Baptismal names for children born on March 14

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, March 21

All the saints of March 14

• Venerable Benedict of NursiaFather of Western monasticism, author of a monastic Rule and founder of Monte Cassino.
• Right-⁠Believing Matilda of RingelheimQueen of Germany, wife of Henry the Fowler and mother of Emperor Otto the Great, known for her almsgiving.
• Right-⁠Believing Rostislav I of KievPrince of Smolensk from 1125 and Grand Prince of Kiev in 1154 to 1167, founder of the Rostislavichi line.
• Saint Theognostus of MoscowMetropolitan of Kiev and all Rus, appointed by the Patriarch of Constantinople, who died in 1353.
• Saint Lazarus of MilanArchbishop of Milan from 438 to 449, honored in the Orthodox and Catholic Churches.
• ELConfessor Euschemon of LampsacusMonk from his youth, Bishop of Lampsacus in Asia Minor, honored as a confessor, who died before 843.
• ARVenerable Andrew of RafailovAbbot of the Trinity Rafailov Monastery, who died in 1820; honored among the saints of Siberia.
• AMartyr AphrodisiusA martyr commemorated together with Saint Peter.
• BMartyr BasilA martyr of Thessalonica, commemorated in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
• BCSaint Boniface CuritanA missionary bishop in Scotland, reposed around 800.
• CSaint CaemhanA saint, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• CSaint CuimnechA saint honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• DNSaint Dativa of NicomediaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 14 March; few details survive.
• ETHoly Martyrs Eustathius of Tsebelda and the Georgian Martyrs of HarranEustathius of Tsebelda and the Georgians killed at Harran in Mesopotamia around 740; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
• ECHoly Martyrs Eutychius and CompanionsEutychius and his companions, martyrs of Mesopotamia, killed around 741.
• FCSaint Flannan of Cill ArdA saint honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Cill Ard; very little is recorded.
• FMHoly Martyrs Forty-⁠seven Martyrs of RomeForty-⁠seven martyrs of Rome, killed around the year 67; few details survive.
• FSaint FrontinaA saint commemorated in the Orthodox calendar; few details of her life survive.
• FTHoly Martyrs Fronto and Three CompanionsFronto and three other martyrs of Thessalonica, saints of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Syriac Martyrology of 411.
• IVSaint Innocent of VeronaBishop of Verona, venerated in the Western Church.
• NAMartyr Nabor of AfricaMartyr of Africa named in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 14 March, among other martyrs; few details survive.
• PAHoly Martyrs Peter and AphrodisiusMartyrs commemorated together, who suffered for Christ.
• TVenerable TalmachAn Irish holy monk of Lough Erc.
• TKSaint Theognius of KyivA hierarch associated with Kyiv, honored by the Orthodox Church.
• TMHoly Martyrs Two Martyrs of ValeriaTwo martyrs of Valeria, remembered together in Western calendars; few details survive.
• UMSaint Ultan of MaghnidhA saint honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Maghnidh; very little is recorded.
• Martyr Florentius of Thessaloniki
• APMartyr Alexander of PydnaA martyr of Pydna, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• EVenerable EuphrasiaA woman martyr commemorated in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
• EMartyr EuphrasiusA martyr who suffered in Thessalonica, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on March 14?

From the saints of the day: Benedict, Rostislav, Theognostus, Lazarus, Andrew, Basil, Boniface, Eutychius, Florentius, Alexander. 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 14?

From the women saints of the day: Matilda. 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.