Baptismal names for children born on May 10

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, May 17

All the saints of May 10

• Apostle Simon the ZealotOne of the Twelve, called the Zealot or the Canaanite, who preached the Gospel and died a martyr.
• Fool-⁠for-⁠Christ Isidora of TabennaNun of the fourth century, considered among the earliest fools for Christ.
• Venerable Comgall of BangorIrish saint, founder and abbot of the influential abbey at Bangor in northern Ireland; died around 600.
• Martyr Solange of BerryFrankish shepherdess of Berry, venerated locally as a saint and martyr and patron of the province; died around 880.
• Holy Martyrs Gordianus and EpimachusMartyrs venerated together, whose relics rest in the same crypt at Rome.
• Saint Aurelian of LimogesSecond bishop of Limoges and successor of Saint Martial.
• Saint Simon of VladimirMonk of the Kiev Caves, abbot at Vladimir, bishop of Vladimir from 1215, who died on May 22, 1226.
• Venerable Taisia of EgyptOrphan of Egypt who spent her fortune on alms, then fell into sin, but returned to repentance.
• HAMartyr Hesychius of AntiochSenator of Antioch under Maximian Galerius, who died a martyr in 302 for refusing to renounce Christ.
• SIVenerable Synesius IvanovSchema-⁠archimandrite of the Ascension Monastery in Irkutsk, born in 1689 and died in 1787.
• Holy Martyrs Alphius, Philadelphus and CyrinusThree brothers put to death for their faith in Christ at Lentini in Sicily, around 253.
• IASaint Isidore of AlexandriaSaint of Alexandria in Egypt, who lived in the 4th century.
• ANMartyr Acacius of NicomediaA martyr of Nicomedia, a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Syriac Martyrology of 411.
• ACSaint Aedh son of CorbmacA saint honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• AVenerable AgapiusA monastic of Jerusalem, a companion in asceticism of Passarion.
• AMartyr AlphaeusReader martyred at Caesarea in Palestine in the persecution of Diocletian.
• ABMartyr Alphius of BastiaA martyr of Bastia, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• CCHoly Martyrs Calepodius and CompanionsA Roman priest, slain for Christ with other Christians around 222.
• CTVenerable Calistratus of Timișeni and VasiovaProtosyncellus and spiritual father at Timișeni and Vasiova, who died in 1975; canonized by the Romanian Church in 2024.
• CTSaint Cataldus of TarantoAn Irish bishop, honored as patron of the city of Taranto.
• Saint Conleth of KildareFirst Bishop of Kildare and co-⁠worker of Saint Brigid, reposed around 519.
• CVenerable ConnachtachAn Irish holy monastic from the age of the undivided Church.
• CLSaint Connla son of LeininA hierarch honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• CMMartyr Cyprian of MesopolisMartyr of Mesopolis, who suffered for Christ.
• CLMartyr Cyrinus of LentiniMartyr of Lentini in Sicily, remembered in the early martyrologies.
• DSMartyr Dioscorides of SmyrnaA saint honored at Smyrna, of whom little is known.
• ERMartyr Erasmus of RomeA martyr of Rome, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• EMartyr EustathiusA martyr commemorated in the Greek Orthodox calendar.
• HCVenerable Hesychius the Confessor
• LVenerable Laurence
• MCSaint Mohsionoc of Cluain CaoinchneA saint honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Cluain Caoinchne; very little is recorded.
• ORHieromartyr Onesimus of RomeCleric of Rome, martyred for the faith of Christ.
• PBMartyr Philadelphus of BastiaA martyr of Bastia, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• PVenerable PhilemonA monastic of Jerusalem, commemorated together with Passarion and Agapius.
• QQHoly Martyrs Quartus and QuintusTwo martyrs remembered together in Western calendars; few details survive.
• SSaint SophroniaA holy woman of the early centuries, venerated in Italy, of around 309.
• VMartyr VulbasA saint honored at Saint-⁠Vulbas in France from the age of the undivided Church.
• Martyr Basil of MangazeyaBoy from Yaroslavl killed at Mangazeya about 1602, honored as the first martyr of Siberia.
• Venerable Lavrentios of MegaraGreek saint of Megara, born around 1650 and died in 1707.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on May 10?

From the saints of the day: Simon, Aurelian, Hesychius, Synesius, Isidore, Acacius, Agapius, Cyprian, Erasmus, Eustathius, Laurence, Onesimus, Philemon, Basil, Lavrentios. 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 May 10?

From the women saints of the day: Isidora, Taisia. 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.