Baptismal names for children born on September 26

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, October 3

All the saints of September 26

• Apostle John the TheologianThe beloved disciple of the Lord, author of the fourth Gospel and Revelation, who died at Ephesus.
• Saint Eusebius of RomeBishop of Rome in 309, sent into exile in Sicily, where he died in 310.
• Prophet GideonJudge and leader of Israel, called by God to free his people from the Midianites.
• Holy Martyrs Cyprian and JustinaChristians of Antioch, martyred at Nicomedia in the persecution of Diocletian in 304.
• Right-⁠Believing Neagoe BasarabPrince of Wallachia from 1512 to 1521, builder of the monastery at Curtea de Argeș, who died in 1521.
• Venerable Platonida of ArgeșLady Milica Despina, wife of Neagoe Basarab and regent of Wallachia (1521-1522), later the nun Platonida; died in 1554.
• Hieromartyr Nikolai GashevArchpriest of the Elijah Cathedral in Perm, who died in 1930 and was glorified as a new martyr in 2000.
• ALHieromartyr Alexander LevitskyA Russian priest who died a martyr for his faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
• ASaint AmantiusA hierarch honored at Perugia in Umbria, reposed around 600.
• ADHieromartyr Athanasius DokukinA Russian priest put to death for his faith in Christ in 1937 during the communist persecution.
• CEVenerable Colman EloA nephew of Saint Columba, founder of the monastery of Lann Elo in Ireland, reposed around 610.
• CRSaint Colman of Ros BranduibhA saint of Ros Branduibh, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
• DKConfessor Demetrius KryuchkovA Russian confessor of the faith, who died in 1952.
• DRHieromartyr Demetrius RozanovA Russian priest who died a martyr for his faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
• ESaint EnnathaA holy woman commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• HMartyr Hira
• JCVenerable John the Cave-⁠dwellerA venerable ascetic of the village of Sia in Cyprus; venerated locally.
• JZMartyr John ZolotovA martyr of the Russian Church, who died in 1937.
• Saint Justin PolyanskyBishop of Ufa, who reposed in 1903; glorified locally.
• KMartyr KyraA woman martyr of the Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
• MSaint MariamneA holy woman commemorated in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
• MSaint MarthaA holy woman named Martha, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• MVenerable MeuganA Welsh holy monk, a disciple of Saint Illtud.
• Martyr MiniaA martyr, remembered in the ancient martyrologies of the Church.
• Venerable Nilus of RossanoA Greek monk of Calabria, founder of the Monastery of Grottaferrata near Rome, reposed in 1004.
• SASaint Senator of AlbanoA saint honored at Albano near Rome.
• SRVenerable Stephen of RossanoVenerable honored at Rossano in Calabria; the sources preserve few details about his life.
• TSaint TheclaA holy woman named Thecla, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• Saint Vigilius of BresciaBishop of Brescia in Italy, reposed around 506.
• Hieromartyr Vladimir Vyatsky@NH
• Saint Tikhon of MoscowFirst patriarch of Moscow after the restoration of the patriarchate in 1917, who defended the Church under Soviet rule.
• Venerable Ephraim of PerekomFounder of Perekom Monastery near Novgorod, born in 1412 and died in 1492.
• Hieromartyr Michael of KulebakiArchpriest born at Diveevo in 1890, who died a martyr in 1937; canonized in 2001.
• PAVenerable Peter of AtroaByzantine monk of Bithynia who lived as an ascetic at Atroa in the eighth and ninth centuries.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on September 26?

From the saints of the day: John, Eusebius, Gideon, Nikolai, Alexander, Athanasius, Demetrius, Justin, Nilus, Stephen, Vladimir, Tikhon, Michael, Peter. 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 26?

From the women saints of the day: Platonida, Hira, Kyra, Mariamne, Thecla. 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.