Baptismal names for children born on August 29

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, September 5

All the saints of August 29

• Martyr Sabina of RomeMartyr of Rome, put to death around 119 or 126, commemorated in East and West on 29 August.
• Right-⁠Believing Sebbi of EssexKing of Essex from 664, sole ruler after Sighere's death until 694, venerated as a saint.
• New Martyr Anastasios of StrumicaYoung gunsmith from Radovish in the Strumica region, martyred at Thessaloniki in 1794.
• AMSaint Adelphus of MetzBishop of Metz in Gaul, reposed around 500.
• AVenerable AlbericA holy monk of the West, reposed around 1050.
• AGVenerable Antim GainaA protosyncellus of Secu and disciple of Vichentie Mălău, who reposed in 1974; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
• ASaint ArcadiusA saint venerated at Arsinoe, remembered in the calendars of the Church.
• AWSaint Arkadios the WonderworkerBishop of Arsinoe in Cyprus, a wonderworker.
• BIRight-⁠Believing Basil I the MacedonianByzantine emperor who died in 886; commemorated among the venerable in the synaxarion of the Church of Greece.
• BSMartyr Basil of SirmiumA martyr of Sirmium in Pannonia, a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Syriac Martyrology of 411.
• BSMartyr Basilla of SirmiumMartyr of Sirmium, remembered in the early martyrologies.
• CMartyr CandidaA woman martyr honored at Rome.
• ECVenerable Eadwold of CerneBrother of Saint Edmund, king and martyr, a hermit near Cerne, reposed around 871.
• ESaint EuthymiusA saint commemorated in the Western calendars.
• FCRight-⁠Believing Feidhlimidh son of CremthannAn Irish saint, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
• Venerable MedericusAn abbot at Autun, later a hermit near Paris, reposed around 700.
• PRHieromartyr Peter ReshetnikovCleric martyred for the faith of Christ in 1918, during the Soviet persecution.
• Martyr SavinaA martyr at Troyes, killed around 275, remembered in the ancient martyrologies of the Church.
• TVenerable Theodora
• UTSaint Uindic of TuighnethaA saint of Tuighnetha, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• VLSaint Verona of LeefdaalA saint of Leefdaal in Belgium, who reposed in 870.
• VSHoly Martyrs Vitalis, Sator and RepositusMartyrs, remembered in the ancient martyrologies of the Church.
• Prophet John the BaptistHe prepared the way for Christ and baptized Him in the Jordan, and was beheaded by order of Herod.
• Martyr Savinianus of TroyesPagan converted by tradition by Patroclus, beheaded near Troyes under Aurelian around 275.
• Venerable Theodora of ThessalonicaByzantine nun from Aegina, whose Life is the longest ever written about a Byzantine holy woman; commemorated on 29 August.
• BSHieromartyr Basil SokolskyCleric martyred for the faith of Christ in 1937, during the Soviet persecution.
• WVenerable WilleicA disciple of Saint Swithbert and abbot at Kaiserswerth, reposed around 726.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on August 29?

From the saints of the day: Anastasios, Arcadius, Arkadios, Basil, Euthymius, Peter, John. 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 29?

From the women saints of the day: Sabina, Theodora. 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.