Baptismal names for children born on January 22

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, January 29

All the saints of January 22

• Hieromartyr TimothyDisciple of the Apostle Paul, first bishop of Ephesus, killed around the year 97.
• Venerable Martyr Anastasius the PersianZoroastrian Persian soldier who became a Christian and a monk, and was martyred in 628.
• Saint Irene of RomeChristian widow of Rome, wife of St. Castulus, who according to tradition tended the wounded St. Sebastian.
• Venerable Antiochus the MonkMonk and writer of the 7th century, born near Ancyra, who lived in Palestine.
• Saint Gaudentius of NovaraConsidered the first bishop of Novara, by tradition converted by Eusebius of Vercelli.
• BVenerable BlesillaRoman widow of a senatorial family, daughter of Saint Paula and disciple of Jerome, who died in 384.
• Venerable Martyr Anastasius of the Kiev CavesMonk and deacon of the Kiev Caves Lavra who lived in the late eleventh or the twelfth century.
• Venerable Macarius of BelyovHieroschemamonk, founder of the Entry into the Temple Makaryev Monastery at Belyov; lived from 1539 to 1623.
• Hieromartyr Manuel of AdrianopleBishop of Adrianople, put to death by the Bulgars during the wars of the early ninth century.
• Venerable Joseph SamakosMonk venerated at Heraklion in Crete, born in 1440 and died in 1511.
• VAVenerable Vissarion of the AgathonosGreek monk of the Agathonos Monastery near Lamia, tonsured in his teens, who died in 1991.
• ASaint AmhalghaidhA saint honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• ADVenerable Martyr Anastasius the DeaconDeacon and monk of the Kiev Caves Lavra, martyred for Christ.
• Saint Bernard of VienneArchbishop of Vienne and founder of Romans Abbey, who reposed in 842.
• BFVenerable Bogha son of FianghalachA saint honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• BWSaint Brihtwald of WiltonSfânt al Angliei anglo-⁠saxone, cinstit la Wilton.
• CFVenerable Colma son of FianghalachA saint honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• Venerable Dominic of SoraAn Italian holy abbot and founder of monasteries, reposed at Sora in 1031.
• ETHieromartyr Euthymius TikhonravovA Russian priest who died a martyr for his faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
• GAHieromartyr Gabriel of AdrianopleA cleric of Adrianople, who died a martyr for Christ.
• GDHieromartyr George of DeveltosA cleric of Develtos near Adrianople, who died a martyr for Christ.
• ISaint Ioasaph (Bolotov)Head of the Alaska mission and its first bishop, drowned in 1799 returning from Irkutsk; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
• JAHieromartyr John of AdrianopleA cleric of Adrianople, who died a martyr for Christ.
• JUHieromartyr John UspenskyA hieromartyr of the Russian Church, who died in 1938.
• LFVenerable Laisri son of FianghalachAn Irish saint, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
• LAHieromartyr Leontius of AdrianopleA cleric of Adrianople, who died a martyr for Christ.
• LNHieromartyr Leontius of NicaeaA cleric of Nicaea, who died a martyr for Christ.
• LFSaint Lonan FinnA saint honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• OASaint Orion of AfricaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 22 January; few details survive.
• PBHieromartyr Parod of BulgariaCleric of Bulgaria, martyred for the faith of Christ.
• PAHieromartyr Peter of AdrianopleCleric of Adrianople, martyred for the faith of Christ.
• PEHoly Martyrs Polyeuctus, Eupsychius, Clement, Primus and LolliusMartyrs of Nicomedia, saints of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Syriac Martyrology of 411.
• SASaint Saturus of AfricaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 22 January; few details survive.
• SAHieromartyr Sionius of AdrianopleCleric of Adrianople, martyred for the faith of Christ.
• VOHoly Martyrs Vincent, Orontius and VictorMartyrs of Embrun under Diocletian, saints of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Roman Martyrology.
• WSaint WendredaAn Anglo-⁠Saxon holy woman honored at March, reposed around 700.
• Venerable Joasaph of MeteoraRuler of Thessaly from about 1370 to 1373, who became a monk at Meteora and died in 1422.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on January 22?

From the saints of the day: Timothy, Anastasius, Macarius, Manuel, Joseph, Vissarion, Euthymius, Gabriel, George, Ioasaph, John, Leontius, Orion, Peter, Polyeuctus, Vincent, Joasaph. 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 22?

From the women saints of the day: Irene. 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.