Baptismal names for children born on January 5

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, January 12

All the saints of January 5

• Right-⁠Believing Edward the ConfessorKing of England from 1042 to 1066, known for his piety and the last king of the House of Wessex.
• Venerable Syncletica of AlexandriaAscetic of Roman Egypt in the fourth century, known from her Life written in Greek.
• Venerable Apollinaria SyncleticaHermit of the 5th century, also known as Apollinaria of Egypt, venerated in the Orthodox and Catholic Churches.
• Holy Martyrs Theopemptus and TheonasTheopemptus and Theonas, killed by pagans at Nicomedia in 303 during Diocletian's persecution.
• Saint Rusticianus of BresciaBishop of Brescia in the late sixth century, successor of Honorius and predecessor of Dominator.
• Hieromartyr Theopemptus of NicomediaBishop of Nicomedia, put to death under Diocletian for refusing to worship an idol of Apollo.
• Hieromartyr Andrew ZiminArchpriest born into a Transbaikal Cossack family, a graduate of the Blagoveshchensk seminary, who died in 1920.
• AASaint Acutus of AfricaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 5 January; few details survive.
• AGMartyr Amelia of GironaA martyr of Girona in Spain, slain around 304.
• AMSaint Astolfus of MainzArchbishop of Mainz in Germany, who reposed in 825.
• CSaint CiaraAn Irish holy woman, reposed around 680.
• CASaint Ciaran son of AedhA saint honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• Venerable ConwoionFounder and abbot of Redon Abbey in Brittany, reposed in 868.
• DVenerable DomninaA venerable ascetic of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• DVenerable DorotheusA monastic ascetic commemorated in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
• EVenerable EmilianaA Roman virgin, aunt of Saint Gregory the Great.
• EDMartyr Eugenia DomozhirovaA Russian woman who died a martyr for her faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
• Saint GaudentiusFirst Archbishop of Gniezno, brother of Saint Adalbert of Prague, reposed around 1004.
• GCSaint Gregory of CreteSaint of Crete, who lived from 754 to 820.
• HSaint HonobertA hierarch of the West, honored in the age of the undivided Church.
• JASaint Jocundus of AfricaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 5 January; few details survive.
• JBMartyr Joseph BespalovA martyr of the Russian Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
• MGMartyr Matthew GusevA martyr of the Russian Church, who died in 1938.
• MVenerable MenasA holy monk commemorated in the Serbian Orthodox calendar.
• MSVenerable Menas of SinaiVenerable monk of Sinai, venerated in the Orthodox calendar.
• MIProphet Micaiah son of ImlahOld Testament prophet who foretold King Ahab's defeat in battle.
• PHVenerable Phosterius the HermitA hermit and venerable father, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
• RKVenerable Martyr Romanus of KarpenisionMonk of Karpenision, martyred for the faith of Christ.
• SMartyr SaisChristian martyred for the faith of Christ.
• SASaint Serenus of AfricaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 5 January; few details survive.
• SLHieromartyr Sergius LavrovCleric martyred for the faith of Christ in 1934, during the Soviet persecution.
• SZVenerable Simeon ZhelninVenerable monk of the Pskov Caves Monastery, venerated in the Russian Orthodox calendar.
• TVenerable TatianaVenerable nun, venerated in the Orthodox calendar.
• TMartyr TheoidA martyr commemorated in the calendar of the Orthodox Church, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• TNMartyr Theonas of NicomediaA sorcerer of Nicomedia, baptized by Saint Theopemptus and put to death for his faith in Christ in 303.
• Hieromartyr TelesphorusBishop of Rome from about 126 to 137, in the reigns of Hadrian and Antoninus Pius.
• Saint Theophan the RecluseRussian bishop, theologian and preacher, who withdrew into seclusion at Vysha and died in 1894.
• 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.
• DCSaint Deogratias of CarthageBishop of Carthage who ransomed the captives taken by the Vandals, reposed in 457.
• RLVenerable Martyr Romanus of LacedaemonMonk of Lacedaemon, martyred for the faith of Christ.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on January 5?

From the saints of the day: Andrew, Dorotheus, Gregory, Joseph, Menas, Micaiah, Romanus, Serenus, Sergius, Simeon, Theophan. 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 5?

From the women saints of the day: Syncletica, Apollinaria, Domnina, Eugenia, Tatiana. 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.