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I need soem female, French Religious Names, refering to French saints or martyrs.
I already Have Geneveive, and would like to stay away from forms of Marie.
I hope some one can help me!
I already Have Geneveive, and would like to stay away from forms of Marie.
I hope some one can help me!
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This is a great list from which to work:
http://www.catholic.org/saints/stindex.php
That site has every major saint and most minors. Unfortunately, most names are in English no matter the country of origin. To circumvent this you can use the search feature to look up 'french' or 'france.' Of course there are grey areas: proto-French Gaul, pseudo-French Brittany, and quintessentially French saints who were born abroad (Fiacre, Ronan).
http://www.catholic.org/saints/stindex.php
That site has every major saint and most minors. Unfortunately, most names are in English no matter the country of origin. To circumvent this you can use the search feature to look up 'french' or 'france.' Of course there are grey areas: proto-French Gaul, pseudo-French Brittany, and quintessentially French saints who were born abroad (Fiacre, Ronan).
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Don't forget Jeanne, as in Jeanne d'Arc!
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Hi I'm French :]
Loads of French names are "religious" as you say, being a catholic country, but anyway Marguerite, Madeleine, Blandine, Bernadette, Lucie, Blanche, Thérèse, Anne, Sophie, Julie, Aline, Juliette or Françoise are famous saints.
NB : It's Geneviève, not Geneveive.
Hope it helped you :)
E-mail me if you want further informations.
Andria.
Loads of French names are "religious" as you say, being a catholic country, but anyway Marguerite, Madeleine, Blandine, Bernadette, Lucie, Blanche, Thérèse, Anne, Sophie, Julie, Aline, Juliette or Françoise are famous saints.
NB : It's Geneviève, not Geneveive.
Hope it helped you :)
E-mail me if you want further informations.
Andria.
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Thank you!
Thank you.
I liked the names, and they did help.
However, I'm looking for a saint that actually HAD that name, instead of St. Margaret being called Marguerite. Do you understand what I am saying? Thank you so much though!!!
Lala
Thank you.
I liked the names, and they did help.
However, I'm looking for a saint that actually HAD that name, instead of St. Margaret being called Marguerite. Do you understand what I am saying? Thank you so much though!!!
Lala
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Aw ok.
But there isn't only one Margaret that was canonized, and there must be one "Sainte Marguerite" that was french, if not more than one.
If you want some real french, only french religious names, you can have Bernadette (the one from Lourdes), Foy (fwa), don't know...but almost every name has a translation, so there are many probabilities to have several saints having the same name all over the world.
Hope I undestood this time ^^
Andria
But there isn't only one Margaret that was canonized, and there must be one "Sainte Marguerite" that was french, if not more than one.
If you want some real french, only french religious names, you can have Bernadette (the one from Lourdes), Foy (fwa), don't know...but almost every name has a translation, so there are many probabilities to have several saints having the same name all over the world.
Hope I undestood this time ^^
Andria
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Yep! Thank you guys so much!!!!!!!
Yay!
Yay!
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Iala -
How do you pronounce your name? (Eye-al-la?) (EE-al-a?)
- thanks! b
How do you pronounce your name? (Eye-al-la?) (EE-al-a?)
- thanks! b
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