Baptismal names for children born on September 11

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, September 18

All the saints of September 11

• Confessor Paphnutius the ConfessorDisciple of Anthony the Great and bishop of a city in the Upper Thebaid in the fourth century.
• Venerable Silouan the AthoniteRussian monk of Saint Panteleimon Monastery on Athos, spiritual teacher and writer, who died in 1938.
• Venerable Theodora of AlexandriaWoman of Alexandria in the time of Emperor Zeno who lived as a monk in the Thebaid in the fifth century.
• Saint Deiniol of BangorTraditionally the first bishop of Bangor in Gwynedd, where he founded a monastery; also honored in Brittany.
• Holy Martyrs Protus and HyacinthRoman martyrs put to death in the persecution of Emperor Valerian, between 257 and 259.
• Venerable Herman of ValaamMonk who with Saint Sergius founded the Transfiguration Monastery on Valaam Island in Lake Ladoga.
• Saint Sacerdos of LyonArchbishop of Lyon from 544 until his death in 552; remembered on 12 September.
• Holy Martyrs Three Hundred AragviansHighlanders of the Aragvi valley who fell at Krtsanisi in 1795 defending Tbilisi against the Persian army.
• Martyr Ia of PersiaChristian woman of Persia, martyred in the persecution of King Shapur II around the year 362.
• Venerable Euphrosynus the CookMonk and cook in Palestine in the 9th century, whose life is told in the Synaxarion of Nicodemus the Hagiorite.
• LBSaint Leudinus Bodo of ToulBenedictine bishop of Toul in the 7th century, traditionally founder of Bodonis Monasterium.
• WCSaint Wilbert of CologneArchbishop of Cologne from 870 until his death in 889, after the deposition of Archbishop Gunther.
• Confessor Joel of OzeryanyArchimandrite of Cossack stock, a labourer at Sviatohirsk Hermitage and a founder of Kuriazh Monastery around 1663.
• PLSaint Patiens of LyonBishop of Lyon in the fifth century, successor of Saint Eucherius; died before 494.
• Venerable Theodosius of ManyavaUkrainian monk, a co-⁠founder and second abbot of Manyava Skete in the Carpathians; died in 1629.
• HGSaint Hilarion GrigorovichBorn in Sosnytsia, Bishop of Krutitsy, venerated locally in the Ukrainian Church, who died in 1759 in Moscow.
• RMVenerable Raphael MokrenskyArchimandrite, rector of the Kharkiv Collegium from 1753 and abbot of Sviatohirsk Hermitage from 1758, who died in 1765.
• TSConfessor Tryphon SkripchenkoArchimandrite born Tikhon Skripchenko in 1865, venerated as a local saint in the Ukrainian Church, who died in 1939.
• CMVenerable Cyprian MankoHieromonk born in 1811 in the Kharkiv region, who died in 1874; a local saint of the Ukrainian Church.
• IAVenerable Ioannicius AverkievHieromonk born in 1823 in the Oryol region, who died in 1882; a local saint of the Ukrainian Church.
• IGVenerable Isaac GolovinHieromonk born in 1825 in the Voronezh region, who died in 1903 at Sviatohirsk; a local saint of the Ukrainian Church.
• JSConfessor John StreltsovHegumen born in 1885 in the Kharkiv region, who died on 24 September 1970 in the Donetsk region.
• LGVenerable Longinus GriftsovHieroschemamonk born in Ryazan in 1798, who died in 1882; a local saint of the Ukrainian Church.
• MGConfessor Michael GalushkoSchema-⁠archimandrite born in 1877, who died in Kharkiv on 24 March 1961; a local saint of the Ukrainian Church.
• SSVenerable Sophronius SmirnovArchimandrite born in Moscow in 1828, who died in 1921; a local saint of the Ukrainian Church.
• TKVenerable Thaddeus KokuilovichArchimandrite born in 1694 in the Lutsk diocese, who died in 1758; a local saint of the Ukrainian Church.
• TSVenerable Theodosius of SviatohirskHieromonk who struggled at Glinsk and then at Sviatohirsk, where he died in 1850; a local saint of the Ukrainian Church.
• TSFool-⁠for-⁠Christ Theophilus SharoninMonk and fool for Christ from Sevsk, who died on 31 January 1868; a local saint of the Ukrainian Church.
• AISaint Aemilian I of VercelliBishop of Vercelli in Italy, who shepherded his flock in the early 6th century.
• AVenerable AlmirusA holy monk from Auvergne, commemorated in the Western calendars.
• AIHieromartyr Arkadios of IvironA hieromonk of Iviron killed at Kydonies in Asia Minor in 1922 with Gabriel; venerated locally (Vatopedi Monastery).
• AVenerable ArseniusA saint of the undivided Church, linked to Patras.
• CEHieromartyr Carp ElbA cleric of the Church, who died a martyr for Christ.
• CSaint ColmanA hierarch remembered in early Irish martyrologies; few details survive.
• CVenerable ConamailAbbot of the monastery of Iona in Scotland, who reposed in 710.
• DSMartyr Demetrian of ScepsisA martyr of Scepsis on the Hellespont, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• DSMartyr Demetrius of ScepsisA prince of Scepsis on the Hellespont, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• DSHoly Martyrs Demetrius of SkepsisMartyr of Skepsis on the Hellespont.
• DLMartyr Didymus of LaodiceaA martyr of Laodicea in Syria, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• DLMartyr Diodorus of LaodiceaA martyr of Laodicea in Syria, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• DMartyr DiomedesA saint commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• DDMartyr Diomedes and DidymusTwo martyrs of Laodicea, commemorated together in the Greek synaxarion.
• DASaint Donatus of ApuliaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 11 September; few details survive.
• Venerable Elias the Cave-⁠dwellerA holy monk of Calabria who lived in caves, reposed around 960.
• ESMartyr Evanthia of ScepsisA princess of Scepsis on the Hellespont, put to death for her faith in Christ.
• EMartyr ExuperantiusA martyr of Zürich, honored together with Saints Felix and Regula.
• FRHoly Martyrs Felix and RegulaA brother and sister, martyrs honored at Zürich.
• GIHieromartyr Gabriel of IvironA hieromonk of Iviron killed at Kydonies in Asia Minor in 1922 with Arkadios; venerated locally (Vatopedi Monastery).
• GMartyr GeminianusA saint commemorated with Didymus, Diodorus, Diomedes and Ia.
• HMartyr HyacinthA martyr honored in the West, of whom little is known.
• IMartyr IaAn aged woman commemorated with Geminianus, Didymus, Diodorus and Diomedes.
• LCSaint Loarnn of Cill ChunnaA hierarch of Cill Chunna, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• MSaint MoshinuA saint, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• NPHieromartyr Nicholas PodyakovArchpriest born in 1867 into a priest's family, killed in 1918; venerated among the saints of Vyatka.
• NSHieromartyr Nicholas ShirogorovCleric martyred for the faith of Christ in 1942, during the Soviet persecution.
• PMartyr ProtusA martyr honored in the West, of whom little is known.
• TVVenerable Theodora of VastaVenerable nun of the Peloponnese, who struggled at Vasta.
• VUHieromartyr Victor UsovArchpriest born in 1887 to a deacon's family, killed in 1918; also venerated among the saints of Vyatka.
• VLVenerable Martyr Vincent of LeónAbbot of the monastery of Saint Claudius in León in Hispania, slain by the Arian Visigoths.
• VWVenerable Vinciane of WintershovenA saint honored at Wintershoven in Belgium in the age of the undivided Church.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on September 11?

From the saints of the day: Silouan, Herman, Joel, Theodosius, Hilarion, Raphael, Tryphon, Cyprian, Ioannicius, Isaac, John, Longinus, Michael, Thaddeus, Aemilian, Arkadios, Arsenius, Demetrian, Demetrius, Didymus, Diodorus, Diomedes, Donatus, Elias, Gabriel, Nicholas, Victor, Vincent, Ivan, Sergius, Emilian, Isaiah, Theodulus. 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 September 11?

From the women saints of the day: Theodora. 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.