Given name & surname
Saint
“a holy man”
Saint is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “a holy man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “a holy man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1891. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Saint through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7,476
- 7,288 boys · 188 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 1,309 babies
- 2025
- 1,309
- #267 for boys · #5,526 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +287%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 1,286 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 267 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 286.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 23 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (183). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,394 as a first name in 2020; 2,034 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Saint’s family of names
Saint has a related form in Sainte. Saint has a related form in Saent. Saint has a related form in Saente.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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