Saint Names for Boys
- Roch
Origin:
French and PolishMeaning:
"rest"Description:
French and Polish form of Rocco
- Colman
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"little dove"Description:
Colman is best known as the name of the mustard, but is also the name of several Irish saints. The Colman spelling is less widely used than Coleman, which is just outside the Top 1000.
- Ephrem
Origin:
Variation of Ephraim, HebrewMeaning:
"fruitful, fertile, productive"Description:
Ephrem is a spelling variation of the Biblical Ephraim, most often used for an early saint, Ephrem the Syrian, who was a 4th century theologian. This makes a cool, religiously appropriate choice.
- Gervais
- Roderic
Origin:
Catalan form of Roderick, GermanMeaning:
"famous ruler"Description:
Saint Roderic was a priest in Spain who was persecuted by the Moors. Another form of this name is Ruderic.
- Dustan
- Neot
Origin:
Cornish saint's nameDescription:
St. Neot was a Saxon saint in the Middle Ages, whose name is used for a town in Cornwall, England. Some sources say the little-known name is Hebrew and means "pleasant pasture," but there is really no evidence for that.