Baptismal names for children born on February 18
The saints remembered on the birthday and on the eighth day, when by tradition the name was given.
Boys' names from this day
FlavianConfessor Flavian of ConstantinopleAgapitusConfessor Agapitus of SynadaNicholasSaint Nicholas V of GeorgiaAgrippaMartyr AgrippaDanielSaint Daniel of Cenn GaradhDorotheusMartyr DorotheusHelladiusSaint Helladius of ToledoLuciusMartyr LuciusSilvanusMartyr SilvanusTheodoreSaint Theodore of SerbiaThomasSaint Thomas IVictorinusMartyr VictorinusDidymusMartyr DidymusVladimirConfessor Vladimir Terentev
Girls' names from this day
From the eighth day, February 25
FelixSaint Felix III of RomeTarasiosSaint Tarasios of ConstantinopleDonatusSaint Donatus of ZadarAlexanderHieromartyr Alexander VinogradovGennadyVenerable Martyr Gennady RebezaJohnVenerable Martyr John LabaHypatiusMartyr HypatiusMarcellusSaint MarcellusNicholasHieromartyr Nicholas TroitskyTheodoreFool-for-Christ Theodore the Fool for ChristValeriusVenerable Valerius of BierzoSylvesterHieromartyr Sylvester OlshevskyAntoniosSaint Antonios of SardisConstantinaRight-Believing Constantina
All the saints of February 18
Saint Leo the GreatBishop of Rome from 440 to 461, whose Tome to Flavian was received at the Fourth Ecumenical Council.
Confessor Flavian of ConstantinoplePatriarch of Constantinople from 446 to 449, who died after the Robber Council of Ephesus.
Saint Colmán of LindisfarneIrish-born Bishop of Lindisfarne from 661 to 664, who left his see after the Synod of Whitby.
Venerable Kosma of YakhromaRussian abbot, founder of the Dormition monastery at Yakhroma, who died in 1492.
Confessor Agapitus of SynadaBorn in Cappadocia into a Christian family, bishop of Synada and confessor of the faith in the fourth century..svg)
Saint Nicholas V of GeorgiaCatholicos-Patriarch of Georgia from 1584 to 1591, a son of King Levan of Kakheti.- Holy Martyrs Leo and ParegoriusMartyrs of Patara in Lycia, who suffered around the year 260.
- Saint Aenghas of Drum RathaA hierarch honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Drum Ratha; very little is recorded.
- Martyr AgrippaA martyr commemorated in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
- Venerable AngilbertA Western holy monk, reposed around 740.
- Martyr Anna ChetverikovaA Russian woman put to death for her faith in Christ in 1940, during the communist persecution.
- Martyr ClassicusA martyr commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Saint Daniel of Cenn GaradhA hierarch honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Cenn Garadh, who reposed in 659; very little is recorded.
- Martyr DorotheusA martyr commemorated in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
- Saint EudelmeA saint honored at Little Sodbury in England.
- Martyr FructulusA martyr honoured in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
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Saint Helladius of ToledoArchbishop of Toledo in Hispania, reposed in 632.- Saint Ignoroc of VannesSaint of Vannes, who reposed in the 7th century, venerated in the Western Church.
- Saint Justa of AquileiaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 18 February; few details survive.
- Venerable Lassar of Glenn MedhoinAn Irish saint honored at Glenn Medhoin, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
- Martyr Leo of PataraMartyr of Patara, who suffered for Christ.
- Martyr LuciusA martyr commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Holy Martyrs Maximus, Claudius, Praepedigna and Their SonsMartyrs at Ostia, remembered in the ancient martyrologies of the Church.
- Saint Molioba of Enach EltiAn Irish saint honored at Enach Elti, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
- Saint Nem of Drum BerthachAn Irish bishop honored at Drum Berthach, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
- Martyr Parigorius of PataraChristian of Patara, martyred for the faith of Christ.
- Martyr PiouliusA martyr commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Martyr RutulusA martyr remembered in the synaxarion of the Greek Church.
- Saint Salonius of AquileiaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 18 February; few details survive.
- Martyr SilvanusA martyr honoured in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
- Saint Theodore of SerbiaSaint honored in the Serbian Church.
- Saint Thomas IPatriarch of Constantinople, commemorated with Patriarch John.
- Saint Uidhrin of Drum DresaA saint honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Drum Dresa; very little is recorded.
Confessor Valeriu GafencuA prisoner of the communist jails who died at Târgu Ocna in 1952; venerated by the faithful, not canonized; his cult is contested.- Martyr VictorinusA martyr commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
Right-Believing ConstantinaEldest daughter of Constantine the Great, venerated as a saint, who died in 354.
Holy Martyrs Maximus, Asclepiodota and Theodotus of AdrianopleChristians of Marcianopolis in Moesia who suffered martyrdom in the early fourth century under Emperor Maximian Galerius.- Martyr DidymusA martyr of Cyprus, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Martyr Nemesius of CyprusA martyr of Cyprus, remembered in the synaxarion of the Greek Church.
- Martyr PotamiusA martyr of the island of Cyprus, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Martyr SecundianA martyr of the undivided Church who died for Christ around 304.
- Confessor Vladimir Terentev@NC
Questions
From the saints of the day: Flavian, Agapitus, Nicholas, Agrippa, Daniel, Dorotheus, Helladius, Lucius, Silvanus, Theodore, Thomas, Victorinus, Didymus, Vladimir. You may also choose a saint of the eighth day or any saint dear to the family.
From the women saints of the day: Anna, Justa, Constantina. You may also choose one of the eighth day or any saint dear to the family.
No. Tradition links it to the birthday or the eighth day, but many parents choose a saint who has helped the family.
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