint Goar
- Saint Fridolin
- Saint Pirmin
- Saint Othmar
- Saint Magnus of Füssen
- Saint Corbinian
- Saint Rupert of Salzburg
- Saint Erentrude
- Saint Emmeram
- Saint Kilian
- Saint Colman
- Saint Totnan
- Saint Lioba
- Saint Walburga
- Saint Willibald
- Saint Wunibald
- Saint Sturm
- Saint Lullus
- Saint Ludger
- Saint Meinrad
- Saint Ulrich of Augsburg
- Saint Wolfgang of Regensburg
- Saint Bruno of Cologne
- Saint Norbert of Xanten
- Saint Hermann Joseph
- Saint Elizabeth of Schönau
- Saint Mechtilde
- Saint Cunegund
- Saint Henry the Emperor
- Saint Matilda of Ringelheim
- Saint Adelaide of Burgundy
- Saint Wiborada
- Saint Notburga
- Saint Conrad of Constance
- Saint Gebhard
- Saint Peter Canisius
- Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen
- Saint Clement Mary Hofbauer
- Saint Conrad of Parzham
- Saint Ninian
- Saint Kentigern
- Saint Serf
- Saint Baldred
- Saint Fillan
- Saint Machar
- Saint Drostan
- Saint Blane
- Saint Adomnán
- Saint Ronan
- Saint Maelrubha
- Saint Enda of Aran
- Saint Fintan of Clonenagh
- Saint Comgall
- Saint Molaise
- Saint Canice
- Saint Colman of Cloyne
- Saint Ailbe
- Saint Kieran of Saighir
- Saint Attracta
- Saint Gobnait
- Saint Fursey
- Saint Fiacre
- Saint Fergus
- Saint Malachy
- Saint Laurence O'Toole
- Saint Oliver Plunkett
- Saint Teilo
- Saint Dyfrig
- Saint Illtud
- Saint Cadoc
- Saint Deiniol
- Saint Beuno
- Saint Winefride
- Saint Non
- Saint Padarn
- Saint Asaph
- Saint Piran
- Saint Petroc
- Saint Ia of Cornwall
- Saint Neot
- Saint Melangell
- Saint Samson of Dol
- Saint Malo
- Saint Brieuc
- Saint Tudwal
- Saint Pol de Léon
- Saint Corentin
- Saint Gildas
- Saint Guénolé
- Saint Yves of Kermartin
- Saint Wilfrid
- Saint Chad
- Saint Cedd
- Saint Botolph
- Saint Guthlac
- Saint Werburgh
- Saint Mildred
- Saint Ethelburga
- Saint Frideswide
- Saint Osyth
- Saint Sexburga
- Saint Withburga
- Saint Edith of Wilton
- Saint Wulfstan
- Saint Dunstan
- Saint Ethelwold
- Saint Swithun
- Saint Birinus
- Saint Aldhelm
- Saint Paulinus of York
- Saint John of Beverley
- Saint Godric of Finchale
- Saint Aelred of Rievaulx
- Saint Gilbert of Sempringham
- Saint Hugh of Lincoln
- Saint Richard of Chichester
- Saint Thomas Becket
- Saint Edmund of Abingdon
- Saint Simon Stock
- Saint John Houghton
- Saint Robert Southwell
- Saint Anne Line
- Saint Margaret Ward
- Saint Cuthbert Mayne
- Saint Ralph Sherwin
- Saint Alexander Briant
- Saint John Southworth
- Saint Philip Howard
- Saint Nicholas Owen
- Saint Henry Walpole
- Saint Swithun Wells
- Saint John Ogilvie
- Saint Isidore of Seville
- Saint Leander of Seville
- Saint Fulgentius
- Saint Florentina
- Saint Hermenegild
- Saint Ildephonsus of Toledo
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