Baptismal names for children born on February 19

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, February 26

All the saints of February 19

• Apostle ArchippusChristian of Colossae, mentioned in the epistles to the Colossians and Philemon, honored as one of the Seventy.
• Apostle PhilemonChristian of Colossae to whom the Apostle Paul addressed an epistle, killed for his faith according to tradition.
• Confessor Beatus of LiébanaSpanish monk, author of a Commentary on the Apocalypse compiled from the views of earlier authorities.
• Confessor Quodvultdeus of CarthageBishop of Carthage exiled to Naples, church writer and correspondent of St. Augustine.
• Venerable Martyr Philothei of AthensGreek nun of Athens under Ottoman rule, martyred in 1589.
• Venerable Dositheus of GazaMonk of the sixth century, a former page and disciple of Dorotheus of Gaza; he died young of a severe illness.
• Saint Mansuetus of MilanArchbishop of Milan from 676 to 685.
• Saint Barbatus of BeneventoBishop of Benevento from 663 to 682, who took part in the Sixth Ecumenical Council at Constantinople.
• CPVenerable Conon of PentuclaBorn in Cilicia, a monk from youth and abbot of Pentucla Monastery, who died in 555.
• SASaint Sylvester of AlexandriaGreek Patriarch of Alexandria from 1569 to 1590, a native of Crete.
• BGSaint Baoithin son of GuanaA hierarch honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• DNSaint Daigh son of NenuaillAn Irish bishop, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
• DSVenerable Dionysios of SiatistaA venerable monk from Siatista who struggled in St Demetrius Skete of Vatopedi, reposed in 1794; venerated locally (Vatopedi Monastery).
• EVenerable Eugene
• EMHoly Martyrs Eugenius and Macarius of MauritaniaMartyrs of Mauritania, put to death in 362.
• FLSaint Fechin of LemmachA saint honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Lemmach; very little is recorded.
• GPassion-⁠Bearer GabinusA Roman priest, brother of Pope Caius, slain for Christ around 295.
• GLVenerable George of LodèveA holy monk honored at Lodève in southern France.
• MVenerable Macarius
• MCSaint Maoldobhorchon of Cill DaraAn Irish bishop honored at Cill Dara, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
• MOVenerable Mary of OlonetsA monastic saint of the Olonets region, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• NNHieromartyr Nikitas the NewA new hieromartyr from Serres, killed for the faith in 1809.
• NSaint NuadaA hierarch, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• OMartyr OdranThe charioteer of Saint Patrick, slain in his place around 452.
• PMartyr PolyeuctusA martyr commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• PBVenerable Proclus of BisignanoA holy monastic honored at Bisignano in Calabria, Italy.
• PCHoly Martyrs Publius and CompanionsMartyrs of North Africa, commemorated together.
• RSVenerable Rabbula of SamosataVenerable monk of Samosata, venerated in the Orthodox calendar; died in 530.
• SVenerable SophroniusA venerable father commemorated in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
• TSSaints The Sons of NemhnallThe Sons of Nemhnall, commemorated together in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• VASaint Valerius of AntibesA bishop of Antibes in the south of Gaul.
• ZSaint ZambdasA bishop of Jerusalem around 300, a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Roman Martyrology.
• Right-⁠Believing Yaroslav the WiseGrand Prince of Kiev from 1019 to 1054, builder of churches and of Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev.
• Venerable Theodore of SanaksarRussian hieromonk of the Sanaksar monastery, born Ivan Ushakov in 1718, who died in 1791.
• Holy Martyrs Maximus, Asclepiodota and Theodotus of AdrianopleChristians of Marcianopolis in Moesia who suffered martyrdom in the early fourth century under Emperor Maximian Galerius.
• ASSaint Auxibius of SoliBishop of the city of Soli in Cyprus, commemorated in the calendar of the Orthodox Church.
• DVMartyr Demetrius VolkovA Russian believer who died a martyr for his faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
• NASaint Nicetas AlbanskyA saint commemorated by the Russian Orthodox Church.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on February 19?

From the saints of the day: Philemon, Dositheus, Conon, Sylvester, Dionysios, Eugene, George, Macarius, Nikitas, Polyeuctus, Proclus, Valerius, Yaroslav, Theodore, Demetrius, Nicetas. 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 19?

From the women saints of the day: Philothei, Mary. 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.