Baptismal names for children born on January 8

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, January 15

All the saints of January 8

• Martyr Abo of TiflisArab convert to Christianity, martyr in Tbilisi and heavenly patron of the city, who died in 786.
• Saint Atticus of ConstantinopleArchbishop of Constantinople from March 406 until his death in 425.
• Saint Kyros of ConstantinopleEcumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 705 to 711, who died in January 712.
• Saint Apollinaris of HierapolisBishop of Hierapolis and Christian writer of the second century, known as an apologist.
• Prophet ShemaiahProphet in the time of King Rehoboam, who stopped the war between Judah and Israel.
• Venerable George of ChozibaCypriot monk and head of the Choziba monastery near Jerusalem, who died around 625.
• Hieromartyr Lucian of BeauvaisCalled the Apostle of Beauvais, put to death for his faith in the Diocletian persecution.
• Venerable Martyr Gregory of the Kiev CavesWonderworking monk of the Kiev Caves, drowned in 1093 by Prince Rostislav, whose death in water he had foretold.
• Hieromartyr Isidore of YuryevPriest of the Church of Saint Nicholas in Yuryev, killed in 1472, according to tradition for refusing Catholicism.
• Venerable Domnica of CarthageVirgin of Carthage who converted four pagan maidens at Alexandria and was baptized at Constantinople.
• EHVenerable Elias the HermitDesert monk of Egypt who lived seventy-⁠five years of asceticism in a mountain cave and died in 371.
• GOSaint Gregory of OhridOrthodox bishop associated with Ohrid, who died in the year 1012.
• Venerable Gregory the RecluseA recluse of the Kiev Caves Lavra, honored as a wonderworker.
• HTHoly Martyrs Helladius and TheophilusTwo martyrs of Libya, a layman and a deacon, thrown into a furnace for their faith.
• VPHieromartyr Vladimir PasternatskyPriest born in 1885, who died in Smolensk in 1938.
• AVenerable AgathonA venerable father commemorated in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
• Saint Albert of CashelA saint associated with Cashel in Ireland, reposed around 800.
• AEMartyr Anastasius of EgyptA martyr of Egypt, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• ASaint AthelmBishop of Wells and later Archbishop of Canterbury, reposed in 926.
• BEMartyr Basilissa of EgyptChristian woman of Egypt, martyred for the faith of Christ.
• CSaint CarteriusA saint commemorated in the Serbian Orthodox calendar.
• CEMartyr Celsius of EgyptMartyr of Egypt, who suffered for Christ.
• CVenerable CilleinA venerable saint, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• CCVenerable Cuach of Cill CuaicheAn Irish saint honored at Cill Cuaiche, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
• DGreat Martyr DamianaThe daughter of an Egyptian official, martyred with forty virgins under Diocletian.
• DPHieromartyr Demetrius PlyshevskyA Russian priest put to death for his faith in Christ in 1938, during the communist persecution.
• DMartyr DomninaA woman martyr remembered in the synaxarion of the Greek Church.
• ECConfessor Emilian the ConfessorBishop of Cyzicus, a confessor of the veneration of icons in the time of iconoclasm.
• EVenerable ErcnactaAn Irish holy woman of Ulster.
• Saint Erhard of RegensburgA missionary bishop at Regensburg, reposed around 686.
• EAHieromartyr Eugenian of AutunA hieromartyr of Autun in Gaul.
• FVenerable FrodobertA holy monk associated with Luxeuil in Gaul, reposed around 673.
• GRSaint Gaubald of RegensburgBishop of Regensburg, reposed in 762.
• GBSaint Gregory the BulgarianA Bulgarian priest venerated as a saint.
• GWVenerable Gregory the WonderworkerA Georgian holy monk of the 11th century, honored as a wonderworker.
• GSaints GudulaA virgin of Brabant and patron of Brussels, reposed around 712.
• HLMartyr Helladius of LibyaA martyr of Libya, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• IVVenerable Isaiah of ValaamAn elder of Valaam Monastery, reposed in 1914.
• JGSaint Jocundus of GreeceA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 8 January; few details survive.
• JMMartyr John MalyshevA martyr of the Russian Church, who died in 1940.
• JCVenerable John the ChozebiteA monk of the Chozeba community in the Judean desert, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• JMartyr JulianA martyr at Beauvais, remembered in the ancient martyrologies of the Church.
• JEMartyr Julian of EgyptMartyr of Egypt, who suffered for Christ.
• KDSaint Keachtain of Dun GeimhinAn Irish saint honored at Dun Geimhin, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
• KNew Martyr KyrannaA new martyr commemorated in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
• MEMartyr Marionilla of EgyptA woman martyr of Egypt, who suffered for Christ.
• MBMartyr Maximian of BeauvaisMartyr of Beauvais, remembered in the early martyrologies.
• Martyr Michael NovoselovA martyr of the Russian Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
• MRConfessor Michael RozovA confessor of the faith in a time of persecution, who died in 1941.
• MGSaint Molibha of Glenn da LochaA saint honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Glenn da Locha; very little is recorded.
• MBSaint Moshacra son of BennanA saint honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• NSaint NathalanA Scottish saint of Aberdeenshire, reposed in 678.
• PKVenerable Martyr Paphnutius KostinMonk martyred for the faith of Christ in 1938, during the Soviet persecution.
• PSaint ParthenaA saint commemorated in the Serbian Orthodox calendar.
• PMSaint Patiens of MetzBishop of Metz in Gaul, of the 2nd century.
• Venerable Pega of PeakirkAn Anglo-⁠Saxon hermit, sister of Saint Guthlac, reposed in 719.
• RGSaint Rusticus of GreeceA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 8 January; few details survive.
• SCSaint Saran of Cuil CreamhaA saint honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Cuil Creamha; very little is recorded.
• Venerable Severinus of NoricumA monk and missionary in Noricum on the Danube, protector of the people amid invasions, reposed in 482.
• TMartyr TheophilusA martyr honored in the West, of whom little is known.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on January 8?

From the saints of the day: Atticus, Kyros, Apollinaris, George, Lucian, Gregory, Isidore, Elias, Vladimir, Agathon, Anastasius, Demetrius, Emilian, Helladius, Isaiah, John, Julian, Michael, Theophilus, Victor, Feodor, Macarius, Felix, Paisius, Aemilian, Makarios. 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 8?

From the women saints of the day: Domnica, Basilissa, Damiana, Domnina, Kyranna, Augusta. 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.