Baptismal names for children born on April 25

Boys' names from this day

From the eighth day, May 2

All the saints of April 25

• Apostle MarkAuthor of the second Gospel, disciple of Peter and founder of the Church of Alexandria.
• Saint Anianus of AlexandriaSecond bishop of Alexandria, ordained by Mark the Evangelist and the first convert Mark made there.
• Venerable Ermin of LobbesSecond abbot of Lobbes Abbey in Hainaut, Belgium, who died in 737.
• MISaint Macedonius II of ConstantinoplePatriarch of Constantinople from 496 to 511, who died around 517.
• Venerable Sylvester of ObnoraRussian hermit inspired by Sergius of Radonezh, who lived by the Obnora river and died in 1479.
• NMartyr NikeChristian woman martyr venerated in the Orthodox Church.
• AMVenerable Martyr Anchorite MartyrsA group of anchorites who suffered for Christ, commemorated together in the Greek synaxarion.
• BPVenerable Basil of Poiana MăruluiMonk of Slavic origin, spiritual guide of Paisius Velichkovsky; canonized by the Romanian Church in 2003.
• DVenerable DighdeA venerable mother honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• ECHoly Martyrs Evodius and CompanionsMartyrs honored at Syracuse in Sicily.
• GPMartyr George of PtolemaisMartyr of Ptolemais, who suffered for Christ.
• HASaint Heribald of AuxerreA monk of Saint Germanus at Auxerre and later bishop of the city, reposed in 857.
• JASaint Jocundus of AfricaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 25 April; few details survive.
• MVenerable MatogA venerable father honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• MDVenerable Mella of Doire-⁠MelleA saint honored in the West, of whom little is known.
• NSConfessor Nadezhda SemenovaConfessor, who suffered for the faith of Christ and died in 1938, during the Soviet persecution.
• PSaint PhiloA deacon from Cilicia who accompanied Saint Ignatius the God-⁠bearer on his journey to Rome.
• PAHoly Martyrs Philo and AgathopodesDeacons of Antioch, saints of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Roman Martyrology.
• PASaint Phoebadius of AgenBishop of Agen and defender of the true faith against the Arians, reposed around 392.
• RSVenerable Robert of SyracuseA holy monk of Syracuse, reposed around 1000.
• RLSaint Rusticus of LyonBishop of Lyon in Gaul, reposed around 501.
• SRHieromartyr Sergius RokhletsovCleric martyred for the faith of Christ in 1938, during the Soviet persecution.
• SIHieromartyr Stephen IIPatriarch of Antioch, killed in 479 by opponents of the Council of Chalcedon and thrown into the Orontes.
• VMartyr ValentionA martyr at Durostorum under the emperor Diocletian, remembered together with Pasicrates.
• VBVenerable Vassian the Blind (Balashevich)A monk of the Kyiv Caves Lavra, who reposed in 1827; locally glorified at the Lavra in 2016.
• Saint MaugholdPatron saint of the Isle of Man, by tradition an Irish prince, died around 488.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on April 25?

From the saints of the day: Sylvester, Basil, George, Philo, Sergius, Stephen, Vassian. 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 25?

There are no usual girls' names on this day. See the eighth day or the name finder.

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.