Baptismal names for children born on March 30

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, April 6

All the saints of March 30

• Venerable John ClimacusAbbot of the monastery on Mount Sinai, author of The Ladder of Divine Ascent.
• Martyr Secundus of AstiMartyr of Asti in Italy, who died around 119, commemorated on 29 March.
• Hieromartyr Irenaeus of SirmiumBishop of Sirmium in Pannonia (modern Sremska Mitrovica), who died a martyr in 304.
• Hieromartyr Rieul of SenlisFirst bishop of Senlis, who died around 260; remembered on 30 March.
• Saint Sophronius of IrkutskBishop of Irkutsk and Nerchinsk, born in 1703 and died in 1771; venerated as a saint in the Russian Church.
• JMProphet Joad the Man of GodA prophet of Judah who foretold, in the time of King Jeroboam, the fall of the altar at Bethel.
• ATVenerable Aquila of ThessalonicaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 30 March; few details survive.
• CVenerable CliniusAn Italian saint honored at Pontecorvo, commemorated in the Orthodox England calendar.
• CLSaint Colman of Linn UachailleAn Irish saint honored at Linn Uachaille, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
• CRSaint Colman son of RonanA saint honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• ENVenerable Euboula of NicomediaA venerable nun of Nicomedia, commemorated in the calendar of the Orthodox Church.
• ETVenerable Eulalia of ThessalonicaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 30 March; few details survive.
• ESaint EvvoulaSaint named in the old calendars; the sources preserve few details about her.
• FSaint FerdachriochA saint honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• FDSaint Ferghus of Druim LethglaisiA hierarch honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Druim Lethglaisi, who reposed in 583; very little is recorded.
• FSaint FergusAn Irish bishop honored at Downpatrick.
• FSaint FiachnaA saint, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• JProphet JoelThe prophet Joel, one of the twelve minor prophets of the Old Testament.
• LLSaint Liber of LethdumhaA saint honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Lethdumha; very little is recorded.
• Venerable Mamertinus of AuxerreA monk and later abbot at Auxerre, reposed around 462.
• MBVenerable Mochua of BallaAn Irish abbot, founder of the monastery at Balla, who reposed around 637.
• NSConfessor Nicolae SteinhardtA writer baptized in a communist prison, later a monk of Rohia, who reposed in 1989; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
• OCVenerable Osburga of CoventryAbbess at Coventry in England, reposed around 1015.
• POSaint Pastor of OrléansA bishop of Orléans in Gaul.
• PSaint PattoAn abbot and later bishop in Saxony, reposed around 788.
• TSaint TolaAn Irish holy monk, founder of Disert Tola, reposed in 733.
• VMartyr VictorA martyr of Thessalonica from the time of the undivided Church.
• ZCHieromartyr Zacharias of CorinthHieromartyr of Corinth who suffered for faith in Christ.
• Apostle ApollosLearned Jew of Alexandria who preached at Ephesus and Corinth, a fellow worker of the Apostle Paul.
• Apostle EpaphroditusOne of the Seventy Apostles, envoy of the Philippians to the Apostle Paul, mentioned in Philippians.
• Apostle SosthenesRuler of the synagogue at Corinth, beaten by the mob before Gallio, counted among the Seventy Apostles.
• Saint John the SilentBishop and hermit known for having lived seventy-⁠six years in solitude and silence.
• Martyr Quirinus of NeussMartyr of Rome, venerated especially at Neuss in Germany, who died around 116.
• Apostle Cephas of IconiumOne of the Seventy Apostles, bishop of Iconium or of Colophon.
• Apostle Caesar of DyrrhachiumOne of the Seventy Apostles, bishop of Dyrrhachium in Epirus, in modern Albania.
• Martyr Domninus of ThessalonikiMartyr born at Thessaloniki who died in the reign of the Roman emperor Maximian.
• Venerable John the HermitArmenian hermit of the 4th century, son of a devout Christian mother, Juliana, and disciple of Saint Pharmuthius.
• Saint Zosimus of SyracuseA monk and later bishop of Syracuse in Sicily, who died in 662.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on March 30?

From the saints of the day: John, Irenaeus, Joad, Joel, Victor, Zacharias, Apollos, Zosimus. 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 30?

From the women saints of the day: Eulalia. 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.