Baptismal names for children born on February 4

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, February 11

All the saints of February 4

• Right-⁠Believing George of VladimirGrand prince of Vladimir, killed in 1238 in the battle with the Mongols at the Sit River.
• Venerable Isidore of PelusiumEgyptian monk and church writer who withdrew to a mountain near Pelusium and died around 440.
• Saint Theophilus of AdanaA 6th-⁠century cleric of Adana who fell into a pact with the devil and was restored through repentance.
• Saint Abraham of ArbelaBishop of Arbela in Sassanid Persia, appointed deputy to the imprisoned Bishop John; died around 345.
• Venerable Nicholas the StuditeByzantine monk born in Crete in 793, abbot of the Stoudios in 846-850 and 867-868, who died in 868.
• Venerable Cyril of NovoezerskRussian hieromonk, founder of the Kirillo-⁠Novoezersk monastery, born in 1481 and died in 1532.
• Hieromartyr Alexei SharovArchpriest from a clerical family, born in 1883, shot at the Butovo firing range in 1938; canonized in 2000.
• Venerable Martyr Catherine of SimbirskNun at the Savior Convent in Simbirsk from 1890 to 1918, a peasant's daughter; died at Ulyanovsk in 1938.
• Hieromartyr John TikhomirovPriest born at Vladimir in 1876, shot at the Butovo firing range in 1938.
• ASVenerable Martyr Anthony of SupraślRuthenian monk and martyr, venerated in the Polish Orthodox Church.
• Hieromartyr Nicholas PospelovArchpriest born in 1885, shot at the Butovo firing range in 1938.
• Hieromartyr Methodius KrasnoperovBishop of Petropavlovsk and vicar of the Omsk diocese, who died a martyr in 1921; canonized in 2000.
• Hieromartyr Vasily ZelentsovBishop of Priluki and vicar of the Poltava diocese, who died a martyr in Moscow in 1930.
• Hieromartyr John ArtobolevskyArchpriest, a priest's son, shot at the Butovo firing range in 1938.
• Holy Venerables Abraham and Kopry of PechengaTwo Russian monks who founded the Spasskaya hermitage on the Pechenga River in the Vologda region in 1492.
• Hieromartyr Theodore BobkovPriest with the monastic name Theodosius, shot at the Butovo firing range on 17 February 1938 and glorified in 2000.
• BNHieromartyr Boris NazarovArchpriest born in Moscow in 1884, executed at the Butovo firing range in 1938.
• Hieromartyr Michael RybinPriest from the Moscow region, born in 1877, executed at the Butovo firing range in 1938.
• ASaint AldateBritish bishop, probably killed by the Anglo-⁠Saxons at the Battle of Deorham in 577.
• APVenerable Abramius of PechengaA venerable monk of Pechenga, commemorated in the calendar of the Orthodox Church.
• AMHieromartyr Alexander MinervinA Russian priest put to death for his faith in Christ in 1938, during the communist persecution.
• APHieromartyr Alexander PokrovskyA Russian priest put to death for his faith in Christ in 1938, during the communist persecution.
• ASHieromartyr Alexander SokolovA Russian priest put to death for his faith in Christ in 1938, during the communist persecution.
• AKHieromartyr Alexis KnyazheskyA Russian priest put to death for his faith in Christ in 1938, during the communist persecution.
• ALHieromartyr Alexis LebedevA Russian priest put to death for his faith in Christ in 1938, during the communist persecution.
• ABHieromartyr Andrew BednovA Russian priest put to death for his faith in Christ in 1938, during the communist persecution.
• AEVenerable Martyr Anna EfremovaA Russian nun put to death for her faith in Christ in 1938, during the communist persecution.
• AKVenerable Martyr Anthony of KareotisMonastic martyr of Egypt who suffered for Christ.
• ACHoly Martyrs Aquilinus and CompanionsMartyrs of the early Church in Italy, commemorated together.
• ALHieromartyr Arcadius LobtsovA Russian priest put to death for his faith in Christ in 1938, during the communist persecution.
• ACSaint Aventinus of ChartresBishop of Chartres in Gaul, reposed around 520.
• ATSaint Aventinus of TroyesSaint honored at Troyes in France; the sources preserve few details about him.
• CTSaint Ciaran of Tamhlacht GJiadhA saint honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Tamhlacht GJiadh; very little is recorded.
• Venerable Coprius of PechengaA venerable father of Pechenga and Vologda, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
• CDSaint Corc of Druim LomainAn Irish saint honored at Druim Lomain, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
• CSaint CotaA saint honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• CLSaint Cuanna of LismoreA saint honored at Lismore, of whom little is known.
• DVenerable DanielA monastic ascetic commemorated in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
• DIMartyr Demetrius IlinskyA Russian believer put to death for his faith in Christ in 1938, during the communist persecution.
• DKMartyr Demetrius KazamatskyA Russian believer put to death for his faith in Christ in 1938, during the communist persecution.
• DKHieromartyr Demetrius KedrolivanskyA Russian priest who died a martyr for his faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
• ESHieromartyr Eustathius SokolskyA Russian priest put to death for his faith in Christ in 1938, during the communist persecution.
• ESaint Evagrisi
• FCSaint Fuidhbheach son of CillinAn Irish saint, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
• Martyr GemolusA martyr of the West, honored by the undivided Church.
• GCRight-⁠Believing George of ChernigovA right-⁠believing prince associated with Chernigov, who reposed in 1219.
• GSaint GiasemiA righteous woman commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• HBMartyr Himerius of BostoA martyr honored in the West, of whom little is known.
• IWConfessor Iasimus the WonderworkerA confessor of the faith honored as a wonderworker, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• JMartyr JadorusA martyr of the Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
• JSaint JohnBishop of Irenopolis in Cilicia in the 4th century, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• JAHieromartyr John AleshkovskyA hieromartyr of the Russian Church, who died in 1938.
• JSMartyr John ShuvalovA martyr of the Russian Church, who died in 1938.
• JAMartyr Joseph of AleppoMartyr of Aleppo, who suffered for Christ.
• JNNew Martyr Joseph the New MartyrA new martyr commemorated in the Serbian Orthodox calendar.
• LCPassion-⁠Bearer Liephard of CambraiA pilgrim slain near Cambrai around 690.
• LLSaint Lomman of Loch GileA saint honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Loch Gile; very little is recorded.
• MVVenerable Martyr Maria VinogradovaA woman monastic martyr of the Russian Church, who died in 1938.
• MSaint MaximinusBishop of Antioch in the 2nd century, a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Syriac Martyrology of 411.
• MSaint MetrophanesA hierarch commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on February 4?

From the saints of the day: George, Isidore, Theophilus, Abraham, Nicholas, Cyril, Alexei, John, Methodius, Vasily, Theodore, Boris, Michael, Alexander, Alexis, Andrew, Arcadius, Daniel, Demetrius, Eustathius, Jadorus, Joseph, Maximinus, Metrophanes, Nicetas, Pachomius, Peter, Seraphim, Sergius, Theoctistus, Theodosius, Evagrius. 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 4?

From the women saints of the day: Catherine, Anna, Maria, Raphaela, Agaphia, Theodora. 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.