A baptismal name for a boy· A rare, distinctive name
Leonid
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Leonid
Venerable Leonid of UstnedumskJuly 17Hieromonk born in 1551 in the Poshekhonye region, honored in the Synaxis of the Saints of Vyatka..jpg)
Hieromartyr Leonid AntoshchenkoDecember 26Bishop of Mari, vicar of the Gorky diocese, born in 1872 in Yekaterinoslav province, who died a martyr at Yoshkar-Ola in 1938.- Martyr LeonidSeptember 2A martyr of the Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Hieromartyr Leonid BiryukovichAugust 12A hieromartyr of the Russian Church, who died in 1937.
- Hieromartyr Leonid LebedevA hieromartyr of the Russian Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Venerable Martyr Leonid MolchanovOctober 31A monastic martyr of the Russian Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Hieromartyr Leonid MuravyovOctober 29A hieromartyr of the Russian Church, who died in 1941.
- Hieromartyr Leonid NikolskyOctober 20A hieromartyr of the Russian Church, who died in 1937.
- Venerable Leonid of OstrovMay 21A venerable father of Ostrov, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Venerable Leonid of PoshekhonyeMay 23A venerable father of Poshekhonye, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Martyr Leonid SalkovNovember 19A martyr of the Russian Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Hieromartyr Leonid SerebrennikovDecember 25A hieromartyr of the Russian Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
Questions
The name day of Leonid is July 17, the feast of Venerable Leonid of Ustnedumsk. It is also kept on December 26, September 2, August 12, October 31, October 29, October 20, May 21, May 23.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Leonid, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Leonid is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Venerable Leonid of Ustnedumsk as patron.