Baptismal names for children born on July 14

Boys' names from this day

From the eighth day, July 21

All the saints of July 14

• Saint Heraclas of AlexandriaThirteenth pope and patriarch of Alexandria, from 232 to 248, successor of Demetrius.
• Venerable Nicodemus the HagioriteAthonite monk, mystic and theologian, editor of the Philokalia, who died in 1809.
• Venerable Vincent MadelgariusBenedictine monk of present-⁠day Belgium, who died in 677 at Soignies; remembered on 20 September.
• Venerable Stephen of MakhrishchBorn at Kiev, a monk of the Caves who later went to Moscow and founded Makhrishch Monastery; died in 1406.
• Apostle AquilaHusband of Priscilla and disciple of the Apostle Paul, mentioned in Acts, and bishop of Heraclea.
• Hieromartyr Konstantin BogoyavlenskyPriest shot at Merkushino in July 1918, canonized as a hieromartyr in 2002.
• AASaint Arsenius of AgiofarangoA saint associated with Agiofarango, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• BDSaint Basinus of DrongenSaint of Drongen, venerated in the Western Church.
• CASaint Colman son of AingenA saint honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• DCSaint Deusdedit of CanterburyThe first Archbishop of Canterbury of English birth, reposed in 664.
• EAHoly New Martyrs Emmanuel, Anezina, George and MariaNew martyrs of Crete, crypto-⁠Christians under Ottoman rule; venerated locally.
• Saint Felix of ComoThe first Bishop of Como, ordained by Saint Ambrose, reposed around 390.
• HEVenerable Hellius of EgyptA venerable monk of Egypt, commemorated in the calendar of the Orthodox Church.
• HMartyr HeracliusA martyr of the Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
• HApostle HerodionOne of the Seventy Apostles, a kinsman of the Apostle Paul named in the Epistle to the Romans.
• HApostle HilaryA saint commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• ISaint IdusAn Irish bishop of Alt-⁠Fadha in Leinster, a disciple of Saint Patrick.
• JMMartyr John of MervMartyr of Merv, who suffered for Christ.
• JSaint JustusA saint commemorated in the Georgian Church calendar.
• JRMartyr Justus of RomeMartyr of Rome, who suffered for Christ.
• Venerable Martyr LibertA monk of Saint-⁠Trond in Brabant, reposed in 783.
• MSaint MarcellinusAn English missionary in the Low Countries, a companion of Saint Willibrord, reposed around 762.
• NMHoly New Martyrs New Martyrs of Garavice and Bihać-⁠PetrovacOrthodox faithful killed in 1941 at Garavice near Bihać and in the Bihać-⁠Petrovac region.
• NPHieromartyr Nicholas PoretskyCleric martyred for the faith of Christ in 1933, during the Soviet persecution.
• OMVenerable Onesimus of MagnesiaVenerable monk of Magnesia, venerated in the Orthodox calendar.
• OSaint OptatianusBishop, venerated in the Western Church.
• PNHieromartyr Peter the NewBishop and hieromartyr of Gortyna in Crete; venerated locally.
• RIVenerable Ragenufle of IncourtA saint honored at Incourt in Brabant in the age of the undivided Church.
• SDMartyr Slobodan of Donja KamenicaA Serbian martyr of Donja Kamenica, killed in 1992.
• SKVenerable Stephen of KostromaA monastic saint of Kostroma, commemorated by the Russian Orthodox Church.
• TSMartyr Tryphon of SheqishteA martyr of Sheqishte in present-⁠day Albania, who suffered around 313.
• Holy Apostles Aquila and PriscillaChristian married couple of the first century, fellow workers and companions of the Apostle Paul.
• Venerable Dosifei of KyivRassophore ascetic of the Kiev Caves Lavra in the 18th century, traditionally born Darya Tyapkina.
• Saint Alexius of NovgorodFormerly keeper of the keys of the archiepiscopal house, ordained bishop in 1360, Archbishop of Novgorod, who died in 1390.
• JCConfessor Joseph the ConfessorArchbishop of Thessalonica in the ninth century and brother of Theodore the Studite; commemorated on 14 July.
• CSaint CynlloA saint of the early Church of Wales.
• JKVenerable Joseph KozlovskyA venerable father, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar; little is known of his life.
• JSSaint Joseph the StuditeStudite monk, brother of Saint Theodore the Studite and Archbishop of Thessalonica, who reposed in 836.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on July 14?

From the saints of the day: Nicodemus, Vincent, Stephen, Konstantin, Arsenius, Emmanuel, Felix, Heraclius, Hilary, John, Justus, Marcellinus, Nicholas, Onesimus, Peter, Tryphon, Alexius, Joseph. 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 July 14?

There are no usual girls' names on this day. See the eighth day or the name finder.

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.