Baptismal names for children born on June 22

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, June 29

All the saints of June 22

• Martyr AlbanThe first martyr of Britain, killed at Verulamium in the Roman persecution around 305.
• Hieromartyr Eusebius of SamosataBishop of Samosata and defender of the faith of Nicaea against Arianism; died around 379.
• Martyr Acacius of ArmeniaA martyr who suffered on Mount Ararat in Armenia in the 2nd century.
• Hieromartyr Sergius MechevMoscow archpriest, son of Saint Alexei Mechev, who died a martyr at Yaroslavl in 1942; canonized in 2000.
• Saint Mikheil KuloshviliA Georgian priest of the Ingiloi community, born in 1825 and died in 1918, canonized in 2012.
• GTSaint Gregory the TeacherMetropolitan of Ungro-⁠Wallachia from 1823 until his death in 1834; canonized by the Romanian Church in 2005.
• PCVenerable Peter of ChagraA Russian holy monk of the Samara region, who lived from 1856 to 1925.
• ZPMartyr Zeno of PhiladelphiaSoldier martyred at Philadelphia, today Amman, in 304.
• Venerable Aaron of AlethA hermit and abbot at Aleth in Brittany, reposed around 552.
• ANew Martyr AmbrosiosA new martyr of Greece who died for the faith in 1821.
• BVenerable BasilA monastic saint commemorated in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
• BPVenerable Basil PatelariyskyVenerable monk, venerated in the Orthodox calendar.
• CVenerable ConsortiaA holy woman of Gaul who reposed around 570.
• CLVenerable Cronan of LuachairAn Irish saint honored at Luachair, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
• GAHieromartyr Gabriel of ArkhangelskA hieromartyr of Arkhangelsk, commemorated in the Russian Church calendar.
• GMartyr GalaktionA martyr of the Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
• GSaint GalationA saint of Galatia, commemorated in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
• GBSaint Guaire BegA saint honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• JISaint John I of NaplesA bishop of Naples in the early Church of Italy.
• JISaint John IV of NaplesBishop of Naples, called the Scribe, reposed in 835.
• Martyr JulianaA woman martyr of the Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
• JMartyr JuliusA martyr at Caerleon in Roman Britain, together with Aaron, under Diocletian.
• MVVenerable Martyr Makarios of VatopediA monk of Vatopedi martyred in Crete in 1821 together with Neophytos and Ambrosios; canonized and entered in Orthodox calendars.
• MBFool-⁠for-⁠Christ Maria of BelogorskA fool for Christ, honored by the Russian Orthodox Church.
• NHieromartyr NeophytosA hierarch of Crete who was killed for the faith in 1821.
• Saint NicetasA hierarch venerated in the West, who reposed around 485.
• PMartyr PompianChristian martyred for the faith of Christ.
• RSaint RotrudisA saint of Gaul who reposed in 869.
• SMartyr SaturninusChristian martyred for the faith of Christ.
• SCVenerable Sicilde of CenomanniaVirgin of Maine (Cenomannia) in Gaul, held to have been the servant of Saint Osmanna, in the later seventh century.
• SVenerable SuibhneA saint remembered in early Irish martyrologies; few details survive.
• Holy Martyrs Ten Thousand MartyrsTen thousand martyrs crucified on Mount Ararat, in the time of the emperor Hadrian.
• TSHieromartyr Theodore SmirnovA Russian deacon put to death for his faith in Christ in 1938, during the communist persecution.
• ZPMartyr Zenas of PhiladelphiaMartyr of Philadelphia in Arabia who suffered for Christ.
• ZZMartyr Zeno and ZenasMartyrs commemorated together in the Serbian Orthodox calendar.
• Saint Paulinus of NolaRoman senator who became bishop of Nola, a Christian poet and writer of spiritual letters.
• Saint PantaenusSicilian theologian, a leading figure of the Catechetical School of Alexandria, who died around 200.
• Apostle Justus BarsabbasOne of the two candidates, with Matthias, to replace Judas among the apostles; numbered among the Seventy.
• Apostle Artemas of LystraOne of the Seventy Apostles, named in the Epistle to Titus, regarded as bishop of Lystra.
• Righteous Theodore Kuzmich of TomskElder who lived in Siberia in the nineteenth century and died at Tomsk in 1864, venerated by the faithful.
• Venerable Anastasia of SerbiaWife of Stefan Nemanja, tonsured in 1196 as Anastasia; she died in 1200 and is venerated as a saint.
• Venerable Æbbe of ColdinghamAbbess of the Benedictine priory of Coldingham in south-⁠east Scotland, who died in 870; little is known of her life.
• ACRighteous Alexander of ChagraBorn Alexander Yungerov in 1821, a priest venerated as a local saint of the Samara diocese, who died in 1900.
• MPVenerable Macarius of PismaRussian monk of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries who struggled in the hermitage bearing his name.
• MAApostle Mark of ApolloniaOne of the Seventy Apostles, bishop of Apollonia.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on June 22?

From the saints of the day: Alban, Eusebius, Acacius, Sergius, Gregory, Peter, Zeno, Aaron, Ambrosios, Basil, Gabriel, Galaktion, John, Julius, Makarios, Neophytos, Nicetas, Theodore, Paulinus, Justus, Alexander, Macarius. 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 June 22?

From the women saints of the day: Juliana, Maria, Anastasia. 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.