Baptismal names for children born on March 25

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, April 1

All the saints of March 25

• Righteous IsaacSon of promise of Abraham, father of Jacob, and second patriarch of Israel.
• Martyr The Wise ThiefThe thief crucified beside Christ, who repented on the cross and received the promise of paradise.
• Saint Tikhon of MoscowFirst patriarch of Moscow after the restoration of the patriarchate in 1917, who defended the Church under Soviet rule.
• SNVenerable Savvas the New of KalymnosPriest and spiritual father of the nuns of Kalymnos, a great ascetic and icon painter; died in 1948.
• ASSaint Aelfwold of SherborneA monk of Winchester and later Bishop of Sherborne, reposed in 1058.
• BDHoly Venerables Barontius and DesideriusTwo monastic saints remembered together in Western calendars; few details survive.
• CBSaint Columba daughter of BaoitAn Irish saint, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
• DMartyr DulaMartyr named in the early martyrologies; the sources preserve few details about her.
• DNMartyr Dulas of NicomediaA martyr of Nicomedia, a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Syriac Martyrology of 411.
• EMSaint Enan son of MuadanA saint honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• Venerable HermelandA monk of Fontenelle and later abbot on the isle of Indret, reposed around 720.
• Venerable Humbert of MaroillesFounder of the monastery of Maroilles, reposed around 680.
• KVenerable KennochaA nun of a convent in Fife, venerated in Scotland, especially around Glasgow, reposed in 1007.
• LESaint Lughaidh son of EochaidhAn Irish saint, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
• NNSaint Nicostratus of NicomediaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 25 March; few details survive.
• PCMartyr Pelagia of CaesareaA woman martyr of Caesarea in Palestine who suffered around 361.
• PTMartyr Pelagia, Theodosia and DoulaThree women martyrs commemorated together in the Serbian Orthodox calendar.
• SSVenerable Sennouphios the Standard-⁠bearerA holy monk known as the Standard-⁠bearer.
• TMartyr TheodosiaA venerable woman commemorated together with Saint Pelagia.
• THVenerable Timon the HermitA venerable hermit of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• THHoly Martyrs Two Hundred Sixty-⁠two Martyrs of RomeA company of 262 Christians who suffered for Christ at Rome.
• Most Holy TheotokosThe Virgin Mary of Nazareth, mother of Jesus Christ, honored as the Most Holy Theotokos.
• Martyr Matrona of ThessalonicaYoung slave girl of Thessalonica, who died a martyr after beatings by her mistress for her Christian faith.
• Martyr Quirinus of TegernseeMartyr of the third century, beheaded according to one tradition under Emperor Claudius Gothicus.
• Venerable Nikandr of PskovRussian monk born Nikon, founder of the Annunciation hermitage of Nikandr, who lived from 1507 to 1581.
• CIVenerable Caimin of Inis CealtraA hermit and abbot on Inis Cealtra in Lough Derg, reposed in 653.
• Venerable Parthenius KrasnopevtsevVenerable monk of Kiev, venerated in the Orthodox calendar; died in 1855.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on March 25?

From the saints of the day: Isaac, Tikhon, Savvas, Nicostratus, Timon. 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 25?

From the women saints of the day: Columba, Pelagia, Theodosia, Matrona. 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.