Church names by date of birth for girls. Orthodox names according to the calendar for girls

At the birth of a baby, every parent wants to give him a name that will not only suit him, but also bring him good luck and happiness.

And happy parents of girls want the name to have a favorable influence on life, to be rare, significant, to suit the girl and emphasize her individuality. But choosing a name is accompanied by thought and debate. Sometimes it is difficult to choose what to name a child, because the abundance of names is amazing, and parents cannot decide for sure.

Therefore, many newborns are named after the Holy Day on which the child was born. People call this the day of the Angel. According to legend, at the birth of a baby, God gives him a guardian angel, whose mission is to protect the baby from troubles and misfortunes.

Pay attention! A name plays an important role in a person's life. It can change fate. Therefore, the choice of name must be justified. It's better to name girls after Saints Orthodox calendar.

Advantages of this choice:

Celebration of Angel's Day and birthday occur on the same day.
A guardian angel with a similar dialect as the girl’s will protect the child’s fate, prevent her from taking the wrong path and guide her in time at the right moment.

Many people do not believe in these beliefs. But parents who did just this note that the baby who bears the name Mesyatseslov grows up happier and more cheerful.

In the Orthodox calendar, the name days of the Saints are celebrated every day. To understand what to name a girl at birth, you should look at the church calendar. Russian Orthodox calendars contain all the dates and adverbs of Saints. Based on the baby’s date of birth, a name is chosen similar to the date on the calendar.

Table: names according to Saints for girls by month in 2017.

Name of the month	Monthwords
January	In January, it is better to name a girl Aglaya, Marina, Anisiya, Polina, Evgenia or Domna. In January the words of the month are: Eve. Ira. Claudia. Vasilisa. Melania. Tanya. Leonidia. You can call her Ulyana, Vika, Nastya, Elena. Also Susanna, Agathia, Emilia or Nina.
February	In February, it is advisable to name the girl Sveta, Agafya, Agnia, Masha, Aksinya, Ksyusha. You can call her Veronica, Inna or Euphrosyne. This month is named after Saint Martha, Ulyana, Rimma, Pavla. Theodora, Zoe, Ani and Marianna.
March	In March, it is better to name newborns Antonina, Nastya, Evdokia, Vasilisa, Iraida, Rita, Marianna, Nika or Regina. Also called Christina, Marina, Alina, Arina or Kira.
April	Newborn girls are called: Akulina. Iroy. Claudia. No one. Lida. Galey. Vasilisa. Matryona. Masha. Praskovyu. Anya. Susanna. Sveta. Larisa. Tamara. Feodosia. Hello. Dasha. Nastya. Eve. Sofia. Alexandra. Nellie. The rare name of the Saint of this month is Ninel.
May	It is better to name the baby Glafira, Faina, Evdokia, Claudia, Pelageya or Susanna. Also called Tamara, Maria, Martha, Elizabeth, Zoya or Alexandra. Rare adverbs: Glykeria, Lukerya.
June	There are many rare adverbs in June: Akulina. Thekla. Marfa. Feodosia. Often girls are named after Antonina, Lera, Lena, Karelia and Kira. And also Nelly, Irina or Ulyana.
July	In July, the name days of Alevtina, Rita, Agrippina, Zhanna and Angelina are celebrated. This month Marina, Yulia, Evdokia and Lena celebrate Angel Day. Girls this month are called Efimiya, Rimma, Sarah, Olya, Inna, Anya, Masha, Galya, Marfa, Valya or Ulyana.
August	In August, Angel Day is celebrated: Evdokia. Anfisa. Anita. Concordia. Magdalene. Milena. Nonna. Seraphim. Valya. Sofia. Kate. Masha. Karina. Christina. Anya.
September	In September there is a name day for: Vassy. Lisa. Rufini. Theodora. People. Hope. Natasha. Vitas. Alina. Sofia. Ani. Love. Faith.
October	In October, Angel Day is: Ariadne. Irenaeus. Zlaty. Eulampia. Marianna. Ustinyi. Alice. Lights. Praskovya. Marianna. Nice. Sofia. Ira. Polyxenia. Iraids. Euphrosyne. Ani. Veronica. Taisii. Zines.
November	In November, it is the day of the angel at Glikeria, Zina, Capitolina, Matryona and Neonila. Also this month, girls are named Praskovya, Claudia, Masha, Nastya, Natasha, Vera, Dasha, Anna, Lisa, Alexandra and Stepanida.
December	In December there is a name day for Augusta, Angelina, Anfisa, Varvara, Zoya, Ekaterina, Ulyana, Lyudmila, Tatyana, Olga and Anya.

How to choose the right name for your baby?

Previously, the name in Rus' was called “adverb”. Since ancient times, this concept has served as a talisman for children. At that time, many people firmly believed that if you call the baby by the dialect of Mesyatseslov, then the baby will be happy all his life.

Therefore, the name was chosen from the church calendar based on the date of birth of the baby.

Today, parents name their children as they wish. But there are those who want to live up to tradition and name the baby according to the Saints.

But in the church calendar there are days when name days are celebrated only men's Saints. In such a situation, parents can choose a name not only based on the baby’s date of birth. In Rus', a child was named on the eighth or fortieth day after his birth.

Therefore, if you don’t like the names of Angels on the days the baby is born or they are completely absent, you can choose adverbs based on other dates:

According to ancient tradition It was on the eighth day of the baby’s birth that a celebration was held, where the parents named their heir a name for life. This tradition appeared during the life of Jesus Christ. According to legend, Jesus Christ was named precisely on the eighth day after his birth.
You can name your baby on the day of baptism, forty days after his birth. The rite of baptism is an ancient Orthodox tradition. During the sacrament, the baby is given a church name, which he will bear in heaven.

Important! But the church says that the baby should be named before the sacrament of baptism.

Whether to follow this rule is an individual choice of the parents themselves. At baptism, the baby is given a different name if none of the church names is liked.

The tradition of giving newborn children names according to the calendar appeared in Rus' with the adoption Orthodox faith. According to church canons, a child is a creation of God, who, with the birth of a baby, already determines a Guardian Angel for him. Parents can only name their child after the Saint whose memorial day the church honors on this date.

Names of girls born in June: from 1st to 6th

Since the calendar contains more male names than female ones, it often happens that there is no suitable option for a bewitched girl. Then you should look at the calendar a few days in advance and choose the name you like.

In June (from the 1st to the 6th) the following:

1. Anastasia. Translated from ancient Greek, the name means “resurrected” or “returned to life.” On this day, the church honors the memory of the holy martyr Anastasia, who accepted death, but did not renounce her faith in Jesus Christ.

2. Susanna (Sosanna). From the biblical language this name is translated as “white lily.”

3. Elena. On this day, the church honors Queen Helen of Constantinople, the mother of Emperor Constantine. Around 330, during excavations with her participation, it was discovered Life-giving Cross on which Christ was crucified. After her death she was canonized as a saint equal to the apostles.

4. Sofia.

5. Euphrosyne, Maria.

What to name a girl born from June 7 to June 12

A girl named after the Saint, whose memorial day is celebrated along with her birth, finds a Guardian Angel who will always protect her and help her on the path of life.

From the 7th to the 12th the following are provided (June) according to the church calendar:

8. Elena. On this day Orthodox Church honors the memory of the martyr Helen, daughter of the Apostle Alpheus, who was stoned to death for the Christian faith.

9. Anastasia, Fedora.

10. Elena. Memorial Day of Elena Diveevskaya (Manturova), who in 1825 became a novice of the Kazan community under Diveevsky convent in the Nizhny Novgorod region.

11. Maria, Faina, Feodosia. Day of Remembrance of the Righteous Mary of Ustyug and the Virgin Mary; righteous Faina.

Name for a girl in June: from the 13th to the 18th

Parents begin choosing a name for their baby even before she is born. If the expected due date falls in the first month of summer, they ask the question: “What name for a girl (June) would be appropriate?”

13. Christina. Memorial Day of the Martyr Christina of Nicomedia.

14. Faith. In June, on the 14th, the Orthodox Church remembers the New Martyr Vera (Samsonova), canonized in 2000.

15. Maria, Ulyana, Juliana. Memorial Day of the Martyr Juliania of Vyazemskaya, Novotorzhskaya, Princess and Martyr Mary, who suffered for her faith in Jesus Christ.

16. Women's name days are not celebrated on this day. The name for a girl in June (18th) should be chosen from those presented in the calendar over the next few days.

17. Maria, Martha, Martha, Sofia.

Women's names according to the church calendar from June 19 to June 24

19. Archelaus, Susanna (Sosanna), Thekla. For their faith in Jesus Christ and the healings they carried out on the sick, the martyrs were subjected to brutal torture in the Italian city of Salerno. After a few days of abuse, they were beheaded.

20. Valeria (Kaleria), Zinaida, Maria, Kyriakia (Kiriya). The holy martyrs Valeria, Zinaida, Kyriacia and Maria were residents of Caesarea (Palestine). During the reign of Emperor Diocletian (284-305) they were persecuted and then tortured for their Christian faith. They accepted martyrdom.

21. Melania. Memorial Day of Melania the Elder - grandmother of Melania of Bethlehem, Palestine (January 13), to whom it is customary to pray during difficult childbirth. Both saints became famous for their exploits in the name of Jesus Christ.

22. Marianna, Maria, Martha, Thekla. Mary of Persia was beheaded by the sword in 346 during the persecution of Christians by the ruler Sapor II.

23. Antonina. Day of remembrance of the martyrs Virgin Antonina and the warrior Alexander, who suffered martyrdom under the ruler Fist.

24. Maria. Memorial Day of the Holy Martyr Mary of Pergamon.

The name for a girl in June, born from the 19th to the 24th, should be chosen from the options presented above. Then the patron saint will always be next to her, protect her and guide her in life.

Church name for a girl born on June 30

25. Anna, Euphrosyne. Memorial Day of the Blessed Princess Anna (monastically Euphrosyne) Kashinskaya.

26. Alexandra, Anna, Antonina, Pelageya. Memorial Day of St. Alexandra Diveevskaya (Melgunova); Venerable Anna of Bithynia; Martyr Antonina of Nicea, who was persecuted and mortally tortured during the reign of Maximian; New Martyr Pelageya (Zhidko).

27. Women's name days are not celebrated on this day.

28. The name for a June girl born on the 28th should be chosen from those presented on the following days.

30. Pelagia. Memorial Day of the New Martyr Pelageya Balakireva.

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What is a godname and how is it chosen?

Passport, “calendar”, godparents, church female names

Not all the names given in this book have a correspondence in the Orthodox calendar, for example, Albina, Vlada, Vladislava, Yesenia, Karolina, Lada, Maya, Eleonora, Yaroslava, etc. For atheistic families, of course, this has absolutely no meaning. But for Orthodox believers, as well as for parents living in line with the Russian cultural and historical tradition, when choosing such names for their child, they will definitely have to solve one more problem - choosing a godname.

The name that is written in Birth certificate, called passport

(since when the child reaches 14 years of age, it is transferred to the Passport

citizen of the Russian Federation). The name given at baptism is called godfather, it is indicated in Baptismal certificate, which should be given out at the temple. “Calendar” are the names of Christian saints contained in Orthodox church calendars (“saints” or “monthly words”), and used when carrying out the baptism of children (and adults).

Many passport names clearly correspond to calendar names: Agnia,

Alexandra, Alla, Anna, Veronica, Galina, Evdokia, Zinaida, Zoya, Lydia, Lyubov, Nina, Seraphima, Tamara, Faina, ... (passport and godfather names are the same).

Sometimes the passport and church forms have slight differences: Anfisa - Anfusa, Arina - Irina, Elizaveta - Elisaveta, Christina - Christina, Natalya - Natalia, Pelageya - Pelagia, Praskovya - Paraskeva, Stepanida - Stefanida, Tatiana - Tatiana, Emilia - Emilia, Yulia - Julia. And sometimes very significant: Avdotya - Evdokia, Agrafena - Agrippina, Aksinya and Oksana - Ksenia, Alena - Elena, Victoria - Nika, Violetta - Iya, Irma - Ermionia, Lukerya - Glikeria, Olesya - Alexandra, Zhanna and Yana - Joanna, Polina - Paul or Apollinaria, Svetlana - Fotina or Fotinia, Snezhana - Khionia.

In all the cases considered, the passport forms of names come from the corresponding church forms. So, for example, the name Lukerya has a direct connection with the church name Glykeria, since it is its Russian transformation, and the names Oksana and Aksinya are recognized folk and literary versions of the church name Ksenia.

However, it should be said that there are no strict rules. And the presence of a connection between the passport and godfather names is not at all necessary. It is quite possible that the Christian name Anna or, say, Tamara will be chosen as a passport name, and another Christian name will become a godname, for example, Agrippina, Angelina, Evdokia or Agafia (in honor of their famous grandmother or great-grandmother).

Let's go ahead and ask a question. Can Orthodox Christians bear such “non-Orthodox” names as Aurora, Azalia, Vladislava, Yesenia, Zarina, Inga, Camilla, Carolina, Louise, Miroslava, Teresa, Yaroslava? - Yes, of course, but for the naming ceremony (naming), which is performed during the baptism process, you will need to choose another name - a church name. In principle, it can be anything, but usually it is selected so that it is either consonant, or close in meaning to the passport name.

Here is one possible example. They have become quite popular in Russian families.

European names Elvira (Spanish origin, from albar - “white”) and Eleonora (from Occitan allia Aenor - “other Aenor”). But these are “non-calendar names”: in the Orthodox calendar there are no saints of the same name, so it will not be possible to baptize a child in a church with these names. As a godname for each of them, you can propose, for example, such a consonant church name as Elena (“ sunlight", "solar", Greek) or the name Leonilla ("lion", "lioness", Greek).

Other examples. The names Bogda na, Bozhe na and Yes na are absent in the Orthodox calendar, but close in meaning There are such names as Theodora (“God’s gift”), Dorothe i (“God’s gift”) and Theodosia (“God gave”) - any of them can be taken as a godfather. IN recent years everything is registered more such names as Vitalina and Vitaly. Obviously these are analogues male name Vit., coming from Latin word vitalis, so options for translating the name into Russian can be “ full of life", "living", "giving life". Obviously, Valentina could be a good godname for Vitalina and Vitalia - and general sense and in sound (Valentina - “strong, good health”, from the Latin valens, meaning “strong, strong, healthy”).

Let us emphasize once again: 1) it is not at all necessary that the passport name coincide with the godfather name, 2) it is not at all necessary that the passport name have Orthodox origin(the name can be anything as long as the parents like it). Even in the hoary old days they did exactly this - every member of the princely family had two names: both a secular name and a Christian one.

So, when choosing a “non-Orthodox” name, the procedure should be as follows - in the registry office, the name chosen by the parents for the girl is written down on the Birth Certificate - for example, Miroslava, Ruslana, Zemfira, Inga or Yesenia, after which in the church she is baptized with any other church name she likes name - Varvara, Ilaria, Maria, Olga, Rufina, Serafima, Sofia or Faina. Neither the registry office nor the church has the right to influence the choice of parents. Advise and recommend - yes, but hinder - no!

Martyrs, righteous women, saints...

As already mentioned, baptism in the Russian Orthodox Church occurs simultaneously with the naming of a name. And naming is necessarily done in honor of a specific saint, who immediately becomes the “heavenly patron saint” (not to be confused with a guardian angel!). Parents have the right to ask the priest to baptize in the name and in honor of the saint whom they themselves consider most desirable and preferable for their child, for example, in honor of the Holy Martyr Agnia of Rome or the Holy Great Martyr Catherine of Alexandria, or the Holy Venerable Euphrosyne of Polotsk. As we see, each holy servant of God bears a certain “rank”: martyr, great martyr,

Reverend... What is this, how should it be understood?

Martyrs are Christian saints who accepted violent death for their faith.
Great Martyrs are martyrs for the faith who endured particularly severe torment.
Venerables are nuns who are revered as saints for their selfless, ascetic life, completely dedicated to God(celibacy, asceticism, fasting, prayer and physical labor in monasteries and deserts); nun (also known as nokinya), igu menya (abbess of the monastery)

Venerable Martyrs - holy martyrs from among the nuns (nuns who accepted death for their faith)

Virgin Martyrs - unmarried, chaste girls (not nuns) who suffered during the persecution of Christians; sometimes youths are written in the calendar and tsa(i.e. teenage girl)

Righteous (righteous women) - these include such holy women who during their lifetime were family people, led a secular (that is, not monastic) life, and were not subjected to torture or persecution for their faith. As saints, they are revered for their righteous, that is, virtuous, correct life, especially pleasing to God (the word righteous is directly related to the words truth, right, fair)

Myrrh-Bearing Women - women who became the first witnesses of the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead; Myrrh-bearers in ancient times were women who carried vessels with m and po m (myrrh is a fragrant, fragrant oil used in anointing and other church rites); several myrrh-bearers became the first witnesses of the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, these include Salome, Joanna, Susanna, Mary Magdalene - all of them are considered righteous saints (righteous women)

Equal to the Apostles - “equal to the apostles”, like the apostles they enlightened different peoples, converted them to Christianity (i.e. these are missionaries, spreaders of Christianity), among the Equal-to-the-Apostles there were not only men, but also several women

The faithful are queens and princesses who became saints for their pious lives and works to strengthen the faith and the church

The blessed and the holy fools. Blessed, that is, “happy” (in Latin- beata): this epithet is worn by several famous saints of the 4th-9th centuries (St. Mary of Hidan, Holy Muse of Rome, Holy Queen Theophania), as well as St. Matrona of Moscow (XX century). The epithet “blessed” when applied to other Russian saints has a different meaning: holy fool (for example, holy blessed Ksenia of Petersburg, holy fool for Christ’s sake), from Old Russian ugly; holy fools prophesied, denounced bad morals, regardless of their faces, showed great wisdom in the face of apparent madness

New martyrs - as a rule, they mean those who suffered for the Christian faith during the years of Soviet power

In church calendars, monthly calendars, calendars, these “ranks” (categories, ranks, in other words, “faces of holiness”) are written abbreviated:

mts. - martyr; VMC. - great martyr; St. - reverend; prmts. - venerable martyr; right - righteous (righteous); equal to - equal to the apostles; blgv. - missus; bliss - blessed

Other common abbreviations in church calendars are:

St. - holy, holy; book - prince, princess; led - great, great

English equivalents (used in foreign Orthodox churches):

holy = Saint ; martyr = Martyr; great martyr = Great-martyr; reverend = Venerable ; venerable martyr = Venerable-martyr; virgin-martyr = Virgin-martyr; righteous = Righteous; myrrhbearers = Myrrhbearers; Equal-to-the-Apostles = Equal-to-the-Apostles ; enlightener = Enlightene r; missus = Right-believing (princess = Princess; queen = Queen); Holy Fool = Foolfor-Christ; new martyr = New-martyr

Name day (name day, name day, name day holiday)

The well-known concept of “name day” means memorial day "your" saint

patron (that is, the saint whose name a person received at baptism). In many countries, name days are a more significant personal holiday than a birthday. And in Russia in the old days, as a rule, name days were celebrated, and the birthday remained in the shadows.

The days of remembrance of saints in this book are indicated according to the old and new styles. It looks like this: July 6/19; December 2/15; November 19 / December 2. The fact is that the Russian Orthodox Church still lives according to Julian calendar, all dates in which differ from the modern civil calendar by 13 days. That is why the holiday of the Great October Revolution(which occurred on October 25, 1917) was celebrated annually in the USSR on November 7. That's why "old New Year"and is still celebrated on the night from January 13 to 14 (in the church calendar this is the night from December 31 to January 1!).

Dates of the Julian, that is, church calendar are considered “old style”. And the dates

Gregorian, that is, the modern civil calendar" - "new style".

Some saints have several memorable days. For example, the holy martyr

Alexandra Ankirskaya, Holy Blessed Princess Anna Kashinskaya, Holy Martyr

Galina Korinfskaya and a number of others - two each memorable dates, and the holy martyr Iraida (Raisa) of Alexandria and saint righteous Anna(mother Holy Mother of God) - three each.

For several saints, memorial days have not fixed, but movable dates (so

called rolling celebrations). For example, the memory of the Venerable Mary of Egypt is celebrated on the fifth Sunday of Lent, and the memory of the righteous Salome, Joanna, and Mary Magdalene is celebrated on the Sunday of the Holy Myrrh-Bearing Women(that is, annually on the third Sunday after Orthodox Easter). The celebration of the memory of Eve (the foremother of all people), the righteous saints Susanna of Babylon, Ruth, Esther, Leah and Miriam is celebrated on the Sunday of the Holy Forefathers And on the Sunday of the Holy Fathers(that is, on the penultimate and last Sunday before Christmas); word week in church calendars it means Sunday (from not doing, that is, resting); forefathers are the first righteous people in human history, they are mentioned in Old Testament: Adam, Eve, Abel, Noah, Abraham, etc., fathers (Godfathers) - the closest relatives of Jesus Christ: King David, righteous Joachim and Anna (parentsVirgin Mary), righteous Joseph.

When receiving a Baptismal Certificate, you must ensure that it contains

introduced full name the saint in whose honor the name was given, and the date of her memory.

An interesting exception to the rule are the names Inna and Rimma. In Russia they

are considered feminine, but it should be borne in mind that in the Orthodox calendar they are contained in the section “Male names”. So the heavenly patrons and intercessors of all women bearing the names Inna and Rimma are men - the holy martyrs of the 2nd century Inna Novodunsky and Rimma Novodunsky, disciples of St. Andrew the First-Called.

If the task is to choose a godname for a girl (that is, choose a name

corresponding saint) based on her birthday (or day of baptism), you need to turn to the Monthly Dictionary. The Book of Months is a book in which the days of remembrance of saints are arranged by day of the year (by month), its other names are Church calendar and Saints. Several convenient and high-quality church calendars and month books are presented on the Internet, including on English. You will find links to them in the book “A Thousand Names” in the Literature section.

If you are abroad on a long business trip or on a permanent

residence - in Australia, Western Europe, in the Middle East, Canada, China, USA

or Japan, then find the nearest Orthodox church Russian Orthodox Church

Moscow Patriarchate or other Orthodox churches (Antioch, Bulgarian,

Greek, North American) the Internet links listed in the section will help you

Literature (see subsection “The Orthodox Church Abroad”).

When communicating with a priest, the information line may be useful

"The name of the godfather in foreign Orthodox churches", given in this book on many

female names, and information on the correspondence of the “ranks” of holy saints in Russian and

English (see a little higher - Martyrs, righteous women, saints...)

lives of the saints").

The entire book is only available in print.

Young mothers expecting their baby take a very long time to choose his name. Many are guided fashion trends calling the child beautifully sounding name, which is not on the list of the Orthodox church calendar. Because of this, at baptism the child is given a different name. In this article we will tell you how to name a boy or girl according to the church calendar so that his destiny is happy and successful.

Immediately after baptism Kievan Rus All Orthodox people they were baptized on the eighth day after the birth of the babies according to the same rite (in our time this is usually done on the 40th day after physical birth). On this day, children were given the names of martyrs of the Orthodox Church. People believed that in this way children would be protected by the patron saint from grief and misfortune.

The clergy who performed the baptism ceremony wrote down every day the name of the saint, which they had already assigned to the child.
Thus, over time, the “Saints of Saints” appeared - a book of memory of saints, which is being replenished to this day. Young parents often turn to this publication (you can look through it in church) or table (there are many of them published on the Internet) to choose a name for their newborn.
Unfortunately, choosing a name according to the church calendar is not always a conscious act, the purpose of which is to give the baby a guardian angel.
Calling a child rare old name, young parents thus simply want to make their child stand out from the crowd and do not delve into the true essence of the chosen name.

But in ancient times, our ancestors celebrated not the day of physical birth, but the day of “baptism” or name day (the day of veneration of the saint in whose honor the baby was named). Sometimes children were named not by the name of the saint on whose name day they were born, but in honor of other canonized great martyrs, whose name days fell on the next three days after the physical birth of the baby.

Female names according to the church calendar

If you have a daughter, then you can choose very beautiful name according to the church calendar. It will not always have an unusual sound, which often causes surprise on the faces of people when they find out what name you gave your girl. Most of the names in the Saints are of Greek or Latin origin, so they sound the same as the worldly names that we are all accustomed to.

In this article, so that you do not have to contact a clergyman for advice and do not look for necessary information on the Internet, we have compiled for you a list of female names according to the church calendar for every day and month of the current year.

Women's name days in January according to the church calendar

A girl born on the first winter month can be called:

Anastasia
Evgenia
Claudia
Augusta
Agrippina
Anfisa
Maria
Agafya
Anna
Varvara
Matrona
Natalia
Anisya
Irina
Fedora
Fedosya
Melania
Emilia
Apollinaria
Tatiana
Eupraxia
Agnia
Elena
Ksenia
Nina

In addition, if your daughter was born on the name day of saints according to the church calendar, on which all Orthodox churches hold ceremonial services, then you can call it by the corresponding name in January:

January 4- Day of Remembrance of the Great Martyr Anastasia the Pattern Maker. The saint distributed everything she had at her disposal to those in need. She preached the Christian faith in prisons, ransomed prisoners and treated the sick. For such preaching activities, they first tried to starve Anastasia, then drown her, but she died a different death - she was burned alive at the stake.
January 25- day of remembrance of the holy martyr Tatiana, who in at a young age She became a nun and served Christ all her life.
January 27- day of remembrance of Equal-to-the-Apostles Nina, the enlightener of Georgia, who, according to ancient legend, saw prophetic dreams, through which she communicated with the Most Holy Theotokos.

Women's names in February according to the church calendar

Girls born in February can be named by the following names according to the church calendar:

Feodosia
Innoy
Agnia
Evdokia
Ekaterina
Ksenia
Maria
Olga
Jonah
Pelageya
Anna
Agafya
Alexandra
Vasilisa
Mafoy
Christina
Anastasia
Galina
Evgenia
Fedora
Euphrosyne
Sofia

If your girl is born February 6, then call her Ksenia. On this day, Orthodox churches honor the memory of one of the greatest saints - Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg, who deserved her devotion to God and dead husband to be canonized. The saint became a widow at the age of 26. She was immersed in grief - she wore the costume of her late husband and responded only to his name. Every night she went out into the field to pray for her husband and build herself a small church not far from the Smolensk cemetery.

What to name a girl in March according to the church calendar?

Daughters born in March can be called by the following names according to the “Saints”:

Maria
Anna
Elizabeth
Irina
Olga
Praskovya
Anna
Kiroy
Marina
Antonina
Daria
Evdokia
Matrona
Hope
Martha
Iraida
Ekaterina
Ksenia
Anastasia
Claudia
Natalia

If your girl is born March 14, then it's best for her name would be suitable Evdokia or Daria (this is the same name). On this day, churches hold services dedicated to the Venerable Martyr Evdokia. This saint led a sinful life for a long period of her life, but after meeting Elder Herman, she took monastic vows and began to serve Christ faithfully. She became famous during the persecution of Christians when she resurrected deceased wife prayer of one of the rulers of that time.

What to name a girl according to the church calendar in April?

If your baby was born in April, you can choose the following names for her:

Daria
Matron
Sofia
Alexandra
Claudia
Maria
Praskovya
Svetlana
Apollinaria
Vasilisa
Taisiya
Anastasia
Varvara
Lydia
Feodosia
Larisa
Zosima
Evdokia
Marfa
Galina
Irina

A girl born April 14, it is worth calling Mary in honor of the holy Venerable Mary of Egypt, who lived in the desert for 47 years, eating only roots and repenting of her sinful thoughts.

What to name a girl in May according to the church calendar?

Name your daughter if she was born on the most warm month spring, with such church names:

Tamara
Matrona
Theodora
Alexandra
Elizabeth
Nobody
Glafira
Anastasia
Maria
Anna
Nina
Mavra
Pelageya
Irina
Taisiya
Glyceria
Muse
Evdokia
Euphrosyne
Claudia
Faina
Christina
Julia

If your girl was born on the name day of saints according to the Orthodox calendar, on which ceremonies are held church services, then you can call them by their respective May names:

May 2– Memorial Day of the Blessed Matrona of Moscow, who predicted the future for people, saving them from troubles and grief.
May 14– Day of veneration of the Georgian Queen Tamara, whose reign was marked by the introduction of the Christian faith throughout the country.

Women's names in June according to the church calendar

If your baby was born in June, then according to the church calendar she should be named by a name from the following list:

Anastasia
Elena
Sophia
Euphrosyne
Maria
Ksenia
Jonah
Fedora
Faina
Feodosia
Christina
By faith
Martha
Sussana
Thekloy
Valeria
Zinaida
Antonina
Anna
Akulina
Alexandra
Pelageya

Women's names in July according to the church calendar

According to the church book, it is better to name girls born in July:

Maria
Innoy
Rimma
Juliania
Agrippina
Theodora
Joanna
Dinara
Angelina
Cosmoy
Alexandra
Anastasia
Martha
Olga
Tatiana
Anna
Varvara
Euphemia
Veronica
Sarah
Alevtina
Valentina
Julia
Margarita
Marina

In the church calendar, special days are the following name days:

July 17- day of remembrance of Alexandra, Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia - wife and daughters Russian Emperor Nicholas II, who were shot in St. Petersburg. One of the listed names can be called a girl born on this day.
July 18- day of remembrance of Elizabeth and Varvara, who had princely roots.
July 24- the day of remembrance of the great ruler of Kievan Rus - Princess Olga, who was baptized under the name Helen. A girl born on this day according to the church calendar can be called both Olga and Elena.

How to name a girl according to the 2017 church calendar in August?

According to the list of names in “Svyatki”, it is best to name a girl born in August:

Anna
Maria
Foca
Christina
Christina
Iraida
Olympics
Praskovya
Anfisa
Anastasia
Antonina
Elena
Irina
Mavra
Seraphim
Agnia
Angelina
Elizabeth
Evdokia
Nonna
Margarita
Sussana
Ksenia
Ulyana

If your daughter was born August 4, then it would be more correct to call her Maria. After all, on this day a big day is celebrated church holiday veneration of Mary Magdalene, who for a long time led a sinful life, but was able to take the true path and until the end of her days she carried the news of Christ throughout the world.

What to name a girl born in September according to the church calendar?

According to the church calendar, girls who were born in the first autumn month are recommended to be named one of the following names:

Thekla
Marfa
Ariadne
Maria
Natalia
Anfisa
Elizabeth
Xenia
Rufina
Seraphim
Elena
Iraida
Raisa
Tatiana
Evdokia
Maria
Lyudmila
Alexandra
Love
Irina
Hope
Sophia

In September there are many especially revered saints, after whom you can name your daughters if their date of birth coincides with their name day:

September 8- the day of Saint Natalia, who suffered for her faith in Jesus Christ.
September 14- day of veneration of Saint Elizabeth - mother of John the Baptist.
September 29- the day of remembrance of the holy martyr Lyudmila, who died at the hands of the pagan sister Dragomira.
September 30- Day of Remembrance of Faith, Hope, Love and Sophia. These were great martyrs who endured great suffering because of their deep faith in Christ.

Women's names according to the 2017 church calendar in October

According to the Orthodox calendar, girls born in October are best called by the following names:

Ariadna
Euphrosyne
Irina
Sofia
Maria
Tatiana
Agnia
Jonah
Praskovya
Foca
Iraida
Akulina
Anna
Apollinaria
By faith
Feodosia
Veronica
Pelageya
Elizabeth
Hope
Taisiya
Eulampia
Zinaida
Golden

What to name a girl according to the church calendar in November?

According to the church calendar, girls born in November can be called:

Matrona
Pelageya
Anna
Elizabeth
Euphrosyne
Capitolina
Neoniloy
Praskovya
Fevronia
Agafya
Anastasia
Maria
Elena
Agrippina
Juliania
Evdokia
Svetlana
Evgenia
Fedora
Alexandra
Jonah
Claudia
Nina
Seraphim
Olga
Stepanida

What to name a girl in December according to the church calendar?

If your daughter was born in December, then according to the “Saints” she can be named:

Anna
Tatiana
Thekloy
Praskovya
Augusta
Anisya
Evgenia
Ekaterina
Antonina
By faith
Margarita
Maria
Matrona
Tamara
Fevronia
Glyceria
Anastasia
Varvara
Kiroy
Julia
Anfisa
Angelina
Eulalia
Jonah
Sussana

In December, Orthodox churches celebrate the name days of the following saints with ceremonial services:

December 7 – Memorial Day of the Great Martyr Catherine, who was distinguished by her impeccable beauty and high intelligence. She was able to convince 50 scientists that they needed to believe in Jesus Christ and for this she was beheaded.
December 17 – Memorial Day of the Great Martyr Barbara, who was beheaded by her own father because she joined the circles of preachers of the Christian faith.

Male names according to the church calendar

There are many more male names in the church calendar than female ones. Among them you can find a very beautiful and proud name of noble origin.

We invite you to use our selection from the Saints, which will help you choose a name for your son.

Male names in January according to the church calendar

According to the Orthodox calendar, boys born in January can be called by the following names:

Boniface
Gregory
Ilya
Timothy
Anton
Daniil
Ivan
Ignatius
Leonty
Nikita
Peter
Procopius
Sergei
Feofan
Dmitry
Fedor
Vasily
David
Makar
Nahum
Nifont
Pavel
Feoktistom
Innocent
Nikolai
Alexander
Efim
Isaac
Konstantin
Leonid
Nicodemus
Stepan
Tikhon
Joseph
We are proud

The church holds solemn services on the following days of veneration of saints:

January 1- the day of the holy martyr Boniface, who suffered for his faith in the Son of God.
January 2- Memorial Day of John of Kronstadt. A boy born on this day can be called Ivan.
January 14- day of remembrance of the ascetic Great Basil.
January 15- the day of veneration of Seraphim of Sarov, who died in prayer before the icon of the Mother of God.
January 30- day of veneration of the father of monasticism, Anthony the Great.

Male names in February according to the church calendar

We present to you a list of Orthodox names, what to name a boy in February according to church calendar :

Anton
Arseny
Gregory
Makar
Peter
Savva
Efim
Zakhar
Lavrentiy
Leo
Maxim
Gabriel
Joseph
Leonty
Timothy
Makar
Jacob
Clement
Gennady
Denis
Vitaly
Anatoly
Boris
Clement
Philip
Arkady
Konstantin
Roman
Tryphon
Yuri

There are several special days in the church calendar when solemn services are held in honor of the veneration of certain saints:

February 3– day of memory of Maxim the Greek, who for many years conducted under church supervision.
February 7- the day of remembrance of St. Gregory the Theologian, who preached Christianity all his life.
February 27- day of remembrance of Cyril, who preached Christianity in Moravia in the Slavic language.

Male names in March according to the church calendar

If your son was born in March, then choose a name for him from the following list offered by the church calendar:

Daniel
Makar
Nikolai
Paul
Novel
Victor
Kuzma
Arkhip
Maxim
David
Leonty
Sidor
Philip
Yaroslav
Alexey
Anton
Taras
Sergey
Stepan
Nestor
Savva
Michael
Konstantin
Afanasy
Sofron
Trofim
Julian

Several name days are especially revered by the church in March:

March 5- the day of remembrance of Yaroslav the Wise, famous for his good deeds for the people of Kievan Rus.
March 17- the day of Prince Daniil of Moscow, who accepted the schema before his death.
March 30- day St. Alexy, who exchanged married life with an unloved service to God.

Male names in April according to the church calendar

According to the church calendar, it is recommended to name boys born in the most blooming month of spring:

Dmitry
Ivan
Innocent
Vasily
Victor
Vissarion
Sevastyan
Georgiy
Zakhar
Tikhon
Stepan
Gabriel
Kondratiem
Hilarion
Foma
Polycarp
Efim
Nikita
Methodius
Prokhorom

How to name a boy according to the church calendar in May?

The Saints provides the following list of names for boys born in May:

Anton
Victor
Felix
Alexander
Vasily
Nikolai
Gregory
Lazarus
Dmitry
Leonty
Sergey
Fedot
Philemon
Valerian
Clement
Nikifor
Maxim
Vitaly

The Church honors several saints with a special liturgical service:

May 6- Day of Remembrance of St. George the Victorious, a courageous and brave warrior. Died martyrdom, was subject to wheeling.
May 24- Day of Remembrance of Cyril and Methodius.

What to name a boy according to the church calendar in June?

If your son was born in June, then according to the church calendar the boy should be called:

Alexander
Anton
Valentin
Victor
Matvey
Pavel
Joseph
Makar
Fedor
Mikhail
Stepan
Ivan
Leonty
Philip
Denis
Julian
Nazar
Ignatius
Taras
Nikon
Moses

Several days according to the Orthodox calendar are especially revered:

June 1- day of memory of Dmitry Donskoy, who united the Russian lands.
June 18- the day of veneration of Prince Igor of Chernigov, killed by an angry crowd.

Male names according to the 2017 church calendar in July

Boys born in July should receive the following names according to the church calendar:

Leonty
Nikanor
Varlaam
Paisiy
Andrey
Terenty
Alexander
Jacob
Nikita
Ambrose
Vasily
Arkady
Konstantin
Sergey
Hermann
Paul
Leonid

July 12 in the church calendar special holiday- day of veneration of Paul and Peter. It is recommended to name boys born on this day by the names of these saints.

Men's name days in August according to the church calendar

If your son was born in August, this means that according to the church calendar, one of the following names will suit him:

Gregory
Mitrofan
Novel
Cornelius
Alexey
Vitaly
Makar
Fedor
Vasily
Paul
Julian
Nikolai
Konstantin
Denis
Emelyan
Savva

If your son was born August 2, then according to the canons of the church it would be more correct to call him Elijah, since on this day the Orthodox worship the prophet Elijah.

Male names in September according to the church calendar

Boys born in the first month of autumn should receive the following church names:

Nikolai
Andrey
Feofan
Arseny
Jacob
Paul
Savva
Leonid
Victor
Dmitry
Julian
Georgiy
Daniel
Nicodemus
Fedot
Seraphim
Lukyan
Sergey
Khariton
Michael

How to name a boy according to the 2017 church calendar in October?

If you gave birth to a boy in October, then when you look at the Saints, you will see the following list of names:

Alexey
Boris
Benjamin
Hilarion
Igor
Sergey
Trofim
Savva
Konstantin
Issac
Makar
Anton
Dmitry
Afanasy
Philemon
Gregory
Matvey
Tryphon

If a child is born October 2, then the name Alexander is best suited for him, since on this day Alexander Nevsky is revered by the church. Born October 8 The name Sergei is suitable, because on this day Orthodox Christians commemorate the great wonderworker Sergius of Radonezh.

What to name a boy according to the church calendar in November?

Women who became mothers of sons in November can choose the following name for them according to the church calendar:

Dmitry
Evsey
Leonty
Hermann
Vasily
Paul
Irakli
Anton
Konstantin
Arkady
Maximilian
Seraphim
Emelyan
Elisha
Afanasy
Kuzma
Matvey

If your child was born on the day of the Apostle Philip, November 27, then name him in honor of this saint.

What to name a boy according to the church calendar in December?

Boys born in last month years, it is best to call them by the following names according to the church calendar:

Arkhip
Plato
Valentine
Timofey
Fedor
Joseph
Alexander
Philemon
Mitrofan
Victor
Julian
Nikifor
Daniel
Andrey
Vladimir
Stepan
Hypaty
Tryphon

If your baby is born December 13, name him Andrey in honor of St. Andrew the First-Called, and if 19 - then Nicholas, since on this day the Orthodox reverence the wonderworker Nicholas.

At the end of this article, I would like to note that in fact, a name should be given to a child with soul and heart. Any mother, as soon as she sees her baby for the first time, will immediately, without a doubt, give him a name that will bring only happiness and joy into his life.

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Birthday calendar. Women's names.Male names

January, February, March/April - June /July - September /October - December

On this page you can choose a name for baptism (godfather or baptismal name).

Here are the most famous and "popular" saints.

Some saints have several memorial days a year (2-3), which means there are several name days!

January. Names in alphabetical order:

Amelia, Amalia (see Emilia)

Anisya, Anisiya, godname: Anisiya

Apollinaria, godname: Apollinaria

Holy Venerable Apollinaria of Egypt, January 5/18

Notes: 1) St. Apollinaria had the gift of healing and miracles; carried out monastic service in a male form under the name Dorotheus, only after her death it turned out that she was a woman; 2) the name Apollinaria is sometimes chosen as a godfather for the name Polina

Apraxia (see Eupraxia)

Bogdana, Bozena (see Fedora)

Vasilisa, Vasilina, godname: Vasilisa

Holy Martyr Basilissa of Egypt, January 8/21

Dana (see Fedora)

D o mnika, Domnika, Dominika, godname: Domnika

Holy Venerable Domnica of Constantinople, January 8/21

Evgenia, godname: Evgenia

Eupraxia, Apraxia, godname: Eupraxia

Holy Venerable Eupraxia (Euphrasia) of Constantinople, Tavenskaya, Elder, January 12/25

Claudia, godname: Claudia

Leonia, Leonida, Leontina, godname: Leonilla

Holy Martyr Leonilla (Neonilla) of Langonia, January 16/29

Note: the name Leonilla can also be recommended as a godfather for the “non-calendar” name Eleanor (by “consonance”)

Maria, godname: Maria

Holy Venerable Mary of Radonezh (mother St. Sergius Radonezh), this saint has two days of remembrance a year: January 18/31, as well as September 28/October 11 (respectively, two birthday days)

Melania, Melania, godname: Melania

Notes: 1) the Russian folk forms of the name, now out of use, were Malaniya and Malanya, 2) the names Melania and Melanya should not be confused with the names Milena and Milana, which have a different origin.

Nastasya (see Anastasia)

Nina, godname: Nina

Holy Equal to the Apostles Nina, educator of Georgia, January 14 / 27

Ruslana, godmother's Orthodox name: absent

Note: There is no name Ruslan in the Orthodox calendar, a suitable name for baptism, the name Leonilla may well be, since its meaning is “lion”, “lioness” (Greek)

Holy Martyr Leonilla (Neonilla) of Langonia, January 16/29 (optional)

Tatiana, godmother Orthodox name: Tatiana

Holy Martyr Tatiana of Rome, January 12/25

Ulyana (see Yuliana)

Fedora, Theodora (and also Bogdana, Dana, Bozhena, Dora), godname: Theodora

Holy Venerable Theodora of Caesarea, December 30 / January 12
- Saint Theodora of Constantinople (Constantinople), December 30 / January 12
Note: The name Theodora is not popular, but it may well serve as a godfather for such passport names as Bogdana, Dana, Bozhena (according to the general meaning of the name). The name Dora can also be considered as a passport name (as a truncation of the name Theodore)

Emilia, Emma (and also Amelia, Amalia), godname: Emilia

Holy Venerable Emilia of Caesarea (mother of Basil the Great), January 1/14

Note: The names Amalia and Amelia have a different origin, from the ancient German amal, amala - “hardworking”, “diligent”, “tireless”, but due to the similarity of sound it is good to use the godname Emilia for them

Holy Righteous Juliana Lazarevskaya, Murom, January 2/15
- Holy Martyr Juliana of Nicomedia, December 21 / January 3

Holy Blessed Princess Juliana of Vyazemskaya, martyr; this saint has two memorial days a year: December 21 / January 3, as well as June 2 / 15 (respectively, two birthday days)

January. Names by calendar days:

(dates according to new style)

3. Yuliana + Yulianna + Ulyana

4. Anastasia + Nastasya

6. Evgenia; Claudia

10. Agafia + Agafya + Agata

12. Anisya + Anisiya; Fedora + Theodora (and also Bogdana, Dana, Bozena, Dora)

13. Melania + Melania

14. Emilia + Emma (and Amelia, Amalia)

15. Yuliana + Yulianna + Ulyana

18. Apollinaria + Polina

21. Vasilisa + Vasilina; Domnika + Domni ka + Domini ka

25. Eupraxia + Apraxia; Tatiana

27. Nina

29. Leonia + Leonida + Leontina + Leonilla (and also Eleanor, Ruslana)

31. Maria + Marya (and also Marietta, Marietta)

February. Names in alphabetical order:

(the first date is according to the church calendar, the second is according to the new style)

Agathia, Agafya, Agata, godname: Agathia

Holy Martyr Agathia of Sicily, Palermo, February 5/18

Agnia, Agnessa, Inessa, godname: Agnia

Aksinya (see Ksenia)

Anna, godname: Anna

Holy Blessed Princess Anna of Novgorod (otherwise - Venerable Anna of Novgorod), February 10/23
- holy righteous Anna the Prophetess (daughter of Phanuel), February 3/16, as well as August 28/September 10

Afanasia, godname: Afanasia

Bogdana, Bozena (see Fedora)

Valentina, godname: Valentina

Holy Martyr Valentina of Caesarea (otherwise - Valentina of Palestine), February 10/23

Note: In recent years, the names Vitalin and Vitaly have been increasingly registered. Obviously, these are analogues of the male name Vitaly, which comes from the Latin vitalis (that is, “full of life,” “living,” “giving life”). Valentina could be a good godname for Vitalina and Vitalia - both in general meaning and in sound

Galina, godname: Galina

Holy Righteous Galina, February 10/23

Dana (see Fedora)

Dorothea, Dora, godname: Dorothea

Holy Martyr Dorothea of Caesarea (from Cappadocia), February 6/19

Eudoxia, godname: Eudoxia

Eusevia, godname: Eusevia

Holy Venerable Eusevia of Milas (after baptism she received the name Xenia), January 24 / February 6

Zoya, godname: Zoya

Holy Venerable Zoe of Bethlehem, February 13/26

Inessa (see Agnia)

Inna, godname: Inna

Holy Martyr Inna Novodunsky, Slav, January 20 / February 2, and also June 20 / July 3

Note: the patron saint is the martyr Inna; in Russia the names Inna, Rimma and Pinna are considered feminine, but in the calendar they are contained in the section “Male names”

Holy Martyr Christina of Caesarea, February 6/19

Ksenia, Aksinya, Oksana, godname: Ksenia

Holy Venerable Xenia of Milas, January 24 / February 6
- Holy Blessed Xenia of Petersburg, January 24 / February 6, as well as May 24 / June 6

Maria, godname: Maria

Holy Venerable Mary of Constantinople, January 26 / February 8
- Holy Martyr Mary of Asia, February 6/19
Note: Possible passport forms of the name could also be Marya and Marietta (Marietta)

Martha, Martha, Martina, godname: Martha

Holy Martyr Martha of Asia, February 6/19

Oksana (see Ksenia)

Pelagia, godname: Pelagia

Polina, godname: Pavla

Holy Martyr Paula of Caesarea, February 10/23

Note: sometimes the name Apollinaria is taken as a godname for Polina (see January)

Rimma, godname: Rimma

Holy Martyr Rimma Novodunsky, Slav, January 20 / February 2, also June 20 / July 3

Note: the patron saint is the martyr Rimma; in Russia the names Inna, Rimma and Pinna are considered feminine, but in the calendar they are contained in the section “Male names”

Svetlana, godname: Svetlana (Photinia)

Holy Venerable Photinia (Svetlana) of Palestine (5th century), February 13/26

Holy righteous Theodora, Queen of Greece (who restored the veneration of icons) (867 AD), February 11/24

Christina (see Christina)

Felicia, godname: Felicata

Feoktista, godname: Feoktista

February. Names by calendar days:

(dates according to new style)

2. Inna; Rimma

3. Agnia + Agnessa + Inessa

6. Eusebia; Ksenia + Aksinya + Oksana

7. Felicia

8. Maria + Marya (and also Marietta, Marietta)

12. Pelagia

13. Athanasia; Eudoxia; Theoktista

16. Anna

18. Agafia + Agafya + Agata

19. Dorothea + Dora;Christina + Christina; Maria + Marya (also Marietta, Marietta); Martha + Martha + Martina

23. Anna; Valentina (and also Vitalina, Vitalia); Galina; Pauline

24. Fedora + Theodora (and also Bogdan, Dana, Bozena, Dora)

26. Zoya; Svetlana

March. Names in alphabetical order:

(the first date is according to the church calendar, the second is according to the new style)

Avdotya (see Evdokia)

Alena (see Elena)

Anastasia, Nastasya, godname: Anastasia

Holy Venerable Anastasia Patricia (Constantinople, Alexandria), March 10/23

Antonina, Antonia, Antonida, godname: Antonina

Holy Martyr Antonina of Nicaea, March 1/14, and also June 13/26

Bogdana, Bozena (see Fedora)

Victoria (see Nika)

Galina, godname: Galina

Holy Martyr Galina of Corinth, March 10/23, and also April 16/29

Dana (see Fedora)

Evdokia, Avdotya, godname: Evdokia

Holy Martyr Evdokia Iliopolskaya, March 1/14

Elena, Alena (also Elina, Nelly, Lina, Ilona), godname: Elena

Holy Equal to the Apostles Queen Helen of Constantinople, March 6/19, as well as May 21/June 3
Notes: 1) the godname Elena is also a good option (by consonance) for such passport names as Eleanor, Elvira, Ella, 2) sometimes the church Neonilla / Leonilla is used as a godfather for the name Nellie (see January, the name Ruslana); Neonilla from Latin neon, Greek neos - “young, new”).

Ilona (see Elena)

Iraida (see Raisa)

Kira, godname: Kira

Christina, Christina, godname: Christina

Holy Martyr Christina of Persia, March 13/26

Lina (see Elena)

Marianna, Maryana, godname: Mariamne

Nastasya (see Anastasia)

Nellie (see Elena)

Nika, Victoria, godname: Nika

Holy Martyr Nike of Corinth, March 10/23, and also April 16/29

Note: in Ancient Greece Nike - the goddess of victory, the Romans corresponded to her Victoria (Victoria)

Raisa, Iraida, godname: Raisa, Iraida

Holy Martyr Raisa of Alexandria, Antinopolis (the same saint is known under the name Iraida of Alexandria, Antinopolis), respectively, in her honor a girl can be called Raisa or Iraida, this saint has three days of remembrance - March 5/18; September 5/18; September 23 / October 6

Ulyana (see Yuliana)

Fedora, Theodora, godname: Theodora

Note: The name Theodora is not popular, but it may well serve as a godfather for such passport names as Bogdana, Dana, Bozhena (according to the general meaning of the name). The name Dora can also be considered as a passport name (as a truncation of the name Theodore)

Christina (see Christina)

Elina (see Elena)

Juliana, Yulianna, Ulyana, godname: Juliana

Holy Martyr Juliana of Ptolemais, March 4/17, and also August 17/30

March. Names by calendar days:

(dates according to new style)

2. Marianna + Maryana

13. Kira

14. Antonina + Antonia + Antonida; Evdokia + Avdotya

17. Yuliana + Yulianna + Ulyana

18. Raisa + Iraida

19. Elena + Alena (Elina, Nelly, Lina, Ilona, as well as Eleanor, Elvira, Ella)

23. Anastasia + Nastasya; Galina; Nika + Victoria; Fedora + Theodora (and also Bogdan, Dana , Bozena Detailed information about each of the names given

you will find in the book by Evgeny Vasiliev “A Thousand Names”

The information in this birthday calendar is given in the following format:

all possible passport forms of the name (for entry into the Birth Certificate) - godfather name (for entry into the Baptism Certificate) - full name of the saint - the day of remembrance of the saint (with the first date indicated according to the church calendar, and the second date is according to our modern calendar); the day of remembrance of the saint is the day of celebration of the name day; some saints have several days of remembrance throughout the year (2-3), which means there are several name days!

Key words: Name of the godfather. Baptismal name. Baptismal name. January. February. March. April. May. June. July. August. September. October. November. December. Baptize a child, a girl. Christening. Church name. Name by consonance. Name with meaning. Russian Orthodox Church. Russian saints. Belarusian saints. Calendar name. Non-calendar name. Canonical name. Non-canonical. Name according to the church calendar. Russian name. Christian name. For a girl. Women's names. For a newborn. Naming. Naming. Church calendar. According to the new style. According to the old style. Monthsword. Orthodox. Saints. Name according to the calendar. Names according to the calendar. Name day. Name day. When to celebrate. Birthday calendar. Angel's Day. Saint's Memorial Day. Popular, famous saints. Holy. Holy saints. Martyrs. Righteous women. Righteous. Reverends. The faithful. Blessed princess. Hieromartyr.