Baptismal names for children born on June 30

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, July 7

All the saints of June 30

• Martyr Donatus of MünstereifelEarly martyr whose relics from a Roman catacomb are venerated in the Rhine region.
• Right-⁠Believing Dinar of HeretiGeorgian princess of the Bagrationi dynasty and queen regnant of Hereti in the 11th century.
• Venerable Peter of RostovTatar tsarevich, nephew of Khan Berke, who was baptized in Rostov and died there in 1290.
• Venerable Gervasios ParaskevopoulosGreek priest, theologian and monk of Patras, proclaimed a saint of the Orthodox Church in 2023.
• MBNew Martyr Michael BaknanasGreek gardener of Athens, who died a martyr on 9 July 1771; canonized as a new martyr.
• Martyr Basilides of AlexandriaMartyr of Alexandria, who died around the year 205.
• TPHieromartyr Timothy PetropavlovskyRussian priest ordained in 1913, who was killed on 13 July 1918.
• MHoly Martyrs 1040 MartyrsA multitude of 1040 martyrs, honored together in the Greek synaxarion.
• AVHieromartyr Alexis VvedenskyA Russian priest who died a martyr for his faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
• AAHoly Confessors Alpinian and AustriclinianPriests, companions of Martial of Limoges, saints of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Roman Martyrology.
• BLSaint Bertram of Le MansBishop of Le Mans, who reposed in the 7th century, venerated in the Western Church.
• CSaint CaolanA saint remembered in early Irish martyrologies; few details survive.
• CVenerable ClotsindisDaughter of Saint Rictrude and Abbess of Marchiennes in Flanders.
• DSHoly Martyrs Democritus, Secundus and DionysiusMartyrs of Synnada in Phrygia from the early times, saints of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Syriac Martyrology of 411.
• EMartyr EmilianaA woman martyr honored at Rome.
• Venerable ErentrudeA kinswoman of Saint Rupert, first Abbess of Nonnberg in Salzburg, reposed around 718.
• ESaint EurgainA woman saint of the early Church of Wales.
• FCSaint Failbhe of Cill EoA saint honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Cill Eo; very little is recorded.
• Holy Martyrs First Martyrs of the Church of RomeThe Christians put to death at Rome under Nero after the fire of 64, the first martyrs of the Roman Church.
• GPHoly Hieromartyrs Gaius the Priest and Leo the SubdeaconA priest and a subdeacon who suffered for Christ at Rome.
• GRSaint Gelasius of RimetRomanian hierarch and ascetic of Rimeț Monastery in Transylvania.
• ISaint IlidA saint, remembered in the calendars of the Church.
• IMartyr IsaacA martyr commemorated with Meliton, Peter of Sinope and 1040 other martyrs.
• JDMartyr John DemidovA martyr of the Russian Church, who died in 1944.
• Martyr LucinaA woman martyr honored at Rome, commemorated in the Western calendars.
• MPSaint Marcian of PamplonaBishop of Pamplona in Hispania, reposed around 757.
• Saint Martial of LimogesThe first Bishop of Limoges, a preacher of the Gospel in Gaul in the 3rd century.
• MMartyr MelitonA martyr commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• MRNew Martyr Milan RmanjskiA Serbian new martyr, born in 1874 and died in 1941 at Sarajevo.
• NPVenerable Martyr Nicander PrusakMonk martyred for the faith of Christ in 1918, during the Soviet persecution.
• OCHoly New Martyrs Orthodox Christians Massacred at DiyarbakirOrthodox Christians cruelly slaughtered in the region of Diyarbakir in 1896.
• OSaint OstianusA saint honored at Viviers in Gaul.
• PNMartyr Perpetua of NicomediaChristian woman of Nicomedia, martyred for the faith of Christ.
• PSMartyr Peter of SinopeA martyr of Sinope on the Black Sea, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• PMartyr PhocasA martyr commemorated with Meliton, Peter of Sinope and 1040 other martyrs.
• PApostle PhygelusCounted in the Greek synaxarion among the Seventy Apostles.
• PRMartyr Protomartyrs of RomeThe Christians slain at Rome in the persecution of Nero, the first martyrs of the city.
• SCSaint Sproc daughter of ColumA saint honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• Venerable Theobald of ProvinsA hermit native to Provins, who reposed at Vicenza in Italy in 1066.
• Apostle PaulFormer persecutor of Christians who became a missionary and wrote fourteen New Testament epistles.
• Apostle PeterGalilean fisherman and one of the Twelve, who confessed Christ and died a martyr in Rome.
• Apostle MatthewA tax collector called by Christ to be one of the Twelve, author of the first Gospel.
• Apostle John the TheologianThe beloved disciple of the Lord, author of the fourth Gospel and Revelation, who died at Ephesus.
• Apostle AndrewGalilean fisherman, the first-⁠called apostle, who preached the Gospel and was crucified at Patras.
• Apostle James, son of ZebedeeOne of the Twelve, the first of them to die a martyr, beheaded in the year 44.
• Apostle BartholomewOne of the Twelve, who preached the Gospel in Armenia and died a martyr.
• Apostle ThomasOne of the Twelve, who came to believe in Christ's Resurrection and preached in India.
• Apostle Jude ThaddeusOne of the Twelve Apostles, who preached the Gospel and died a martyr.
• Apostle Simon the ZealotOne of the Twelve, called the Zealot or the Canaanite, who preached the Gospel and died a martyr.
• Apostle James, son of AlphaeusOne of the Twelve Apostles, son of Alphaeus, who preached the Gospel and died a martyr.
• Saint Sophronius of IrkutskBishop of Irkutsk and Nerchinsk, born in 1703 and died in 1771; venerated as a saint in the Russian Church.
• Righteous Stephen of OmskArchpriest of the Resurrection Cathedral in Omsk, born in 1806 and died in 1877; honored as righteous.
• Saint Adela of Orp-⁠le-⁠GrandSaint of Orp-⁠le-⁠Grand, venerated in the Western Church.
• ALSaint Austriclinianus of LimogesA saint honored at Limoges, of whom little is known.
• CMHoly New Martyrs Child Martyrs of Jastrebarsko and SisakSerbian children who perished in 1942 in the camps at Jastrebarsko and Sisak.
• EVenerable EbertramA holy monk associated with Saint-⁠Quentin in Gaul.
• TKHieromartyr Theogenes KozyrevArchimandrite born in St Petersburg in 1862, who died in 1939 in Komi; venerated as a saint of the Russian Church.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on June 30?

From the saints of the day: Donatus, Peter, Gervasios, Michael, Basilides, Timothy, Alexis, Gelasius, Isaac, John, Marcian, Meliton, Nicander, Paul, Andrew, James, Thomas, Jude, Simon, Stephen. 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 30?

From the women saints of the day: Perpetua. 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.