Saint names??????????

Question

Ok well i am catholic and i am making my conformation in may and i don't know any other saint names for girls besides saint mary and saint elzabeth. I was going to do saint elizabeth but when i went to catholic.org there wasn't alot of info on her and i need to write a whole paper on this saint. But i didn't want to do saint mary because that is a common name and alot of people would choose it. PLEASE HELP ME!!!! 10 points to the most helpful answer!!!

Answer 1

My personal favorite is Saint Maria Faustina. You should read the Diary, it is very insightful!

Answer 2

Do a search with 'saints' on the search line ... use NO capitals, because there are other things with Saint in the name. Or you could go to the Catholic bookstore (there is usually one attached to the Cathedral church, also a library) and get/take out a book on the various saints. You are allowed to choose ANY SAINT as your 'confirmation name' and not just female saints ... and you also don't have to choose a confirmation name if you don't want to. The whole idea of a confirmation name being required was taken away after the conclave of 1965. Also, you will need to know how to spell some words better. Catholic is ALWAYS capitalized when you are talking about the Holy Roman Catholic Church (the word 'catholic' means 'universal') ... and the word 'saint' is also capitalized, as are ALL 'names' ... so it would be St. Mary and St. Elizabeth, not 'saint mary' and 'saint elizabeth' as you wrote here. I know I'm being 'picky' and that you are probably just 'excited' to see the answers you will get ... but I am Catholic and a grandmother and I would give you this same advice if you were sitting next to me and we were just talking. And WELCOME to the church 'in full communion' when you do have your confirmation, my dear ... I'd give you a kiss on the forehead if you were here, too.

Answer 3

Regarding a CONFIRMATION (not conformation !) name:

(1) You should be choosing a Saint's name on the basis of what it is about that Saint that you admire and would want to imitate, not just on how much information you can find to write a paper.

(2) There is more than one St. Elizabeth, so you can try googling "St. Elizabeth" to find other Catholic sources of information on her in order to write a paper.

(3) You can also try googling "Saints' names". There are very many Catholic websites that have listings of Saints' names. You may find another name that you like, and also be able to find enough information to write a paper.

(4) As one of the other people who answered your question suggested, St. Therese (Theresa) of Lisieux (also known as "The Little Flower") is a very popular Saint. There are very many books about her, and you could probably write a whole encyclopedia about her!! She also is a very good role model to imitate because she didn't do anything so spectacular that you can't imitate her in your own life. She just loved Jesus very much, and did everything (even the laundry!) for love of Him. She was a nun, but anyone can live like she did, loving Jesus and doing everything for love of him, whether a kid in school, or the president of a large corporation. You don't have to become a nun to imitate her.

(5) My own favorite Saint is St. Gemma Galgani. If you google her name, you'll find where you can get a book about her. There are many books about her, but they are almost all in Italian because she lived in Italy and that's where her shrine is. The one very good book that you can get in the USA was written by her spiritual director who knew her very well. She died about 100 years ago, and she wasn't a nun even though she wanted to become one. (She couldn't because of her health problems.) She also became a great Saint because of her love for Jesus and doing everything for her.

(6) You might also look through a listing of boys' names. For example, the name Gabriel. For a girl, the name would be Gabriela (although that should be listed in the girls' list anyway.) There's the Angel Gabriel, but there's also St. Gabriel Possenti of the Sorrowful Mother. In Italy, he is the Patron Saint of young people. He died when he was very young, 20 something years old. You can try googling him also.

I hope I've been of some help to you. God bless.

Answer 4

St. Hildegard of Bingen is cool. She wrote some of the most awesome Gregorian chant-style music I've ever heard. It's considered difficult to sing, but it is so, so beautiful.

She wrote and illustrated a book called 'The City of God,' and it's speculated that she suffered from ocular migraines or that she had migraine aura without the headache.

She was the abbess of a convent in Germany and lived to be quite old--into her eighties, I think. She lived in the 12th century.

This page will give you very basic information; there is much more to know:
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=3777

Answer 5

I just made my confirmation last year and these are a couple of things they told us that may help you decide on a name. You may find it interesting to find the saint whose day falls on your birthday, for that visit this site: http://www.catholic.org/saints/sofd.php
To the right there is a box where you chose the date.

Another idea is to look for a patron saint that is the patron of something that is important/interests you, for that check out this site: http://www.catholic.org/saints/patron.php


A list of just female saints: http://www.catholic.org/saints/female.php

I chose the name Roselia. She is the saint for my birthday and she is the patron saint of the town in Sicily that my family lives in.

Best of luck with everything!

Answer 6

First of all, what you're making is your "confirmation." You are being "confirmed." Although you probably have it right, because what they want is for your to "conform" to all the other Catholics. But it's interesting that you're going to take part in a ceremony and you don't even know what it's called or, probably, what it means.
Here's a website called "Naming the Saints" that should help. http://wordbytes.org/saints/names.htm

Answer 7

Saint Lucy.

Answer 8

do try and get information on Saint Junea, (I think) for century she was mistaken as a man, also there is Saint Clair of Assisi, Saint Therese (Avila and de l'enfant Jesus [commonly called Little Flower])

they are so many you may also want to go to Wikipedia saints portal

Good Luck and God Bless

Answer 9

Which Saint Elizabeth? There is more than one.

Answer 10

I forget can you feminize a male name. I always liked the name Constantina. If I have another daughter that will be her name.

Oh, well I guess Constantine isn't a Latin Rite Saint. So - forget it. Go with Lucy.