Baptismal names for children born on December 29

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, January 5

All the saints of December 29

• Prophet DavidSecond king of Israel, psalmist, and ancestor of Christ according to the flesh.
• Saint Martinian of MilanArchbishop of Milan from 423 to 435, remembered on 2 January.
• Venerable EbrulfFrankish hermit and abbot, died in 596, associated with the abbey of Saint-⁠Évroult.
• Venerable Lawrence of ChernigovSchema-⁠archimandrite born in 1868 in Chernigov province, who died at Chernigov in 1950; canonized in 1993.
• Venerable Mark the Grave-⁠digger of the CavesHermit of the Kiev Caves, known from the Paterikon for serving the monks Theophilus and John.
• Venerable Marcellus of AcemataSyrian monk of Constantinople from the community of the Unsleeping Ones, died around the year 485.
• Saint George of NicomediaMetropolitan of Nicomedia in the 9th century, writer, preacher and hymnographer, friend of Patriarch Photios.
• Venerable Theophilus the WeeperMonk of the Kiev Caves in the eleventh century who lived together with his brother John.
• Venerable Basiliscus of SiberiaHermit born about 1740 near Kalyazin, who died at Turinsk in 1824; canonized in 2004.
• EKVenerable Euthymius of KareliaA monk who went north around 1400 and founded the monastery on the shore of the White Sea.
• Venerable Nino the HegumenA Georgian abbess born in 1816 and reposed in 1904.
• CPVenerable Chrysostomos PapasarantopoulosGreek archimandrite and pioneering Orthodox missionary in Africa, born in 1903 and died in 1972 at Kananga.
• NISaint Nicholas I of ThessalonikiA hierarch of Thessaloniki, commemorated as a saint in the Orthodox calendar.
• AKMartyr Agrippina KiselevaA Russian woman put to death for her faith in Christ in 1942, during the communist persecution.
• Venerable Aileran the WiseA learned monk of the school of Clonard in Ireland, who reposed in 664.
• AGVenerable Albert of GambronA holy monk venerated at Gambron in France.
• ABMartyr Anna BorovskayaA Russian woman put to death for her faith in Christ in 1942, during the communist persecution.
• APMartyr Anna PopovaA Russian woman put to death for her faith in Christ in 1942, during the communist persecution.
• AVenerable AthenodorusA monastic ascetic commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• BDMartyr Barbara DerevyaginaChristian woman martyred for the faith of Christ in 1942, during the Soviet persecution.
• BVenerable BenjaminA monastic saint commemorated with Saints Athenodorus and Babylas in the Greek synaxarion.
• CCHoly Martyrs Callistus and CompanionsMartyrs of Rome.
• CASaint Crescentius of AfricaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 29 December; few details survive.
• DCHoly Martyrs Dominic and CompanionsMartyrs of North Africa.
• EGSaint Enan of Glenn FaidhleA saint of Glenn Faidhle, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• ELSaint Eolang of LecanA saint of Lecan, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• ECSaint Erearan of Cluain ErairdA saint of Cluain Eraird, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• EDMartyr Euphrosyne DenisovaA Russian woman put to death for her faith in Christ in 1942, during the communist persecution.
• EGMartyr Evdokia GusevaA Russian woman put to death for her faith in Christ in 1942, during the communist persecution.
• ENMartyr Evdokia NazinaA Russian woman put to death for her faith in Christ in 1942, during the communist persecution.
• FSaint FinnenA saint remembered in early Irish martyrologies; few details survive.
• GSVenerable Girald of Saint-⁠ArnoulA holy monk of the Abbey of Saint-⁠Arnoul, of the 11th century.
• GSHieromartyr Gregory SmirnovA hieromartyr of the Russian Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
• LHieromartyr LibosusBishop of Vaga in Africa, present at the Council of Carthage in 256, a martyr; commemorated in the Roman Martyrology.
• MLSaint Maedhog of Lis MorA hierarch of Lis Mor, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• MSaint MainchinA saint remembered in early Irish martyrologies; few details survive.
• MNMartyr Matrona NavolokinaA woman martyr of the Russian Church, who died in 1942.
• NSMartyr Natalia SiluyanovaChristian woman martyred for the faith of Christ in 1942, during the Soviet persecution.
• NSMartyr Natalia SundukovaChristian woman martyred for the faith of Christ in 1942, during the Soviet persecution.
• NVMartyr Natalia VasilyevaChristian woman martyred for the faith of Christ in 1942, during the Soviet persecution.
• SASaint Saturus of AfricaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 29 December; few details survive.
• TSVenerable Thaddeus of StoudiosA venerable monk of the Stoudios Monastery, commemorated in the calendar of the Orthodox Church.
• TSVenerable Martyr Thaddeus the StuditeA holy monk of the Studion monastery in Constantinople.
• THMartyr The 14,000 Holy Infants Slain by Herod in BethlehemThe infants of Bethlehem slain on the order of King Herod, honored as martyrs of Christ.
• TBHieromartyr Theodosius BelenskyA Russian priest put to death for his faith in Christ in 1938, during the communist persecution.
• Saint Trophimus of ArlesVenerated as the first Bishop of Arles in Gaul, of the 3rd century.
• VTHieromartyr Vladimir Troepolsky@NH
• Venerable Acacius of SinaiMonk of Sinai in the first half of the 6th century, venerated in the Orthodox Church.
• Venerable John the God-⁠pleasingMonk of the Kiev Caves in the twelfth century, younger brother of Saint Theophilus the Weeper.
• Venerable Theophilus of LugaFrom a Karelian peasant family, founder of the Omuch Hermitage in the Luga region; died in 1412.
• BVenerable BabylasA venerable father commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• BMSaint Boso of MerseburgFirst Bishop of Merseburg in Germany, a missionary to the Slavs, who reposed in 970.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on December 29?

From the saints of the day: David, Martinian, Lawrence, Marcellus, George, Theophilus, Euthymius, Nicholas, Benjamin, Gregory, Thaddeus, Theodosius, Trophimus, Vladimir, Acacius, John. 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 29?

From the women saints of the day: Nino, Agrippina, Anna, Barbara, Evdokia, Matrona, Natalia. 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.