Baptismal names for children born on March 13

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, March 20

All the saints of March 13

• Venerable Helena DragašSerbian princess, wife of Emperor Manuel II and mother of the last Byzantine emperor, tonsured late in life.
• Martyr Sabinus of HermopolisProcurator, possibly a bishop, of Hermopolis in Egypt, put to death for his faith in the Diocletian persecution.
• CPMartyr Christina of PersiaPersian noblewoman of Karka d'Beth Slokh, born Yazdoi, venerated as a virgin martyr in the 6th century.
• Venerable Cassian the RecluseMonk of the Kiev Caves in the twelfth century, known for his many years of seclusion in a cave.
• GMVenerable Gerald of MayoNorthumbrian monk, venerated as a saint by the Orthodox and Catholic Churches, who died in 732.
• Venerable Mochoemoc of LiathmoreNephew of Saint Íte, a monk at Bangor under Comgall, he founded Liathmore monastery as its abbot.
• ACMartyr Africanus of CarthageA martyr of Carthage, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• AMMartyr Alexander of MacedoniaMartyr of Macedonia who suffered for faith in Christ.
• APMartyr Alexander of PydnaA martyr of Pydna, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• ASaint AltheusA hierarch of the West, honored in the age of the undivided Church.
• ACSaint Ansovinus of CamerinoBishop of Camerino in Italy, reposed in 840.
• CSaint CoincheandA saint honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• CSaint CuanghasA saint honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• DMartyr DionysiusA martyr of Thessalonica, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• DNSaint Domitian of NicomediaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 13 March; few details survive.
• EVenerable EuphrasiaA woman martyr commemorated in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
• ETVenerable Euphrasia of the ThebaidA venerable ascetic woman of the Thebaid in Egypt.
• EMartyr EuphrasiusA martyr who suffered in Thessalonica, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• Saint Euphrasius of IlliturgisOne of the Seven Apostolic Men sent to preach the Gospel in Hispania.
• GPHieromartyr Gregory PospelovA hieromartyr of the Russian Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
• Venerable Heldrad of NovalesaAbbot of Novalesa in the Alps, reposed around 842.
• JNSaint Januarius of NicomediaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 13 March; few details survive.
• Venerable Judith of RingelheimA saint of Ringelheim in Saxony, who reposed in 1000.
• KSaint KevocaA saint honored in the district of Kyle in Scotland.
• MNHieromartyr Macedonius of NicomediaHieromartyr of Nicomedia, remembered in the early martyrologies.
• MSaint MariusA hierarch of Sebaste, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• MTSaint Melanius of TroyesSaint of Troyes, venerated in the Western Church.
• Hieromartyr Michael OkolovichArchpriest, member of the Local Council of 1917, who died a martyr in 1938 at Komsomolsk-⁠on-⁠Amur.
• MNMartyr Modesta of NicomediaMartyr of Nicomedia, remembered in the early martyrologies.
• MTHoly Hieromartyrs Modestus and Twenty-⁠one CompanionsThe presbyter Modestus and twenty-⁠one martyrs of Nicomedia, commemorated in the Syriac Martyrology of 411.
• NPHieromartyr Nicholas PopovCleric martyred for the faith of Christ.
• PMartyr PatriciaA martyr at Nicomedia, remembered in the ancient martyrologies of the Church.
• PSaint PhronimusA saint of Thessalonica from the time of the undivided Church.
• PPSaint Pientius of PoitiersA saint venerated at Poitiers in Gaul.
• PCMartyr Pompeius of CarthageChristian of Carthage, martyred for the faith of Christ.
• RCHoly Martyrs Ramirus and CompanionsMonks of León, slain by the Arians around 554.
• RSHoly Martyrs Roderick and SolomonMartyrs of Córdoba in Hispania, who suffered for Christ in 857.
• TCMartyr Terentius of CarthageChristian of Carthage, martyred for the faith of Christ.
• TVenerable Martyr TheoctistusA venerable martyr of the undivided Church, killed in 797.
• THHoly Martyrs Theuseta, Horres, Theodora, Nimphodora, Marcus and ArabiaMartyrs of Nicaea, burned to death for Christ, saints of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Roman Martyrology.
• VVenerable ViganusHermit named in Irish and Scottish calendars on 13 March; by tradition he lived on an island of Loch Leven.
• Saint Nikephoros the ConfessorPatriarch of Constantinople from 806 to 815, writer and defender of the holy icons, exiled by the iconoclasts.
• Venerable Aninas of ChalcedonVenerable wonderworker of Chalcedon whose life is preserved in two hagiographic texts.
• FGHoly Martyrs Felinus and GratianMartyrs killed around 250, patrons of the town of Arona near Milan.
• Hieromartyr Publius of AthensBishop of Athens in the 2nd century, venerated as a martyr.
• CCMartyr Carpophorus of ComoA martyr slain for Christ at Como around 295.
• Holy Martyrs Carpophorus, Exanthus, Cassius, Severinus, Secundus and LiciniusMartyrs, remembered in the ancient martyrologies of the Church.
• ESMartyr Engratia of SaragossaA virgin martyred at Saragossa in Hispania in 304.
• SCMartyr Salomon of CórdobaA martyr at Córdoba in Spain under Arab rule.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on March 13?

From the saints of the day: Sabinus, Cassian, Alexander, Dionysius, Gregory, Marius, Michael, Modestus, Nicholas, Theoctistus, Nikephoros, Aninas, Publius, Salomon. 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 13?

From the women saints of the day: Helena, Judith. 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.