Baptismal names for children born on October 3

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, October 10

All the saints of October 3

• Hieromartyr Dionysius the AreopagiteJudge of the Areopagus in Athens, converted by the Apostle Paul and made the first bishop of the city.
• Martyr Damaris the AthenianWoman of Athens named in the Acts of the Apostles, who believed when Paul preached on the Areopagus.
• Holy Hieromartyrs The Two HewaldsAnglo-⁠Saxon missionaries killed in Old Saxony around 692, told apart by the color of their hair and complexion.
• Venerable Dionysius of the Kiev CavesMonk and hieromonk of the Kiev Caves Lavra, who died after 1463, commemorated on October 3.
• Confessor Agathangel PreobrazhenskyMetropolitan of Yaroslavl and Rostov, born in 1854, who died at Kineshma in 1928.
• Hieromartyr RusticusPriest who accompanied Saint Denis on his preaching in the West with the deacon Eleutherius; venerated as a martyr.
• Martyr Eustathius of ApsiliaSon of a patrician of the Apsilians, baptized on the eighth day, executed about 740 for the faith.
• MLMartyr Menna of LorraineVirgin of Lorraine, counted among the first saints of the diocese of Toul, who died a martyr on 3 October 362.
• AMartyr AbdalmasihA martyr, killed around 390, remembered in the ancient martyrologies of the Church.
• CRMartyr Candidus of RomeA martyr of Rome, buried on the Esquiline Hill.
• CSaint ClervieA holy woman venerated in Brittany, commemorated in the old calendars.
• DNVenerable Dionysius of NovgorodA venerable monk of Novgorod, commemorated in the calendar of the Orthodox Church.
• EMartyr EusebiusA hierarch from the time of the undivided Church, honored in the Greek synaxarion.
• FMartyr FaustusA hierarch of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• FCHoly Confessors Faustus, Caius, Peter, Paul, Eusebius, Chaeremon, Lucius and CompanionsConfessors of Alexandria, companions of St Dionysius the Great in the persecution of Valerian.
• FLSaint Froilan of LeónA hermit and founder of monasteries, later Bishop of León, reposed in 1006.
• Venerable Gerard of BrogneFounder of Brogne Abbey and a renewer of monastic life in Flanders, reposed in 959.
• GMartyr GontrudeA martyr, remembered in the ancient martyrologies of the Church.
• HVenerable HesychiusA saint, remembered in the calendars of the Church.
• HHVenerable Hesychius of HorebA venerable hesychast, who struggled in silence on Mount Horeb.
• Venerable John the ChozebiteA venerable father who became bishop of Caesarea and then withdrew to the Monastery of Choziba.
• Saint JuvinusA saint commemorated in the calendars of the Western saints.
• LConfessor LuciusA saint venerated at Alexandria, remembered in the calendars of the Church.
• MBSaint Maximian of BagaiBishop of Bagai, venerated in the Western Church.
• MSaint ModoilbhA hierarch remembered in early Irish martyrologies; few details survive.
• NVenerable NuadaA venerable saint, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• TRSaint Tearnog son of RaithiA saint, son of Raithi, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• TSSaints The Seven Bishops of Cluain CuaThe Seven Bishops of Cluain Cua, commemorated together in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• Martyr The Two EwaldsEwald the White and Ewald the Black, Northumbrian missionaries slain by the pagan Saxons around 695.
• TMartyr TheagenesA martyr commemorated in the calendar of the Orthodox Church, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• TMartyr TheodosiaA martyr commemorated in the calendar of the Orthodox Church, put to death for her faith in Christ.
• TMartyr TheoteknosA martyr commemorated with Saints Theagenes and Theoctistus in the Greek synaxarion.
• UVenerable UttoFounder and Abbot of Metten in Bavaria, reposed in 829.
• WVenerable WidradusAbbot of Flavigny in Burgundy, reposed around 747.
• ZAMartyr Zacchaeus of AntiochA martyr of Antioch, a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Syriac Martyrology of 411.
• Saint Dionysius the GreatPatriarch of Alexandria from 248 to 264, whose letters preserve much knowledge of the Church of his time.
• Venerable Ambrose of OptinaElder and hieroschemamonk at Optina, born Alexander Grenkov, who died in 1891; canonized in 1988.
• Hieromartyr Eleutherius of ParisDeacon martyred at Paris with Saint Denis and Rusticus in the persecution of the 3rd century.
• Hieromartyr Gregory of KydoniesMetropolitan of Strumica, then of Kydonies in Asia Minor, who died a martyr in 1922.
• Saint Pajsije of PećPatriarch of the Serbian Patriarchate of Peć from 1614 to 1647, also a writer, poet, composer and diplomat.
• CAHieromartyr Chaeremon of AlexandriaA cleric of Alexandria, who died a martyr for Christ.
• FGSaints Fragan and GwenA British couple settled in Brittany, parents of Saint Winwaloe, of around 500.
• GAHieromartyr Gaius of AlexandriaA cleric of Alexandria, who died a martyr for Christ.
• PAHieromartyr Paul of AlexandriaCleric of Alexandria, martyred for the faith of Christ.
• PAHieromartyr Peter of AlexandriaPatriarch of Alexandria, martyred in 311 under Maximinus Daia.
• TNMartyr Theoctistus of NicomediaA martyr of Nicomedia, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• VVenerable VicturnianA saint of the West, honored by the undivided Church.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on October 3?

From the saints of the day: Dionysius, Eustathius, Eusebius, Hesychius, John, Lucius, Ambrose, Eleutherius, Gregory, Gaius, Paul, Peter, Theoctistus. 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 3?

From the women saints of the day: Damaris, Theodosia. 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.