A baptismal name for a boy
Manuel
9 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Manuel
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Martyr ManuelJune 17Christian martyr of Anatolia, who died in the year 362.
Hieromartyr Manuel of AdrianopleJanuary 22Bishop of Adrianople, put to death by the Bulgars during the wars of the early ninth century.- New Martyr Manuel of SfakiaMarch 15A new martyr of Sfakia in Crete, who suffered on Chios in 1792.
- Right-Believing ManuelJuly 21An emperor of Constantinople, honored among the saints in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
- Martyr ManuelOctober 30A martyr from the time of the undivided Church, honored in the Greek synaxarion.
- Martyr Manuel of CreteOctober 28Martyr of Crete, who suffered for Christ.
- Martyr Manuel of Crete the ElderMarch 15Martyr of Crete, who suffered for Christ.
- Martyr Manuel of SirmiumMarch 27Martyr of Sirmium, who suffered for Christ.
- Venerable Manuel of ZverinetsA monastic saint associated with the Zverinets caves in Kyiv.
Questions
The name day of Manuel is June 17, the feast of Martyr Manuel. It is also kept on January 22, March 15, July 21, October 30, October 28, March 27.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 9 saints named Manuel, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Manuel is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Martyr Manuel as patron.