Baptismal names for children born on July 15

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, July 22

All the saints of July 15

• Equal-⁠to-⁠the-⁠Apostles Vladimir of KievPrince who accepted Baptism in 988 and Christianized Kievan Rus.
• Saint Swithun of WinchesterAnglo-⁠Saxon bishop of Winchester, who died in 863, patron saint of Winchester Cathedral.
• Holy Martyrs Cyricus and JulittaThe mother Julitta and her son Cyricus, martyrs put to death at Tarsus, according to tradition, in 304.
• Saint Donald of OgilvyEighth-⁠century Scottish saint who lived at Ogilvy, in the former county of Forfarshire.
• ATMartyr Abudimus of TenedosGreek martyr tortured in Diocletian's persecution on the island of Tenedos, who died in 305.
• Venerable Job KundriaArchimandrite born in 1902 at Iza near Khust in Transcarpathia; honored as a local saint of the Khust diocese.
• Venerable Matrona of ChiosVenerable woman of the island of Chios, born in the village of Volissos; commemorated on 20 October.
• EPVenerable Edith of PolesworthAnglo-⁠Saxon abbess venerated in Mercia, linked to Polesworth Abbey; she died around 960.
• Martyr Jaglika AdžićSerbian girl from Montenegro, born in 1926 and martyred on 6 June 1943; canonized by the Serbian Church in 2017.
• Saint Terentius of LuniBishop of Luni in the 6th century, by tradition a Scot, killed by robbers.
• CMHoly New Martyrs 28 Child Martyrs of PlavTwenty-⁠eight children starved to death in the prison at Plav in 1941.
• AÉSaint Aeternus of ÉvreuxBishop of Évreux in Gaul, reposed around 660.
• Venerable Martyr AnsverusAbbot of Ratzeburg in Germany, killed by pagan Slavs.
• Venerable Apronia of ToulSister of Saint Aper, Bishop of Toul, a virgin consecrated to God.
• ANSaint Athanasius of NaplesBishop of Naples, a merciful shepherd driven from his see, reposed in 872.
• BASaint Benedict of AngersBishop of Angers in Gaul, reposed around 820.
• BMartyr BonosaA saint honored in the West, of whom little is known.
• CCHoly Martyrs Catulinus and CompanionsCatulinus, Januarius, Florentius, Julia and Justa, martyrs of Carthage in North Africa.
• CDSaint Comman son of DiommaA saint honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• EHoly Martyrs EutropiusA martyr slain for Christ around 273.
• FASaint Florentius of AfricaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Bede, on 15 July; few details survive.
• HWSaint Haruch of WerdenA bishop who ended his life as a monk at Werden, reposed around 830.
• JKVenerable Joseph KozlovskyA venerable father, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar; little is known of his life.
• Venerable KarasA saint venerated at Wadi Natrun, remembered in the calendars of the Church.
• LMartyr LollianA martyr commemorated in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
• NMHoly New Martyrs New Martyrs of Velika and Gornje PolimljeOrthodox faithful killed in 1944 in the village of Velika near Plav and in Upper Polimlje.
• PTHieromartyr Peter TroitskyCleric martyred for the faith of Christ in 1938, during the Soviet persecution.
• PAMartyr Philip of AlexandriaA martyr honored at Alexandria, of whom little is known.
• QTMartyr Quiricus of TarsusA small child of Tarsus, martyred together with his mother Julitta.
• RSaint RonanA saint honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• SAHoly Martyrs Secundinus, Agrippinus, Maximus, Fortunatus and MartialisFive martyrs remembered together in Western calendars; few details survive.
• SESaints Sons of Earcan of Brugh LaoghSons of Earcan of Brugh Laogh, honored together in the Irish tradition; few details survive.
• VRRight-⁠Believing Vladimir of RzhevPrince of Rzhev, venerated as a right-⁠believing ruler.
• ZPMartyr Zosimus of Portus RomanusA martyr honored at Portus Romanus, of whom little is known.
• Saint Jonah of MoscowMetropolitan of Kiev and all Rus from 1448 until 1461, chosen after Isidore was condemned.
• Martyr Julitta of TarsusA Christian mother of Tarsus, martyred in 304, mother of the child martyr Cyricus.
• Right-⁠Believing Basil Vsevolodovich of YaroslavlSecond prince of Yaroslavl, elder son of Vsevolod Konstantinovich, named in chronicles from 1238; died in 1249.
• Venerable Animaisa of OstretsovoNun born in 1875 in a village founded by her father, who lived at Ostretsovo; died in 1963.
• VFVenerable Vonifaty of FeofaniaBorn Damian Vinogradsky in 1785 into a peasant family, an abbot and ascetic elder, who died in 1871.
• Venerable Adalard of CorbieAbbot of Corbie and a cousin of Charlemagne, reposed in 827.
• Saint Felix of ComoThe first Bishop of Como, ordained by Saint Ambrose, reposed around 390.
• Venerable Parthenius KrasnopevtsevVenerable monk of Kiev, venerated in the Orthodox calendar; died in 1855.
• Saint Plechelm of OdilienburgAnglo-⁠Saxon missionary bishop in the Low Countries, honored at Odilienburg, reposed in 730.
• SCMartyr Secundinus of CórdobaA martyr of Córdoba in Hispania, who suffered under Diocletian around 306.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on July 15?

From the saints of the day: Vladimir, Athanasius, Benedict, Florentius, Joseph, Peter, Philip, Zosimus, Jonah, Basil, Felix. 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 15?

From the women saints of the day: Matrona, Edith, Julitta. 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.