Confirmation Names for Boys (with Meanings and Definitions)
- Helier
Origin:
JerraisMeaning:
"cheerful"Description:
Helier is the patron saint of the Jersey, one of the Channel Islands, and it is for him that St. Helier, Jersey's capital, is named. The name is related to Hilary, Ilario etc, and therefor shares their wonderful meanings.
- 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.
- 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.
- Flavian
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"yellow hair"Description:
A Latin clan name that may rise again along with other things Roman.
- Gervaise
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"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. Gervase is a common spelling variation.
- Zepherin
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"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.
- Pius
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"pious"Description:
Pius is the very definition of a religious name, used appropriately enough for several popes. Only a handful of baby boys receive this name every year.
- Bede
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"prayer"Description:
A famous seventh-century saint and church historian whose name has not survived as well as his works. Known as the Venerable Bede, this Benedictine monk is considered the first known writer of English prose, and highly influential via his The History of the English Church and People.
- Amatus
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"beloved"Description:
Amatus is an ancient Roman name in the "Ama" family of names whose meanings relate to love -- they range from Amy to Amity to Amias to Amoret and Amatus.
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