Baptismal names for children born on March 31

Boys' names from this day

From the eighth day, April 7

All the saints of March 31

• Saint Innocent of AlaskaMissionary in Alaska, first Orthodox bishop in the Americas, later Metropolitan of Moscow, who died in 1879.
• Hieromartyr Hypatius of GangraBishop of Gangra, present at the First Ecumenical Council, where he supported Athanasius the Great against the Arians.
• Saint Jonah of MoscowMetropolitan of Kiev and all Rus from 1448 until 1461, chosen after Isidore was condemned.
• Hieromartyr Abda of KashkarBishop of Susa in Persia, executed on the order of Shah Yazdegerd I after destroying a Zoroastrian fire temple.
• Martyr Balbina of RomeVirgin martyr of Rome in the second century.
• Hieromartyr Agilulf of CologneAbbot of Stavelot and Bishop of Cologne who died a martyr around 750; little is known of his life.
• Martyr Benjamin the DeaconDeacon put to death in Persia around 424, during a persecution that lasted forty years.
• Saint Acacius AgathangelusBishop of Melitene in Second Armenia in the third century, who died around 251.
• JBHieromartyr John BlumovichPriest born in Warsaw in 1888, who died a martyr near Simferopol in 1938; canonized in 2000.
• AEVenerable Apollonius of EgyptHermit of Egypt who died in 395.
• Venerable Hypatius of the CavesMonk of the Kiev Caves Lavra, venerated as a saint.
• JKVenerable John of KalyazinMonk of the Trinity Monastery in Kalyazin, born in 1738 and died in 1764; venerated as a local saint.
• MHoly Martyrs 38 MartyrsA group of 38 martyrs, commemorated together in the Greek synaxarion.
• AVenerable AldoA holy abbot of the monastery of Hasnon.
• BSaint Blaise
• CMartyr CorneliaA martyr commemorated in the calendars of the Western saints.
• FSaint FethaidhA saint, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• GPVenerable Guido of PomposaAbbot of Pomposa in Italy, reposed in 1046.
• GESaint Guillaume of EygliersA saint honored at Eygliers in France, who reposed in 1046.
• MMSaint Maurisilius of MilanBishop of Milan in Italy, a hierarch of the undivided Church.
• MHMartyr Menander of HermopolisA martyr of Hermopolis in Egypt, from the first Christian centuries.
• RMSaint Renovatus of MéridaAbbot of Cauliana and later Bishop of Mérida, reposed around 633.
• SMartyr SabinusA martyr commemorated with the deacon Benjamin, Menander and 38 others of Hermopolis in Egypt.
• TCHoly Martyrs Theodulus and CompanionsMartyrs of North Africa, commemorated together.
• TCMartyr Theophilus of CreteA martyr of Crete, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• Righteous Joseph the All-⁠ComelySon of Jacob sold by his brothers into Egypt, where he rose to office and saved his family from famine.
• HBVenerable Hypatius of BithyniaPhrygian hermit, then abbot of a hermitage near Chalcedon and an opponent of Nestorius; died about 450.
• Venerable Philaret of GlinskAbbot and restorer of the Glinsk Hermitage, born in western Ukraine in 1773; died in 1841.
• CLSaint Colman of Linn UachailleAn Irish saint honored at Linn Uachaille, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
• STVenerable Stephen of TrigleiaVenerable monk of Trigleia, venerated in the Orthodox calendar.
• VMartyr VictorA martyr of Thessalonica from the time of the undivided Church.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on March 31?

From the saints of the day: Hypatius, Jonah, Benjamin, Acacius, John, Apollonius, Blaise, Menander, Sabinus, Theophilus, Joseph, Philaret, Stephen, Victor. 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 31?

There are no usual girls' names on this day. See the eighth day or the name finder.

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.