A baptismal name for a boy
Jeremiah
9 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Jeremiah
Prophet JeremiahMay 1One of the great prophets of the Old Testament, who foretold the Babylonian captivity and wept over Jerusalem.
Venerable Jeremiah of the Kiev CavesSeptember 28Monk of the Kiev Caves Lavra who died about 1070, called the Clairvoyant for his gift.- Venerable JeremiahA venerable father, disciple of Saint Sabbas the Sanctified.
- Saint JeremiahMay 19A saint commemorated in the calendars of the Western saints.
- Martyr Jeremiah of RomeApril 6Martyr of Rome, who suffered for Christ.
- Martyr Jeremiah the EgyptianAn Egyptian, martyred at Caesarea in Palestine around the year 309.
- Venerable Martyr Jeremiah LeonovJanuary 1A monastic martyr of the Russian Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Venerable Martyr Jeremiah of SinaiJanuary 14A monk of Sinai, commemorated as a martyr in the Orthodox calendar.
- Saint Jeremiah of DamascusMay 29A saint from Damascus, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
Questions
The name day of Jeremiah is May 1, the feast of Prophet Jeremiah. It is also kept on September 28, May 19, April 6, January 1, January 14, May 29.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 9 saints named Jeremiah, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Jeremiah is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Prophet Jeremiah as patron.