Baptismal names for children born on November 26

Boys' names from this day

From the eighth day, December 3

All the saints of November 26

• Saint Siricius of RomeBishop of Rome from 384 to 399, author of decretals addressed to Bishop Himerius of Tarragona.
• Stylite Alypius the StyliteStylite ascetic of the seventh century, monastic founder and a much sought-⁠after spiritual guide.
• Saint Conrad of ConstanceGerman bishop of Constance, venerated as a saint, who died in 975.
• Saint Innocent of IrkutskMissionary to Siberia and first bishop of Irkutsk, born to a noble family of Chernigov; died in 1731.
• Venerable Nikon the MetanoeiteByzantine monk and itinerant preacher who called people to repentance; died in 998.
• Venerable Stylian of PaphlagoniaHermit of Adrianopolis in Paphlagonia, whom tradition regards as a protector of children.
• Venerable BasolusA French monk born near Limoges who lived forty years as a hermit on a hill near Reims.
• Hieromartyr Alexei VeselovskyPriest born in 1873 into a psalm-⁠reader's family, shot at the Butovo firing range in 1937.
• EZHieromartyr Elias ZachateyskyRussian priest from the Moscow region, executed at the Butovo firing range on 9 December 1937.
• JHVenerable James the HermitSyrian hermit, a disciple of Zebinas and Maron, whom Theodoret of Cyrrhus knew personally; he lived after 456.
• NVHieromartyr Nicholas VinogradovArchpriest born at Dmitrov in 1876 to a deacon's family; he died a martyr in Moscow in 1937.
• ALVenerable Acacius of the LadderA monk whom John Climacus recalls in the Ladder for his obedience and patience.
• AASaint Amator of AutunBishop of Autun in Gaul, who reposed around 270.
• ATHoly Venerables Athanasios and Theodosios of CherepovetsRussian venerable monks, founders of a monastery at Cherepovets.
• BLSaint Banbhan of LethghlinnA hierarch of Lethghlinn, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• BAHieromartyr Basil AgafonikovCleric martyred for the faith of Christ.
• BKHieromartyr Basil KolosovCleric martyred for the faith of Christ.
• BSHieromartyr Basil StudnitsynCleric martyred for the faith of Christ.
• BLSaint Bazol of LimogesA saint honored at Limoges, of whom little is known.
• CVenerable ChaeremonA venerable father commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• CASaint Coibhdenach of Ard SrathaA hierarch of Ard Sratha, commemorated in the Irish calendar, who reposed in 706; few details survive.
• DMHieromartyr Daniel MeshchaninovPriest born in 1870 to a poor peasant family, shot at the Butovo firing range in 1937.
• GKHieromartyr George KolokolovA hieromartyr of the Russian Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
• GCNew Martyr George of ChiosA new martyr of the island of Chios, who died in 1807; venerated locally.
• GRighteous GideonJudge of Israel who delivered the people from Midian with three hundred men.
• ISaint IlanA saint honored in South Wales, of whom little is known.
• JHVenerable James the HermitA hermit commemorated in the Georgian Church calendar.
• JSVenerable James the SolitaryHermit, venerated in the early Church.
• JVHieromartyr John VinogradovA hieromartyr of the Russian Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
• MZHieromartyr Michael ZelentsovskyCleric martyred for the faith of Christ.
• NGHieromartyr Nazarius GribkovCleric martyred for the faith of Christ.
• NZHieromartyr Nicholas ZamaraevCleric martyred for the faith of Christ.
• PTMartyr Peter TsarapkinChristian martyred for the faith of Christ.
• PPSaint Procopius the PersianA saint of Persian origin, commemorated in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
• SSaint SerenA saint, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• SSaint SilusA hierarch remembered in the Greek synaxarion as a bishop in Persia.
• SSaint SophianosA bishop of Dryinoupolis in Epirus who reposed in 1711.
• TBVenerable Martyr Tikhon BuzovMonk martyred for the faith of Christ in 1937, during the Soviet persecution.
• VVenerable VaczA hermit near Visegrád in Hungary.
• Martyr Leocadia of ToledoMartyr of Toledo in Spain, who suffered in the Diocletian persecution around the year 304.
• Saint Gebhard of ConstanceBishop of Constance from 979 to 995, founder of the Benedictine abbey of Petershausen in 983.
• TCVenerable Theodosius of CherepovetsA venerable monk of Cherepovets, who died in 1388.

Questions

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

From the saints of the day: Alypius, Conrad, Nikon, Stylian, Alexei, Elias, James, Nicholas, Acacius, Basil, Daniel, George, Gideon, John, Michael, Nazarius, Peter, Procopius, Sophianos, Tikhon, Theodosius. 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 26?

There are no usual girls' names on this day. See the eighth day or the name finder.

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.