Baptismal names for children born on June 25

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, July 2

All the saints of June 25

• Saint Prosper of AquitaineDisciple of Augustine and Christian writer, continuator of the Chronicle of Jerome.
• Right-⁠Believing Salomon of BrittanyCount of Rennes and Nantes from 852 and duke of Brittany from 857, assassinated in 874.
• Venerable Martyr Febronia of NisibisNun of Nisibis who endured torment under Diocletian and did not renounce her faith.
• Venerable Adalbert of EgmondAnglo-⁠Saxon missionary from Northumbria, companion of Willibrord in Holland and Frisia; died around 710.
• Saint Orosia of JacaPatron saint of Jaca in the Spanish Pyrenees, the center of her veneration.
• Holy Right-⁠Believing Rulers Peter and Fevronia of MuromRulers of Murom and husband and wife, who reposed in 1228, honored as protectors of marriage.
• Saint Prosper of ReggioBishop of Reggio Emilia in the fifth century, by tradition for twenty-⁠two years; died around 466.
• Confessor Nikon of OptinaHieroschemamonk, the last confessor of Optina Monastery, who died in exile in northern Russia in 1931.
• Right-⁠Believing Peter of MuromPrince of Murom from 1203 to 1228, son of Yuri Vladimirovich, identified by some with Peter, husband of Saint Fevronia.
• Martyr John of UglichChild from a merchant family of Uglich, killed in 1663; venerated as a saint by the Russian Church.
• Hieromartyr AmphibalusPriest venerated in Britain as the one said to have converted Saint Alban; he died around the year 304.
• Right-⁠Believing Fevronia of MuromWife of Prince Peter of Murom, honored together with him as a patroness of marriage.
• TPSaint Theoleptos of PhiladelphiaByzantine monk, mystic and writer, Metropolitan of Philadelphia from 1284 to 1322.
• New Martyr Procopius of VarnaBulgarian new martyr of Varna, venerated in the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
• ASSaint Ailell son of SeigenA saint honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• AHieromartyr AntydA saint honored in the West, of whom little is known.
• BMHieromartyr Basil MilitsynCleric martyred for the faith of Christ in 1918, during the Soviet persecution.
• BPHieromartyr Basil ProtopopovCleric martyred for the faith of Christ in 1940, during the Soviet persecution.
• DPVenerable Dionysios of Prodromou MonasteryVenerable monk who struggled at Prodromou Monastery.
• DAVenerable Dionysius of AthosA monk of Mount Athos, founder of the Dionysiou Monastery.
• DDVenerable Dometius of DionysiouVenerable Athonite monk of Dionysiou Monastery.
• DSaint DyfodwgA Welsh saint honored in Rhondda, of the 6th century.
• ESMartyr Eutropia of SyriaA martyr of Syria, put to death for her faith in Christ.
• Saint Fevronia YuferevaAn ascetic of the Pokrovsky Convent near Zubari, who reposed in 1930; locally glorified (Eparchy of Vyatka).
• GISaint Gallicanus IIBishop of Embrun in Gaul, reposed around 541.
• GANew Martyr George of AttaliaNew martyr of Attalia, who suffered at the hands of the Turks for faith in Christ.
• GNHieromartyr Gohard of NantesBishop of Nantes, slain by the Vikings in his cathedral in 843.
• ISVenerable Isidore SamtavneliOne of the thirteen Syrian Fathers who strengthened monastic life in Georgia in the 6th century.
• LSMartyr Leonida of SyriaA woman martyr of Syria, who suffered for Christ.
• LSMartyr Livia of SyriaA woman martyr of Syria, who suffered for Christ.
• LHHoly Martyrs Lucy and Her Twenty-⁠two Companions of RomeTwenty-⁠three martyrs of Rome, commemorated together.
• Saint Maximus of TurinBishop of Turin in the time of the barbarian invasions, an author of sermons, reposed around 470.
• MNSaint Methodius of NyvritosA saint of Nyvritos in the Rethymno region of Crete.
• MLSaint Moloug of LismoreScottish missionary of the sixth century, founder of a monastery on the island of Lismore.
• PIVenerable Martyr Procopius of the Iveron MonasteryMonastic martyr of Iveron Monastery on Mount Athos.
• SVenerable SelevanA holy man honored at St Levan in Cornwall, which bears his name.
• SVenerable SimonA monastic ascetic commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• SYVenerable Sincheall the Younger of Gleann AchaidhAn Irish saint honored at Gleann Achaidh, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
• SIMartyr Solomon IA martyr honored in Western calendars; few details survive.
• TTSaint Telle of Tigh TelleA saint honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Tigh Telle; very little is recorded.
• TDSaints The Daughter of MiongharA saint named in early Irish martyrologies; few details survive.
• TSaint TigreSaint of Maurienne, venerated in the Western Church.
• Martyr Claudia ProculaWife of Pontius Pilate, who sent him word to have nothing to do with the trial of the Righteous One.
• Venerable Dalmat of IsetskFounder of the Dormition Monastery at Dalmatov, born in 1594 at Berezov; the town of Dalmatov bears his name.
• OMartyr OrentiusMartyr of the time of Emperor Maximian, who died around the year 304.
• CZMartyr Cyriacus of ZiganaMartyr of Zigana, who suffered for Christ.
• EPMartyr Eros of ParemboleA martyr of Parembole, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• FAMartyr Firminus of ApsarusA martyr of Apsarus, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• FAMartyr Firmus of ApsarusA martyr of Apsarus, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• MJSaint Martyrius of JerusalemPatriarch of Jerusalem in the fifth century, defender of the decisions of the Council of Chalcedon.
• PMartyr PharnaciusMartyr who died in the persecution of Maximian, around 304.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on June 25?

From the saints of the day: Salomon, Adalbert, Nikon, Peter, John, Theoleptos, Procopius, Basil, Dionysios, Dionysius, George, Isidore, Maximus, Methodius, Simon, Solomon, Cyriacus, Martyrius. 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 25?

From the women saints of the day: Febronia, Fevronia, Eutropia, Livia, Claudia. 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.