Ungodly Saint Names – Eustochium, Fronto, Smaragdus, Walburgis

While looking for male and female saint names that would appeal to parents, I discovered many names that belong at the other end of the spectrum.

But a post full of hundreds of horrible-yet-holy names? That would’ve taken up quite a bit of space. So I whittled it down to a few dozen:

Female	Male
St. Austreberta St. Begga St. Burgundofara St. Emerentiana St. Eustochium St. Exuperantia St. Frideswide St. Milburga St. Monegundis St. Perseveranda St. Pharaildis St. Praepedigna St. Radegundis St. Walburgis St. Waltrude	St. Agathopodus St. Ansgar St. Aphthonius St. Asclepiodotus St. Barsanuphius St. Chrodogangus St. Clodulphus St. Ctesiphon St. Droctoveus St. Ebrulfus St. Erkembode St. Ethbinus St. Ethelwoldus St. Flosculus St. Fronto	St. Grimoaldus St. Homobonus Pope St. Hormisdas St. Lupus St. Mappalicus St. Nonnosus St. Paphnutius St. Phlegon St. Polyaenus St. Quodvultdeus St. Scubiculus St. Smaragdus St. Torquatus St. Wallabonsus St. Wandregisilus

Which would sound the most ridiculous on a modern American child, do you think?

7 Comments | 10 July 2009

Female	Male
St. Austreberta St. Begga St. Burgundofara St. Emerentiana St. Eustochium St. Exuperantia St. Frideswide St. Milburga St. Monegundis St. Perseveranda St. Pharaildis St. Praepedigna St. Radegundis St. Walburgis St. Waltrude	St. Agathopodus St. Ansgar St. Aphthonius St. Asclepiodotus St. Barsanuphius St. Chrodogangus St. Clodulphus St. Ctesiphon St. Droctoveus St. Ebrulfus St. Erkembode St. Ethbinus St. Ethelwoldus St. Flosculus St. Fronto	St. Grimoaldus St. Homobonus Pope St. Hormisdas St. Lupus St. Mappalicus St. Nonnosus St. Paphnutius St. Phlegon St. Polyaenus St. Quodvultdeus St. Scubiculus St. Smaragdus St. Torquatus St. Wallabonsus St. Wandregisilus

bridgett

Posted 10 July 2009 at 9:35 am | Permalink

Homobonus. Definitely….
Evan

Posted 10 July 2009 at 11:28 am | Permalink

Polyaenus would be an unfortunate name.
Sebastiane

Posted 12 July 2009 at 4:57 pm | Permalink

Aww, Frideswide has always been a GP of mine. I named by accordion that when I was young. I think Emerentiana would actually make a pretty alternative to Emma. But I do like the Italian version if Emerenziana far better.

Polyaenus is pretty horrendous though. Yeesh. Poor Polyaneus.
CN Heidelberg

Posted 14 July 2009 at 4:01 pm | Permalink

I know an Ansgar – I think it’s an awesome name!! Emerentiana isn’t bad, not really usable though.
Lucy

Posted 1 October 2009 at 5:40 pm | Permalink

Homobonus would be quite horrible. And Begga would surely start the teasing.
lucie

Posted 6 December 2009 at 3:15 pm | Permalink

i think you should add st. jehosaphat its just funny if you think about it…
Anya

Posted 6 March 2010 at 6:10 pm | Permalink

I think the name Burgundofara would be strange on a modern American. It reminds me of Burgundy, like the color, and probably could be used as a reason to tease… But it’s not that bad if you say it out loud a couple times in a row.