Names that mean holy
17 first names whose etymology includes “holy” or a close synonym, the most used first. For girls: Ariana, Olga, Helga, Glenda. For boys: Archibald, Benedict, Oleg, Salih.
| Name | For | Origin | Meaning | Latest rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ariana | girls | Greek | “most holy”, “most” | #203 (2025) |
| Archibald | boys | “pure”, “holy” | #346 (2025) | |
| Olga | girls | Russian | “holy”, “inviolable” | #4,201 (2025) |
| Benedict | boys | Latin | “blessed”, “well spoken of” | #702 (2025) |
| Oleg | boys | Russian | “holy”, “sacred” | #4,608 (2020) |
| Helga | girls | Norse | “holy” | |
| Salih | boys | Arabic | “pious” | #1,897 (2025) |
| Saleh | boys | Arabic | “pious” | #914 (2025) |
| Eustace | boys | Greek | “ancient name”, “also of christian saint” | |
| Glenda | girls | Welsh | “holy”, “fair” | #5,891 (2024) |
| Baruch | boys | Hebrew | “blessed”, “barak” | #5,137 (2025) |
| Mubarak | boys | Arabic | “blessed” | #2,014 (2025) |
| Nevin | boys | “saint” | #5,137 (2025) | |
| Heloise | girls | French | “-ess: feminizing nouns”, “to pick” | #3,035 (2025) |
| Gwendolen | girls | Welsh | “white”, “fair” | #4,867 (2025) |
| Glenys | girls | Welsh | “clean”, “holy” | |
| Macarius | boys | Greek | “blessed”, “lucky” |