Baptismal names for children born on November 21
The saints remembered on the birthday and on the eighth day, when by tradition the name was given.
Boys' names from this day
From the eighth day, November 28
GregoryMartyr Gregory of ByzantiumMauriceRight-Believing MauriceSeraphimHieromartyr Seraphim ChichagovStephenMartyr Stephen of ByzantiumTheodoreHieromartyr Theodore of TiberiopolisNikolaiHieromartyr Nikolai KrylovAlexisHieromartyr Alexis SmirnovBasilMartyr Basil, Andrew, Gregory, Auxentius and CompanionsCharitonVenerable Martyr Chariton of TiberiopolisDanielVenerable DanielEusebiusVenerable EusebiusEustratiusSaint Eustratius of SufesHierotheusVenerable HierotheusHippolytusSaint Hippolytus of Saint-ClaudeJohnMartyr John of ByzantiumNikephorosHieromartyr Nikephoros of TiberiopolisPeterHieromartyr Peter VoronaRaphaelVenerable Martyr Raphael TyupinRomanVenerable Martyr RomanSocratesVenerable Martyr Socrates of TiberiopolisThomasHieromartyr Thomas of TiberiopolisTimothyHieromartyr Timothy of TiberiopolisVincentVenerable Martyr Vincent NikolskySergiusConfessor Sergius SrebrianskyAndrewFool-for-Christ Andrew of SimbirskAlexeiHieromartyr Alexei VeselovskyAnisiaMartyr Anisia MaslanovaAnnaMartyr AnnaParaskevaMartyr Paraskeva FedorovaTheodoraVenerable Theodora of Rossano
All the saints of November 21
Saint Gelasius IBishop of Rome from 492 to 496 and church writer, author of dogmatic treatises and letters.
Saint Maurus of PorečPatron of Poreč in Istria, in present-day Croatia; he is remembered on 21 November.- Saint Aedhan of Cluain EidhneachA saint of Cluain Eidhneach, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
- Venerable Amelberga of SusterenAbbess of Susteren in the Netherlands, who reposed around 900.
- Saint Auxilius of AntiochA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 21 November; few details survive.
- Holy Martyrs Celsus and ClementMartyrs of Rome.
- Saint CommanA saint, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
- Holy Martyrs Demetrius and HonoriusMartyrs of Ostia near Rome.
- Right-Believing DigainA son of King Constantine of Cornwall, venerated as a saint.
- Saint DiuchollA saint, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
- Saint GarbhanA saint, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
- Confessor Gheorghe Calciu-DumitreasaA priest imprisoned by the communist regime, who reposed in Washington in 2006; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Venerable Hilary of San VincenzoA holy monk of San Vincenzo in Italy, who reposed around 1045.
- Holy Martyrs Honorius and CompanionsMartyrs of Asta in Spain, put to death around 300.
- Holy Martyrs Honorius, Eutychius and StephenMartyrs of Spain, saints of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Roman Martyrology.
- Hieromartyr MaurusA bishop and martyr of Poreč, remembered in the ancient martyrologies of the Church.
- Saint Mochua of Cluain CrainnAn Irish saint honored at Cluain Crainn, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
- Saint MoluaA saint, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
- Saint Pappolus of MetzBishop of Metz in France, a hierarch of the undivided Church.
- Holy Martyrs Plotinus and Forty-nine CompanionsPlotinus and forty-nine other martyrs of Melitene, commemorated in the Syriac Martyrology of 411.
- Saint Saturninus of AntiochA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 21 November; few details survive.
- Venerable Subhach of CorannA venerable saint of Corann, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
Most Holy TheotokosThe Virgin Mary of Nazareth, mother of Jesus Christ, honored as the Most Holy Theotokos.
Venerable ColumbanusIrish monk who founded monasteries in the Frankish and Lombard kingdoms, among them Luxeuil and Bobbio.
Hieromartyr Alexander HotovitzkyRussian priest ordained in the United States in the 1890s, who died a martyr in Moscow in 1937.
Fool-for-Christ Procopius of VyatkaFool for Christ at Vyatka, born near Khlynov into a peasant family; died in 1627.- Saint Maurus of VeronaBishop of Verona in the 7th century, of whose life little is known.
- Venerable John VincentA holy monk of Ravenna in Italy, who reposed around 1012.
- Venerable Sozomenus of PotamiaA wonderworking hierarch of Potamia in Cyprus who reposed around 1100.
Questions
From the saints of the day: Gelasius, Hilary, Columbanus, Alexander, Procopius, John. You may also choose a saint of the eighth day or any saint dear to the family.
There are no usual girls' names on this day. See the eighth day or the name finder.
No. Tradition links it to the birthday or the eighth day, but many parents choose a saint who has helped the family.
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