Baptismal names for children born on October 8

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, October 15

All the saints of October 8

• Venerable Pelagia the PenitentPenitent of Antioch who lived as a hermit on the Mount of Olives in the fifth century.
• Venerable Thaïs of EgyptCourtesan of Alexandria who repented and lived in the Egyptian desert in the fourth century.
• Martyr Reparata of CaesareaVirgin of Caesarea in Palestine, martyred in the third century, according to tradition.
• Martyr Pelagia of AntiochVirgin of Antioch who leapt to her death rather than sacrifice to the pagan gods in the Diocletian persecution.
• Saint Anthony of NovgorodArchbishop of Novgorod from 1210 to 1218 and from 1226 to 1228, born Dobrynya Yadreykovich; died in 1232.
• Venerable Tryphon of VyatkaRussian abbot, missionary to the Ostyaks and founder of a monastery at Vyatka, died in 1612.
• Martyr Libaria of GrandMartyr of Grand in Lorraine, executed in the year 362.
• Saint Luke of RostovMonk in Kiev, abbot of the Savior Monastery at Berestovo, then bishop of Rostov; died in 1189.
• Venerable Chariton of SyanzhemaAbbot of the Savior-⁠Euthymius Monastery at Syanzhema, closed in 1764; died in 1509.
• Venerable Dositheus of PskovDisciple of Saint Euphrosynus of Pskov, an ascetic at Verkhny Ostrov, who died in 1481 or 1482.
• Venerable Martyr Ambrose AstakhovArchimandrite born into a peasant family in Tambov province, shot at the Butovo firing range in 1937.
• Martyr Elizabeth KuranovaRaised in an orphanage, widowed when her husband was shot in 1930, she herself was shot at Butovo in 1937.
• Martyr PalaziaSaint of the persecutions of the early fourth century, honored at Fermo in Italy.
• Hieromartyr Demetrius DobroserdovArchbishop of Mozhaisk and vicar of Moscow, shot at Butovo on 21 October 1937.
• New Martyr Ignatius of Stara ZagoraA Bulgarian new martyr who suffered for the Orthodox faith under Ottoman rule.
• Hieromartyr Jonah LazarevBishop of Nevel and vicar of Vitebsk, executed at the Butovo firing range on 21 October 1937.
• MSaint Margito
• AAVenerable Amor of AquitaineA holy monastic of Aquitaine in France from the age of the undivided Church.
• BVenerable BadiloAn abbot at Leuze in Hainaut, reposed around 870.
• BEVenerable Martyr Barlaam EfimovMonk martyred for the faith of Christ.
• BOHieromartyr Basil OzeretskovskyCleric martyred for the faith of Christ in 1937, during the Soviet persecution.
• BLMartyr Benedicta of LaonA woman martyr honored at Laon in Gaul.
• CVenerable CainA venerable saint, commemorated in the early Celtic calendars; very little is recorded.
• CVenerable CammarchA Welsh saint, commemorated in Baring-⁠Gould, Lives of the British Saints.
• CVenerable CeallanA venerable saint, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• CSaint ConamhailA saint, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• CSaint CorcranA saint remembered in early Irish martyrologies; few details survive.
• Saint Evodius of RouenBishop of Rouen in Gaul, reposed around 500.
• GCSaint Gratus of ChalonBishop of Chalon-⁠sur-⁠Saône in Gaul, reposed around 652.
• IMVenerable Martyr Ignatius the Monk of BulgariaMonastic martyr of Bulgaria.
• IVenerable IwigA hierodeacon of Lindisfarne in Northumbria, reposed around 690.
• JKHieromartyr John KhrenovA hieromartyr of the Russian Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
• JRMartyr John RybinA martyr of the Russian Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
• KVenerable KeyneA Welsh virgin, daughter of King Brychan, a recluse in Cornwall.
• MSaint MaelchriotogA saint remembered in early Irish martyrologies; few details survive.
• MSaint MaelfithrighA saint, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• MVMartyr Maria VolnukhinaA woman martyr of the Russian Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
• MBVenerable Mark of BelavinoA Russian venerable of Belavino, who died in 1492.
• NAMartyr Nadezhda AzhgerevichChristian woman martyred for the faith of Christ.
• NKMartyr Nicholas KuzminChristian martyred for the faith of Christ.
• NRMartyr Nicholas ReinChristian martyred for the faith of Christ.
• NMSaint Nicodemus MilašSerbian bishop of Dalmatia and Istria, known above all as a great canonist of the Orthodox Church.
• PTVenerable Martyr Pachomius TurkevichMonk martyred for the faith of Christ.
• PPHieromartyr Paul PreobrazhenskyCleric martyred for the faith of Christ in 1937, during the Soviet persecution.
• PGSaint Pelagia Gorlenko of NizhynAn ascetic of the Nizhyn region, who reposed in 1855; locally glorified (Eparchy of Nizhyn, 2017).
• PNHieromartyr Peter NikotinArchpriest born in 1889 in Astrakhan province, shot at the Butovo firing range in 1937.
• POHieromartyr Peter OzeretskovskyCleric martyred for the faith of Christ in 1937, during the Soviet persecution.
• PSaint Petronia (Petronilla)Saint of Rome venerated in the Orthodox calendar, also known as Petronilla.
• PVenerable PorcaireA saint venerated at Pontigny, remembered in the calendars of the Church.
• Venerable RagenfredaA holy woman of Denain in France, who reposed in 805.
• SFVenerable Stephen of FileyVenerable monk, venerated in the Orthodox calendar.
• TVenerable Martyr TatianaNun martyred for the faith of Christ.
• TSSaints The Seven Holy Virgins of the Termon of Ard MachaThe Seven Holy Virgins of the Termon of Ard Macha, commemorated together in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• TVenerable TriduanaA virgin recluse honored at Restalrig near Edinburgh.
• VFMartyr Victor FrolovChristian martyred for the faith of Christ.
• VSHieromartyr Vladimir Speransky@NH
• WHVenerable Waleria of HonnecourtA saint honored at Honnecourt in France from the age of the undivided Church.
• Hieromartyr Artemon of LaodiceaPriest of Laodicea who died a martyr around 305; commemorated on April 13.
• PGSaint Philip of GortynBishop of Gortyna in Crete, who died in 180, author of a lost treatise against the Gnostics.
• Venerable Alexis KabalyukSchema-⁠archimandrite and Carpatho-⁠Rusyn missionary, born in 1877, died at Iza in 1947; a local saint.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on October 8?

From the saints of the day: Tryphon, Luke, Chariton, Dositheus, Ambrose, Demetrius, Ignatius, Jonah, Barlaam, Basil, John, Nicholas, Nicodemus, Pachomius, Paul, Peter, Stephen, Victor, Vladimir, Artemon, Philip, Alexis, Leonid, Seraphim. 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 8?

From the women saints of the day: Pelagia, Elizabeth, Margito, Maria, Petronia, Tatiana. 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.