Baptismal names for children born on October 15

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, October 22

All the saints of October 15

• Hieromartyr Lucian of AntiochLearned and ascetic presbyter of Antioch, who died a martyr in 312.
• Holy Martyrs Sarbelus and BebaiaSarbelus, a pagan high priest of Edessa, and his sister Bebaia came to Christ and were martyred in the 2nd century.
• Saint Aurelia of RegensburgSaint of the 11th century, honored at Regensburg in Germany, who died in 1027.
• Confessor Athanasius SakharovBishop of Kovrov, confessor and hymnographer, born in 1887 and died in 1962; canonized in 2000.
• EYVenerable Euthymius the YoungerMonk of Thessalonica, born around 824 near Ancyra and died in 898, called the Younger.
• Saint John of SuzdalBishop of Suzdal and Nizhny Novgorod in the fourteenth century, who died at Bogolyubovo Monastery.
• Hieromartyr Lucian of the Kiev CavesA priest of the Kiev Caves Lavra, who died a martyr in 1243.
• MMSaint Magdalene of MălainițaA Romanian woman of the Timok valley, born in 1895, whose life was marked by humility and service.
• ACMartyr Agileus of CarthageA martyr of Carthage, put to death around 300.
• ALSaint Antiochus of LyonBishop of Lyon in Gaul, who reposed around 410.
• ASSaint Aurelia of StrasbourgA holy virgin venerated at Strasbourg, who reposed around 383.
• BLSaint Baoithin of Le'sA saint of Le's, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• BEMartyr Bebaia of EdessaChristian woman of Edessa, martyred for the faith of Christ.
• CMartyr CallistusA martyr, put to death around 1003.
• Saint Cannatus of MarseillesBishop of Marseilles in Gaul, who reposed around 490.
• CSaint CorbmacA saint remembered in early Irish martyrologies; few details survive.
• CVenerable CroineA venerable saint, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• CSaint CuanA saint, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• CSFool-⁠for-⁠Christ Cyprian of SuzdalA Russian saint linked with Suzdal, who died in 1622; few details survive.
• DKHieromartyr Demetrius KasatkinA Russian priest put to death for his faith in Christ in 1942, during the communist persecution.
• FVHoly Venerable Martyrs Forty Venerable Martyrs of BitolaA group of forty venerable martyrs of Bitola, honored together in the calendar of North Macedonia.
• LVVenerable Leonard of VandœuvreA holy monk of Vandœuvre in Gaul, who reposed around 570.
• MSaint MaelcoisneA saint, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• MKHieromartyr Matthew KritsukA hieromartyr of the Russian Church, who died in 1930.
• MSaint MoluaA saint remembered in early Irish martyrologies; few details survive.
• OSVenerable Odilo of StavelotA holy monk of the Abbey of Stavelot-⁠Malmedy, who reposed around 954.
• PRHieromartyr Porphyry RubanovichCleric martyred for the faith of Christ in 1930, during the Soviet persecution.
• SCSaint Sabinus of CataniaHierarch of Catania in Sicily, venerated in the Orthodox calendar.
• SEMartyr Sarbelus of EdessaChristian of Edessa, martyred for the faith of Christ.
• STSaint Severus of TrierBishop of Trier in Germany, who reposed around 455.
• SKHieromartyr Simeon KonyukhovCleric martyred for the faith of Christ.
• TKVenerable Thecla of KitzingenAnglo-⁠Saxon nun and abbess of Ochsenfurt and Kitzingen in Germany, who reposed around 790.
• VIHieromartyr Vladimir IzmaylovA hieromartyr of the Belarusian Exarchate, killed for the faith in 1930.
• VTHieromartyr Vladimir Talyush@NH
• WSVenerable Willa of SalzburgA holy nun of Salzburg, who reposed around 1050.
• Hieromartyr Bruno of QuerfurtMonk and missionary bishop in the eastern lands of Germany, killed by pagans in 1009.
• Saint Dionysius of SuzdalRussian hierarch, metropolitan of Russia in 1384-1385, who died in Kyiv in 1385.
• BESaint Barses of EdessaBishop of Harran until 361, then of Edessa; died in 378.
• NVHieromartyr Nicholas VinogradovArchpriest born at Dmitrov in 1876 to a deacon's family; he died a martyr in Moscow in 1937.
• VVenerable VicturnianA saint of the West, honored by the undivided Church.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on October 15?

From the saints of the day: Lucian, Athanasius, Euthymius, John, Callistus, Cyprian, Demetrius, Sabinus, Simeon, Vladimir, Bruno, Dionysius, Nicholas. 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 October 15?

From the women saints of the day: Magdalene, 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.