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Many of these are saint's names not necessarily biblical
Atanasio
Claire
Thaïs
Johan
Leon
Marc
Nóe
Viktor
Obadiah
Seraphina / Serafin
Aureliusz
Konstantyn
Malakai
Ada

For a girl, Clare; for a boy, Francis. And they don't even have to be Catholic!

Some Catholic Families I know

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Clare Therese
Dominic Paul
Peter James
Rebecca Ann
Heidi Elise
Samantha Joy
Christine JOan
Thomas John
Isaac Martin
Giselle Hannah

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Jacob nn Jake
Ida
Monica nn Monk
Esther
Mary
Veronica
Meinred
Gerald nn Jerry
Peter
Susan
Henry nn Hank
Kathleen nn Kathy

Names I like because the saints are cool:
Teresa (Teresa of Avila)
Julian (Julian of Norwich)
Moses (Not sure if his story is true or apocryphal - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_the_Black)
Clare (Clare of Assisi)
Agnes (Anges of Assisi)
Frances (Frances of Assisi)

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Marian Names I love:
Marisol
Pilar
Belen

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General Catholic Names I like
Anthony
Cecilia - I used to dislike it, it's grown on me.
Veronica
Therese

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I like Flannery, Flannery O'Connor was a Catholic and was a fabulous writer

Girl

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Bernadette
Maria Theresa
Mary/Mary Magdalen
Cabrini
Majella
Bridget
Elizabeth
Perpetua
Martha
Catherine
Kateri
Marguerite
Carmel

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Boy

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Jude
Leo
Raphael
Luke
Sebastian
Pius
Thomas
Louis
Jerome
Lambert
Ignatius
Benedict
Augustine
Basil
Francis Xavier
Gregory
Timothy
Bede
Dominic
Clement
Ambrose
Boniface
Aloysius
Bartholomew
Bonaventure

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Obviously, there are far more male saint names than female.

I'm with Wordsmith, Marian names are amazing. There are some great ones! My husband introduced me to two I'd never heard of before: Covadonga and Castellar. Aren't those fun?

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I like the more obscure saint names as well, like Dymphna.

Annunziata! I love Marian names.