Baptismal names for children born on October 24

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, October 31

All the saints of October 24

• Right-⁠Believing Elesbaan of AksumKing of Aksum, in present-⁠day Ethiopia and Eritrea, from 514 to 542, venerated in the East.
• Saint Athanasius I of ConstantinopleEcumenical Patriarch in 1289 to 1293 and 1303 to 1309, born in Adrianople, who died in 1310.
• Martyr Arethas of NajranLeader of the Christian community of Najran in Arabia, killed in the persecution there around 523.
• Saint Eberigisil of CologneFifth well-⁠attested bishop of Cologne and the first with a Frankish name, who died before 593.
• Venerable Zosima VerkhovskySchemamonk and spiritual writer, founder of two convents, born in 1768 and died in 1833.
• Hieromartyr Alexei PorfiryevArchpriest born into a peasant family of Simbirsk province, a graduate of the Saint Petersburg Academy, who died a martyr in 1918.
• Hieromartyr Laurentius KnyazevBishop of Balakhna and vicar of the Nizhny Novgorod diocese, who died a martyr in Nizhny Novgorod in 1918.
• Martyr Alexis NeidgardtRussian statesman and member of the State Council, who died in Nizhny Novgorod on 6 November 1918; canonized.
• SNMartyr Syncletica of NajranWoman martyr of Najran in South Arabia, killed with her two daughters by King Dhu Nuwas of Himyar.
• AHieromartyr AcaciusA presbyter who gave his life for Christ, honored as a hieromartyr.
• AMConfessor Arefa MitreninA Russian confessor of the faith, who died in 1932.
• CVenerable CadfarchA disciple of Saint Illtud in Wales.
• CSaint CaetiA hierarch remembered in early Irish martyrologies; few details survive.
• DCSaint Dalioba of Cuil mic LurrchaireA saint of Cuil mic Lurrchaire, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• EMVenerable Earc of MiliuchA venerable saint of Miliuch, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• FTHoly Hieromartyrs Felix of ThibiucaA bishop in North Africa, put to death in 303 for refusing to hand over the Holy Scriptures.
• FNSaint Flavian of NicomediaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 24 October; few details survive.
• Saint Fortunatus of TodiBishop of Todi, venerated in the Western Church.
• FCVenerable Fromundus of CoutancesA holy monk of Coutances in Gaul, who reposed around 690.
• ICSaint Ioain of Cill AirthirA hierarch of Cill Airthir, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• JPVenerable John of PskovA venerable recluse of Pskov, who died in 1616.
• JSHieromartyr John SmirnovA hieromartyr of the Russian Church, who died in 1937.
• LCSaint Lonan of Cluain TibrinneA saint of Cluain Tibrinne, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• MSaint MagloriusBishop of Dol in Brittany who later lived as a monk on the isle of Sark; reposed around 575.
• MMVenerable Marcius of MontecassinoA hermit at Montecassino in Italy, reposed around 679.
• MMartyr Mark
• Venerable Martin of VertouAbbot and founder of the monastery of Vertou in Gaul, who reposed around 601.
• NMartyr NerdonChristian martyred for the faith of Christ.
• NNHieromartyr Nicholas NikolskyA hieromartyr of the Yaroslavl eparchy, killed for the faith in 1937.
• PBHieromartyr Peter BogorodskyCleric martyred for the faith of Christ in 1938, during the Soviet persecution.
• Saint Regnobert of BayeuxBishop of Bayeux in Normandy, who reposed in 666.
• SMartyr Sebastiana
• SVenerable SenochA hermit near Tours, renowned for healings, who reposed around 576.
• SRVenerable Sisoes the RecluseMonk who lived as a recluse in the Kyiv Caves, venerated as a saint.
• SMartyr Soterichus
• TPVenerable Theophilus of PecherskA recluse monk of the Kiev Caves Lavra.
• TRVenerable Theophilus the RecluseVenerable recluse of the Near Caves of Kiev.
• VMartyr Valentine
• VNSaint Vitalis of NicomediaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 24 October; few details survive.
• Saint Proclus of ConstantinopleArchbishop of Constantinople from 434 to 446, renowned preacher, active in the Nestorian controversy.
• Holy Unmercenary Healers Zenaida and PhilonellaSisters and physicians of Tarsus who healed the sick without payment, after the Apostle Luke.
• Venerable George of DramaGreek Orthodox monk of Caucasian origin, born Athanasios Karslidis, who lived from 1901 to 1959.
• Venerable Arethas the RecluseMonk and recluse of the Kiev Caves Monastery in the later 12th century.
• GSaint GwynogA saint of Wales, who reposed around 580.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on October 24?

From the saints of the day: Athanasius, Alexei, Laurentius, Alexis, Acacius, Flavian, Fortunatus, John, Martin, Nicholas, Peter, Theophilus, Valentine, Proclus, George. 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 24?

From the women saints of the day: Syncletica, Sebastiana. 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.