A baptismal name for a boy
Lazarus
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Lazarus
Righteous LazarusOctober 17Friend of Christ from Bethany, raised by the Lord four days after his death.
Confessor Lazarus the IconographerNovember 17Icon painter born in Armenia, confessor of the veneration of icons in the age of iconoclasm; died in 867.
Saint Lazarus of MilanMarch 14Archbishop of Milan from 438 to 449, honored in the Orthodox and Catholic Churches.
Venerable Lazarus of MuromMarch 8Founder of the Dormition monastery at Murom on the eastern shore of Lake Onega, died in 1391 by tradition.
New Martyr Lazarus the BulgarianApril 23New martyr of Bulgarian origin, born in 1774 and died in 1802.- Venerable LazarusMay 27A venerable father who reposed in 1824, commemorated in the Greek calendar.
- Martyr Lazarus of PersiaMarch 28Martyr of Persia, who suffered for Christ.
- Venerable Lazarus of PskovA venerable father of the Caves Monastery in Pskov, called the Clairvoyant.
- Hieromartyr Lazarus of TripoliFebruary 23A priest-martyr of Tripoli in the Peloponnese, who died in 1605; venerated locally.
- Saint Lazarus the RighteousMarch 17Friend of the Lord, raised by Christ from the dead after four days.
- Venerable Lazarus the Hermit of PutnaA hermit at the Sihăstria of Putna in the 17th-18th centuries; named in the Romanian Paterikon, not formally canonized.
- Venerable Lazarus and AthanasiusMarch 8Holy ascetics of northern Russia, of the 14th century.
Questions
The name day of Lazarus is October 17, the feast of Righteous Lazarus. It is also kept on November 17, March 14, March 8, April 23, May 27, March 28, February 23, March 17.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Lazarus, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Lazarus is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Righteous Lazarus as patron.