A baptismal name for a boy
Michael
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Michael
Saint MichaelNovember 8Chief of the angelic powers, honored as protector of the Church and victor over evil.
Passion-Bearer Michael of TverNovember 22Prince of Tver and grand prince of Vladimir, killed at the Golden Horde at Sarai in 1318.
Martyr Michael of ChernigovSeptember 20Prince of Chernigov and Grand Prince of Kiev, put to death in 1246 in the Golden Horde at Sarai.
Saint Michael ChoniatesJuly 4Byzantine cleric and writer born at Chonae, Metropolitan of Athens, who died around 1220..jpg)
Saint Michael I of KyivJune 15Considered the first Metropolitan of Kyiv and all Rus, from 988 until his death in 992.
Venerable Michael MaleinosJuly 12Byzantine monk highly respected in Asia Minor, uncle of Nikephoros Phokas, who died in 961.
Saint Michael of SynnadaMay 23Metropolitan of Synnada from 784 to 815, sent on missions to Harun al-Rashid and Charlemagne; died in 826.
Fool-for-Christ Michael of KlopskJanuary 11Russian monk and fool for Christ at Holy Trinity Monastery in Klopsk near Novgorod; died in 1456._01.jpg)
Hieromartyr Michael KrasnotsvetovOctober 12Priest born at Kaluga in 1885 into a deacon's family, who died a martyr at Tyumen in 1937.
Hieromartyr Michael LisitsynFebruary 26Russian priest and journalist who died a martyr at Ust-Labinskaya in the Kuban in 1918.
Fool-for-Christ Michael of PereslavlMarch 8Fool for Christ at Pereslavl, born to a peasant family, a local saint of the Yaroslavl diocese; died in 1907.
Hieromartyr Michael MarkovNovember 4Priest ordained in 1909, who died in prison at Mariinsk in 1938; honored as a hieromartyr.
Questions
The name day of Michael is November 8, the feast of Saint Michael. It is also kept on November 22, September 20, July 4, June 15, July 12, May 23, January 11, October 12.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Michael, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Michael is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Michael as patron.