Baptismal names for children born on February 9

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, February 16

All the saints of February 9

• Martyr Apollonia of AlexandriaMaiden of Alexandria tortured and killed by a pagan mob before the persecution of Decius, around 249.
• Hieromartyr Pancras of TaorminaBishop of Taormina in Sicily, who died a martyr; his life story is largely legendary.
• Saint Teilo of LlandaffBritish monk and bishop, founder of monasteries and churches in Wales, who died around 560.
• Venerable Peter of DamascusMonk and theologian of the 12th century, the second most voluminous author in the Philokalia.
• Martyr Nicephorus of AntiochA martyr of Antioch in Syria, venerated in the Orthodox Church.
• Venerable Gennady of VazheozeroAccording to tradition a disciple of Saint Alexander of Svir, he lived as a hermit at Lake Vazhe until his death in 1516.
• ASaint AthenodorusBrother of Saint Gregory the Wonderworker and an early Christian writer of Pontus, who died around 270.
• NVVenerable Nikephoros of VazheozeroDisciple of Alexander of Svir, he withdrew in 1508 to Lake Vazhe, where he founded a hermitage.
• AVRighteous Alexander of VologdaPriest of the Ascension Church in Vologda, born in 1846 and died in 1913; venerated as a righteous man.
• NBVenerable Nikephoros of BorovskHegumen, disciple of Sergius of Radonezh and founder of the Vysoko-⁠Pokrovsky Monastery in Borovsk.
• ABHoly Venerables Aemilianus and BrachioHermits of the region of Tours, commemorated together, of the 6th century.
• APSaint Aemilianus of PionsatA saint honored at Pionsat, of whom little is known.
• Venerable AltoAn Irish hermit, founder of the monastery at Altomünster, reposed around 760.
• AMartyr AmmonA martyr of Soloi in Cyprus, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• ACHoly Martyrs Ammon and CompanionsMartyrs of Membressa in North Africa.
• Saint Ansbert of RouenA monk and later Archbishop of Rouen, reposed around 700.
• BIHieromartyr Basil IzmailovCleric martyred for the faith of Christ in 1930, during the Soviet persecution.
• CDSaint Cairech DergainAn Irish saint, of the 6th century, commemorated in the Martyrology of Tallaght.
• CCSaint Colman of Cluain ErairdA saint honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Cluain Eraird; very little is recorded.
• CFSaint Cruimhther Finne of Druim LicceAn Irish priest honored at Druim Licce, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
• CVenerable CuaranAn Irish holy monk, reposed around 700.
• DESaint Dioscorus of EgyptA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 9 February; few details survive.
• EFRight-⁠Believing Einion FrenhinA Welsh king venerated as a saint in the early Church in Wales.
• JFHieromartyr John FryazinovA hieromartyr of the Russian Church, who died in 1938.
• MHieromartyr Marcellus
• MSHoly Hieromartyrs Marcellus of SicilyHieromartyr of Sicily who suffered for faith in Christ.
• MAHoly Martyrs Martyrs of AlexandriaA group of martyrs of Alexandria, remembered together; few details survive.
• Saint Nebridius of EgaraBishop of Egara in Hispania, reposed around 527.
• OSaint OfuoiA saint, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• PCHieromartyr Philagrius of CyprusA cleric of the Church of Cyprus who died a martyr for his faith in Christ.
• PDHoly Hieromartyrs Primus and DonatusDeacons slain by the Donatists at Lavallum in Africa in 362.
• RCVenerable Romanos of CiliciaVenerable hermit of Cilicia.
• RLSaint Ronan of Lis MorA hierarch honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Lis Mor; very little is recorded.
• Saint Sabinus of CanosaBishop of Canosa in Apulia, reposed around 566.
• SMVenerable Shio of MgvimeOne of the thirteen Syrian Fathers, founder of Mgvime Monastery in Georgia.
• TESaint Thyrsus of EgyptA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 9 February; few details survive.
• Saint Tikhon of MoscowFirst patriarch of Moscow after the restoration of the patriarchate in 1917, who defended the Church under Soviet rule.
• Saint Luke of SimferopolRenowned surgeon and archbishop, author of medical and spiritual works, who died in 1961 in Simferopol.
• Saint Innocent of IrkutskMissionary to Siberia and first bishop of Irkutsk, born to a noble family of Chernigov; died in 1731.
• Hieromartyr Marcian of SyracuseNative of Antioch, by tradition a disciple of the Apostle Peter and first bishop of Syracuse; he died a martyr.
• Hieromartyr Onesimus PylaevBorn into a psalmist's family, Bishop of Tula, who died a martyr in 1938; canonized in 2001.
• Venerable Pancratius the RecluseHieromonk and recluse of the Kiev Caves Monastery who lived in the thirteenth century.
• RHVenerable Romanus the HermitSyrian hermit of the 4th and 5th centuries, whose life is told by Theodoret of Cyrus in his History of the God-⁠Lovers.
• DSHieromartyr Demetrius SemyonovPriest born in 1873 in the village of Beshpagir, killed in the same village on 27 June 1918.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on February 9?

From the saints of the day: Peter, Nicephorus, Gennady, Nikephoros, Alexander, Aemilianus, Basil, John, Marcellus, Romanos, Sabinus, Tikhon, Luke, Marcian, Onesimus, Romanus, Demetrius. 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 9?

From the women saints of the day: Apollonia. 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.