Religious Names

Virtue Names and Their Meanings Most virtue names are based on common etymological elements found in the language from which they derive. If you know what these elements are, they'll point you to names with the meanings you seek. Virtue names, o...

Saint Names What's in a Name Saints have been canonized since the tenth century. Before then, they were chosen by public acclaim, a more democratic process but one that led to the naming of some saints who really didn't deserve the honor. To ...

How Saints' Names Became Popular Alphabet Soup Canonizing refers to the process of declaring a dead person as a saint and glorifying this person's memory by adding him or her to a list of saints. Very few people have been canonized in recent ...

New Testament Girls' Names The same influence found for New Testament boys' names can also be noted for New Testament girls' names. Place names were also a popular source of these names. What's in a Name According to baby-name expert Bruce Lan...

New Testament Boys' Names Rome, which was founded in 753 B.C.E., was the greatest city in the world by the time of the New Testament. The Christian church was well established there, but many Christians were also persecuted by Roman emperors. Th...

Like Old Testament boys' names, names for girls often take their meaning from the Biblical person's place of birth, a physical characteristic or other personal qualities. Start to imagine what qualities you would value most in a child and see i...

Old Testament Boys' Names Of the many names included in the Old Testament of the Bible, these are the ones that have found the most favor over the years: Name Dropping Are there any biblical names in today's name pool that should be avoided?...