A baptismal name for a boy
Simeon
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Simeon
Stylite Simeon the StyliteSeptember 1Syrian ascetic who lived for decades on top of a pillar near Antioch, died in 459.
Righteous Simeon the God-receiverFebruary 3Just and devout man of Jerusalem who took the infant Jesus in his arms when He was brought to the Temple.
Hieromartyr Simeon bar SabbaeApril 17Bishop of Seleucia-Ctesiphon and head of the Church in Persia, who died a martyr in the royal persecution.
Stylite Simeon Stylites the YoungerMay 24Stylite of the Admirable Mountain near Antioch, who died around 596.
Venerable Simeon of TrierJune 1Monk and recluse of Syracusan origin, who died in Germany at Trier in 1035.
Fool-for-Christ Simeon the Holy FoolJuly 21Monk and hermit of Byzantine-Syrian origin, a fool for Christ at Emesa in the sixth century.
Apostle Simeon, brother of the LordApril 27Named in the New Testament among the brothers of the Lord, counted among the Seventy and successor of James at Jerusalem.
Righteous Simeon of VerkhoturyeMay 12Righteous Russian of Merkushino, patron of the Ural region, who lived from 1607 to 1642.
Saint Simeon of TverFebruary 3First bishop of Tver, earlier bishop of Polotsk, who died on February 3, 1289.
Venerable Simeon of DajbabeMarch 19Serbian hieromonk, founder and first abbot of Dajbabe Monastery, who died in 1941.- Venerable Simeon of MantuaJuly 26Benedictine monk of Armenian origin, a hermit in Palestine and later in Italy; died in 1016.
Saint Simeon of VladimirMay 23Bishop of Vladimir in 1295-1299, then of Rostov and Yaroslavl until 1311, who died in 1314.
Questions
The name day of Simeon is September 1, the feast of Stylite Simeon the Stylite. It is also kept on February 3, April 17, May 24, June 1, July 21, April 27, May 12, March 19.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Simeon, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Simeon is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Stylite Simeon the Stylite as patron.