Baptismal names for children born on February 17

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, February 24

All the saints of February 17

• Saint Mesrop MashtotsArmenian theologian and scholar who devised the Armenian alphabet and began Bible translation.
• Right-⁠Believing MarcianEmperor of the East from 450 to 457, who convened the Fourth Ecumenical Council at Chalcedon.
• Great Martyr Theodore the RecruitYoung soldier of Amasea, killed for his faith in Christ in the persecution of Diocletian, around 306.
• Hieromartyr Hermogenes of MoscowPatriarch of Moscow from 1606, inspirer of the uprising that ended the Time of Troubles, who died in 1612.
• Apostle MariamneSister of the Apostle Philip, a preacher of the Gospel after the Resurrection, who reposed in the 1st century.
• Venerable Barnabas of GethsemaneBorn into a serf family, hieromonk at Gethsemane Skete of the Trinity Lavra, who died in 1906.
• Venerable Theodore the SilentMonk of the Kiev Caves Monastery in the thirteenth century; little is known of his life.
• TBNew Martyr Theodore of ByzantiumGreek new martyr born in 1774 at Neochori near Constantinople, who suffered at Mytilene.
• MMNew Martyr Michael MavroeidisNew martyr venerated in the city of Adrianople, today Edirne.
• TASaint Theodore AvalianiA Georgian saint venerated by the Georgian Church.
• FLSaint Finan of LindisfarneAn Irish monk trained at Iona, second bishop of Lindisfarne, who died in 661.
• AFNew Martyr Agathangelos of FlorinaA new martyr from Florina who died for the faith in 1727.
• ASSaint Auxibius of SoliBishop of the city of Soli in Cyprus, commemorated in the calendar of the Orthodox Church.
• Saint Bonosus of TrierBishop of Trier in Gaul, who reposed around 373.
• BFSaint Brelach son of FithcheallachAn Irish saint, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
• CASaint Cormac of Ath TruimAn Irish bishop honored at Ath Truim, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
• DOSaint Dochonna son of OdhranAn Irish saint, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
• DMartyr DonatusA martyr of the time of the great persecution, who suffered around 304.
• Holy Martyrs Donatus, Romulus, Secundian and 86 CompanionsMartyrs, killed around 304, remembered in the ancient martyrologies of the Church.
• EMartyr EngratiaA holy woman venerated at Braga in present-⁠day Portugal.
• EVenerable EuxiphiusA venerable father commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• FCHoly Martyrs Faustinus and CompanionsMartyrs who suffered for Christ at Rome.
• FCVenerable Fintan of ClonenaghAn Irish abbot of Clonenagh, renowned for his strict ascetic life, reposed in 603.
• FTVenerable Fortchern of TrimAn Irish saint honored at Trim, of the time of Saint Patrick.
• GVenerable GuevrocA Breton holy monk honored at Loc-⁠Kirec.
• HLHieromartyr Habet-⁠Deus of LunaA hieromartyr of Luna in Italy, slain around 500.
• JKFool-⁠for-⁠Christ John of KargopolA fool for Christ of Kargopol, commemorated by the Russian Orthodox Church.
• JDSaint Joseph of DionysiouAthonite monk of Dionysiou Monastery.
• LTSaint Lomman of TrimA disciple of Saint Patrick and the first Bishop of Trim.
• LPSaint Lurach of the PoemsA saint honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• MFSaint Miodhu son of FachtnaAn Irish saint, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
• PISaint Paul IIIBishop of Naples in Italy, reposed in 810.
• PKHieromartyr Paul KosminkovCleric martyred for the faith of Christ in 1938, during the Soviet persecution.
• RTVenerable Roman of TarnovoBulgarian monk of Kilifarevo near Tarnovo, who died in 1363.
• RMartyr RomulusA martyr of the early Christian centuries, killed around 304.
• SMartyr SecundianA martyr of the undivided Church who died for Christ around 304.
• SASaint Silvinus of AuchyA missionary bishop who reposed at Auchy around 718.
• TNew Martyr TheodoreKilled by Ottoman soldiers in 1822 on his way to Athos; canonized by the Synod of the Georgian Church on 17 October 2002.
• TAHieromartyr Theodore of AjaraGeorgian hieromartyr from Ajara.
• Right-⁠Believing PulcheriaByzantine empress, adviser to her brother Theodosius II and wife of Emperor Marcian.
• Venerable Theodosius of TarnovoHigh-⁠ranking Bulgarian cleric and hermit of the fourteenth century, a disciple of Gregory of Sinai who spread hesychasm in Bulgaria.
• Saint EvagriusA saint commemorated in the Georgian Church calendar.
• MNHieromartyr Michael NikologorskyA hieromartyr of the Russian Church, who died in 1938.
• RNVenerable Martyr Romanos the NewA venerable new martyr, a monk who gave his life for Christ, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• TMConfessor Theosterictus of MedikionA monk of the Medikion monastery, a confessor of the veneration of icons.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on February 17?

From the saints of the day: Marcian, Theodore, Barnabas, Michael, Agathangelos, Donatus, John, Joseph, Paul, Roman, Romulus, Theodosius, Evagrius, Romanos. 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 17?

From the women saints of the day: Mariamne. 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.