Pope Names, Meanings, and their History

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Benedict (BEN-a-dikt)

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boy monks french christian german-english german-french latin

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Boniface (BOH-nuh-fays)

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polish-dutch german-dutch male dutch-italian italian-german dutch-german polish-german

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Botros (boh-trohs)

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masculine coptic pope coptic-egyptian arabic-coptic egyptian-coptic arabic-egyptian

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Frances (FRAN-sis)

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female saint baby croatian-french romanian-spanish french-english french-polish

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Nuncio (NUN-see-o)

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catholic boy baby pope latin masculine italian

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Pius (PYE-uhs)

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masculine male igbo german-italian italian italian-nigerian latin

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Hazaf (huh-ZAF)

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Udinkam (oo-din-kam)

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Nadir (NAH-deer)

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Aamilah (AH-mee-lah)

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Vasavaj (vuh-suh-vaaj)

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Rudhir (rood-heer)

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Faizd (Fayz-d)

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Vasupala (vuh-soo-pah-lah)

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Advaya (ud-VAY-uh)

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Nafissatou (nah-fee-SAH-too)

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Ulagan (oo-luh-gahn)

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Baiba (bay-bah)