Baptismal names for children born on May 26

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, June 2

All the saints of May 26

• Saint EleutheriusBishop of Rome from about 174 until his death in 189.
• Saint Augustine of CanterburyMonk sent by Pope Gregory the Great to preach to the Anglo-⁠Saxons, archbishop from 597.
• Apostle Carpus of BeroeaOne of the Seventy Apostles, named in Second Timothy, where Paul asks for the cloak left with him.
• Saint RegintrudFrankish noblewoman of Bavaria, considered abbess of Nonnberg Abbey in Salzburg; she died between 730 and 740.
• ZVHieromartyr Zachary of VienneTraditionally the second bishop of Vienne in Gaul, said to have been martyred in 106 under Trajan.
• JPConfessor John the PsychaiteByzantine monk of the late eighth and early ninth century, a confessor in the time of iconoclasm.
• ATNew Martyr Alexander of ThessalonikiA new martyr born in 1710, put to death at Thessalonica in 1794, known as Alexander the Dervish.
• AMartyr AberciusA son of the Apostle Alphaeus, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• DSaint DamianAlso called Deruvian; by British tradition sent from Rome with Fugatius to baptize King Lucius, in the second century.
• ESHoly Hieromartyrs Eucaerius and Seventeen CompanionsThe presbyter Eucaerius and seventeen other martyrs of Alexandria, commemorated in the Syriac Martyrology of 411.
• EVenerable ExuperantiusMonk, who reposed in the 6th century, venerated in the Western Church.
• FCHoly Martyrs Felicissimus and CompanionsMartyrs of Todi in Italy, slain in 303.
• FDHoly Hierarchs Fugatius and DamianMissionaries sent, according to tradition, to Britain in the 2nd century.
• GAHoly Right-⁠Believing Rulers Gavriil and Anastasia of VasilevThe right-⁠believing Gavriil and Anastasia of Vasilev; glorified locally.
• GVenerable GuinizoA Spanish monk and hermit near Montecassino, reposed around 1050.
• HMartyr HelenA daughter of the Apostle Alphaeus, martyred for her faith in Christ.
• HMartyr HeracliusA martyr commemorated in the calendars of the Western saints.
• JApostle JudeAn apostle of the Seventy, commemorated with the Apostles Carpus and Alphaeus.
• MNew Martyr MitrosA new martyr commemorated with Saint George, who suffered in 1794.
• NMHoly New Martyrs New Martyrs of Zvornik-⁠TuzlaA group of new martyrs of the eparchy of Zvornik-⁠Tuzla, commemorated by the Serbian Orthodox Church.
• OVenerable OduvaldA Scottish nobleman who became abbot of Melrose, reposed in 698.
• PMartyr PaulinusA martyr commemorated in the calendars of the Western saints.
• PBMartyr Priscus of BesançonA martyr of the Besançon region, slain around 272.
• QMartyr QuadratusA martyr of North Africa.
• RASaint Rufinus of AfricaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 26 May; few details survive.
• SHieromartyr SimitriusA martyr at Rome, killed around 159, remembered in the ancient martyrologies of the Church.
• SCHoly Hieromartyrs Simitrius and CompanionsA Roman priest slain for Christ with other Christians around 159.
• STSaint Steallan of Tir da GlasAn Irish saint honored at Tir da Glas, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
• Apostle Addai of EdessaOne of the Seventy Apostles, according to tradition the preacher of the Gospel at Edessa.
• New Martyr George the New of SofiaSilversmith from Kratovo, burned alive by the Ottoman Turks at Sofia in 1515 for refusing to renounce the Christian faith.
• Martyr Julius the VeteranRoman veteran of Durostorum, now Silistra, martyred in the persecution of Diocletian.
• Venerable Makary of KalyazinRussian monk, founder of the Holy Trinity monastery at Kalyazin, born Matthew Kozhin; died in 1483.
• ACApostle Alphaeus of CapernaumAn apostle of Capernaum, commemorated in the calendar of the Orthodox Church.
• BVenerable BecanAn Irish holy monk, founder of the monastery of Kilbeggan, reposed around 600.
• MBNew Martyr Milan BanjacA Serbian new martyr, born in 1886, who suffered at Risovac.
• SKSaint Synesius of KarpasiaBishop of Karpasia in Cyprus, commemorated with Saint Michael of Synada.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on May 26?

From the saints of the day: Eleutherius, Augustine, Zachary, John, Alexander, Abercius, Damian, Heraclius, Jude, Paulinus, Priscus, Rufinus, George, Julius, Milan, Synesius. 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 26?

From the women saints of the day: Helen. 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.