A baptismal name for a boy
Gideon
8 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Gideon
Prophet GideonSeptember 26Judge and leader of Israel, called by God to free his people from the Midianites.- Venerable Gideon of SerpukhovMay 5Monk of Serpukhov who died in 1377, venerated as a saint.
- Venerable Martyr GideonDecember 30A monk-martyr commemorated in the Serbian Orthodox calendar.
- Righteous GideonNovember 26Judge of Israel who delivered the people from Midian with three hundred men.
- Venerable Martyr Gideon of KarakallouDecember 30A monk of Karakallou on Mount Athos, who died a martyr in 1818.
- Venerable Gideon of KolitsouAn Athonite elder of Kolitsou (Vatopedi), who reposed in 1979; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Venerable Gideon of KoutloumousiouAn Athonite elder of Koutloumousiou Monastery, who reposed in 1953; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Venerable Gideon Georgescu of ProdromouA protosyncellus, abbot of the Romanian skete of Prodromou on Athos, who reposed in 1925; not formally canonized.
Questions
The name day of Gideon is September 26, the feast of Prophet Gideon. It is also kept on May 5, December 30, November 26.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 8 saints named Gideon, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Gideon is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Prophet Gideon as patron.