Baptismal names for children born on January 20

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, January 27

All the saints of January 20

• Right-⁠Believing Leo I the ThracianEmperor of the East from 457 to 474, a native of Thrace.
• Venerable Euthymius the GreatAbbot in Palestine, founder of several monasteries in the Judean desert, who died in 473.
• Saint Euthymius of TarnovoPatriarch of Bulgaria from 1375 to 1393, scholar and writer, a great figure of medieval Bulgaria.
• Righteous Theodore Kuzmich of TomskElder who lived in Siberia in the nineteenth century and died at Tomsk in 1864, venerated by the faithful.
• Holy Martyrs Inna, Pinna and RimmaThree martyrs of the 2nd century, commemorated in the calendar of the Orthodox Church.
• Martyr AbadiosAfrican martyr of the time of Emperor Diocletian, cast from a high cliff after confessing his faith.
• Venerable Euthymius of the Kiev CavesSchemamonk in the Far Caves of the Kiev Lavra; no details of his life are known.
• Holy Martyrs Bassus, Eusebius, Eutychius and BasilidesWealthy and noble imperial officials, martyred at Nicomedia in the persecution of Diocletian.
• ALSaint Aenna ua LaighsighA saint, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• ARMartyr Anna of RomeA woman martyr of Rome, commemorated in the calendar of Western saints.
• BNMartyr Basilides of NicomediaChristian of Nicomedia, martyred for the faith of Christ.
• CSaint CronanA saint honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• EHSaint Ecca mac H-⁠Uca of LethcainA saint entered in the Martyrology of Tallaght on 20 January; his family, time and place cannot be determined.
• ENMartyr Eusebius of NicomediaA martyr of Nicomedia, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• EAVenerable Euthymius of ArkhangelogorodA venerable monk of Arkhangelogorod, commemorated in the calendar of the Orthodox Church.
• ESVenerable Euthymius of SyanzhemskA Russian monk of the Vologda region who labored at Syanzhema, dying in 1465.
• ENMartyr Eutychius of NicomediaA martyr of Nicomedia, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• FVenerable FearghusA venerable father honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• Venerable FechinAn Irish holy abbot, reposed in 665.
• INMartyr Inna of NovodunumA martyr of Novodunum, put to death for the Christian faith.
• LCVenerable Laurence of the CavesA venerable recluse of the Kiev Caves Lavra.
• LFVenerable Laurence of the Far CavesVenerable monk who struggled at the Far Caves of the Kiev Lavra.
• LRight-⁠Believing LeoA new martyr from Thrace who died for his faith in Christ.
• LCHoly Martyrs Leontius, Cyriacus, Cendeus, Vitus, Florus and FelixMartyrs of Nicomedia, saints of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Syriac Martyrology of 411.
• LMSaint Loichein of MunsterA saint honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Munster; very little is recorded.
• LCVenerable Lughna of Cill TarsnaA venerable father honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Cill Tarsna; very little is recorded.
• MCVenerable Maurus of ClasseA holy monk associated with Classe near Ravenna, reposed in 946.
• MLSaint Mo LagaAn Irish saint, of the 6th century.
• MVenerable MolaggaAn Irish holy monk associated with Saint David of Wales, reposed in 655.
• NNSaint Nicetius of NicomediaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 20 January; few details survive.
• PDHieromartyr Paul Dobromyslov of RyazanCleric of Ryazan, martyred for the faith of Christ.
• PNMartyr Pinna of NovodunumChristian of Novodunum, martyred for the faith of Christ.
• RNMartyr Rimma of NovodunumChristian of Novodunum, martyred for the faith of Christ.
• SSaint SaranA saint honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• TSaint TariecA Breton saint honored in Brittany.
• TMartyr ThyrsusA martyr commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• VNMartyr Vassus of NicomediaChristian of Nicomedia, martyred for the faith of Christ.
• ZPMartyr Zacharias of PatrasMartyr of Patras who suffered for faith in Christ.
• Martyr Agnes of RomeYoung Roman Christian killed for her faith at the beginning of the fourth century.
• Holy Martyrs The 20,000 Martyrs of NicomediaChristians put to death at Nicomedia for their faith in the Diocletian persecution; tradition speaks of twenty thousand.
• Venerable Lawrence of ChernigovSchema-⁠archimandrite born in 1868 in Chernigov province, who died at Chernigov in 1950; canonized in 1993.
• Confessor Euthymius the Confessor of GeorgiaGeorgian ascetic monk and scholar, 1865 to 1944, who died at Zedazeni; canonized in 2003.
• ASaint AgonA bishop, remembered in the calendars of the Church.
• JPHieromartyr John PettayA hieromartyr of the Russian Church, who died in 1919.
• PARighteous Peter of AfricaTax collector of Africa, remembered in the synaxaria as an example of repentance.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on January 20?

From the saints of the day: Euthymius, Theodore, Basilides, Eusebius, Eutychius, Laurence, Leontius, Paul, Zacharias, Lawrence, John, Peter. 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 20?

From the women saints of the day: Anna, Agnes. 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.