Baptismal names for children born on July 31

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, August 7

All the saints of July 31

• Righteous Joseph of ArimatheaMember of the Sanhedrin and disciple of Christ, who asked Pilate for the Lord's body and laid it in his own tomb.
• Saint Germanus of AuxerreFormer high Roman official and bishop of Auxerre in Gaul, who died at Ravenna around 448.
• Saint John the ExarchBulgarian scholar, writer and translator, a leading figure of the Preslav Literary School at the turn of the ninth and tenth centuries.
• Hieromartyr Benjamin of PetrogradHierarch of the Russian Church, born Vasily Kazansky, put to death by the Soviet authorities in August 1922.
• Saint Calimerius of MilanEarly bishop of Milan who died in 280; remembered on 31 July.
• Venerable Neot of CornwallEnglish monk at Glastonbury, later a hermit in Cornwall near the village that bears his name; died in 877.
• Martyr George NovitskyLegal historian, professor at Saint Petersburg University and associate of Metropolitan Benjamin, shot in 1922.
• Martyr John KovsharovLawyer and legal adviser of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, shot at Petrograd in 1922; glorified in 1992.
• Confessor Basil of KineshmaRussian bishop born in Kineshma in 1876, who died in 1945 in the village of Birilyussy in the Krasnoyarsk region.
• Hieromartyr Sergius SheinArchimandrite and deputy in the State Duma from 1912 to 1917, shot in Petrograd on 13 August 1922.
• ANVenerable Arsen of NinotsmindaA Georgian bishop, scholar, translator and calligrapher of the 11th century, who died in 1082.
• ASMartyr Anna SerovaRussian peasant woman from the Kostroma region, martyred in the early 1940s; canonized in 2000.
• JCMartyr Julitta of CaesareaA martyr of Caesarea in Cappadocia, put to death for her faith around the year 305.
• MMHoly Venerable Martyrs 350 Maronite MartyrsThree hundred and fifty Maronite monks killed for their Chalcedonian faith.
• CDSaint Colman son of DairineA hierarch honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• CRConfessor Constantine RazumovA confessor of the Christian faith in a time of persecution.
• DSMartyr Democritus of SynnadaMartyr of Synnada in Phrygia, remembered in the early martyrologies.
• DSMartyr Dionysius of SynnadaMartyr of Synnada in Phrygia, remembered in the early martyrologies.
• DVVenerable Martyr Dionysius of VatopediA monk of the Vatopedi Monastery on Mount Athos who died a martyr for his faith in Christ.
• ERConfessor Elizabeth RumyantsevaA Russian woman who confessed the faith, commemorated in the calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church.
• ESaint ErentrudisA saint remembered in early Western calendars; few details survive.
• ECRighteous Eudocimus of CappadociaA Cappadocian of the 9th century, a Byzantine officer known for his almsgiving and purity of life.
• Martyr FabiusA standard-⁠bearer slain for Christ at Caesarea in Mauretania around 300.
• FSaint FallamainA hierarch remembered in early Irish martyrologies; few details survive.
• FTSaint Firmus of TagasteBishop of Tagaste in North Africa, honored for his steadfastness before persecutors.
• JGVenerable John GrdzelisdzeA Georgian monk of Iviron on Mount Athos, scribe and calligrapher; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
• JRHieromartyr John RumyantsevA hieromartyr of the Russian Church, who died in 1941.
• MRMartyr Maximus RumyantsevA martyr of the Russian Church, who died in 1928.
• NCSaint Natal of Cill na ManachA saint honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Cill na Manach; very little is recorded.
• NPHieromartyr Nicholas PravdolyubovA Russian priest and hieromartyr who died in 1941.
• SSMartyr Secundus of SynnadaMartyr of Synnada in Phrygia, remembered in the early martyrologies.
• TSHoly Martyrs Twelve Soldier-⁠Martyrs of RomeTwelve soldiers who suffered for Christ at Rome.
• TASaint Tyrsus of AfricaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 31 July; few details survive.
• VKHieromartyr Vladimir Kholodkovsky@NH
• NKSaint Naile of KinawleyAn Irish saint honored at Kinawley, commemorated in the Martyrology of Tallaght.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on July 31?

From the saints of the day: Joseph, Germanus, John, Benjamin, George, Basil, Sergius, Constantine, Dionysius, Eudocimus, Fabius, Maximus, Nicholas, Vladimir. 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 31?

From the women saints of the day: Anna, Julitta, Elizabeth. 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.