Baptismal names for children born on May 5

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, May 12

All the saints of May 5

• Saint Hilary of ArlesBishop of Arles in southern Gaul from 429 to 449, venerated in both the East and the West.
• Great Martyr Irene of MacedoniaGreat martyr said to have lived in the first or second century, honored as Irene of Macedonia.
• Venerable Martyr Ephraim of Nea MakriMonk martyr of Mount Amomon in Attica, believed to have lived from 1384 to 1426.
• Martyr Irene of ThessalonicaMartyr of Thessalonica from the time of the Diocletian persecution, remembered with her sisters Agape and Chione.
• MISaint Maximus III of JerusalemBishop of Jerusalem from about 333 until his death in 347, the third of that name.
• Venerable Adrian of MonzaBorn Ammos in Kostroma, founder of the Annunciation monastery on the Monza River; he died in 1619.
• LMartyr LannoRoman soldier of Germanic origin from a noble family, who found the faith in Italy and died a martyr around 296.
• MHVenerable Matrona of HureziA Romanian nun born in 1852, abbess of Hurezi Monastery from 1923 to 1925.
• GSVenerable Gideon of SerpukhovMonk of Serpukhov who died in 1377, venerated as a saint.
• EMSaint Euthymius of MadytosBishop of Madytos in Thrace, venerated as a saint.
• APHoly Martyrs Amador, Pedro and Luis of MartosThree martyrs of the region of Córdoba in Spain, put to death in 855.
• ACHieromartyr Amator of CórdobaA priest from Tucci in Andalusia, put to death for Christ at Córdoba in 855.
• BSVenerable Barlaam of SerpukhovVenerable monk of Serpukhov, venerated in the Orthodox calendar; died in 1377.
• BTSaint Brito of TrierBishop of Trier, reposed around 386.
• CMartyr CrescentianaA martyr of the early Church of Rome.
• DSaint DiumaFirst Bishop of Mercia, reposed around 650.
• EVenerable EchaA hermit at Crayke in England, reposed in 767.
• ESaint EctbrichtA saint honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• ESaint ErosA bishop of Antioch, also called Heros, a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Syriac Martyrology of 411.
• FFSaint Faelan Finn of Cill CholmaiA saint honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Cill Cholmai; very little is recorded.
• FASaint Felicissima of AfricaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 5 May; few details survive.
• GMartyr Gaianus
• GMartyr Gaius
• Saint Gerontius of MilanBishop of Milan, reposed around 470.
• HSaint HydrockA saint honored in Cornwall.
• IMartyr IrenaeusA martyr at Thessalonica, commemorated together with Peregrinus, venerated by the faithful without synodal canonization.
• JMartyr JovinianA martyr of Gaul, slain around 304.
• MMSaint Martha of MonemvasiaA holy woman of the town of Monemvasia, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• MHSaints Martin and HeracliusSaints commemorated together in the Serbian Orthodox calendar.
• Venerable Maurontius of DouaiAn abbot at Douai, son of Saints Adalbald and Rictrude, reposed in 701.
• NVSaint Nectarius of VienneBishop of Vienne in Gaul, reposed around 445.
• NMartyr Neophytus
• NSaint NicetiusBishop, venerated in the Western Church.
• PMartyr PeregrinusA martyr of Thessalonica from the time of the undivided Church.
• SSSaint Sacerdos of SaguntumA saint venerated at Saguntum in Hispania, reposed around 560.
• SSaint SenanA saint honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
• SMartyr SilvanusA saint venerated at Rome, remembered in the calendars of the Church.
• TASaint Tryphon of AfricaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 5 May; few details survive.
• WVenerable WaldradaAbbess of Saint-⁠Pierre-⁠aux-⁠Nonnains in Metz, reposed around 620.
• Saint Godehard of HildesheimBenedictine abbot and bishop of Hildesheim, a monastic reformer, who died in 1038.
• Venerable Jacob of Zheleznyi BorokSon of a boyar of Galich, a monk at the Zheleznoborovsk Monastery, who died in 1442.
• Venerable Pachomius of NerekhtaFirst abbot of Constantine Monastery in Vladimir and founder of a monastery at Nerekhta; died in 1384.
• EEConfessor Eulogius of EdessaBishop of Edessa, persecuted for his faith, who took part in the First Council of Constantinople in 381.
• SDVenerable Seraphim of DomvosA Greek monk born in 1520 who lived on Mount Domvos and reposed in 1602.
• GVenerable GibrianAn Irish hermit in Gaul, reposed around 509.
• MRVenerable Micah of RadonezhVenerable monk of Radonezh, venerated in the Orthodox calendar; died in 1385.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on May 5?

From the saints of the day: Hilary, Maximus, Adrian, Gideon, Euthymius, Barlaam, Gaius, Gerontius, Irenaeus, Nectarius, Neophytus, Silvanus, Tryphon, Jacob, Pachomius, Eulogius, Seraphim, Micah. 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 5?

From the women saints of the day: Irene, Matrona. 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.