Baptismal names for children born on November 17

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, November 24

All the saints of November 17

• Saint Hilarius of RomeBishop of Rome from 461 to 468, sent by Leo the Great as legate to the Council of Ephesus in 449.
• Saint Gregory of ToursBishop of Tours under the Merovingians, a historian called the father of French history.
• Saint Gregory the WonderworkerDisciple of Origen, bishop of Neocaesarea in Pontus, and great wonderworker of the third century.
• Venerable Hilda of WhitbyFounder and first abbess of the monastery at Whitby, where the Synod of 664 was held.
• Confessor Lazarus the IconographerIcon painter born in Armenia, confessor of the veneration of icons in the age of iconoclasm; died in 867.
• MISaint Maximus III of ConstantinopleEcumenical Patriarch from 1476 to 1482, born Manuel Christonymos, a scholar; remembered on 17 November.
• Martyr GobronGeorgian military commander who defended the fortress of Kveli and died in 914.
• Venerable Nikon of RadonezhDisciple of Sergius of Radonezh and second abbot of the Trinity Monastery, died in 1426.
• Saint Eugenius of FlorenceDeacon trained by Saint Ambrose and sent to Florence to serve with Bishop Zenobius; died in 422.
• Venerable Sebastian DabovichSerbian-⁠American monk and missionary, the first Serbian Orthodox monk naturalized in North America.
• Martyr Laverius of GrumentumRoman soldier who died a martyr for confessing the faith of Christ at Grumentum, around the year 312.
• Martyr Acisclus of CordobaA young Christian of Cordoba in Spain, put to death for his faith in the persecution of Diocletian.
• Martyr Victoria of CordobaA martyr of Cordoba, put to death in the persecution of Diocletian with her brother Acisclus.
• ACSaint Aenghus of Cill MorA saint of Cill Mor, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• ADHoly Martyrs Ammonius, Diphilus and MatronaMartyrs of Nicomedia, saints of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Syriac Martyrology of 411.
• Saint Anianus of OrléansBishop of Orléans, who defended his city against the Huns of Attila, and reposed around 453.
• CSaint CeallanA saint, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• Confessor Daniil (Sandu) TudorA hieroschemamonk of Rarău who died in Aiud prison in 1962; honored with an akathist and icon, not formally canonized.
• DSaint DuichuillA saint, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• DCSaint Duileach of ClocharAn Irish saint honored at Clochar, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
• Saint Florinus of RemüsA priest venerated in the Engadine in Switzerland, who reposed around 856.
• GVVenerable Gennadius of VatopediAn Athonite venerable, steward (dochiarios) of Vatopedi Monastery on the Holy Mountain.
• JVenerable JohnA venerable commemorated together with Zacharias the cobbler in the Greek synaxarion.
• JDVenerable John DermokaitesA venerable monk commemorated in the Greek Orthodox calendar.
• JVenerable JustinA monastic ascetic commemorated in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
• Martyr MunditiaA martyr of Rome, put to death for Christ around 310.
• NVSaint Namatius of VienneBishop of Vienne in Gaul, who reposed around 599.
• SPMartyr Sak the PersianA Persian martyr, commemorated in the Greek Orthodox calendar.
• TAVenerable Thecla of AsiaVirgin of Asia named in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 17 November, with Phileas and Matrona; few details survive.
• ZCHieromartyr Zacchaeus of CaesareaDeacon of Caesarea in Palestine, remembered as a martyr in the early martyrologies.
• ZVenerable Zechariah
• Stylite Walfroy the StyliteA Lombard who lived as a stylite on a pillar near Carignan in the Ardennes, who reposed around the year 600.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on November 17?

From the saints of the day: Hilarius, Gregory, Lazarus, Maximus, Nikon, Eugenius, Sebastian, Daniil, Gennadius, John, Justin, Zechariah. 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 November 17?

From the women saints of the day: Hilda, Thecla. 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.