Baptismal names for children born on February 11

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, February 18

All the saints of February 11

• Saint Gregory II of RomeBishop of Rome from 715 to 731, who resisted the iconoclast policy of Emperor Leo III.
• Saint Paschal I of RomeBishop of Rome from 817 to 824, from a noble Roman family.
• Hieromartyr Blaise of SebastePhysician and bishop of Sebaste in Lesser Armenia, killed for his faith around 316.
• Right-⁠Believing TheodoraWife of Emperor Theophilos who, as regent, restored the veneration of holy icons in 843.
• Venerable CaedmonNorthumbrian cowherd who became a monk at Whitby, the earliest English poet known by name.
• Right-⁠Believing Vsevolod of PskovPrince of Novgorod from 1117 to 1132, then of Pskov in 1137 to 1138, patron saint of Pskov.
• New Martyr George the New of SofiaSilversmith from Kratovo, burned alive by the Ottoman Turks at Sofia in 1515 for refusing to renounce the Christian faith.
• Venerable GobnaitEarly medieval Irish saint whose church stood at Ballyvourney.
• Venerable Demetrius of PrilutskRussian hieromonk, founder of the Saint Nicholas and Saviour monasteries at Prilutsk, died in 1392.
• Saint Castrensis of SessaBorn in North Africa, he fled the persecution of the Vandals and became Bishop of Sessa in Campania.
• Venerable ArdanA holy monastic of the West, who reposed in 1066.
• Martyr Berthevin of ParignyA saint honored at Parigny in Normandy from the age of the undivided Church.
• CBVenerable Cassian the BarefootA venerable father of the Volokolamsk region, called the Barefoot, commemorated in the Russian calendar.
• CEVenerable Cognat of EarnaidheA venerable mother honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Earnaidhe; very little is recorded.
• CPFool-⁠for-⁠Christ Cyriacus of PskovA fool for Christ of Pskov, honored by the Russian Church.
• Hieromartyr Desiderius of VienneBishop of Vienne in Gaul, who died a martyr in 608.
• DRVenerable Dubbin of Rinn DubhainA venerable father honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Rinn Dubhain; very little is recorded.
• ECSaint Eloïsa of CoulombsA saint honored at Coulombs in France, who reposed in 1060.
• ECSaint Etchen of ClonfadIrish bishop of Clonfad, reposed in 577, who by tradition ordained Saint Columba.
• FMSaint Findia of Magh BileA hierarch honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Magh Bile; very little is recorded.
• LCSaint Lappan son of CiaranAn Irish saint, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
• LASaint Luchta of Ath FernaA saint honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Ath Ferna; very little is recorded.
• MNHoly Martyrs Martyrs of North-⁠West AfricaA group of African martyrs, killed around the year 303; few details survive.
• PHoly Hierarchs PriscusA bishop commemorated in the calendar of Western saints.
• SDHoly Martyrs Saturninus, Dativus, Felix and AmpeliusFour of the martyrs of Abitinae in Africa, put to death in the persecution of Diocletian.
• SSaint SecundinusBishop honored as a saint in Spain and linked to Eca; the sources preserve few details about him.
• SCVenerable Senach of Cealla ua MaigheachA venerable father honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Cealla ua Maigheach; very little is recorded.
• SWHoly Martyrs Seven Women MartyrsSeven women who gave their lives for Christ, commemorated together with Saint Blaise.
• SAVenerable Severinus of AgaunumAbbot of the monastery of Agaunum, reposed in 507.
• SVSaint Simplicius of VienneBishop of Vienne, venerated in the Western Church.
• TCHoly Martyrs Two Child MartyrsTwo children who suffered for Christ, commemorated together with Saint Blaise.
• VASaint Vitalis of AfricaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 11 February; few details survive.
• GSVenerable Gregory of SinaiMonk and spiritual writer from Smyrna, who spread hesychasm on Mount Athos in the early fourteenth century.
• Saint Lazarus of MilanArchbishop of Milan from 438 to 449, honored in the Orthodox and Catholic Churches.
• Martyr CalocerusMartyr of the 2nd century, honored at Brescia and Albenga; his martyrdom account is late.
• BAHieromartyr Blaise of AcarnaniaA hieromartyr of Acarnania who died for Christ in 1006.
• DCSaint Desideratus of ClermontBishop of Clermont in Gaul, reposed around 554.
• PCHoly Hierarchs Priscus, Castrensis, Tammarus, Rosius, Heraclius, Secundinus, Adjutor, Mark, Augustus, Elpidius, Canion and VindoniusA group of twelve hierarchs remembered together in Western calendars; few details survive.
• SMartyr SoterisA Roman virgin of the family of Saint Ambrose, martyred in 304.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on February 11?

From the saints of the day: Gregory, Blaise, Vsevolod, George, Demetrius, Cassian, Cyriacus, Desiderius, Lazarus. 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 February 11?

From the women saints of the day: Theodora. 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.