Baptismal names for children born on December 27

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, January 3

All the saints of December 27

• Martyr Stephen the ProtomartyrOne of the seven deacons chosen by the apostles, stoned in Jerusalem, the first Christian martyr.
• Saint FabiolaRoman matron and physician, a disciple of St. Jerome, who gave up the pleasures of the world.
• Saint Theodore I of ConstantinopleEcumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 677 to 679, successor of Patriarch Constantine I.
• Hieromartyr Tikhon NikanorovArchbishop of Voronezh and Zadonsk from 1913, who died on February 27, 1920 at Voronezh.
• Confessor Theodore the BrandedPalestinian monk, brother of Saint Theophanes, a confessor of the icons, branded on the face by order of Emperor Theophilus.
• Saint Vassian PyatnitskyArchbishop of Tambov and Shatsk, who died in 1941 in a camp at Ukhta; canonized in 2000.
• VFVenerable Vonifaty of FeofaniaBorn Damian Vinogradsky in 1785 into a peasant family, an abbot and ascetic elder, who died in 1871.
• MAMartyr Mauritius of ApameaMartyr of Apamea who died around 305.
• ABMartyr Antonina BryanskikhA Russian woman put to death for her faith in Christ in 1938, during the communist persecution.
• FSaint FiachaA saint, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• LTVenerable Luke of TrigliaA venerable of Triglia in Bithynia, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• TMSaint Tiopraite of Magh RathaAn Irish saint honored at Magh Ratha, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
• Prophet DavidSecond king of Israel, psalmist, and ancestor of Christ according to the flesh.
• Righteous JosephThe righteous carpenter of Nazareth, betrothed of the Virgin, who cared for the Child Jesus.
• Venerable Therapont of BelozerskRussian monk, born Feodor Poskochin, founder of Ferapontov Monastery in northern Russia; died in 1426.
• Saint Barlaam of TobolskArchbishop of Tobolsk and Siberia, 1728 to 1802, canonized in 1984 among the Siberian saints.
• CRSaint Comman of RoscommonIrish abbot, founder of the monastery of Roscommon, of the 8th century.
• VKRight-⁠Believing Vladimir (Dimitry) Konstantinovich of UglichPrince of Uglich, who reposed in 1249; glorified locally.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on December 27?

From the saints of the day: Stephen, Theodore, Tikhon, Vassian, Luke, David, Joseph, Barlaam, Vladimir. 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 27?

From the women saints of the day: Fabiola, Antonina. 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.