A baptismal name for a girl
Agatha
11 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Agatha
Martyr AgathaFebruary 5Maiden of Catania in Sicily who suffered torment and death for her faith in Christ in the third century.- Martyr AgathaJune 11Chinese Orthodox Christian woman, killed in Beijing in 1900 during the Boxer Rising.
- Martyr AgathaJune 11Chinese Orthodox Christian woman, killed in Beijing in 1900 during the Boxer Rising.
- Martyr Agatha of AglomazovOctober 29A martyr of Aglomazov, put to death for her faith in Christ.
- Venerable Martyr Agatha KrapivnikovaA Russian nun put to death for her faith during the communist persecution.
- Venerable Martyr Agatha of NicomediaDecember 28A nun of Nicomedia, put to death for her faith in Christ.
- Martyr Agatha of VladimirA princess of Vladimir, honored as a martyr in the calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church.
- Martyr Agatha RuiJune 11Chinese Orthodox Christian woman, killed in Beijing in 1900 during the Boxer Rising.
- Martyr Agatha HoJune 11Chinese Orthodox Christian woman, killed in Beijing in 1900 during the Boxer Rising.
- Right-Believing Agatha HildegardFebruary 5A right-believing noblewoman of Carinthia, reposed in 1024.
- Venerable Agatha of WimborneDecember 12A nun of Wimborne in England, who reposed around 790.
Questions
The name day of Agatha is February 5, the feast of Martyr Agatha. It is also kept on June 11, October 29, December 28, December 12.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 11 saints named Agatha, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Agatha is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Martyr Agatha as patron.