Baptismal names for children born on December 10

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, December 17

All the saints of December 10

• Saint Miltiades of RomeBishop of Rome from 311 to 314, when the Church received freedom under Constantine the Great.
• Right-⁠Believing Stefan Branković the BlindLast ruling member of the Branković dynasty, Despot of Serbia in 1458-1459, known as Stefan the Blind.
• Right-⁠Believing Vakhtang IIIKing of Georgia from 1302 to 1308, of the Bagrationi dynasty, during the Mongol dominance.
• Saint Joasaph of BelgorodBishop of Belgorod from 1748 until his death in 1754, born Ioakim Gorlenko.
• Martyr Gemellus of AncyraA native of Paphlagonia, crucified at Ancyra in the reign of Emperor Julian the Apostate.
• Hieromartyr Anatoly PravdolyubovPriest of the Kasimov district, born in 1862, who died a martyr at Ryazan in 1937; three of his sons are saints too.
• Hieromartyr Jacob ShestakovPriest, local historian, writer and publisher, born in 1858, who died a martyr in 1918; glorified in 2000.
• WBVenerable Wulfhilda of BarkingAnglo-⁠Saxon abbess of Barking Abbey in the second half of the tenth century.
• Martyr Menas KallikeladosMartyr called Kallikelados, meaning the sweet-⁠voiced, venerated as a saint in the Orthodox Church.
• MBHieromartyr Michael BlagievskyRussian archpriest executed by the Bolsheviks at Ryazhsk in December 1937 and later canonized as a new martyr.
• Hieromartyr Alexander TuberovskyTheologian and archpriest, professor at the Moscow Theological Academy from 1917, who died in Ryazan in 1937.
• TEMartyr Tatiana EgorovaRussian woman martyr born in 1879 in the village of Giblitsy in the Ryazan region, martyred in 1937; canonized in 2000.
• EKHieromartyr Eugenios KaraviasMetropolitan of Anchialos, born on Ithaca in 1752 and martyred in Constantinople in 1821.
• Martyr Eulalia of MeridaA young Christian woman of Merida in Spain, put to death for her faith in 304.
• ASHieromartyr Alexander ShklyaevA Russian priest who died a martyr for his faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
• AUMartyr Alexandra UstyukhinaA Russian woman who died a martyr for her faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
• AVHieromartyr Alexis VvedenskyA Russian priest put to death for his faith in Christ in 1940, during the communist persecution.
• AIConfessor Anna IvashkinaA Russian woman who confessed the faith during the communist persecution.
• ASVenerable Anna StolyarovaA Russian nun, commemorated in the calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church.
• ASaint AthanasiusA bishop of Methoni in the Peloponnese who reposed in 827.
• CAHoly Martyrs Carpophorus and AbundiusTwo martyrs remembered together in Western calendars; few details survive.
• CBHieromartyr Constantine BazhanovA hieromartyr of the Russian Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
• DBSaint Deusdedit of BresciaBishop of Brescia in Italy, who reposed around 700.
• DKMartyr Dorotheus KlimashevA Russian believer who died a martyr for his faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
• ESSaint Edibius of SoissonsBishop of Soissons, venerated in the Western Church.
• EMartyr EugraphosMartyr who died around 305, in the persecution of Diocletian.
• EAMartyr Eugraphus of AlexandriaA martyr of Alexandria, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• ETMartyr Eusebius TryakhovA Russian believer who died a martyr for his faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
• ERSaint Evangelus of RomeA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 10 December; few details survive.
• EPHieromartyr Evgraf PletnevA Russian priest who died a martyr for his faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
• GBMartyr Gregory BerdenevA Russian martyr, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
• GVenerable GuitmarusA holy monk of Saint-⁠Riquier in Gaul, who reposed around 765.
• HAMartyr Hermogenes of AlexandriaAn official, eparch of Alexandria, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• HBSaint Hildemar of BeauvaisBishop of Beauvais in France, who reposed around 844.
• IZVenerable Ioan ZloteaA priest of Chișinău, honored as a wonderworker, who reposed in 1928; not formally canonized.
• JSRight-⁠Believing John of SerbiaA Serbian ruler, remembered among the right-⁠believing leaders of his people, who died in 1476.
• Martyr Julia of MéridaA virgin martyr of Mérida in Spain, companion of Saint Eulalia, slain in 304.
• LKMartyr Laurence KogtevA martyr of the Russian Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
• LVenerable LuceriusA holy abbot of Italy, who reposed around 740.
• MCMartyr Marian of CaesareaMartyr of Caesarea, who suffered for Christ.
• MBMartyr Maurus the BoyBoy martyr of Rome, buried in the Catacomb of Thraso on the Via Salaria.
• MCHoly Martyrs Mercurius and CompanionsMartyrs of Lentini in Sicily, put to death around 308.
• MPMartyr Michael PletnevA martyr of the Russian Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
• MYMartyr Michael YakunkinA martyr of the Russian Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
• MCSaint Modiomog of Cluain Cain AradhA hierarch of Cluain Cain Aradh, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• NKHieromartyr Nicholas KarasyovCleric martyred for the faith of Christ.
• NRHieromartyr Nicholas RozovCleric martyred for the faith of Christ.
• PGMartyr Peter GrishinChristian martyred for the faith of Christ.
• SASaint Scanlach of Ard ScanlaigheA saint of Ard Scanlaighe, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• SSVenerable Martyr Sergius SorokinMonk martyred for the faith of Christ.
• SVSaint Sindulf of VienneBishop of Vienne in Gaul, who reposed around 669.
• TBConfessor Tatiana ByakirevaConfessor, who suffered for the faith of Christ.
• TMConfessor Thecla MakushevaA Russian woman who confessed the faith, commemorated in the calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church.
• TMartyr TheoteknosA priest commemorated in the Greek synaxarion together with Saint Gemellus.
• TDSaint Thomas DefurkinA saint commemorated in the Serbian Orthodox calendar.
• TMVenerable Thomas of MaurienneA monk from Maurienne who restored the monastery of Farfa in Italy in the early 8th century.
• TMHoly Martyrs Trobat and the 359 Martyrs of GironaMartyrs at Girona, killed around 307, remembered in the ancient martyrologies of the Church.
• Martyr Eulalia of BarcelonaVirgin of thirteen, martyred at Barcelona in the persecution of Diocletian in 303.
• Venerable Angelina of SerbiaAlbanian princess, consort of a despot of Serbia, who withdrew to Krušedol Monastery and died around 1520.
• Right-⁠Believing Jovan BrankovićTitular Despot of Serbia from 1493 until his death in 1502, of the Branković family; buried at Krušedol.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on December 10?

From the saints of the day: Miltiades, Stefan, Joasaph, Anatoly, Jacob, Menas, Michael, Alexander, Eugenios, Alexis, Athanasius, Constantine, Dorotheus, Eusebius, Gregory, John, Laurence, Marian, Nicholas, Peter, Sergius, Thomas. 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 December 10?

From the women saints of the day: Tatiana, Eulalia, Alexandra, Anna, Julia, Thecla, Angelina. 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.