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20 Monastery names that mean monastery for boys, listing Monastery baby names 1-10. Barry and Benedict are popular names. Abbott, Aidan, Botolf, Buckminister, Calum, Ciaran, Cillian and Colm are uncommon names. View Monastery baby names for name meanings, search Monastery names for girls, or search other baby names.


Abbott ... An abbot is the head of a religious community of monks living in a monastery ... [11]

Aidan ... Saint Aidan (Ireland, seventh century) established the monastery of Lindisfarne ... [11]

Barry ... Saint Bairre (seventh century) founded a monastery that became the city of Cork in Ireland ... [9]

Benedict ... whose rule of the great monastery at Monte Cassino in Italy is simple, restrained, and practical ... [23]

Botolf ... An obscure English saint in the seventh century who founded a monastery in England ... [4]

Buckminister ... "Monastery where deer dwell." ...

Calum ... Saint Columba was an influential sixth-century Irish missionary who founded a monastery on the Scottish island of Iona ... [3]

Ciaran ... a hermit of the fifth century and the founder of the monastery. [1]

Cillian ... Also possibly "monastery, church" ...

Colm ... who founded the monastery of Iona ... [7]

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