Baptismal names for children born on July 29

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, August 5

All the saints of July 29

• Saint MarthaSister of Lazarus and Mary of Bethany, who received the Lord into her house.
• Right-⁠Believing Olaf of NorwayKing of Norway from 1015 to 1028, who spread Christianity, killed at the battle of Stiklestad in 1030.
• Saint Lupus of TroyesBishop of Troyes, sent with Germanus of Auxerre to Britain against Pelagianism in about 426.
• Saint Constantine I of ConstantinopleEcumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 675 to 677, successor of John V.
• CISaint Constantine III of ConstantinopleEcumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1059 until his death in 1063, a fellow student of Michael Psellos.
• Martyr Serapia of RomeBorn at Antioch to Christian parents, she fled to Italy from Hadrian's persecution and died a martyr in Rome.
• Martyr Eustathius of MtskhetaPersian Christian, a former Zoroastrian, executed around 550 by Sasanian authorities in Caucasian Iberia.
• Martyr Callinicus of Gangra
• Venerable Constantine of KosinoAbbot of Kosino Monastery near Staraya Russa, who came from Khutyn Monastery in the late twelfth century.
• Venerable Cosmas of KosinoMonk, companion of Saint Constantine of Kosino near Staraya Russa; died after 1240.
• Saint Anatoly KamenskyArchbishop of Irkutsk, a deacon's son and member of the Fourth State Duma, who died in 1925 in Omsk.
• Martyr Daniel of CherkasySaint from the Cherkasy region of Ukraine, who died in 1766 at Vilshana.
• New Martyr Bessarion of SmolyanA Bulgarian saint of Smolyan, who died in 1670.
• AKHieromartyr Alexis KrasnovskyA Russian priest put to death for his faith in Christ in 1938, during the communist persecution.
• ASVenerable Martyr Anatoly SmirnovA Russian monk who died a martyr for his faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
• BEMartyr Basiliscus the ElderAn aged martyr, called the Elder, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• BMartyr BeatrixA martyr at Rome, sister of the martyrs Simplicius and Faustinus, around the year 302.
• BMartyr Benjamin
• CISaint Caelan of Inis CealtraA saint honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Inis Cealtra; very little is recorded.
• CFSaint Comman son of FionnbharrA saint honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• CASaint Cuimmein son of ArideA saint honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• FSaint FaustinusA saint of the early Western Church, commemorated in the Western calendars.
• FRMartyr Felix of RomeA saint of Rome from the first Christian centuries, of around 201.
• JMartyr JohnA martyr commemorated together with Basiliscus, Callinicus and Mamas in the Greek synaxarion.
• JLSaint Justan LeneA saint honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• KIVenerable Kilian of Inis CealtraAn Irish holy monk of the island of Inis Cealtra.
• LFHoly Martyrs Lucilla, Flora, Eugenius and companionsMartyrs of Rome under Gallienus, saints of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Roman Martyrology.
• LVHieromartyr Luke VukmanovićA priest of Crmnica in Montenegro, killed in 1945 near Kamnik in Slovenia; canonized in 2000 by the Serbian Church.
• MMartyr MamasA martyr of the Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
• MGVenerable Manefa of GomelNun of the Gomel eparchy, in the world Maria Skopicheva, who reposed in 1984 at Sevryuki; canonized in 2007.
• PRVenerable Martyr Pachomius RusinMonk martyred for the faith of Christ.
• POSaint Prosper of OrléansBishop of Orléans in Gaul, reposed around 453.
• RRMartyr Rufus of RomeMartyr of Rome, remembered in the early martyrologies.
• SBVenerable Martyr Seraphim BogoslovskyMonk martyred for the faith of Christ.
• SFHoly Martyrs Simplicius, Faustinus and BeatrixTwo brothers and their sister, martyred at Rome under Diocletian around 303.
• SVenerable SulienA Welsh holy monk who lived in Brittany.
• TIRight-⁠Believing Theodosius II the YoungerA Byzantine emperor of the 5th century, in whose reign the Third Ecumenical Council was held at Ephesus.
• TPVenerable Martyr Theognius PivovarovA venerable martyr commemorated by the Russian Orthodox Church.
• TPVenerable Martyr Theognostus PivovarovA Russian monk who died a martyr for his faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
• VMartyr VeriusA martyr commemorated in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
• Saint Nicholas of MyraFourth-⁠century bishop, protector of those in need and wonderworker.
• Saint Peter ChrysologusBishop of Ravenna from about 433 until his death, a renowned preacher called the Golden-⁠Worded.
• Martyr John the WarriorSoldier of the 4th century, venerated as a saint and martyr in the Orthodox and Catholic Churches.
• Venerable Nikandr of PskovRussian monk born Nikon, founder of the Annunciation hermitage of Nikandr, who lived from 1507 to 1581.
• Venerable Roman of KirzhachMonk, disciple of Saint Sergius of Radonezh, with whom he founded the Annunciation Monastery at Kirzhach; he died in 1392.
• CNSaint Constantine of NovotorzhokA saint of Novotorzhok, commemorated in the Russian calendar.
• MSVenerable Martyr Michael the SabaiteA monk of the Lavra of Saint Sabbas, from Edessa, who died a martyr.
• TNMartyr Theodota of NicaeaA woman of Nicaea, martyred in 304 together with her sons.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on July 29?

From the saints of the day: Olaf, Constantine, Eustathius, Callinicus, Cosmas, Anatoly, Daniel, Bessarion, Alexis, Benjamin, Felix, John, Kilian, Luke, Pachomius, Rufus, Seraphim, Theodosius, Theognostus, Nicholas, Peter, Roman, Michael. 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 29?

From the women saints of the day: Theodota. 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.