Saint Names
This comprehensive list names the saint for each day of the year in the Roman calendar.
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Wellsprings of Faith
Name Dropping
Mary, the most widely used girls' name in the world, was at one time anything but as it was thought to be too sacred to bestow on a child.
Maybe one of these May saint names will be the right one for your springtime baby:
| 1. Peregrine Laziosi | 17. Bruno of Wurzburg |
| 2. Zoe | 18. Eric of Sweden |
| 3. Juvenal | 19. Dunstan |
| 4. Florian | 20. Bernardino of Siena |
| 5. Angelo | 21. Andrew Bobola |
| 6. Edbert | 22. Julia |
| 7. Domitian | 23. Ivo of Chartres |
| 8. Victor Maurus | 24. Vincent of Lérins |
| 9. Beatus | 25. Madeleine Sophie Barat |
| 10. Solangia | 26. Lambert of Vence |
| 11. Walter of L'Esterp | 27. Augustine of Canterbury |
| 12. Dominic of the Causeway | 28. Justus of Urgel |
| 13. Servais | 29. Cyril of Caesarea |
| 14. Matthias the Apostle | 30. Joan of Arc |
| 15. Bertha | 31. Petronilla |
| 16. Brendan |
Saints and Solstices
The summer solstice, which takes place in June, is celebrated throughout the Catholic world as the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist.
| 1. Justin | 16. Julitta |
| 2. Blandina | 17. Teresa of Portugal |
| 3. Clotilda | 18. Elizabeth of Schonau |
| 4. Francis Caracciolo | 19. Juliana of Falconieri |
| 5. Boniface | 20. Goban or Gobain |
| 6. Norbert | 21. Aloysius Gonzaga |
| 7. Colman of Dromore | 22. Alban |
| 8. Maximinus of Aix | 23. Libert |
| 9. Columba or Columcille | 24. Bartholomew of France |
| 10. Landericus or Landry | 25. Febronia |
| 11. Barnabas the Apostle | 26. Anthelm |
| 12. Antonina | 27. Samson of Constantinople |
| 13. Anthony of Padua | 28. Sergius |
| 14. Methodius I of Constantinople | 29. Emma |
| 15. Vitus | 30. Bertrand of Le Mans |
Summertime Saints
What's in a Name
Pop singer Madonna chose the names of two saints for her little girl: Lourdes Maria.
Leo is the astrological sign for July. While Saint Leo doesn't appear on the list of saints for this month, there are many other worthy choices here.
| 1. Thierry | 17. Kenelm |
| 2. Otto of Bamberg | 18. Frederick of Utrecht |
| 3. Aaron | 19. Justa |
| 4. Bertha | 20. Elias |
| 5. Anthony Zaccaria | 21. Lawrence of Brindisi |
| 6. Dominica | 22. Philip Evans |
| 7. Hedda | 23. Anne or Susanna |
| 8. Kilian | 24. Boris |
| 9. Veronica | 25. Thea |
| 10. Rufina | 26. Bartholomea Capitanio |
| 11. Olga | 27. Natalia |
| 12. Nabor | 28. Samson |
| 13. Silas or Silvanus | 29. Martha |
| 14. Camillus de Lellis | 30. Silas (Byzantine) |
| 15. Swithin | 31. Ignatius of Loyola |
| 16. Athenogenes (Byzantine) |