Baptismal names for children born on September 20

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, September 27

All the saints of September 20

• Saint Eustathios of ThessalonicaByzantine scholar of the twelfth century, commentator on Homer, who became archbishop of Thessalonica.
• Great Martyr Eustathius PlakidasRoman general converted to Christianity after a vision, killed for his faith together with his family.
• Martyr Michael of ChernigovPrince of Chernigov and Grand Prince of Kiev, put to death in 1246 in the Golden Horde at Sarai.
• Saint GlyceriusArchbishop of Milan from 436 to 438, honored as a saint in both East and West.
• Right-⁠Believing Oleg of BryanskPrince of Bryansk in the 13th century who gave up his throne in 1286 and became a monk.
• Martyr TheodoreBoyar of Chernigov, killed in the Golden Horde together with his prince, Michael of Chernigov.
• Martyr TheopistaRoman martyr of the time of Hadrian, called Titiana before baptism; commemorated on September 20.
• TSHieromartyr Theoctistus SmelnitskyPriest born in 1874 in the Chernihiv region, who died in Kazakhstan on 3 October 1937.
• TCConfessor Theodore the ConfessorSaint venerated in the Orthodox Church under the name Theodore the Confessor.
• JXVenerable John XenosItinerant ascetic and founder of churches and monasteries in Byzantine Crete, who wrote an autobiography; died after 1027.
• ARMartyr Agapius of RomeA martyr of Rome, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• ATHieromartyr Alexander TetyuevA Russian priest put to death for his faith in Christ in 1930, during the communist persecution.
• ACHieromartyr Asias of ConstantinopleHieromartyr of Constantinople, remembered in the early martyrologies.
• CCMartyr Candida of CarthageA woman martyr slain for Christ at Carthage around 300.
• DCRight-⁠Believing David of ChernigovA right-⁠believing prince of Chernigov, honored as a saint in the Russian Church.
• DPHoly Martyrs Denis and PrivatusMartyrs of Phrygia, saints of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Roman Martyrology.
• EConfessor EuprepiusA confessor of Thrace from the time of the undivided Church.
• ESVenerable Martyr Eusebia of Saint-⁠CyrAn abbess at Marseille, slain by the Saracens with her nuns around 731.
• HSaint HannoA hierarch of the West, who reposed in 978.
• HSVenerable Martyr Hilarion of Saint Anne SketeAthonite monastic martyr of Saint Anne Skete.
• JCVenerable John of CreteA venerable monk of Crete, commemorated with Saint Meletius, Bishop of Sitia.
• JEVenerable Martyr John of EgyptA monk of Egypt, commemorated as a martyr in the Orthodox calendar.
• MVenerable MoghaidhA venerable saint, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• RCRight-⁠Believing Roman of ChernigovFaithful prince of Chernigov and Bryansk, venerated in the Orthodox calendar.
• TSaint TatianaSaint venerated in the Orthodox calendar under the name Tatiana.
• TMartyr ThalesA martyr commemorated in the calendar of the Orthodox Church, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• TPHoly Martyrs Theodore and PhilippaMartyrs at Perge, remembered in the ancient martyrologies of the Church.
• TRMartyr Theopistus of RomeA martyr of Rome, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• Confessor Agapetus I of RomeBishop of Rome from 535 to 536, who died at Constantinople during a mission to Emperor Justinian.
• Venerable Maximus the ConfessorMonk and theologian who defended the faith against Monothelitism, tortured and exiled, died in Lazica in 662.
• Venerable Vincent MadelgariusBenedictine monk of present-⁠day Belgium, who died in 677 at Soignies; remembered on 20 September.
• Venerable Euphrosyne of SuzdalDaughter of the martyr Michael of Chernigov, born Princess Feodulia, a nun at Suzdal who reposed in 1250.
• Venerable Zosima VerkhovskySchemamonk and spiritual writer, founder of two convents, born in 1768 and died in 1833.
• Martyr Eustathius of ApsiliaSon of a patrician of the Apsilians, baptized on the eighth day, executed about 740 for the faith.
• Saint Anatoly KamenskyArchbishop of Irkutsk, a deacon's son and member of the Fourth State Duma, who died in 1925 in Omsk.
• HGSaint Hilarion GrigorovichBorn in Sosnytsia, Bishop of Krutitsy, venerated locally in the Ukrainian Church, who died in 1759 in Moscow.
• PBVenerable Polycarp of BryanskAbbot, founder and first superior of the Transfiguration Monastery in Bryansk.
• ASMartyr Anastasius of SalonaA fuller from Aquileia who moved to Salona in Dalmatia and was martyred for his faith in 304.
• AEHieromartyr Andrew of EphesusA cleric of the Church of Ephesus who died a martyr for his faith in Christ.
• HEHieromartyr Hypatius of EphesusA cleric of Ephesus, who died a martyr for Christ.
• MCSaint Meletius of CyprusA hierarch of Cyprus, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
• Saint Quiriacus of TrierA priest venerated at Trier in Gaul, of the 4th century.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on September 20?

From the saints of the day: Eustathios, Eustathius, Michael, Oleg, Theodore, Theoctistus, John, Agapius, Alexander, David, Denis, Roman, Agapetus, Maximus, Vincent, Anatoly, Hilarion, Anastasius, Andrew, Hypatius, Meletius. 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 20?

From the women saints of the day: Theopista, 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.