Baptismal names for children born on September 19

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, September 26

All the saints of September 19

• Saint Theodore of CanterburyRaised in Tarsus, archbishop of Canterbury from 668 until his death in 690.
• Right-⁠Believing Theodore the BlackPrince of Smolensk and Yaroslavl, called the Black, who died in 1298 and is venerated as a saint by the Russian Church.
• Saint Goeric of MetzBishop of Metz who died in 643, venerated in the Orthodox and Catholic Churches.
• Venerable Prochorus of PčinjaMonk of the eleventh century from the Pčinja region, venerated as a venerable; died in 1067.
• Martyr The 156 Martyrs of PalestineChristians condemned to labor in the quarries of Palestine during the Diocletian persecution, killed for their faith.
• Holy Martyrs Trophimus, Sabbatius and DorymedonMartyrs of Phrygia who suffered for Christ in the 3rd century.
• Saint Lantpert of FreisingGerman bishop of Freising, who lived from 895 to 957.
• Venerable Alexis of Zosima HermitageHieroschemamonk, elder of Zosima Hermitage, known for his role in electing the Patriarch of All Russia; 1846-1928.
• Hieromartyr Constantine GolubevArchpriest of the Epiphany Cathedral at Bogorodsk, born in 1852, who died a martyr in the autumn of 1918.
• Right-⁠Believing Konstantin UlemetsSon of Fyodor Rostislavich, nicknamed the scholar, devoted to learning, who died unmarried not later than 1321.
• Right-⁠Believing David FyodorovichSon of Fyodor Rostislavich the Black, known only from a chronicle entry on his death in 1321.
• NIHieromartyr Nicholas of IskrivkaA priest of Iskrivka in Ukraine, killed for his faith in 1919.
• CVHieromartyr Christopher VarfolomeyevPriest born in 1883 in the Vyborg region, who died in Komsomolsk-⁠on-⁠Amur on 8 September 1938.
• ASaint AinchiA saint, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• CVenerable CaomhgheallA venerable saint, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• CASaint Castus of AlexandriaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 19 September; few details survive.
• Right-⁠Believing Constantine of YaroslavlPrince of Yaroslavl, remembered among the right-⁠believing rulers of Rus.
• Venerable Cyriacus of BuonvicinoA venerable father honored at Buonvicino in Italy; few details of his life survive.
• DSMartyr Dorymedon of SynnadaA martyr of Synnada in Phrygia, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• ESaint EliasA saint venerated in Palestine, remembered in the calendars of the Church.
• ENSaint Euphemia of NuceriaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 19 September; few details survive.
• ETSaint Eustochius of ToursBishop of Tours in Gaul, reposed around 461.
• FCMartyr Felix and ConstantiaMartyrs honored at Naples.
• FAVenerable Fionntain son of AedhA venerable saint, son of Aedh, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• Venerable Martyr Maria Mamontova-⁠ShashinaA woman monastic martyr of the Russian Church, who died in 1938.
• NGHieromartyr Nicander GrivskyCleric martyred for the faith of Christ in 1939, during the Soviet persecution.
• NHieromartyr NilusA bishop of Palestine, remembered in the calendars of the Church.
• NSHieromartyr Nilus SmirnovCleric martyred for the faith of Christ in 1938, during the Soviet persecution.
• PMartyr PatermutiusA saint, remembered in the calendars of the Church.
• PCMartyr Pomposa of CórdobaA nun slain for Christ at Córdoba in 853.
• Saint RiwariA Breton saint honored in Brittany.
• SAMartyr Sabbatius of AntiochChristian of Antioch, martyred for the faith of Christ.
• SSaint SeachanA saint, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• Venerable SequanusA priest and hermit, founder of the monastery of Saint-⁠Seine in Burgundy, reposed around 580.
• TSMartyr Trophimus of SynnadaChristian of Synnada, in Phrygia, martyred for the faith of Christ.
• Passion-⁠Bearer Igor of ChernigovPrince of Chernigov and Grand Prince of Kiev in 1146, killed by a mob in 1147.
• Confessor Zosimus the HermitAscetic of Cilicia and Palestine, tortured during Diocletian's persecution but left unharmed.
• TCMartyr Theodore of ConstantinopleA martyr of Constantinople, put to death for his faith in Christ.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on September 19?

From the saints of the day: Theodore, Prochorus, Alexis, Constantine, Konstantin, David, Nicholas, Cyriacus, Elias, Felix, Nicander, Nilus, Trophimus, Igor, Zosimus. 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 19?

From the women saints of the day: Euphemia, Maria. 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.