Baptismal names for children born on January 24

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, January 31

All the saints of January 24

• Fool-⁠for-⁠Christ Xenia of St. PetersburgShe gave away her possessions to the poor and lived as a fool for Christ in St. Petersburg; died around 1803.
• Venerable Xenia of RomeOnly daughter of a wealthy Roman senator, who became a nun in Asia Minor in the fifth century.
• Venerable Cadoc of LlancarfanWelsh abbot of the fifth and sixth centuries at Llancarfan in Glamorgan, a monastery famed for learning.
• Venerable Neophytos the RecluseCypriot monk and priest known as the Recluse, whose writings preserved the history of the early crusades.
• Hieromartyr Felician of FolignoMartyr bishop and patron of Foligno in Italy, who died around 250.
• Martyr Savinianus of TroyesPagan converted by tradition by Patroclus, beheaded near Troyes under Aurelian around 275.
• Saint Exuperantius of CingoliBishop of Cingoli in the Marche region of Italy in the 5th century.
• Venerable Macedonius the Barley-⁠EaterHermit of Byzantine Syria at the turn of the 4th and 5th centuries, commemorated on January 24.
• Martyr John of KazanRussian from Nizhny Novgorod, martyred at Kazan in 1529; commemorated on January 24.
• Saint Gerasim of PermThird bishop of Perm, successor of Isaac, who continued the mission of Saint Stephen of Perm; died in 1447.
• BSHieromartyr Babylas of SicilyHermit born at Reopolis and educated at Antioch, who lived as an ascetic on a mountain in Sicily and died a martyr.
• ATHieromartyr Alexander TelemakovRussian priest born in Syzran in 1870, who died in Ulyanovsk on 19 February 1938; glorified in 2004.
• DTVenerable Demetrius of TsilibinoFourteenth-⁠century founder of the Tsilibino Archangel Hermitage on the Vychegda River.
• Saint Philo of CarpasiaBishop of Carpasia in Cyprus from 401, called the wonderworker; he lived in the fifth century.
• ASMartyr Agapius of SicilyA martyr of Sicily, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• Saint Arno of SalzburgArchbishop of Salzburg in Austria, who reposed in 821.
• ACSaint Artemius of ClermontBishop of Clermont in Gaul, reposed in 396.
• BMartyr BarsimaChristian woman martyred for the faith of Christ.
• BESaint Buatan of Eathais CruimmA saint honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Eathais Cruimm; very little is recorded.
• CMartyr ChrysoploceA woman martyr commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• DVenerable DometiusA hieromartyr commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• EVenerable EbertramA holy monk associated with Saint-⁠Quentin in Gaul.
• EVenerable ErembertAbbot of Kremsmünster Abbey, reposed around 1050.
• GSaint GuasachtAn Irish bishop honored at Granard.
• HMartyr HelladiusA martyr who had served as a court clerk, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• HVenerable HermogenesA hierarch commemorated in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
• LSaint LupicinusA saint of Gaul associated with Lipidiaco, reposed around 500.
• MSaint Macarius
• MSaint MamasA saint commemorated in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
• MMHoly Martyrs Mardonius, Musonius, Eugenius and MetellusMartyrs of Neocaesarea, burned to death, saints of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Roman Martyrology.
• MSaint MenasA saint commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• PEMartyr Paul of EgyptChristian of Egypt, martyred for the faith of Christ.
• PEMartyr Pausirius of EgyptChristian of Egypt, martyred for the faith of Christ.
• PSaint PhilemonA hierarch of the island of Karpathos, commemorated in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
• PHieromartyr PhilippicusA cleric of the Church who died a martyr for his faith in Christ.
• PPVenerable Philotheus of PhilotheouAthonite venerable monk, founder of Philotheou Monastery on Mount Athos.
• PFVenerable Philotheus the FounderFounder of Philotheou Monastery on Mount Athos.
• SVenerable Martyr SuranusAn Italian abbot, slain by the Lombards around 580.
• TEMartyr Theodotion of EgyptA martyr of Egypt, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• TSMartyr Timothy of SicilyChristian of Sicily, martyred for the faith of Christ.
• XYRight-⁠Believing Xenia of YaroslavlA right-⁠believing princess associated with Yaroslavl, commemorated by the Russian Church.
• ZBSaint Zama of BolognaBishop of Bologna in Italy, reposed around 268.
• ZVenerable ZosimasA venerable father commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• Venerable Martyr Anastasius the PersianZoroastrian Persian soldier who became a Christian and a monk, and was martyred in 628.
• Venerable Theodosius the CenobiarchCappadocian monk, founder and organizer of cenobitic life in the Judean desert, who died in 529.
• Hieromartyr Babylas of AntiochPatriarch of Antioch from 237 to 253, who died in prison during the Decian persecution.
• Venerable Dionysius of Mount OlympusGreek venerable of the 16th century, a monk on Mount Olympus, who died around 1541.
• AYHieromartyr Alexander YuzefovichPriest from the Vilna governorate, who died a martyr in 1921 in Semirechye; since 2000 in the Synaxis of the New Martyrs.
• AIHieromartyr Anatoly IvanovskyPriest orphaned at the age of three, who died a martyr in 1918 at Urzhum; since 2008 in the Synaxis of the New Martyrs.
• MBHieromartyr Michael BerezinPriest born in 1889 at Maloye Karachkino, who died a martyr in 1938; since 2002 in the Synaxis of the New Martyrs.
• NRHieromartyr Nikolay RyurikovPriest born in 1884 into a priest's family, who died in 1943 in a camp; since 2006 in the Synaxis of the New Martyrs.
• ATHieromartyr Adrian TroitskyRussian priest who died in Yoshkar-⁠Ola on 15 February 1938; added to the Synaxis of New Martyrs in 2002.
• ADHieromartyr Andrew DalnikovRussian priest born in 1883, who died in 1920 or 1921 at Pishpek, today Bishkek; glorified in 2000.
• JGHieromartyr John GranitovRussian priest born in Ryazhsk, who died in February 1920 or 1921 in Sofiyskaya; glorified in 2000.
• MVHieromartyr Michael VoskresenskyRussian priest killed in 1918 near Bortsurmany in the Simbirsk region; glorified in 2000.
• NPHieromartyr Nicholas PokrovskyRussian priest born in 1864, who died on 18 March 1919 near Sengiley in the Simbirsk region; glorified in 2006.
• SSHieromartyr Sergius StrelnikovRussian priest born in 1887 in the Vyatka region, who died in Yoshkar-⁠Ola in 1937; added to the New Martyrs in 2005.
• SNHieromartyr Stephen NemkovRussian priest born in 1882, killed in 1918 near Deyanovo in the Simbirsk region; glorified in 2000.
• VDHieromartyr Vladimir DmitrievskyRussian priest from the Novgorod region, who died in 1918 in Semirechye; glorified in 2000.
• DPVenerable Martyr Damian of PhilotheouMonastic martyr of Philotheou Monastery on Mount Athos.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on January 24?

From the saints of the day: Neophytos, Felician, John, Gerasim, Alexander, Demetrius, Philo, Agapius, Artemius, Helladius, Macarius, Menas, Paul, Philemon, Philotheus, Timothy, Zosimas, Anastasius, Theodosius, Dionysius, Anatoly, Michael, Nikolay, Adrian, Andrew, Nicholas, Sergius, Stephen, Vladimir, Simeon. 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 24?

From the women saints of the day: Xenia. 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.