Baptismal names for children born on February 24
The saints remembered on the birthday and on the eighth day, when by tradition the name was given.
Boys' names from this day
From the eighth day, March 2
PelagiusSaint Pelagius I of RomeChadSaint Chad of LichfieldAgathonVenerable Agathon of EgyptArseniusSaint Arsenius of TverTheodotusSaint Theodotus of CyreniaSavvaVenerable Savva of TverBarsanuphiusVenerable Barsanuphius of TverJoachimVenerable Joachim of IthacaNicholasRighteous Nicholas PlanasQuintusConfessor Quintus of PhrygiaAndronicusSaint AndronicusHesychiusMartyr HesychiusLuciusHoly Martyrs Lucius, Absalon and LorgiusLukeVenerable Luke CasaliAmbroseSaint Ambrose of GeorgiaNestorMartyr Nestor of PamphyliaEuthaliaMartyr EuthaliaAthanasiaSaint Athanasia
All the saints of February 24
Saint Modestus of TrierBishop of Trier when the Franks took the city; he died of natural causes in 489.
Venerable Erasmus of the Kiev CavesMonk and recluse of the Kiev Caves Monastery between the 11th and 12th centuries, died around 1160.- Venerable Martyr Sergius of CappadociaMagistrate turned hermit, a monk of Cappadocia, martyred in the persecution of Diocletian in 304.
- Venerable Petroniu TănaseProtosyngellos and great spiritual father of the 20th century, elder of Prodromou Skete on Athos, who died in 2011.
- Saint Betto of AuxerreA monk and later Bishop of Auxerre, reposed in 918.
- Saint Ciaran of UamhA saint honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Uamh; very little is recorded.
- Saint Cosconius of AsiaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 24 February; few details survive.
- Venerable Cummene the WhiteAbbot of the monastery of Iona, reposed in 669.
- Martyr Euethius of NicomediaA martyr of Nicomedia, from the time of the persecution of Diocletian.
- Saint Heise of Airidh FodaA saint honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Airidh Foda; very little is recorded.
- Saint Hippolytus of AfricaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 24 February; few details survive.
- Right-Believing John DomovskyAn archpriest of Nakhichevan-on-Don, who reposed in 1930; locally glorified in 2025 (Don Metropolia).
- Saint LiudhardA Frankish bishop, chaplain to Queen Bertha of Kent, reposed around 600.
- Saint Luciana of AfricaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 24 February; few details survive.
- Holy Martyrs Montanus, Lucius and CompanionsMartyrs of Carthage, among them Julian, Victoricus and Flavian, who suffered in 259.
Hieromartyr Praetextatus of RouenBishop of Rouen, slain in his church in 586.- Martyr Primitiva of RomeA martyr of the first Christian centuries, who probably suffered at Rome.
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Right-Believing Æthelberht of KentKing of Kent, the first Christian Anglo-Saxon king, baptized through the mission of Augustine of Canterbury.
Venerable John TheristisItalo-Greek monk of Calabria, died in 1129, venerated as a saint by both Orthodox and Catholics.
Right-Believing Roman of UglichPrince of Uglich from 1261 until his death in 1285, son of Vladimir.
Venerable Boisil of MelrosePrior of Melrose and teacher of Saint Cuthbert, reposed in 661.
Questions
From the saints of the day: Modestus, Erasmus, Sergius, Hippolytus, John, Roman. You may also choose a saint of the eighth day or any saint dear to the family.
There are no usual girls' names on this day. See the eighth day or the name finder.
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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