Baptismal names for children born on December 16

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, December 23

All the saints of December 16

• Prophet HaggaiOne of the twelve minor prophets, who urged the Jews to rebuild the Temple.
• Right-⁠Believing Adelaide of BurgundyEmpress by marriage to Otto the Great, crowned in Rome in 962, known for her almsgiving.
• Saint Ado of VienneFrankish churchman and writer, archbishop of Vienne from 850 to 874, author of hagiography and history.
• Right-⁠Believing TheophanoByzantine empress, wife of Leo VI the Wise, venerated as a saint, who died in 897.
• Right-⁠Believing Eberhard of FriuliFrankish duke of Friuli from 846 until his death in 867.
• Saint Nicholas II ChrysobergesEcumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 980 to 991.
• Venerable Sophia of SuzdalWife of Grand Prince Vasili III, who became a nun at Suzdal as Sophia and was canonized by the Russian Church.
• Martyr AlbinaVirgin and martyr from Caesarea in Palestine, honored at Formia in Italy; died around the year 250.
• Saint Memnon of EphesusMetropolitan of Ephesus during the Third Ecumenical Council; died in 443.
• Venerable Job of ManiavaBorn Ivan Knyahynytskyi, he founded Maniava Skete in Ukraine and died in 1621.
• Hieromartyr Arkady OstalskyBishop of Bezhetsk and vicar of the Kalinin diocese, executed on 29 December 1937 at the Butovo firing range.
• Hieromartyr Peter ZinovyevPriest born in 1894 at Bereznyaki, who died a martyr in 1937 in the Tver region.
• IGSaint Irenion of GazaBishop of Gaza mentioned in the Life of St Porphyry; he died in 393.
• AKHieromartyr Alexander KolokolovA Russian priest put to death for his faith in Christ in 1937, during the communist persecution.
• BBVenerable Bobolenus of BobbioAbbot of the monastery of Bobbio in northern Italy, who reposed around 652.
• CRMartyr Concordius of RavennaA martyr honored in Western calendars; few details survive.
• Venerable DabheogFounder of the monastery at Lough Derg in Ireland.
• ECHieromartyr Elias CheredeevA hieromartyr of the Russian Church, who died in 1937.
• FVenerable FlavitusA hermit of the region of Troyes in Gaul, who reposed around 630.
• HMartyr HilariusA martyr commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• Fool-⁠for-⁠Christ John the Barefoot (Rastorguev)A fool for Christ in Kyiv, who reposed in 1849; locally glorified (Eparchy of Kyiv, 2014).
• MCVenerable Macarius of CollesanoItalo-⁠Greek monastic saint of Sicily, ascetic at Collesano, reposed around 1000.
• MSVenerable Martyr Macarius SmirnovMonk born in 1877 in St Petersburg province, who died a martyr in 1937; canonized in 2000.
• Martyr Marinus of RomeMartyr of Rome, who suffered for Christ.
• PFHieromartyr Paul FavoritovCleric martyred for the faith of Christ in 1937, during the Soviet persecution.
• PMHieromartyr Paul of MokinoCleric martyred for the faith of Christ.
• PSaint ProbusA saint honoured in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
• PMartyr PromusA martyr commemorated with Hilarius and Marinus the senator.
• RGSaint Rodaighe of Greallach BurmaA saint of Greallach Burma, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• SSaint SimeonAn archbishop of Antioch, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• TBHieromartyr Theodosius BoldyrevPriest born to a peasant family in Voronezh province, arrested and exiled; he died in 1937 and was canonized in 2000.
• VCHoly Martyrs Valentine, Concordius, Navalis and AgricolaMartyrs of Ravenna under Maximian, saints of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Roman Martyrology.
• VDHieromartyr Vladimir DamaskinPriest born at Torzhok in 1870, killed in 1937; canonized in 2000 among the New Martyrs of Russia.
• WMHoly Martyrs Women Martyrs of North AfricaChristian women of north-⁠west Africa, tortured for the faith around 482.
• Saint Modestus of JerusalemPatriarch of Jerusalem from 632 to 634, who died in 634.
• ESSaint Eulalius of SyracuseA bishop honored as a saint at Syracuse, of whom little is known.
• VGSaint Valentine of GenoaBishop of Genoa, reposed around 307.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on December 16?

From the saints of the day: Nicholas, Memnon, Arkady, Peter, Alexander, Elias, Hilarius, John, Macarius, Marinus, Paul, Simeon, Theodosius, Valentine, Vladimir, Modestus. 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 16?

From the women saints of the day: Adelaide, Theophano, Sophia, Albina. 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.