Baptismal names for children born on October 17

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, October 24

All the saints of October 17

• Prophet HoseaOne of the twelve minor prophets, son of Beeri, who preached in Israel in the eighth century BC.
• Righteous LazarusFriend of Christ from Bethany, raised by the Lord four days after his death.
• Martyr ShushanikArmenian noblewoman tortured to death by her husband at Tsurtavi in Georgia in 475.
• Venerable Martyr Andrew of Crete the MartyrDefender of icons, executed in Constantinople in 766 or 767 on the orders of Emperor Constantine V.
• HAHieromartyr Heron of AntiochBishop of Antioch, successor of Ignatius, who died a martyr in 136.
• Saint Regulus of PatrasLegendary monk or bishop of Patras said to have brought the relics of Saint Andrew to St Andrews in Scotland.
• Saint CatervusPatron of Tolentino, by tradition the one who brought the Christian faith to the city.
• Saint Joseph JandieriCatholicos-⁠Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church, who died on 28 October 1770.
• AIHieromartyr Anatoly IvanovskyPriest orphaned at the age of three, who died a martyr in 1918 at Urzhum; since 2008 in the Synaxis of the New Martyrs.
• Venerable Anthony of LeokhnovoBorn Anthony Veniaminov in Tver, founder of the Leokhnovo Monastery near Novgorod, greatly venerated in the region, who died in 1612.
• Hieromartyr Neophytus LyubimovArchpriest of the Church of St Spyridon in Moscow, who died in 1918; added to the New Martyrs in 2000.
• ALVenerable Anstrudis of LaonAbbess of a convent at Laon in Gaul, who reposed around 688.
• ACMartyr Anthimus of CiliciaA martyr of Cilicia, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• ASaint AntigonusA saint of Nicomedia, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• BLSaint Berarius of Le MansBishop of Le Mans in Gaul, who reposed around 680.
• COVenerable Martyr Callistus OparinA monastic martyr of the Russian Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
• CKSaint Colman of KilrootBishop of Kilroot in Ireland, who reposed around 600.
• CAUnmercenary Cosmas of ArabiaA physician who took no payment, born in Arabia, martyred in Cilicia together with his brother Damian.
• CMVenerable Cubretan of Magh BileA venerable saint of Magh Bile, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• Unmercenary Damian of ArabiaAn unmercenary physician born in Arabia, brother of Saint Cosmas, martyred in Cilicia.
• DMSaint Donatus of MauritaniaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 17 October; few details survive.
• EEHoly Martyrs Ethelred and EthelbertBrothers, princes of Kent in England, unjustly put to death around 640.
• EUnmercenary EuprepiusAn unmercenary physician of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• ECMartyr Eutropius of CiliciaA martyr of Cilicia, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• FOSaint Florentius of OrangeThe eighth Bishop of Orange in the south of Gaul, reposed around 526.
• HPVenerable Martyr Hyacinth PitatelevA monastic martyr of the Russian Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
• IVenerable IsidoraA venerable woman commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• JMSaint Januarius of MauritaniaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 17 October; few details survive.
• KMartyr Kozman
• LCMartyr Leontius of CiliciaMartyr of Cilicia, who suffered for Christ.
• LMartyr LouthiernA martyr of Irish birth.
• LSaint LucianA saint of Nicomedia, honored in the Greek synaxarion.
• MCVenerable Maenach son of ClairinA saint, son of Clairin, commemorated in the Irish calendar, who reposed in 720; few details survive.
• NSaint NicomedesA saint of Nicomedia, commemorated in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
• NCSaint Nothhelm of CanterburyArchbishop of Canterbury who brought documents from Rome to Bede the Venerable; reposed in 739.
• PSSaint Paraskeva (Dybova) of StarobilskAn ascetic of Starobilsk, who reposed in 1942; locally glorified (Eparchy of Siverodonetsk, 2014).
• RISaint Ruricius II of LimogesBishop of Limoges in France, honored as a saint.
• SMartyr SolinaA virgin martyr from Gascony in Gaul, of around 290.
• Martyr SolineA martyr, remembered in the ancient martyrologies of the Church.
• TSaint TheophanesA saint linked to Nicomedia, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• ZMartyr ZosimusMartyr named in the early martyrologies; the sources preserve few details about him.
• ÆMartyr ÆthelbertAn Anglo-⁠Saxon saint, who reposed in 670.
• ÆKMartyr Æthelred of KentA saint honored in Kent, of whom little is known.
• Hieromartyr Ignatius of AntiochBishop of Antioch and disciple of the apostles, taken to Rome and thrown to wild beasts around 108.
• Venerable Etheldreda of ElyEast Anglian princess and queen in Northumbria, abbess of Ely, who died in 679.
• Hieromartyr Alexander ShchukinArchbishop of Semipalatinsk, born at Riga in 1891, killed on October 30, 1937.
• VCSaint Victor of CapuaBishop of Capua in Italy in the sixth century, who died in 554.
• DASaint Dulcidius of AgenBishop of Agen in France, successor of Phoebadius, in the 5th century.
• TMartyr Terentius

Questions

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

From the saints of the day: Hosea, Lazarus, Andrew, Joseph, Anatoly, Neophytus, Callistus, Cosmas, Damian, Donatus, Eutropius, Florentius, Leontius, Lucian, Theophanes, Zosimus, Ignatius, Alexander, Victor. 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 17?

From the women saints of the day: Isidora, Paraskeva. 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.