Baptismal names for children born on March 4

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, March 11

All the saints of March 4

• Saint Lucius IBishop of Rome from 253 to 254, sent into exile and later allowed to return to his flock.
• Right-⁠Believing Daniel of MoscowYoungest son of Saint Alexander Nevsky and first prince of Moscow, ancestor of her rulers.
• Venerable Gerasimus of the JordanMonk and abbot of the fifth century who lived in the desert near the Jordan.
• Right-⁠Believing Vasilko of RostovPrince of Rostov from 1219, who fell in 1238 in the battle on the Sit River against the Mongol invasion.
• Holy Martyrs Paul and JulianaBrother and sister of Ptolemais, put to death for their faith under Emperor Aurelian in 270.
• Venerable Gerasimus of VologdaMonk, the first wonderworker of Vologda, who died in 1178; commemorated on March 4.
• Venerable Felix of RhuysBreton Benedictine hermit and abbot who refounded Saint-⁠Gildas-⁠de-⁠Rhuys Abbey; he died in 1038.
• Venerable Joasaph of PskovFounder and first abbot of Snetogorsk Monastery near Pskov, where he set a strict communal rule; he died in 1299.
• GASaint Gregory of AssosBishop of Assos, venerated as a saint in the Orthodox Church.
• PISaint Paul I of BresciaBishop of Brescia from 410 or 412, who died in the first half of the fifth century.
• PTRighteous Peter of TomskRighteous young man of Tomsk, born in 1799 and died in 1819; honored among the saints of Siberia.
• APMartyr Acacius of PtolemaisA martyr of Ptolemais, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• ACHoly Martyrs Adrian and CompanionsAdrian and his companions, martyrs killed around the year 875; few details survive.
• ALHieromartyr Alexander LikharevA Russian priest put to death for his faith in Christ in 1938, during the communist persecution.
• ASaint AmphimelusA bishop of Antioch whose name survives only uncertainly in the Syriac Martyrology of 411.
• AVenerable AppianA monk at Pavia, reposed around 800.
• ANMartyr Archelaus of NicomediaMartyr of Nicomedia, remembered in the early martyrologies.
• BMVenerable Martyr Basil of MirozhMonk of Pskov, martyred for the faith of Christ.
• BTSaint Basinus of TrierAbbot of Saint Maximin and Bishop of Trier, reposed around 705.
• EHieromartyr EugeneA martyr honored in the West, of whom little is known.
• GCSaint Gregory of CyprusA hierarch of Cyprus, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
• JFSaint James the FasterA saint known for fasting, commemorated in the Serbian Orthodox calendar.
• Martyr Juliana of PtolemaisA woman martyr of Ptolemais, who suffered for Christ.
• LASaint Leonard of AvranchesBishop of Avranches in Gaul, reposed around 614.
• MRHoly Martyrs Martyrs of RomeA group of martyrs remembered together in Western calendars, around 260; few details survive.
• MCHoly Hieromartyrs Martyrs of the CrimeaA group of martyrs of the Crimea, remembered together; few details survive.
• MMSaint Muicin of MaighinA saint honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Maighin; very little is recorded.
• OVenerable OwinA monk and disciple of Saint Chad, reposed around 680.
• PPMartyr Paul of PtolemaisChristian of Ptolemais, martyred for the faith of Christ.
• PCSaint Philip of Cluain BainbhA hierarch honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Cluain Bainbh; very little is recorded.
• PNMartyr Photinus of NicomediaA saint honored at Nicomedia, of whom little is known.
• QPMartyr Quadratus of PtolemaisMartyr of Ptolemais, who suffered for Christ.
• QNMartyr Quirinus of NicomediaMartyr of Nicomedia, remembered in the early martyrologies.
• SPMartyr Stratonicus of PtolemaisChristian of Ptolemais, martyred for the faith of Christ.
• VMartyr Vyacheslav
• Passion-⁠Bearer Wenceslaus of BohemiaDuke of Bohemia from 921 to 935, pious and merciful, killed on the orders of his brother Boleslav.
• Holy Hieromartyrs Hieromartyrs of ChersonGroup of bishops of Cherson in Crimea, martyred in the early fourth century in the persecution of Diocletian.
• Hieromartyr Basil of ChersonesusOne of the seven martyred bishops of Chersonesus, sent from Jerusalem in the time of Diocletian.
• JHVenerable James the HermitSyrian hermit, a disciple of Zebinas and Maron, whom Theodoret of Cyrrhus knew personally; he lived after 456.
• Saint CapitoA hierarch of the first Christian century, venerated in Hispania.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on March 4?

From the saints of the day: Lucius, Daniel, Gerasimus, Felix, Joasaph, Gregory, Paul, Peter, Acacius, Alexander, Basil, Eugene, James, Philip, Photinus, Vyacheslav, Wenceslaus. 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 4?

From the women saints of the day: Juliana. 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.