Baptismal names for children born on May 19

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, May 26

All the saints of May 19

• Right-⁠Believing Dmitry DonskoyGrand prince of Moscow from 1359 to 1389, who led the Russian army to victory at Kulikovo Field.
• Saint Dunstan of CanterburyMonk and abbot of Glastonbury who became archbishop of Canterbury and renewed monastic life in England.
• Martyr PudentianaVirgin martyr of Rome in the second century, eldest daughter of the senator Pudens.
• Saint John of GothiaBishop of Gothia in Crimea who led a revolt in 787 that expelled the Khazars; died around 791.
• Hieromartyr Alexander PetrovskyArchbishop of Kharkiv, born at Lutsk in 1851 into a deacon's family, who died in prison in 1940; glorified in 2000.
• Venerable Cornelius of KomelRussian monk, founder of the Komel monastery, born in 1457 and died in 1537.
• Venerable Ignatius of VologdaSon of Prince Andrei of Uglich, brother of Ivan III, a monk at Vologda; died in 1523 or 1525.
• Martyr Parthenius of RomeMartyr of Rome of Armenian origin, died in the 3rd century, venerated in the Orthodox and Catholic Churches.
• Hieromartyr Konstantin DyakovMetropolitan of Kyiv and Exarch of Ukraine from 1934, who died a martyr in Kyiv in 1937.
• Hieromartyr Onufry GagalyukArchbishop of Kursk and Oboyan, born in 1889, killed in 1938 at Blagoveshchensk.
• Venerable Cornelius of PaleostrovHe left his native city in youth and wandered among monasteries and deserts; he founded the Nativity Monastery at Paleostrov.
• Venerable Sergius of ShukhtovoSchemamonk born Stephen, who lived in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century; died in 1609.
• Hieromartyr Joasaph ZhevakhovBishop of Mogilev, born Prince Zhevakhov, who died a martyr at Kursk in 1937.
• TTHoly Venerable Martyrs The Thirteen Martyrs of KantaraThirteen monks of Cyprus executed in May 1231 after refusing to use unleavened bread for the Eucharist.
• Hieromartyr Patricius of PrusaBishop of Prusa, martyred in the time of Julian the Apostate.
• SZConfessor Seraphim ZagorovskyBorn Nikolai Zagorovsky in Akhtyrka into a deacon's family, a hieromonk venerated locally in the Ukrainian Church, who died in 1943.
• JFHieromartyr John FyodorovPriest of the Archangel Michael church in Krasnokutsk, killed by the Bolsheviks in 1941, a local saint of the Ukrainian Church.
• NYHieromartyr Nikolay YefimovPriest ordained in 1923, who served in the village of Ternovaya, was arrested on 25 December 1937 and died in 1938.
• PONew Martyr Philip OrdinetsBorn in Miropolye in 1888, choir director at the Church of Saint Nicholas in Kharkiv and father of four, arrested in March 1938.
• VYHieromartyr Victor YavorskyPriest of Kharkiv, arrested on 20 December 1937 and died a martyr in 1938, venerated as a local saint in the Ukrainian Church.
• VVHieromartyr Vladimir VasilevskyPriest born in Tashkent in 1892, venerated as a local saint in the Ukrainian Church, who died a martyr in 1938.
• ATHieromartyr Alexis TatarinovPriest born in 1885 in the Kharkiv region, who died in 1937; a local saint of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
• AMMartyr Andrew MishchenkoChurch choir director born in Kharkiv in 1893, who died in 1938; a local saint of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
• AGVenerable Martyr Anthony GorbanHieromonk born in 1866 in the Poltava region, who died in Kharkiv in 1937; a local saint of the Ukrainian Church.
• BMVenerable Martyr Barsanuphius MamchinArchimandrite born in 1875, who died in 1938 in Kharkiv; a local saint of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
• CYVenerable Martyr Cyprian YankovskyArchimandrite born in Kharkiv in 1897, who died in 1938; a local saint of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
• DCHieromartyr Dionysius ChagovetsPriest born in 1886, who died in October 1937 in Kharkiv; a local saint of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
• GPHieromartyr Gabriel ProtopopovPriest born in 1880, who died in Kharkiv in 1938; a local saint of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
• HZHieromartyr Hilarion ZhukovPriest born in 1863 at Chabanovka, who died in 1938; a local saint of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
• JMHieromartyr Jacob MartynenkoPriest born in 1871 in the Kharkiv region, who died in 1937; a local saint of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
• JRHieromartyr Jacob RedozubovArchpriest of Chuhuiv, born in 1871, who died in 1938; a local saint of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
• JFHieromartyr John FyodorovPriest born in 1871 in the Tambov region, who died in 1937; a local saint of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
• JKMartyr John KononenkoChurch choir director born in 1880 in the Kharkiv region, who died in 1938; a local saint of the Ukrainian Church.
• JTHieromartyr John TimonovPriest born in 1879 at Chernyanka, who died in 1937; a local saint of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
• LFHieromartyr Lucian FedotovPriest born in 1895 at Izium, who died in 1938; a local saint of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
• NMHieromartyr Nicholas MigulinPriest born in 1872 in the Kharkiv region, who died in 1937; a local saint of the Ukrainian Church.
• PMVenerable Martyr Paisius MoskotHieromonk born in 1869, who died in Kharkiv on 15 December 1937; a local saint of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
• PKHieromartyr Paul KrasnokutskyPriest born in 1883 in the Kharkiv region, who died after 1930; a local saint of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
• PDHieromartyr Peter DoroshenkoArchpriest born in 1882, who died in 1938; a local saint of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
• SSHieromartyr Sergius ShipulinPriest born in 1874 at Velsk, who died in 1937; a local saint of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
• SOHieromartyr Simeon OskinPriest born on 24 May 1880, who died on 5 September 1937; a local saint of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
• SYHieromartyr Spyridon YevtushenkoDeacon from the Kharkiv region who died in 1938; venerated as a local saint in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
• SAHieromartyr Stephen AndronovPriest born in 1867, who died on 13 November 1937; a local saint of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
• AMartyr AcolouthusA martyr of the Thebaid in Egypt who suffered around 303.
• ACSaint Adulf of CambraiBishop of Arras and Cambrai, reposed around 728.
• AVVenerable Agapius of VifarA venerable monk commemorated in the calendar of the Orthodox Church for his ascetic life.
• AEHieromartyr Alexander EroshovA Russian priest who died a martyr for his faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
• BSaint BarnabasA saint commemorated in the calendars of the Western saints.
• BIHieromartyr Basil IvanovCleric martyred for the faith of Christ.
• BRSaint Brittan of RathAn Irish saint honored at Rath, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
• CRMartyr Calocerus of RomeMartyr of Rome, remembered in the early martyrologies.
• CEMartyr Caluf of EgyptMartyr of Egypt, who suffered for Christ.
• CCSaint Ciaran son of ColgaA saint honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• CSaint CononA saint commemorated in the calendars of the Western saints.
• CBSaint Cuimmein son of BaetanA saint honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• DESaint Dinir of Eanach-⁠EirA saint of Eanach-⁠Eir named on 19 May in the martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal; very little is recorded.
• GVenerable Martyr GennadiusOne of the thirteen venerable martyrs of Cyprus.
• GBHieromartyr George BogoyavlenskyA hieromartyr of the Russian Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
• GVenerable Martyr GermanusOne of the thirteen venerable martyrs of Cyprus.
• HCSaint Hadulf of Cambrai-⁠ArrasA bishop honored as a saint at Arras and Cambrai, of whom little is known.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on May 19?

From the saints of the day: Dmitry, Dunstan, John, Alexander, Cornelius, Ignatius, Konstantin, Sergius, Joasaph, Seraphim, Nikolay, Philip, Victor, Vladimir, Alexis, Andrew, Barsanuphius, Cyprian, Dionysius, Gabriel, Hilarion, Jacob, Lucian, Nicholas, Paisius, Paul, Peter, Simeon, Spyridon, Stephen, Agapius, Barnabas, Basil, Conon, Gennadius, George, Germanus, Hesychius, Hippolytus, Jeremiah, Leontius, Maximus, Memnon, Menander, Michael, Mitrofan, Serapion, Theoctistus, Theognostus, Valentin, Acacius. 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 19?

From the women saints of the day: Kyriaki, Theotime, Nino. 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.