Names with "holy" in Meaning

Alperen m Turkish
Means "fighter" in Turkish, a word derived from alp "brave, hero" and eren "holy person".

Archibald m Scottish, English
Derived from the Germanic name Ercanbald, composed of the elements erkan meaning "pure, holy, genuine" and bald meaning "bold, brave". The first element was altered due to the influence of Greek names beginning with the element ἀρχός (archos) meaning "master". The Normans brought this name to England. It first became common in Scotland in the Middle Ages (sometimes used to Anglicize the Gaelic name Gilleasbuig, for unknown reasons).

Ariadne f Greek Mythology
Means "most holy", composed of the Greek prefix ἀρι (ari) meaning "most" combined with Cretan Greek ἀδνός (adnos) meaning "holy". In Greek mythology, Ariadne was the daughter of King Minos. She fell in love with Theseus and helped him to escape the Labyrinth and the Minotaur, but was later abandoned by him. Eventually she married the god Dionysus.

Ashura f Swahili
From the name of an Islamic holy day that commemorates the death of Husayn ibn Ali. It is so named because it falls on the tenth day of Muharram, deriving from Arabic عشرة (ʿashara) meaning "ten".

Eren m Turkish
Means "saint, holy person" in Turkish.

Fuensanta f Spanish
From Spanish fuente santa meaning "holy fountain, holy spring". This is a title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de la Fuensanta, meaning "Our Lady of the Holy Fountain". She is the patron saint of the city of Murcia in Spain.

Glenys f Welsh
Probably an elaboration of the Welsh word glân "pure, clean, holy" or glyn "valley". This name was created in the late 19th century.

Helge m Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, German, Finnish
From the Old Norse name Helgi, derived from heilagr meaning "holy, blessed".

Jayashri f Marathi
Means "goddess of victory", derived from Sanskrit जय (jaya) meaning "victory" and the honorific श्री (śrī).

Jihad m Arabic
Means "battle, holy war" in Arabic, a derivative of the root جهد (jahada) meaning "to struggle, to strive".

Kiyoko f Japanese
From Japanese 清 (kiyo) meaning "clear, pure, clean" or 聖 (kiyo) meaning "holy" and 子 (ko) meaning "child". This name can also be formed from other combinations of kanji characters.

Manjushri m Buddhism
Means "beautiful radiance", derived from Sanskrit मञ्जु (mañju) meaning "lovely, beautiful" and श्री (śrī) meaning "radiance, splendour, beauty". According to Buddhist tradition this is the name of a bodhisattva.

Naomh f Irish
Means "holy" in Irish. This name was created in the 20th century.

Naomhán m Irish
Means "little saint", derived from Irish naomh "saint" combined with a diminutive suffix.

Nolwenn f Breton
From the Breton phrase Noyal Gwenn meaning "holy one from Noyal". This was the epithet of a 6th-century saint and martyr from Brittany.

Panagiotis m Greek
From the Greek title of the Virgin Mary Παναγία (Panagia) meaning "all holy", derived from πᾶν (pan) meaning "all" combined with ἅγιος (hagios) meaning "devoted to the gods, sacred".

Saint m English (Modern)
From the English word, ultimately from Latin sanctus "holy, saintly".

Sancho m Spanish, Portuguese
Possibly a Spanish and Portuguese form of the Late Latin name Sanctius, which was derived from the word sanctus meaning "saintly, holy". Alternatively, Sancho and Sanctius may be derived from an older Iberian name. This was the name of a 9th-century saint who was martyred by the Moors at Córdoba. It was also borne by several Spanish and Portuguese kings. Miguel de Cervantes used it in his novel Don Quixote (1605), where it belongs to the squire of Don Quixote.

Santa 2 f Latvian
Either from Latin sanctus meaning "holy, saint" or a short form of Aleksandra.

Santana f & m Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian), English (Modern)
From a contraction of Santa Ana (referring to Saint Anna) or from a Spanish and Portuguese surname derived from any of the numerous places named for the saint. It can be given in honour of the Mexican-American musician Carlos Santana (1947-), the founder of the band Santana. The name received a boost in popularity for American girls after the character Santana Andrade began appearing on the soap opera Santa Barbara in 1984.

Sante m Italian
Variation of Santo.

Santi m Spanish, Italian
Short form of Santiago or a variant of Santo.

Santiago m Spanish, Portuguese
Means "Saint James", derived from Spanish santo "saint" combined with Yago, an old Spanish form of James, the patron saint of Spain. It is the name of the main character in the novella The Old Man and the Sea (1951) by Ernest Hemingway. This also is the name of the capital city of Chile, as well as several other cities in the Spanish-speaking world.

Seiko f Japanese
From Japanese 聖 (sei) meaning "holy, sacred" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations can also form this name.

Seong-Su m Korean
From Sino-Korean 成 (seong) meaning "completed, finished, succeeded" or 聖 (seong) meaning "holy, sacred" combined with 洙 (su), which refers to a river in China. Many other hanja character combinations are possible.

Sheng m & f Chinese
From Chinese 圣 (shèng) meaning "holy, sacred", 胜 (shèng) meaning "victory", or 盛 (shèng) meaning "abundant, flourishing". Other characters are also possible.

Shriram m Hindi, Marathi
From the Sanskrit honorific श्री (śrī) meaning "radiance, splendour" combined with the name of the Hindu deity Rama 1.

Srbuhi f Armenian
Means "holy woman, female saint" in Armenian, derived from սուրբ (surb) meaning "holy, sacred".

St John m English (British, Rare)
From the title and name of Saint John the Baptist or Saint John the Evangelist (see John).

Svatava f Czech
Derived from Czech svatý meaning "sacred, holy", ultimately from Old Slavic *svętŭ.

Svatopluk m Czech
Means "sacred people", derived from the Slavic elements svętŭ "sacred, holy" and pŭlkŭ "people, host, army". Svatopluk the Great was a 9th-century ruler of Great Moravia, a region centered around the modern Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Svetomir m Serbian, Bulgarian (Rare)
Derived from the Slavic elements svętŭ "sacred, holy" and mirŭ "peace, world".

Svetovit m Slavic Mythology
Derived from Slavic svętŭ "sacred, holy" and vitŭ "master, lord". This was the name of a four-headed West Slavic god of war and light. He has historically been conflated with Saint Vitus, who is known as Święty Wit in Polish and Svatý Vít in Czech.

Svyatoslav m Russian, Ukrainian
Derived from the Slavic elements svętŭ "sacred, holy" and slava "glory". This was the name of a 10th-century ruler of Kievan Rus, the son of Igor and Olga, and the first to have a name of Slavic origin instead of Old Norse.

Telmo m Portuguese, Spanish
Derived from a misdivision of Spanish Santelmo meaning "saint Elmo". This name is given in honour of Pedro González Telmo, a 13th-century Spanish priest.

Þórví f Old Norse
Derived from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see Thor) combined with vé "holy".

Vebjørn m Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Vébjǫrn, derived from the elements vé "holy" and bjǫrn "bear".

Vegard m Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Végarðr, derived from the elements vé "holy" and garðr "enclosure, yard".

Zente m Hungarian
Derived from Hungarian szent meaning "holy, saint".