Roman Catholic Names for Boys
The names presented in this list are names of Catholic saints, angels, blessed locations, traditional Roman Latin names, or names traditionally used by Catholics. Remember to speak with your local parish priest and family before making this important decision for your child.
The name you choose for your child can significantly impact their future. Please use discretion when picking a name and consider how it would be viewed in your current social, economic, political, geographical, ethnic, and religious culture and climate. Please be mindful of choosing a name for your child that could negatively affect their physical, spiritual, and mental well-being, or negatively impact their view of Catholicism.
Names are listed in alphabetical order.
Acutis (Carlo Acutis)
Alberto (Fr. Alberto Beretta)
Albertus
Alexius
Alfonso
Alphonsus
Amandus
Ansgar
Antoine
Antoninus
Antonio
Augustine
André
Anselm
Aramis
Artemide (Artemide Zatti)
Aureus
Baldred
Becket
Benedict
Benedict Francis
Benilde
Benno
Bernadine
(André) Bessette
Blaise
Bonaventure
Brendan
Cabrini
Callixtus
Camillus
Campion
Carlo (Carlo Acutis)
Carlos Manuel (Carlos Manuel Rodriguez)
Casimir (Casimir Jagiellon)
Cassian
Charbel
Charles Garnier
Claretiano
Clarus
(Peter) Claver
Clement
Cornelius
Cosimo
Crispin
Cyril
Damasus
Damien
Damiano
Devenick
Didoné (Giovanni Didoné)
Dominic
Donnán
Drexel
(Gerolamo) Emiliani
Emmanuel
Ernest
Ernesto (Ernesto Guglielmo Cofiño Ubico)
Eugene (de Mazenod)
Fabian
Faccin (Vittorio Faccin)
Faustus
Fazzio
Finanus (Finnian of Clonard)
Florian
Francesco
Francis (Xavier)
Francis Charles
Francisco
François
Frédéric
Fulton
Gabriel
Gennings (Edmund Gennings)
Gerard
Giovanni
Giuseppe
Giustino (Giustino Maria Russolillo)
Godfrey
Gonson (Bl. David Gonson)
Havlík (Ján Havlík)
Hilaire
Ignatius
Inan
Isidore
James Francis
James Francis Edward
James Hudson
James Louis
Jean François
Jean Louis
Jean-Paul
Jean-Philippe
Joachim
John Francis
John Paul
Josemaría (Mariano Escriviá y Albás)
Joseph
Juan
Kilian
Orontius
Pardus
Paschal
Patrick
Paul
Pelagio
Peregrine
Peter
Peter Julian (Peter Julian Eymard)
Piatus
Pier Giuliano (Pier Giuliano Eymard)
Piero
Pio
Pius
Pontian
Praxedes
Laurent
Leander
Lellis
Leo
(Giovanni) Leonardi
Leonard(o)
Leroux
Liguori
Lodovico
Lorenzo
Lucian
Lucius
Luigi Maria (Luigi Maria Palazzolo)
Magloire
Malachy
Manuel
Marcellin
Marolus
Maro(u)n
Mateo Correa
Maximilian Kolbe
Maximus
Miguel (Agustín)
Moisés (Moisés Lira Serafín)
Molokai
Monas
Morse (Henry Morse)
Narek (Gregory of Narek)
(Philip) Neri
Nunzio
Oscar
Quentin
Raphael
Roman
Rossi (Don Giuseppe Rossi)
Rutilio
Santiago
Sebastian
Siméon
Stephen
Thomas
Titian
Titus (Titus Brandsma)
Tressan
Vianney
Vincent
Vincenzo
Vittorio (Vittorio Faccin)
Xavier
Zatti (Artemide Zatti)
