Baptismal names for children born on February 21

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, February 28

All the saints of February 21

• Right-⁠Believing Pepin of LandenMayor of the palace of Austrasia under King Dagobert I, ancestor of the Carolingian dynasty.
• Saint Eustathius of AntiochPatriarch of Antioch in the fourth century, defender of the Nicene faith against the Arians.
• JISaint John III ScholasticusPatriarch of Constantinople from April 565 until his death in August 577.
• Saint Zacharias of JerusalemPatriarch of Jerusalem from 609 to 632, who spent most of his patriarchate a prisoner of the Persian king Khosrow II.
• Venerable Martyr Germanus of GranfeldenFirst abbot of Moutier-⁠Grandval Abbey, who died in 675 and is venerated as a martyr.
• Hieromartyr Peter of CapitoliasPriest of Capitolias in today's Jordan, a father of three who became a monk and died a martyr.
• GASaint George of AmastrisByzantine monk made bishop of Amastris against his will, who died between 802 and 807.
• Venerable GondelbertFounder of the Benedictine Senones Abbey in the Vosges mountains around 640, who died in 676.
• FMSaint Felix of MetzThird Bishop of Metz, from the early centuries of Christianity in Gaul.
• Venerable Timothy of SymbolaA Byzantine monk and hermit of Bithynia, who reposed in 795.
• Saint IreneA saint commemorated in the Georgian Church calendar.
• Saint Avitus II of ClermontBishop of Clermont from 676 to 689; commemorated on 21 February.
• ASaint AndrewA saint of Mytilene, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• CASaint Colman of Ard BoA saint honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Ard Bo; very little is recorded.
• CPHieromartyr Constantine PyatikrestovskyA hieromartyr of the Russian Church, who died in 1938.
• CCSaint Cronan of Cill BegAn Irish saint honored at Cill Beg, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
• DVHoly Martyrs Daniel and VerdaThe priest Daniel and the virgin Verda, Persian martyrs slain in 344 in the persecution of Shapur II.
• ERight-⁠Believing ErcongotaA princess of Kent and nun at Faremoutiers in Gaul, reposed around 660.
• FMartyr FeliciusA martyr commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• FCSaint Fiontain Corach of Cluain Ferta BrenainnA hierarch honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Cluain Ferta Brenainn; very little is recorded.
• FMartyr FortunatusA martyr honoured in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
• FHMartyr Fortunatus of HadrumetumMartyr of Hadrumetum, venerated in the Western Church.
• MGSaint Makarios of Glinsk HermitageRussian elder of the Glinsk Hermitage, honored in the Russian Church.
• MMartyr Maurice
• Saint Maximian of RavennaArchbishop of Ravenna who consecrated the church of San Vitale, reposed in 556.
• OKMartyr Olga KoshelevaChristian woman martyred for the faith of Christ in 1939, during the Soviet persecution.
• Saint Paterius of BresciaA disciple of Saint Gregory the Great and Bishop of Brescia, reposed around 606.
• PSHieromartyr Paul ShirokogorovCleric martyred for the faith of Christ in 1938, during the Soviet persecution.
• PMMartyr Peter MavimenusA martyr of Damascus, killed by Arabs for confessing the faith, a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Roman Martyrology.
• SMartyr SaturninusA martyr of North Africa, from the first Christian centuries.
• SMartyr SecundinusA martyr of Africa, commemorated together with other African martyrs.
• SMartyr ServulusA martyr of Africa, honored by the undivided Church.
• SHieromartyr SeverianusBishop honored as a saint, who reposed in 453; the sources here say no more.
• SSHoly Martyrs Severus and Sixty-⁠Two CompanionsSeverus and his sixty-⁠two companions, martyrs remembered together; few details survive.
• SSaint SiriciusA saint of the undivided Church, commemorated in Western calendars.
• VMartyr VerulusA martyr of North Africa, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• VCHoly Martyrs Verulus and CompanionsMartyrs of North Africa, slain by the Vandals around 434.
• JHVenerable James the HermitSyrian hermit, a disciple of Zebinas and Maron, whom Theodoret of Cyrrhus knew personally; he lived after 456.
• AVHieromartyr Alexander VislyanskyA Russian priest put to death for his faith in Christ in 1930, during the communist persecution.
• DAHieromartyr Daniel AlferovA Russian priest put to death for his faith in Christ in 1930, during the communist persecution.
• GKHieromartyr Gregory KhlebunovA hieromartyr of the Russian Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
• Venerable Valerius of BierzoA holy hermit and writer of Bierzo in Spain, who reposed in 695.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on February 21?

From the saints of the day: Eustathius, John, Zacharias, Germanus, Peter, George, Felix, Timothy, Andrew, Constantine, Daniel, Fortunatus, Makarios, Maurice, Paul, James, Alexander, Gregory, Valerius. 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 21?

From the women saints of the day: Olga. 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.