Baptismal names for children born on August 24

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, August 31

All the saints of August 24

• Saint Ouen of RouenFrankish bishop of Rouen, courtier and hagiographer, author of the Life of St. Eligius, his friend; died 684.
• Venerable Martyr Kosmas the AetolianMonk and itinerant preacher, teacher of the Greek Christians under Ottoman rule, killed in 1779.
• Saint Peter of MoscowMetropolitan of Kyiv who moved his see from Vladimir to Moscow in 1325 and became the city's patron; died in 1326.
• Martyr Aurea of OstiaMartyr venerated as patron of Ostia; her name, Aurea or Chryse, means golden girl.
• Hieromartyr Maxim of GorliceOrthodox priest born in 1888, killed at Gorlice in August 1914 at the start of the First World War; canonized as a new martyr.
• Saint Dionysios of ZakynthosArchbishop of Aegina in the sixteenth century, born on Zakynthos, whose patron he is; died in 1622.
• Venerable Arsenius of KomelBorn at Moscow into a noble family, founder of a monastery at Komel and a wonderworker; died in 1550.
• Venerable Arsenius of SviatohirskArchimandrite and abbot at Sviatohirsk, born at Livny in 1805 and died in 1859; a local saint since 2008.
• Venerable Herman of SviatohirskArchimandrite and abbot at Sviatohirsk, born at Nizhyn in 1816 and died in 1890; a local saint since 2008.
• Hieromartyr Seraphim ShakhmutArchimandrite of the Russian Church, born in 1901, who died a martyr in a camp in 1946.
• Holy Hieromartyrs Ptolemaeus of NepiBishop of Nepi and his disciple Romanus, killed with thirty companions by order of the tribune Aspasius.
• SWVenerable Serapion the WonderworkerA Georgian monk honored as a wonderworker.
• AVenerable AgofridusA holy monastic of the West, honored in the age of the undivided Church.
• AHieromartyr Andrew (Karbelashvili)A Georgian archpriest of the Karbelashvili family, killed for the faith in 1924.
• AMVenerable Aristocles of MoscowAn elder and spiritual father of Moscow, who died in 1918.
• BCSaint Bregwin of CanterburyArchbishop of Canterbury, reposed in 764.
• EASaint Emerita of AntiochA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 24 August; few details survive.
• EHieromartyr EutychusA disciple of the Apostle John the Theologian who died a martyr for his faith in Christ.
• FSaint FaelanA saint, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• GLVenerable Martyr George the LimniotesA holy ascetic of Mount Olympus in Bithynia, who reposed in 730.
• JASaint Julius of AntiochA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 24 August; few details survive.
• MVHieromartyr Michael VoskresenskyCleric martyred for the faith of Christ.
• PHieromartyr Peter (Karbelashvili)A Georgian priest of the Karbelashvili family who died a hieromartyr in 1924.
• RSaint RodanA hierarch remembered in early Irish martyrologies; few details survive.
• Hieromartyr Roman of NepiA saint honored at Nepi, of whom little is known.
• SGVenerable Sandratus of GladbachAbbot of Gladbach in Germany, reposed in 986.
• SSaint SeigheinA saint, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• SPMartyr Syra of PersiaVirgin of Persia, martyred in 558 for the faith of Christ.
• TCMartyr Tation of ClaudiopolisChristian of Claudiopolis, martyred for the faith of Christ.
• YSaint YrchardA bishop who preached the Gospel in Scotland.
• ZASaint Zenobius of AntiochA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 24 August; few details survive.
• Saint Patrick of IrelandRomano-⁠British missionary of the fifth century and bishop in Ireland, called the Apostle of Ireland.
• MNSaint Martyrius of NovgorodHierarch of Novgorod, who died in 1199.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on August 24?

From the saints of the day: Kosmas, Peter, Maxim, Dionysios, Arsenius, Herman, Seraphim, Serapion, Andrew, Eutychus, George, Julius, Michael, Roman, Zenobius, Martyrius. 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 August 24?

From the women saints of the day: Aurea. 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.