Baptismal names for children born on April 10

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, April 17

All the saints of April 10

• Saint Fulbert of ChartresBishop of Chartres from 1006 to 1028 and a teacher at the cathedral school.
• Hieromartyr Gregory V of ConstantinopleThree times Ecumenical Patriarch, hanged by the Ottomans in 1821 at the start of the Greek War of Independence.
• Prophet HuldahProphetess in the time of King Josiah, who interpreted the book of the Law found in the Temple.
• Saint Misail of RyazanArchbishop of Ryazan and Murom, who died in 1655.
• PPHieromartyr Phlegon PongilskyPriest born at Karyaevo, a parish school teacher before ordination, who died a martyr in 1938.
• APMartyr Abdicius of PersiaA martyr of Persia, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• AMartyr AlexanderA martyr commemorated in the Serbian Orthodox calendar.
• AAMartyr Alexander of AfricaA martyr of Africa, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• AUVenerable Martyr Anastasia of UglichA Russian venerable nun, abbess of a convent in Uglich.
• Martyr ApolloniusA martyr at Alexandria, remembered in the ancient martyrologies of the Church.
• Martyr Apollonius of AlexandriaA martyr of Alexandria, a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Syriac Martyrology of 411.
• ARMartyr Apollonius of RomeMartyr of Rome, remembered in the early martyrologies.
• ANHieromartyr Athanasius of NicomediaMetropolitan of Nicomedia, put to death in 1821 together with Patriarch Gregory V.
• APMartyr Azadanes of PersiaA martyr of Persia, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• AHieromartyr AzasA hieromartyr commemorated in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
• BYVenerable Bede the YoungerA monk in northern Italy, reposed in 883.
• BCHoly Venerable Martyrs Beocca and CompanionsAn abbot and monks of Chertsey, slain by the Danes in 869.
• CXNew Martyr Chrysanthos of XenophontosA new martyr of Xenophontos Monastery on Athos, who died for the faith in 1821.
• DVMartyr Demetrius VdovinA Russian believer who died a martyr for his faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
• DSMartyr Dim of SmyrnaA martyr of Smyrna, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• DHieromartyr DionysiosMetropolitan of Ephesus, hanged in Constantinople in 1821 with Patriarch Gregory V; canonized in 2021.
• ECMartyr Ethor of ChertseyAn Anglo-⁠Saxon martyr at Chertsey Abbey, martyred in 869, commemorated in the Orthodox England calendar.
• HSaint HerednatA saint honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• JPMartyr James of PersiaMartyr of Persia, who suffered for Christ.
• LMartyr LukeA martyr commemorated in the Greek synaxarion within a large company of martyrs.
• MCHoly Martyrs Martyrs of CarthageMartyrs of Carthage; few details about them survive.
• MKHoly Martyrs Martyrs of Kvabtakhevi MonasteryMartyrs honored at Kvabtakhevi Monastery in Georgia.
• MRHoly Martyrs Martyrs of RomeA group of martyrs remembered together in Western calendars, around 115; few details survive.
• MCMartyr Maximus of CarthageMartyr of Carthage, who suffered for Christ.
• MSaint MidhghusA saint honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• PASaint Palladius of AuxerreBishop of Auxerre in Gaul, reposed in 661.
• SASaint Saturus of AlexandriaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 10 April; few details survive.
• TVHoly Venerable Martyrs The 179 Venerable Martyrs of Mount PenteliMonks of the Daou Penteli monastery in Attica, put to death for their faith in 1680.
• TVHoly Venerable Martyrs The 179 Venerable Martyrs of Ntaou PenteliMonks of the Pantokrator Monastery of Ntaou Penteli in Attica, slain around 1680.
• TMartyr TheodoreA martyr in Africa, remembered in the ancient martyrologies of the Church.
• TAMartyr Theodore of AfricaA martyr of Africa, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• ZCMartyr Zeno of CarthageMartyr of North Africa who suffered at Carthage.
• Saint Miltiades of RomeBishop of Rome from 311 to 314, when the Church received freedom under Constantine the Great.
• Saint Dorotheos ProiosGreek scholar and priest, born in 1765, who died at Constantinople in 1821.
• GDSaint Gregory of DerkosA hierarch of Derkos near Constantinople, venerated in the Church of Greece.
• EKHieromartyr Eugenios KaraviasMetropolitan of Anchialos, born on Ithaca in 1752 and martyred in Constantinople in 1821.
• ACMartyr Africanus of CarthageA martyr of Carthage, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• PCMartyr Pompeius of CarthageChristian of Carthage, martyred for the faith of Christ.
• TCMartyr Terentius of CarthageChristian of Carthage, martyred for the faith of Christ.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on April 10?

From the saints of the day: Gregory, Misail, Abdicius, Alexander, Apollonius, Athanasius, Azadanes, Bede, Demetrius, Dionysios, James, Luke, Maximus, Palladius, Theodore, Zeno, Miltiades, Dorotheos, Eugenios. You may also choose a saint of the eighth day or any saint dear to the family.

II.What can I name a girl born on April 10?

From the women saints of the day: Anastasia. You may also choose one of the eighth day or any saint dear to the family.

III.Must the name be the saint of the birthday?

No. Tradition links it to the birthday or the eighth day, but many parents choose a saint who has helped the family.