Name News

Today marks the 100th birthday of St. John Paul II! In honor, here is a post I've referred to often in consultations with parents: Patron saints for Caroline and Charlotte (one guess who one of my favorite patrons for girls with those names -- and boys with the masculine variants -- could be! ;) ).…

From the New York Age, August 2, 1924.   With February being Black History Month, the remainder of this month will be devoted t

Gregory is the English form of Latinized Greek form Gregorius deriving from Greek Gregorios meaning "watchful, vigilant, alert" from Greek gregoros. Gregory is also a surname deriving from the given name. Origin: Greek Variants: Gregorios (Greek) Gregorius (Latinized Greek) Gregor (German, Scottish, Slovak, Slovene, English) Gregorio (Italian, Spanish) Grégoire (French) Grigor (Welsh, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Armenian) Gligor (Macedonian) Krikor (Armenian) Grgur…

What were the most popular names of Filipino baby boys from 2012 to 2015?  

Knowing one’s name therefore means knowing the truth about the other person and this allows one to dominate him.

You might have noticed that I started a new tab at the top of the page called "Sibling Project," in which I explained what the project is and added Kateri as the first entry (I thank you all so much for your feedback on Kateri! I loved reading all your comments!). I can easily add new…

Ages ago Grace asked for a spotlight on Juliet(te), specifically to figure out the faithy connections. Juliet is one of my favorite favorite names, and I'm delighted to finally post this spotlight! So Behind the Name tells us that Juliet is an anglicization of Juliette or Giulietta, which are diminutives of Julie or Giulia, which…

the part that’s most relevant here — and made me want to cheer — is that her name is Ave!

I was just sighing happily, only to discover that their theme was actually not Catholicky Catholic, but rather “Italian.”

Ah. Right. Not everyone scours all available resources having to do with saints and various ways to honor them (their mother’s name! their place of birth/death/ministry!) when naming a baby.

A couple of years ago, a mama messaged me asking about the name Lolek -- the nickname St. John Paul II had gone by as a child. She and her hubby had almost decided to use it for their baby-on-the-way, if they had a boy, and just needed a little encouragement, which I was happy…

Longtime Sancta Nomina friend Jenny Uebbing (creator of the Mama Needs Coffee blog and the Off the Charts ministry/membership site designed to support, equip, and educate married couples in their use and knowledge of NFP, and endorser of my book!) has had her baby! When I saw the baby's name, I was so excited because…

"I was born on September 11 of 1985 when St Pope John Paul II declared his visit to India. My aunt, who is a nun, suggested this name to my parents. Hence, I was baptised as John Paul. As part of our tradition, we don't use the baptism name in school or in official record, so I got the unique name of 'Loluck'. John Paul II was known as 'Lolek' and my name is probably an Indianised version," said Loluck, who works as a business lead of an experiential learning organisation.

A mama I did a private consultation for has let me know her little one has arrived, a sweet little girl with the beautiful name ... Caroline Sophia! She writes, "Sorry this has taken so long, but I wanted to share with you that our little Caroline Sophia was born on September 12! Even though…

One of you wonderful readers sent me the story of the birth of UK Parliament Member Jacob Rees-Mogg's sixth baby, and then I saw it all over my FB feed! Everyone's going gaga over this little guy! And for sure it's because of his amazing name: Sixtus Dominic Boniface Christopher! �������������� Indeed, Rees-Mogg is Catholic, as…

Jacob revealed the name on Instagram, writing: “Helena and I announce with great joy that we have a baby Sixtus Dominic Boniface Christopher, a brother for Peter, Mary, Thomas, Anselm and Alfred.”

The baby name Gemelli debuted on the U.S. list the year Pope John Paul passed away (2005) after having spent several weeks at Gemelli Hospital.

one of my cousins said she thought, in reference to the many Marys in our family of a certain age (mostly born in the 40s, though there are a bunch of older relatives named Mary as well), that the Pope had told parents to name their daughters after Mary.