Baptismal names for children born on December 15

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, December 22

All the saints of December 15

• Venerable Tryphon of PechengaRussian monk and ascetic of the sixteenth century, founder of Pechenga Monastery in the far north, who died in 1583.
• Venerable UrbiciusMonk of West Francia, captured by Saracens, who escaped and lived as a hermit in the Pyrenees; died around 805.
• Holy Hieromartyrs Eleutherius and AnthiaEleutherius, bishop of Illyricum, and his mother Anthia, put to death for Christ in the 2nd century.
• Saint Stephen of SurozhArchbishop of Sugdea (modern Sudak in Crimea) in the 8th century, a confessor of the holy icons.
• OERight-⁠Believing Offa of EssexKing of Essex who died as a monk at Rome in 709, where he went on pilgrimage with Cenred of Mercia.
• Venerable Martyr Susanna the DeaconessDeaconess of 4th-⁠century Palestine who devoted herself wholly to Christ and died a martyr.
• Saint Gury KarpovArchbishop of Taurida and Simferopol, born at Saratov in 1814, who died at Simferopol in 1882.
• PLVenerable Paul of LatrosByzantine monk born in Elaia, who lost his father in a sea battle with the Arabs and struggled on Mount Latros; he died in 956.
• Saint Nectarius of BitolaSaint venerated in Bitola, who lived in the fifteenth century.
• PHVenerable Pardus the HermitRoman who lived in Palestine; a former camel driver, he fled after a boy was trampled by his camels and became a monk.
• GPHieromartyr Gurius of PechengaAbbot of the Holy Trinity Monastery at Pechenga, martyred on 9 December 1589.
• DMartyr DrosisA martyr of Antioch, who suffered for Christ in the time of Emperor Trajan.
• Hieromartyr Eleutherius of IllyriaA bishop of Illyricum who died a martyr under Emperor Hadrian around 138.
• AVSaint Adalbero of VerdunBishop of Verdun and later of Metz, who reposed around 1005.
• ARHieromartyr Alexander RozhdestvenskyA Russian priest who died a martyr for his faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
• ARMartyr Anthia of RomeThe mother of Saint Eleutherius, martyred at Rome in 138 for her faith in Christ.
• BNMartyr Bacchus the NewChristian martyred for the faith of Christ.
• BVHieromartyr Basil VinogradovCleric martyred for the faith of Christ.
• CASaint Caecilian of AfricaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 15 December; few details survive.
• CNSaint Corbmac son of NiallAn Irish bishop, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
• CMartyr CoremonAn eparch who confessed Christ and died a martyr, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• CRMartyr Corybus of RomeAn eparch of Rome, who died a martyr for the Christian faith.
• CLSaint Criotan son of LiothanAn Irish saint, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
• DGRight-⁠Believing Demetrius GorskyA right-⁠believing prince commemorated by the Russian Orthodox Church.
• EVenerable EuprepiusA monk and confessor, a disciple of Saint Maximus the Confessor.
• FCHoly Martyrs Faustinus and CompanionsMartyrs of North Africa.
• FCSaint Fethan of Cuil GhraincA saint of Cuil Ghrainc, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• FBVenerable Florentius of BangorAbbot of Bangor Abbey in Ireland, in the 7th century.
• GSaint GuriasA saint commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• Venerable Mesmin of MicyAbbot of Micy near Orléans, who reposed around 520.
• MCVenerable Mughain of Cluain BoirennA venerable saint of Cluain Boirenn, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• SSSaint Sabbas of SurozhHierarch of Surozh in Crimea, venerated in the Russian Orthodox calendar.
• SNSaint Sanctulus of NursiaSaint of Nursia, venerated in the Western Church.
• SASaint Saturnina of AfricaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 15 December; few details survive.
• SASaint Silvia of AquitaineA devout woman of Aquitaine, who reposed around 420.
• UBSaint Uidhrin son of BuachallA saint, son of Buachall, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• VDHieromartyr Victorinus DobronravovArchpriest born at Chișinău in 1889, who died a martyr at Borovichi in 1937; canonized in 2004.
• Saint Jonah of MoscowMetropolitan of Kiev and all Rus from 1448 until 1461, chosen after Isidore was condemned.
• Saint Joachim of KorsunFirst bishop of Novgorod from about 989 to 1030, who by the chronicles came from Cherson around the time of the baptism of Rus.
• Hieromartyr Hilarion TroitskyArchbishop of Vereya, born in 1886, who died in December 1929 at Leningrad in Soviet custody.
• Venerable Theodoret of KolaArchimandrite, enlightener of the Sami, who created their script and translated liturgical texts; died in 1571.
• PTVenerable Paraskeva of ToplovkaBorn Olga Rodimtseva in 1849, she entered the Strastnoy Convent in Moscow and later became abbess at Topla; she died in 1928.
• Hieromartyr Basil of ChersonesusOne of the seven martyred bishops of Chersonesus, sent from Jerusalem in the time of Diocletian.
• EKVenerable Euthymius of KareliaA monk who went north around 1400 and founded the monastery on the shore of the White Sea.
• ACSaint Aubert of CambraiBishop of Cambrai and Arras in Gaul, who reposed around 669.
• EBMartyr Eleutherius of ByzantiumA cubicularius at the imperial court, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• ECHieromartyr Elpidius of ChersonesusA cleric of the Church of Chersonesus in Crimea who died a martyr for his faith in Christ.
• ECHieromartyr Ephraim of ChersonesusA cleric of the Church of Chersonesus in Crimea who died a martyr for his faith in Christ.
• ECHieromartyr Eugene of ChersonesusA cleric of the Church of Chersonesus in Crimea who died a martyr for his faith in Christ.
• JCHoly Venerable Martyrs Jonah and CompanionsHieromonk Jonah and the brethren of the Pechenga monastery in northern Russia, put to death in 1589.
• Hieromartyr Valerian of AbbenzaAn aged bishop of North Africa who died in the Vandal persecution around 457.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on December 15?

From the saints of the day: Tryphon, Stephen, Gury, Paul, Nectarius, Eleutherius, Alexander, Basil, Corybus, Demetrius, Florentius, Gurias, Sabbas, Victorinus, Jonah, Joachim, Hilarion, Theodoret, Euthymius, Elpidius, Eugene, Valerian. 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 15?

From the women saints of the day: Susanna, Drosis, Paraskeva. 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.