Confirmation Names for Boys (with Meanings and Definitions)

  1. Roch
    • Origin:

      French and Polish
    • Meaning:

      "rest"
    • Description:

      French and Polish form of Rocco
  2. Colman
    • Origin:

      Irish
    • Meaning:

      "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.
  3. Denis
    • Origin:

      French from Greek
    • Meaning:

      "god of Nysa"
  4. Ephrem
    • Origin:

      Variation of Ephraim, Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "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.
  5. Gervaise
    • Origin:

      French
    • Meaning:

      "skilled with a spear"
    • Description:

      Unusual saint's name rarely heard outside Roman Catholic rectories until it made an appearance on a reality-TV show; has an attractive French feel.
  6. Zepherin
    • Origin:

      French
    • Meaning:

      "west wind"
    • Description:

      Zepherin is an ancient saints' name that sounds like anything but. Zepherin Namuncura, a priest of Argentinian Indian background, was beatified in the 20th century. There was a Pope Zephyrinus.
  7. Roderic
    • Origin:

      Catalan form of Roderick, German
    • Meaning:

      "famous ruler"
    • Description:

      Saint Roderic was a priest in Spain who was persecuted by the Moors. Another form of this name is Ruderic.