Baptismal names for children born on November 6

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, November 13

All the saints of November 6

• Saint Paul the ConfessorSixth bishop of Constantinople, elected in 337, caught up in the Arian controversy; died around 350.
• Venerable IlltudWelsh abbot of the sixth century, founder of the monastery and school at Llanilltud Fawr in Glamorgan.
• Saint Herman of KazanArchbishop of Kazan from 1564 to 1567, a candidate for the metropolitan see of Moscow; died in Moscow in 1567.
• Venerable Barlaam of KhutynRussian abbot from Novgorod, founder of the Khutyn monastery, who died in 1192 or 1193.
• New Martyr Ilia FondaminskyRussian writer and political activist of Jewish origin, killed at Auschwitz in November 1942.
• Venerable Varlaam of KeretPriest and later monk who led an ascetic life on the Kola Peninsula in the sixteenth century.
• Hieromartyr Constantine LyubomudrovPriest born in 1879 into a psalm-⁠reader's family of eight children, shot at the Butovo firing range in 1937.
• Venerable Martyr Varlaam NikolskyAbbot born in 1872 who entered Chudov Monastery in Moscow in 1895, shot at Butovo in 1937.
• Hieromartyr Nikita DelektorskyBishop of Nizhny Tagil, born at Pokrov in 1876, shot at the Butovo firing range in 1937; canonized in 2000.
• DCSaint Demetrianus of ChytroiCypriot bishop of the 9th and 10th centuries, venerated as a saint.
• Venerable Luke of the CavesMonk of the Kyiv Caves Lavra, honored among the venerable fathers of the Caves.
• Hieromartyr Arsenius TroitskyRussian archpriest executed at the Butovo firing range on 17 November 1937; canonized in 2001.
• SGVenerable Martyr Seraphima GorshkovaNun born to a peasant family in Yaroslavl province, martyred in 1937.
• AVenerable AbrahamA Russian venerable monk commemorated with Saint Luke.
• ALSaint Aedhan of Lann AbliaichA saint of Lann Abliaich, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• ABHieromartyr Anatoly BerzhitskyA Russian priest who died a martyr for his faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
• Saint Appianus of GenoaSaint of Genoa, venerated in the Western Church.
• AAMartyr Athanasia of AncyraA virgin of Ancyra, martyred for her faith in Christ in 303.
• BKHieromartyr Basil KrylovCleric martyred for the faith of Christ in 1938, during the Soviet persecution.
• CCVenerable Cainnear of Cluain ClairaidAn Irish saint honored at Cluain Clairaid, of the 6th century, commemorated in the Martyrology of Tallaght.
• CCMartyr Callinicus and CompanionsCallinicus and his companions, martyrs of Jerusalem, who suffered in the year 638.
• CJMartyr Callinicus of JerusalemMartyr of Jerusalem, remembered in the early martyrologies.
• CVenerable CosrachAn Irish saint honored at Inis Cealtra, of the 9th century.
• CVenerable CoweyA holy monk venerated at Portaferry in Ireland.
• CBVenerable Cronan of BennchorA venerable saint of Bennchor, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• DSaint DemetrianA saint, who died around 260, remembered in the calendars of the Church.
• ESaint EdwenA holy woman venerated at Llanedwen on the isle of Anglesey, of the 6th century.
• Venerable EfflammA holy man from Britain who lived as a hermit in Brittany, and reposed around 700.
• ESVenerable Eleutherius of SpoletoAn abbot of Spoleto, mentioned in the writings of Pope Gregory the Great, who reposed in Rome in 590.
• EISaint Emilian of IrelandAn Irish holy monastic, honored at Faenza in Italy.
• EHVenerable Erlafrid of HirsauA holy man of the Abbey of Hirsau in Germany, who reposed around 830.
• ÉASaint Étienne of AptBishop of Apt in France, who reposed in 1046.
• Venerable FeborNun, venerated in the Western Church.
• FBVenerable Fedbair of Botha Eich UaichnichA venerable saint of Botha Eich Uaichnich, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• FSaint FelixA saint venerated at Genoa, remembered in the calendars of the Church.
• FFVenerable Felix of FondiA monk of a monastery at Fondi in the south of Italy, in the 6th century.
• HJMartyr Himerius of JerusalemMartyr of Jerusalem, who died in the 7th century, venerated in the early Church.
• JJMartyr John of JerusalemMartyr of Jerusalem, who died in the 7th century, venerated in the early Church.
• JNSaint Julia of NicomediaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 6 November; few details survive.
• KHoly Martyrs Kallinik and 10 other martyrsKallinik and ten other martyrs, remembered together; few details survive.
• Venerable Leonard of NoblacA hermit and founder of the monastery of Noblac near Limoges, who reposed around 559.
• LVenerable LeonianusA holy monk of Gaul, who reposed around 570.
• LVenerable LukeA monastic saint commemorated in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
• LSVenerable Luke of SicilyVenerable monk of Sicily.
• LTVenerable Luke of TauromeniumA venerable father of Tauromenium in Sicily, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
• LSVenerable Luke the StewardVenerable steward of the Kiev Caves Lavra.
• MMartyr Manatho
• MOVenerable Modesta of OerenA holy nun honored at Oeren in Germany; few details survive.
• NDHieromartyr Nicholas DvoritskyCleric martyred for the faith of Christ in 1937, during the Soviet persecution.
• NPHieromartyr Nicholas ProtasovCleric martyred for the faith of Christ in 1937, during the Soviet persecution.
• NSVenerable Martyr Nina ShuvalovaNun martyred for the faith of Christ.
• PCFool-⁠for-⁠Christ Paul of CorinthFool for Christ of Corinth, venerated in the Orthodox calendar.
• PAMartyr Polactia of AncyraVirgin of Ancyra, martyred in 303 for the faith of Christ.
• PASaint Prima of AfricaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 6 November; few details survive.
• PLSaint Protasius of LausanneA hierarch honored at Lausanne in Switzerland in the age of the undivided Church.
• Saint Severus of BarcelonaBishop of Barcelona in Spain, of the 7th century.
• SJMartyr Stephen of JerusalemA martyr of Jerusalem, who died in 637.
• Venerable WinnocA holy abbot in Flanders, venerated at Bergues, who reposed around 716.
• GMHieromartyr Gabriel MaslennikovPriest born in 1871 at Mikhaylov in the Ryazan region, who died in Ryazan on 18 November 1937.
• AAMartyr Alexandra of AncyraA martyr of Ancyra, put to death for her faith in Christ.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on November 6?

From the saints of the day: Paul, Herman, Barlaam, Ilia, Varlaam, Constantine, Nikita, Luke, Arsenius, Abraham, Anatoly, Basil, Callinicus, Demetrian, Eleutherius, Emilian, Felix, John, Nicholas, Protasius, Stephen, Gabriel, Nicander. 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 6?

From the women saints of the day: Seraphima, Athanasia, Julia, Manatho, Nina, Alexandra, Claudia. 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.