A baptismal name for a boy
William
5 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named William
Venerable William of GelloneMay 28Duke of Toulouse, founder of the abbey of Gellone in 804, where he became a monk.- Right-Believing William LongswordDecember 17Duke of Normandy, son of Rollo, killed in 943; the Gallican martyrologies name him a martyr at Rouen.
Venerable William of VolpianoJanuary 1Abbot of Saint-Bénigne in Dijon and a renewer of monastic life, reposed in 1031.- Venerable William of PeñacoradaMarch 20A hermit of northern Spain, reposed in 1042.
Saint William of LlíviaA saint venerated at Llívia in Cerdanya, of around 1001.
Questions
The name day of William is May 28, the feast of Venerable William of Gellone. It is also kept on December 17, January 1, March 20.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 5 saints named William, with their lives and icons.
Yes. William is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Venerable William of Gellone as patron.