A baptismal name for a boy
Solomon
5 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Solomon
Prophet SolomonDecember 13Son of David and wise king of Israel, who built the Temple in Jerusalem.
Right-Believing Solomon I the GreatApril 23King of Imereti in western Georgia from 1752 to 1766 and again from 1768 until his death in 1784.- Saint SolomonDecember 2
- Right-Believing Solomon IIFebruary 7The last king of Imereti, who died in exile at Trebizond in 1815.
- Martyr Solomon IJune 25A martyr honored in Western calendars; few details survive.
Questions
The name day of Solomon is December 13, the feast of Prophet Solomon. It is also kept on April 23, December 2, February 7, June 25.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 5 saints named Solomon, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Solomon is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Prophet Solomon as patron.