Baptismal names for children born on August 8

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, August 15

All the saints of August 8

• Saint Severus of ViennePriest who preached at Vienne in Gaul, reportedly born in India; died around 455.
• GSVenerable Gregory of SinaiMonk and spiritual writer from Smyrna, who spread hesychasm on Mount Athos in the early fourteenth century.
• Saint Eusebius of MilanArchbishop of Milan from 449 to 462, honored as a saint.
• Venerable Gregory the IconographerMonk and icon painter of the Kiev Caves between the 11th and 13th centuries; commemorated August 8.
• Saint Kallinikos of EdessaMetropolitan of Edessa from 1967 to 1984, canonized by the Ecumenical Patriarchate on 23 June 2020.
• Venerable Jacob of TumanSerbian monk and doctor of law, born Radoje Arsović in 1894, who studied in France; he died in 1946.
• Venerable Theodosius of the CaucasusRussian hieroschemamonk born Fyodor Kashin, who served on Athos, in Constantinople, Jerusalem and the Caucasus; he died in 1948.
• Hieromartyr Nikodim KrotkovArchbishop of Kostroma and Galich, born in 1868, who died a martyr at Yaroslavl in 1938.
• New Martyr Alexandru BaltagăBessarabian priest and Soviet political prisoner, a founder of the Romanian religious press in Bessarabia, who died in 1941.
• TMNew Martyr Triantaphyllos the MartyrBorn in Zagora, taken captive by the Turks while fishing and tortured for refusing to renounce Christ; he died in 1680.
• Venerable Zosimus of TumanSerbian hermit of the later fourteenth century, one of the Sinaite monks, who lived at Tuman.
• Saint Myron of CreteBishop of Rhaukos, then archbishop of Crete, called the wonderworker; he lived in the third century under Decius.
• EGSaint Ekvtime of GarejiA Georgian saint of the Gareja region.
• ACSaint Aemilian of CyzicusConfessor bishop of Cyzicus, persecuted during the struggle against the holy icons.
• BFSaint Beoan of Fidh ChuilinnA hierarch honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Fidh Chuilinn; very little is recorded.
• CAMartyr Carpophorus of AlbanoOne of the Four Crowned Martyrs, who suffered at Albano near Rome.
• CVenerable CralloA Welsh saint, commemorated in Baring-⁠Gould, Lives of the British Saints.
• CRMartyr Crescentian of RomeMartyr of Rome, remembered in the early martyrologies.
• CVenerable CurchachAn Irish saint honored at Cluain Lothair, commemorated in the Martyrology of Tallaght.
• DVenerable DaireAn Irish saint honored at Kildare, of the 5th century, commemorated in the Martyrology of Tallaght.
• EMartyr EleutheriusA martyr commemorated in the calendar of the Orthodox Church, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• EEVenerable Euthymius the ElderVenerable elder who struggled at the Monastery of Saint John the Baptist.
• GBSaint Gedeon of BesançonBishop of Besançon in Gaul, reposed around 796.
• HMartyr HermolausA martyr commemorated with Eleutherius, Leonides and Styracius.
• HMartyr HormisdasA martyr of Persia under King Sapor, a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Roman Martyrology.
• HMMartyr Hormizd the MartyrMartyr, venerated in the early Church.
• ISaint IllogA Welsh saint honored at Hirnant in Powys.
• JRMartyr Juliana of RomeA martyr honored at Rome, of whom little is known.
• LRHieromartyr Largus of RomeA hieromartyr honored at Rome, of whom little is known.
• LVenerable LeobaldFounder of Fleury Abbey on the Loire, reposed around 650.
• LMartyr LeonidasA martyr of the Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
• MMartyr MarinusA saint honored in the West, of whom little is known.
• MRMartyr Memmia of RomeA martyr honored at Rome, of whom little is known.
• MNVenerable Metrodora of NicomediaVirgin of Nicomedia named in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 8 August, among other saints; few details survive.
• MFVenerable Mummolus of FleuryAbbot of Fleury in Gaul, reposed around 678.
• NNSaint Nazarius of NicomediaA name entered in the martyrology of Notker, on 8 August; few details survive.
• NPNew Martyr Nicholas ProzorovRussian priest, a former artillery officer, who died in 1930 in Leningrad.
• NSHieromartyr Nicholas ShumkovCleric martyred for the faith of Christ in 1937, during the Soviet persecution.
• RVenerable RathardA priest of noble birth, founder of the monastery of Diessen in Bavaria, reposed around 815.
• RMartyr RhychwynA Welsh martyr honored in Denbighshire, of the 5th century, commemorated in Baring-⁠Gould, Lives of the British Saints.
• SAMartyr Secundus of AlbanoOne of the Four Crowned Martyrs, who suffered at Albano near Rome.
• STHieromartyr Sergius TikhomirovCleric martyred for the faith of Christ in 1930, during the Soviet persecution.
• SAMartyr Severian of AlbanoOne of the Four Crowned Martyrs, who suffered at Albano near Rome.
• SVenerable SigradaMother of Saint Leodegar, a nun at Soissons, reposed around 678.
• SRHieromartyr Smaragdus of RomeA hieromartyr honored at Rome, of whom little is known.
• SMartyr StirachiusChristian martyred for the faith of Christ.
• TVHoly Venerables Ten Venerable Ascetics of EgyptTen venerable ascetics of Egypt, commemorated together in the Greek synaxarion.
• TBSaint Ternatius of BesançonBishop of Besançon in Gaul, reposed around 680.
• TMMartyr Two Martyrs of TyreTwo martyrs of the city of Tyre, commemorated together in the Greek synaxarion.
• UVenerable UltanAn Irish monk, brother of Saint Fursey, abbot of Fosses and Péronne in Gaul.
• VAMartyr Victorinus of AlbanoOne of the Four Crowned Martyrs, who suffered at Albano near Rome.
• Hieromartyr Cyriacus of RomeRoman deacon put to death for his faith in Christ in the persecution of Diocletian around 303.
• Venerable Sabbatius of SolovkiRussian monk, one of the founders of Solovki Monastery together with Saint Zosimas; died in 1435.
• Venerable Herman of SolovkiRussian hermit, one of the founders of Solovetsky Monastery, where he lived about fifty years; died in 1479.
• Venerable Zosimas of SolovkiRussian hermit, one of the founders of Solovetsky Monastery in the White Sea; died in 1478.
• New Martyr Anastasios of StrumicaYoung gunsmith from Radovish in the Strumica region, martyred at Thessaloniki in 1794.
• Venerable Barlaam of ChikoyHermit and celibate priest born in the Nizhny Novgorod governorate, abbot of the Monastery of Saint John the Forerunner at Chikoy.
• AMartyr ApronianA martyr who suffered for Christ in 304.
• CSaint CynlloA saint of the early Church of Wales.
• ECConfessor Emilian the ConfessorBishop of Cyzicus, a confessor of the veneration of icons in the time of iconoclasm.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on August 8?

From the saints of the day: Gregory, Eusebius, Kallinikos, Jacob, Theodosius, Nikodim, Zosimus, Myron, Aemilian, Eleutherius, Euthymius, Gedeon, Hermolaus, Leonidas, Marinus, Nazarius, Nicholas, Sergius, Severian, Victorinus, Cyriacus, Herman, Zosimas, Anastasios, Barlaam, Emilian. 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 8?

From the women saints of the day: Juliana, Metrodora. 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.