Baptismal names for children born on August 5

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, August 12

All the saints of August 5

• Hieromartyr FabianBishop of Rome from 236 to 250, killed as a martyr in the persecution of Emperor Decius.
• Saint AnterusBishop of Rome from 235 to 236, who died soon after his election.
• Right-⁠Believing Oswald of NorthumbriaKing of Northumbria from 634 to 642, who supported the spread of Christianity and died in battle.
• Saint Euthymius I of ConstantinopleA monk from youth, spiritual father of Leo VI the Wise, and Ecumenical Patriarch from 907 to 912.
• Saint Abel of ReimsBenedictine monk and companion of Boniface, bishop of Reims in Francia in the eighth century.
• Hieromartyr Emygdius of Ascoli PicenoMartyr bishop, killed by tradition in the Diocletian persecution, patron of Ascoli Piceno.
• Righteous Nonna of NazianzusWife of Gregory the Elder and mother of Gregory the Theologian, Caesarius and Gorgonia, in Cappadocia.
• Martyr EusigniusRoman soldier of Antioch who served in the army for about sixty years and died a martyr in 362.
• Saint Memmius of ChâlonsVenerated as the first bishop of Châlons-⁠sur-⁠Marne and founder of the diocese, by tradition a Roman citizen.
• Saint Venantius of ViviersBishop of Viviers in France, who reposed in 544.
• Venerable Martyr Job of UshchelyeFirst builder of Job Monastery at Ushchelye, who died a martyr in 1628; little is known of his life.
• New Martyr Evdokia SheykovaBorn in 1856 to a peasant family at Puza near Diveevo, honored as blessed, martyred in 1919.
• Hieromartyr Simon ShleevBishop of Ufa and Sterlitamak, author of works on Edinoverie, who died in 1921 in Ufa.
• Venerable John Jacob the HozeviteBorn in 1913 at Horodiștea, a monk at Neamț from 1936 and then at Choziba in Palestine, where he died in 1960.
• Saint Eugenios the AetolianGreek cleric and teacher from Aetolia, born in 1597 and died in 1682.
• CEMartyr Cantidianus of EgyptMartyr of Egypt, who suffered for Christ.
• CEMartyr Cantidius of EgyptMartyr of Egypt, who suffered for Christ.
• CASaint Cassian of AutunBishop of Autun in Gaul, reposed around 350.
• CMartyr ChristinaA woman martyr of the Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
• CPMartyr Christos of PrevezaMartyr of Preveza in Epirus.
• CDSaint Colman of Druim UaitheAn Irish saint honored at Druim Uaithe, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
• DTMartyr Daria TimaginaA Russian woman who died a martyr for her faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
• DTMartyr Daria TimolinaA Russian woman martyr, killed for her faith in Christ in 1919.
• DUMartyr Daria UlybinaA Russian woman who died a martyr for her faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
• DUVenerable Duinsech of UladhA venerable mother honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Uladh; very little is recorded.
• ECSaint Echi of Cill GlaisA saint honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Cill Glais; very little is recorded.
• ECSaint Ernin of Cluain RailgheachA saint honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Cluain Railgheach; very little is recorded.
• FSaint FethiA saint honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• Venerable Frodulphe of SaintongeA holy monastic of Saintonge in France from the age of the undivided Church.
• GVenerable GormcalAn Irish holy monk of the island of Ardoileán, reposed in 1016.
• JSHieromartyr John SmirnovA Russian deacon, who died a martyr in 1939.
• MUMartyr Mary the UnknownA woman martyr whose family name has not survived.
• PTSaint Paris of TeanoBishop of Teano in Campania, reposed around 346.
• SEMartyr Sibelius of EgyptChristian of Egypt, martyred for the faith of Christ.
• SEMartyr Solev the EgyptianA martyr of Egypt, commemorated by the undivided Church.
• TCSaint Theoctistus of ChernigovBishop of Chernigov, honored in the Russian Church.
• TCSaint Theodoric of CambraiBishop of Cambrai and Arras, reposed in 863.
• TKSaint Thyrsus of KarpasiaBishop of Karpasia in Cyprus, commemorated in the Greek Orthodox calendar.
• TMHoly Martyrs Twenty-⁠three Martyrs of RomeA company of 23 Christians who suffered for Christ at Rome around 303.
• VVenerable ViatorMonk, venerated in the Western Church.
• VMartyr VirginiaA martyr commemorated in the calendars of the Western saints.
• YSaint YonA saint, remembered in the calendars of the Church.
• Saint Theoctistus of ChernihivLong a monk of the Kyiv Caves Monastery, later Bishop of Chernihiv, who died in 1123.
• SKHieromartyr Stephen KhitrovRussian priest born in 1851 and died in 1920, venerated as a hieromartyr.
• Martyr Pontius of CimiezA martyr of Gaul at Cimiez, put to death for his faith around 257.
• Martyr Afra of AugsburgA martyr of Augsburg, burned for Christ in 304.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on August 5?

From the saints of the day: Fabian, Euthymius, Abel, Venantius, Simon, John, Eugenios, Cassian, Theoctistus, Stephen. 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 5?

From the women saints of the day: Nonna, Evdokia, Daria, Mary. 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.