Baptismal names for children born on March 12

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, March 19

All the saints of March 12

• Saint Gregory the DialogistBishop of Rome from 590 to 604, author of the Dialogues and the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts.
• Saint Innocent I of RomeBishop of Rome from 401 to 417, to whom disputes in both East and West were referred.
• Venerable Theophanes the ConfessorByzantine noble who became a monk, chronicler and defender of the holy icons, who died in exile in 817.
• Venerable Symeon the New TheologianByzantine monk, poet, and mystic, one of three saints given the title Theologian by the Orthodox Church.
• Prophet PhinehasA priest of the Exodus, son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron, zealous for the Law of the Lord.
• Right-⁠Believing Demetrius II the Self-⁠SacrificerKing of Eastern Georgia from 1270 until his execution by the Mongol Ilkhan in 1289, called the Self-⁠Sacrificer.
• MTMartyr Maximilian of TebessaSon of a Roman army official, he refused military service as a Christian and was executed in 295.
• Venerable Nicodemus of MammolaMonk of Calabria, probably born at Cirò, died on March 25, 990 and venerated as a saint there.
• Confessor Alexander DerzhavinPriest born in 1864 into a deacon's family in Moscow province, who died in 1933; canonized as a confessor in 2002.
• JPHieromartyr John PlekhanovRussian priest born in a village of the Vladimir region, executed at the Butovo firing range in 1938.
• SPVenerable Symeon the PiousLay monk of the Stoudios Monastery in Constantinople in the tenth century, spiritual father of Symeon the New Theologian.
• AWSaint Almut of WetterA saint honored at Wetter in Germany; very little is recorded about her.
• AWSaint Alphege of WinchesterBishop of Winchester who ordained Saint Dunstan, reposed in 951.
• CLSaint Cillin of LilcachA saint honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Lilcach; very little is recorded.
• CASaint Concessus of AsiaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 12 March; few details survive.
• CSHieromartyr Constantine SokolovA hieromartyr of the Russian Church, who died in 1938.
• DGSaint Dachuailen son of GuaireA saint honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• DSaint DaganA hierarch honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• DMartyr DomnaA martyr commemorated in the Serbian Orthodox calendar.
• DMartyr DorotheusA martyr honored in the West, of whom little is known.
• EMartyr EugeniusMartyr of Nicomedia, remembered in the early martyrologies.
• FConfessor FetchuonConfessor and missionary among the Scots and Picts, disciple of Saint Columba; by tradition he died around 580.
• GMartyr GorgoniusA martyr honored in the West, of whom little is known.
• JASaint Julius of AlexandriaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 12 March; few details survive.
• KIHieromartyr Kirion IICatholicos-⁠Patriarch of Georgia, murdered in the year 1918.
• LSaint LaurenceA saint of Cyprus, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• MSaint MaelcorghaisA saint honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• MMartyr MardoniusMartyr of Nicomedia, remembered in the early martyrologies.
• MMartyr MaximusMartyr of Nicomedia, remembered in the early martyrologies.
• MFVenerable Mura of FahanAn Irish abbot of Fahan, reposed around 645.
• MHieromartyr MygdoHieromartyr of Nicomedia, remembered in the early martyrologies.
• NHieromartyr NicephorusA hieromartyr of Crimea, venerated by the faithful without synodal canonization.
• NMHoly Martyrs Nine MartyrsA group of nine martyrs, commemorated together in the Greek synaxarion.
• Saint Paul AurelianA Welsh bishop in Brittany with his see at Léon, reposed around 572.
• PDHoly Martyrs Peter, Dorotheus and GorgoniusServants of the court of the emperor Diocletian, put to death at Nicomedia for their faith.
• SSHieromartyr Sergius Skvortsov of DreznaCleric of Drezna, martyred for the faith of Christ.
• SMartyr SmaragdusMartyr of Nicomedia, remembered in the early martyrologies.
• Saint TanguyA Breton saint, reposed in 594.
• VVVenerable Martyr Vladimir Volkov@NV
• Hieromartyr Peter of AlexandriaPatriarch of Alexandria from 300 to 311, killed in the persecution at the start of the fourth century.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on March 12?

From the saints of the day: Gregory, Theophanes, Symeon, Phinehas, Demetrius, Maximilian, Nicodemus, Alexander, John, Constantine, Dorotheus, Eugenius, Julius, Laurence, Maximus, Nicephorus, Paul, Sergius, Vladimir, Peter. 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 March 12?

From the women saints of the day: Domna. 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.