Baptismal names for children born on March 21

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, March 28

All the saints of March 21

• Saint Serapion of ThmuisMonk and bishop of Thmuis in Lower Egypt, a church writer of the fourth century.
• Saint Thomas I of ConstantinopleEcumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 607 to 610.
• Venerable Enda of AranWarrior-⁠king of Oriel converted by his sister, who around 484 founded the first Irish monastery at Killeaney.
• Venerable Lupicinus of CondatAbbot in the Jura Mountains, brother of Romanus of Condat, founder of abbeys at Saint-⁠Claude.
• Venerable Seraphim of VyritsaRussian hieroschemamonk, elder and clairvoyant at Vyritsa, died in 1949 and canonized in 2000.
• Saint Berillus of CataniaA native of Antioch, ordained by the apostle Peter, first evangelizer and bishop of Catania in Sicily.
• VVHieromartyr Vladimir VvedenskyPriest born in Shuya in 1869, who died on 3 April 1931 on Anzer Island.
• AASaint Amator of AlexandriaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 21 March; few details survive.
• DRMartyr Domninus of RomeA martyr of Rome, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• GNew Martyr GeorgeA new martyr killed for the faith in Constantinople around 1800.
• JCVenerable James the ConfessorA venerable confessor of Catania in Sicily, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
• JVSaint Justinian of ValenciaBishop of Valencia in Hispania, who reposed around 548.
• LCSaint Luicheall son of CiaranA saint honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• MPVenerable Mary of PergeA venerable woman of Perge, commemorated with Saints James the Confessor and Serapion.
• MVenerable MomhannaA venerable saint, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• NASaint Nonnus of AlexandriaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 21 March; few details survive.
• PRMartyr Philemon of RomeA martyr of Rome, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• Right-⁠Believing Richeza of LorraineQueen of Poland and granddaughter of Emperor Otto II, who reposed at Saalfeld in 1063.
• Venerable Serapion the SindoniteEgyptian monk who died in 356, called the Sindonite, venerated in the Orthodox and Catholic Churches.
• Venerable Alexander of VochskRussian hegumen of about 1400, honored in the Synaxis of the Saints of Kostroma.
• Saint Ephraim of RostovArchbishop of Rostov, Yaroslavl and Beloozero, consecrated in 1427 and died in 1454.
• TCMartyr Theodora of Cappadocia
• MMNew Martyr Michael MavroudisA new martyr of Thessalonica, who suffered under Ottoman rule for the Orthodox faith.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on March 21?

From the saints of the day: Serapion, Thomas, Seraphim, Vladimir, George, James, Justinian, Philemon, Alexander, Michael. 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 21?

From the women saints of the day: Mary, Theodora. 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.