Baptismal names for children born on January 10

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, January 17

All the saints of January 10

• Saint Gregory of NyssaBishop of Nyssa, brother of Basil the Great and great theologian of Cappadocia.
• Venerable Peter I OrseoloDoge of Venice from 976 to 978, who left office to become a monk; he died in 987.
• Saint Theophan the RecluseRussian bishop, theologian and preacher, who withdrew into seclusion at Vysha and died in 1894.
• Saint Domitian of MeliteneNephew of Emperor Maurice and archbishop of Melitene in Armenia, known as a diplomat; died in 602.
• JISaint John II of JerusalemBishop of Jerusalem from 387 to 417, successor of Cyril; according to many scholars author of the Mystagogical Catecheses.
• Saint John the Good of MilanArchbishop of Milan from about 641 to 669, honored in both the Orthodox and Catholic Church.
• Venerable Paul of ObnoraDisciple of Sergius of Radonezh, founder of the Pavlo-⁠Obnorsk monastery, died in 1429.
• Hieromartyr Anatoly HrysiukMetropolitan of Odesa and Kherson, born at Kovel in 1880, who died a martyr in the Komi Republic in 1938; glorified in 2000.
• ADVenerable Martyr Arsenia DobronravovaAbbess born Anna Dobronravova in 1879, martyred in 1939 in the Ivanovo region.
• MCVenerable Marcian of ConstantinopleCleric of Constantinople who died in 480 and is venerated as a saint in the Orthodox Church.
• MPVenerable Macarius of PismaRussian monk of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries who struggled in the hermitage bearing his name.
• TVenerable TheosebiaDeaconess of Anatolia in the fourth century, a relative of St Gregory of Nyssa; she died around 385.
• AEVenerable Ammon of EgyptAn Egyptian holy monk, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
• AHieromartyr AbundiusA cleric and martyr in Umbria, killed around 303, remembered in the ancient martyrologies of the Church.
• ASaint AldoA saint venerated in northern Italy.
• AHVenerable Aldo the HermitA hermit of the West, honored as a saint.
• AVenerable AmmonasA desert ascetic of Egypt, disciple of Saint Anthony the Great, remembered in the Sayings of the Fathers.
• AVenerable AmmoniusA monastic saint commemorated in the Greek synaxarion together with Saints Domitian of Melitene and Marcian.
• ACVenerable Antipas of CalapodeștiA Moldavian monk born in 1816, a renowned spiritual father on Athos, in Moldavia and in Russia, who died at Valaam in 1882.
• AHieromartyr ArcontiusA hieromartyr of Gaul, slain around 740.
• DJVenerable Diarmaid the JustAn Irish holy monk of the island of Inis Clothrann, reposed around 542.
• DBHieromartyr Dimitrije BokšanA priest of Sombor, killed in 1941 in the church of St George; locally glorified in 2022 (Eparchy of Bačka).
• DISaint Diomman of Inis CaoinA saint honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Inis Caoin; very little is recorded.
• FDMartyr Floride of DijonA saint honored at Dijon, of whom little is known.
• MSaint MaelodhrainA saint honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• NMHoly New Martyrs New Martyrs of BačkaOrthodox faithful of Bačka venerated as new martyrs by the Serbian Church.
• Hieromartyr Peter UspenskyCleric martyred for the faith of Christ in 1930, during the Soviet persecution.
• PDVenerable Petronius of DieA Gallic saint associated with Die, who reposed in 463.
• RSaint RatianA Breton saint honored in Brittany.
• SVenerable SaethrythAn Anglo-⁠Saxon holy woman, reposed around 660.
• SSaint SeanogA saint honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• SVHieromartyr Svetozar VlaškalićA priest of Mošorin in Bačka, killed on Christmas Eve 1942; locally glorified in 2022 (Eparchy of Bačka).
• Saint Thecla of LentiniA Christian woman of Lentini in Sicily, of the 3rd century.
• TASaint Tommene of ArmaghBishop of Armagh in Ireland, reposed in 660.
• VBVenerable Valeric of BernageA saint of Bernage in Gaul, who reposed in 620.
• ZSHieromartyr Zinovy Sutormin@NH

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on January 10?

From the saints of the day: Gregory, Peter, Theophan, John, Paul, Anatoly, Marcian, Macarius, Petronius, Zinovy. 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 January 10?

From the women saints of the day: Arsenia, Theosebia, Thecla. 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.