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Saint Names for Baby Boys

Considering a saintly name for your baby boy? Some of the most popular male saints include:

St. Ambrose (c.338-397)
St. Anthony (c.251-356), from Egypt
St. Anthony of Padua (c.1195-1231), from Portugal
St. Augustine of Hippo (354-430), from Algeria
St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153), from France
St. Christopher, 3rd century
St. Dominic (1170-1221), from Spain
St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226), from Italy
St. Hilary of Poitiers (c.300-367)
St. Jerome (c.347-420)
St. John of Damascus (c.676-749)
St. John the Baptist, 1st century
St. Juan Diego (1474-1548), from Mexico
St. Jude
St. Leo the Great (died 461)
St. Luke the Evangelist
St. Martin de Porres (1579-1639), from Peru
St. Martin of Tours (c.316-397)
St. Matthew
St. Sebastian, 3rd century
St. Thomas Aquinas (c.1225-1274), from Italy
St. Thomas Becket (c.1118-1170), from England
St. Thomas More (1478-1535), from England

Other saint names include Adrian, Aidan, Brendan, Conrad, Felix, Gabriel, Gerard, Gregory, Raymond, Victor and Zachary.

If you want something a little less common, there's also Basil, Benedict, Boniface, Botulph, Cyprian, Dunstan, Erasmus, Josemaria, Marcellin, Olaf, Peregrine, Pio, Roch, Roque, Ulrich, Urban, Wolfgang and Yves.

If you'd like something with a holiday connection, you could think about St. Nicholas, St. Patrick or St. Valentine.

Finally, if you're having twins (or thinking ahead to sibling names), you might be interested in saints who were brothers, such as: Andrew and Peter, Cyril and Methodius, Cyrus and John, Faustinus and Jovita, James (the Greater) and John (the Apostle), Marcellian and Mark, and Theodorus and Theophanes.

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