Baptismal names for children born on September 12

Boys' names from this day

From the eighth day, September 19

All the saints of September 12

• Hieromartyr AutonomusBishop, said to be Italian, who fled to Bithynia from the Diocletian persecution, preached there and died a martyr in 313.
• Venerable EanswytheAnglo-⁠Saxon princess of Kent said to have founded Folkestone Priory, one of the first in England.
• GCSaint George of ChkondidiArchbishop in western Georgia, tutor and close adviser of King David IV, who died around 1118.
• Venerable Athanasius of VysotskDisciple of Saint Sergius of Radonezh, first abbot of the Vysotsky Monastery in Serpukhov and a copyist of books.
• Hieromartyr Gregory of KydoniesMetropolitan of Strumica, then of Kydonies in Asia Minor, who died a martyr in 1922.
• Hieromartyr Ambrosios of MoschonisiaMetropolitan of Moschonisia from February to September 1922, executed by the Turkish army at the end of the Greco-⁠Turkish War.
• DTHieromartyr Dositheus of TbilisiArchbishop of Tbilisi and confessor of Queen Darejan, martyred by Persian soldiers on 12 September 1795.
• FCHoly Hieromartyrs Felix and CyprianAfrican bishops who led 4,966 Christians martyred in the Sahara under the Vandal king Huneric, around 482.
• DTSaint Daniel of ThassosA saint venerated on the island of Thassos in northern Greece.
• SCHieromartyr Serapion of CataniaHe suffered on 12 September 304 with 13 other martyrs of Catania, including Magnus and Secundinus.
• VTVenerable Vassian of TiksnaPeasant from the Totma district, married before becoming a monk, who died in 1624.
• Venerable Athanasius the Younger of VysotskDisciple of Athanasius the Elder and second abbot of the Vysotsky Monastery in Serpukhov; died in 1395.
• CIHieromartyr Cornutus of IconiumBishop of Iconium, put to death for his faith in Christ at Nicomedia.
• MTMartyr Macedonius, Theodulus and TatianThree Christians of Phrygia, put to death for their faith under Julian the Apostate in 362.
• TMMartyr Theodore the MartyrA martyr commemorated in the Greek Orthodox calendar.
• AESaint Ailbe of EmlyOne of the first preachers of Ireland, founder of the see of Emly, reposed around 527.
• AVFool-⁠for-⁠Christ Alexis Voroshin of YelnatA fool for Christ of Yelnat, commemorated in the calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church.
• AAVenerable Andronicus of AtroaA monastic saint who struggled at Atroa in Bithynia, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• ESSaint Euplus of SicilyA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 12 September; few details survive.
• FTVenerable Fledh of Tech FleidheA venerable saint of Tech Fleidhe, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• Confessor Guy of AnderlechtA poor pilgrim of Brabant who journeyed to Rome and Jerusalem, reposed in 1012.
• JPHieromartyr John PrudentovA hieromartyr of the Russian Church, who died in 1937.
• Hieromartyr Julian of GalatiaA cleric of Galatia, who died a martyr for Christ.
• KAVenerable Kournoutas of AcheraA venerable who struggled at Achera in Cyprus, counted among the Alaman saints; venerated locally (Cyprus).
• LMartyr LeontiusA martyr at Alexandria, killed around 300, remembered in the ancient martyrologies of the Church.
• MASaint Maclaisre of Ard MachaA hierarch of Ard Macha, commemorated in the Irish calendar, who reposed in 622; few details survive.
• MSSaint Magnus of SicilyA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 12 September; few details survive.
• NZHieromartyr Nicholas ZhitovCleric martyred for the faith of Christ in 1937, during the Soviet persecution.
• OMartyr OceanusA martyr commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• SRSaint Sanctinus of RomeA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 12 September; few details survive.
• SVSaint Silvinus of VeronaBishop of Verona in Italy, reposed around 550.
• SIHoly Hierarchs Syrus and Iventius of PaviaBishops of Pavia in Italy, honored together.
• TPMartyr Tatian of PhrygiaChristian of Phrygia, martyred for the faith of Christ.
• TAHieromartyr Theodore of AlexandriaBishop of Alexandria who died a martyr for his faith in Christ.
• TPMartyr Theodulus of PhrygiaA martyr of Phrygia, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• Venerable Justin PopovićSerbian theologian, archimandrite of the Ćelije Monastery, who died in 1979.
• Hieromartyr Chrysostomos of SmyrnaGreek Metropolitan of Smyrna, who died a martyr in September 1922 at the fall of the city.
• Saint Juventius of PaviaBishop of Pavia for thirty-⁠nine years, sent with Syrus to evangelize the city; died in 397.
• Hieromartyr Prokopios of IconiumGreek metropolitan of Iconium (Konya), who lived from 1859 to 1923, venerated as a hieromartyr.
• Righteous Simeon of VerkhoturyeRighteous Russian of Merkushino, patron of the Ural region, who lived from 1607 to 1642.
• Hieromartyr Euthymios of ZelaLast resident bishop of Zela in Western Pontus, martyred at Amasya in 1921.
• Hieromartyr Theodore LebedevArchpriest born in 1876 in the Vladimir region, who died on 25 September 1937 in the Ivanovo region.
• ASaint AemilianusA bishop of Valence, remembered in the calendars of the Church.
• MDVenerable Molaise of DevenishFounder of the monastery on Devenish Island in Ireland, reposed around 563.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on September 12?

From the saints of the day: George, Athanasius, Gregory, Ambrosios, Dositheus, Daniel, Serapion, Vassian, Theodore, Alexis, Andronicus, John, Julian, Leontius, Magnus, Nicholas, Theodulus, Justin, Prokopios, Simeon, Euthymios, Aemilianus. 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 12?

There are no usual girls' names on this day. See the eighth day or the name finder.

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.