Beautiful female names Russian rare Orthodox. How to choose a name for baptism and not go to extremes

Book "A Thousand Names"section “Female names” (pages 7 - 104)

Want to find the best name in the world for your daughter? Then you cannot do without this book. The reference dictionary “A Thousand Names” is a practical guide for parents; in it you will find almost 400 Russian female names: from the rarest to the most popular in Russia.

Your choice will be conscious and justified, because the book is not only popular, but also scientific in nature. The names are presented in a format that is not found anywhere else, and about each name you will find information and arguments that you had no idea or even thought about before!

A complete list of female names is given at this link. Separate chapters of the “Female Names” section are devoted to the choice of godparents and popularity ratings of names of newborn girls in Russia and a number of countries (Belarus, Poland, Czech Republic, Germany, England, USA) in 2010-2015.

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What's happened godname and how is it chosen?

Passports, calendar cards, godparents, church cards female names

Not all names given in this book have a correspondence in Orthodox calendar, for example, Albina, Vlada, Vladislava, Yesenia, Carolina, Lada, Maya, Eleonora, Yaroslava, etc. For atheistic families, of course, this has absolutely no meaning. But for Orthodox believers, as well as for parents living in line with the Russian cultural and historical tradition, when choosing such names for their child, they will definitely have to solve one more problem - choosing a godname.

The name that is written in Birth certificate, called passport

(since when the child reaches 14 years of age, it is transferred to the Passport

citizen of the Russian Federation). The name given at baptism is called godfather, it is indicated in Baptismal certificate, which should be given out at the temple. “Calendar” are the names of Christian saints contained in Orthodox church calendars (“saints” or “monthly words”), and used during the baptism of children (and adults).

Many passport names clearly correspond to calendar names: Agnia,

Alexandra, Alla, Anna, Veronica, Galina, Evdokia, Zinaida, Zoya, Lydia, Lyubov, Nina, Seraphima, Tamara, Faina, ... (passport and godfather names are the same).

Sometimes the passport and church forms have slight differences: Anfisa - Anfusa, Arina - Irina, Elizaveta - Elisaveta, Christina - Christina, Natalya - Natalia, Pelageya - Pelagia, Praskovya - Paraskeva, Stepanida - Stefanida, Tatiana - Tatiana, Emilia - Emilia, Yulia - Julia. And sometimes very significant: Avdotya - Evdokia, Agrafena - Agrippina, Aksinya and Oksana - Ksenia, Alena - Elena, Victoria - Nika, Violetta - Iya, Irma - Ermionia, Lukerya - Glikeria, Olesya - Alexandra, Zhanna and Yana - Joanna, Polina - Paul or Apollinaria, Svetlana - Fotina or Fotinia, Snezhana - Khionia.

In all the cases considered, the passport forms of names come from the corresponding church forms. So, for example, the name Lukerya has a direct connection with the church name Glykeria, since it is its Russian transformation, and the names Oksana and Aksinya are recognized folk and literary versions of the church name Ksenia.

However, it should be said that there are no strict rules. And the presence of a connection between the passport and godfather names is not at all necessary. It is entirely possible that a person will be chosen as a passport christian name Anna or, say, Tamara, and the godname will be another Christian name, for example, Agrippina, Angelina, Evdokia or Agathia (in honor of her famous grandmother or great-grandmother).

Let's go ahead and ask a question. Can Orthodox Christians bear such “non-Orthodox” names as Aurora, Azalia, Vladislava, Yesenia, Zarina, Inga, Camilla, Carolina, Louise, Miroslava, Teresa, Yaroslava? - Yes, of course, but for the rite of naming (naming), which is performed during the process of baptism, you will need to choose another name - a church name. In principle, it can be anything, but usually it is selected so that it is either consonant, or close in meaning to the passport name.

Here is one of possible examples. They have become quite popular in Russian families.

European names Elvira (Spanish origin, from albar - “white”) and Eleonora (from Occitan allia Aenor - “other Aenor”). But these are “non-calendar names”: there are no saints of the same name in the Orthodox calendar, so it will not be possible to baptize a child in a church with these names. As a godname for each of them, you can propose, for example, such a consonant church name as Elena (“sunlight”, “solar”, Greek) or the name Leonilla (“lion”, “lioness”, Greek).

Other examples. The names Bogda na, Bozhe na and Yes na are absent in the Orthodox calendar, but close in meaning are names such as Theodora (“ God's gift"), Dorothe I ("Gift of God") and Theodosia ("God Gave") - any of them can be taken as a godfather. IN last years everything is registered large quantity such names as Vitalina and Vitaly. Obviously these are analogues male name Vitaly, which comes from the Latin word vitalis, so options for translating the name into Russian can be “full of life”, “living”, “giving life”. Obviously, Valentina can be a good godname for Vitalina and Vitalia - both in general meaning and in sound (Valentina - “strong, in good health,” from the Latin valens, meaning “strong, strong, healthy”).

Let us emphasize once again: 1) it is not at all necessary that the passport name coincide with the godfather name, 2) it is not at all necessary that the passport name have Orthodox origin(the name can be anything as long as the parents like it). Even in the hoary old days they did exactly this - every member of the princely family had two names: both a secular name and a Christian one.

So, when choosing a “non-Orthodox” name, the procedure should be as follows - in the registry office, the name chosen by the parents for the girl is written down on the Birth Certificate - for example, Miroslava, Ruslana, Zemfira, Inga or Yesenia, after which in the church she is baptized with any other church name she likes name - Varvara, Ilaria, Maria, Olga, Rufina, Serafima, Sofia or Faina. Neither the registry office nor the church has the right to influence the choice of parents. Advise and recommend - yes, but hinder - no!

Martyrs, righteous women, saints...

As already mentioned, baptism in the Russian Orthodox Church occurs simultaneously with the naming of a name. And naming is necessarily done in honor of a specific saint, who immediately becomes the “heavenly patron saint” (not to be confused with a guardian angel!). Parents have the right to ask the priest to baptize in the name and in honor of the saint whom they themselves consider most desirable and preferable for their child, for example, in honor of the Holy Martyr Agnia of Rome or the Holy Great Martyr Catherine of Alexandria, or the Holy Venerable Euphrosyne of Polotsk. As we see, each holy servant of God bears a certain “rank”: martyr, great martyr,

Reverend... What is this, how should it be understood?

• Martyrs are Christian saints who accepted violent death for their faith.
• Great Martyrs are martyrs for the faith who endured particularly severe torment.
• Venerables are nuns revered as saints for their selfless, ascetic life, entirely dedicated to God (celibacy, asceticism, fasting, prayer and physical labor in monasteries and deserts); nun (also known as nokinya), igu menya (abbess of the monastery)

• Venerable Martyrs - holy martyrs from among the nuns (nuns who accepted death for their faith)

• Virgin Martyrs - unmarried, chaste girls (not nuns) who suffered during the persecution of Christians; sometimes youths are written in the calendar and tsa(i.e. teenage girl)

• Righteous (righteous women) - these include such holy women who during their lifetime were family people, led a secular (that is, not monastic) life, and were not subjected to torture or persecution for their faith. As saints, they are revered for their righteous, that is, virtuous, correct life, especially pleasing to God (the word righteous is directly related to the words truth, right, fair)

• Myrrh-Bearing Women - women who became the first witnesses of the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead; Myrrh-bearers in ancient times were women who carried vessels with m and po m (myrrh is a fragrant, fragrant oil used in anointing and other church rites); several myrrh-bearers became the first witnesses of the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, these include Salome, Joanna, Susanna, Mary Magdalene - all of them are considered righteous saints (righteous women)

• Equal to the Apostles - “equal to the apostles”, like the apostles they enlightened different peoples, converted them to Christianity (i.e. these are missionaries, spreaders of Christianity), among the Equal-to-the-Apostles there were not only men, but also several women

• The faithful are queens and princesses who became saints for their pious lives and works to strengthen the faith and the church

• The blessed and the holy fools. Blessed, that is, “happy” (in Latin - beata): this epithet is worn by several famous saints of the 4th-9th centuries (St. Mary of Hidan, Holy Muse of Rome, Holy Queen Theophania), as well as St. Matrona of Moscow (XX century). The epithet “blessed” when applied to other Russian saints has a different meaning: holy fool (for example, holy blessed Ksenia of Petersburg, holy fool for Christ’s sake), from Old Russian ugly; holy fools prophesied, denounced bad morals, regardless of their faces, showed great wisdom in the face of apparent madness

• New martyrs - as a rule, they are understood as those who suffered for Christian faith during the years of Soviet power

In church calendars, monthly calendars, calendars, these “ranks” (categories, ranks, in other words, “faces of holiness”) are written abbreviated:

mts.

- martyr; VMC.

- great martyr; St.

- reverend; prmts.

- venerable martyr; right - righteous (righteous); equal to

- equal to the apostles; blgv.

- missus; bliss - blessed Other common abbreviations in church calendars are:

St. - holy, holy; book - prince, princess; led - great, great English equivalents (used in foreign Orthodox churches):

holy = Saint ; martyr = Martyr; great martyr = Great-martyr; reverend = Venerable ; venerable martyr = Venerable-martyr; virgin-martyr = Virgin-martyr; righteous = Righteous; myrrhbearers = Myrrhbearers; Equal-to-the-Apostles = Equal-to-the-Apostles ; enlightener = Enlightene r; missus = Right-believing (princess = Princess; queen = Queen); Holy Fool = Foolfor-Christ; new martyr = New-martyr, all dates in which differ from the modern civil calendar by 13 days. That is why the holiday of the Great October Revolution (which occurred on October 25, 1917) in the USSR was celebrated annually on November 7. That's why "old New Year"and is still celebrated on the night of January 13-14 (on church calendar this is the night from December 31 to January 1!).

Dates of the Julian, that is, church calendar are considered “old style”. And the dates

Gregorian, that is, the modern civil calendar" - "new style".

Some saints have several memorable days. For example, the holy martyr

Alexandra Ankirskaya, Holy Blessed Princess Anna Kashinskaya, Holy Martyr

Galina of Corinth and a number of others - two memorable dates each, and the holy martyr Iraida (Raisa) of Alexandria and the holy righteous Anna (mother Holy Mother of God) - three each.

For several saints, memorial days have not fixed, but movable dates (so

called rolling celebrations). For example, memory Venerable Mary Egyptian is performed on the fifth Sunday of Lent, and the memory of the righteous Salome, Joanna, and Mary Magdalene is celebrated on the Sunday of the Holy Myrrh-Bearing Women(that is, annually on the third Sunday after Orthodox Easter). The celebration of the memory of Eve (the foremother of all people), the righteous saints Susanna of Babylon, Ruth, Esther, Leah and Miriam is celebrated on the Sunday of the Holy Forefathers And on the Sunday of the Holy Fathers(that is, on the penultimate and last Sunday before Christmas); word a week in church calendars it means Sunday (from not doing, that is, resting); forefathers are the first righteous people in human history, they are mentioned in Old Testament: Adam, Eve, Abel, Noah, Abraham, etc., fathers (Godfathers) - the closest relatives of Jesus Christ: King David, righteous Joachim and Anna (parentsVirgin Mary), righteous Joseph.

When receiving a Baptismal Certificate, you must ensure that it contains

introduced full name the saint in whose honor the name was given, and the date of her memory.

An interesting exception to the rule are the names Inna and Rimma. In Russia they

are considered feminine, but it should be borne in mind that in the Orthodox calendar they are contained in the section “Male names”. So heavenly patrons and the intercessors of all women bearing the names Inna and Rimma are men - the holy martyrs of the 2nd century Inna Novodunsky and Rimma Novodunsky, disciples of St. Andrew the First-Called.

If the task is to choose a godname for a girl (that is, choose a name

corresponding saint) based on her birthday (or the day of baptism), you need to turn to the Monthly Dictionary. The Book of Months is a book in which the days of remembrance of saints are arranged by day of the year (by month), its other names are Church calendar and Saints. Several convenient and high-quality church calendars and month books are presented on the Internet, including on English language. You will find links to them in the book “A Thousand Names” in the Literature section.

If you are abroad on a long business trip or on a permanent

residence - in Australia, Western Europe, in the Middle East, Canada, China, USA

or Japan, then find the nearest Orthodox church Russian Orthodox Church

Moscow Patriarchate or other Orthodox churches (Antioch, Bulgarian,

Greek, North American) the Internet links listed in the section will help you

Literature (see subsection “The Orthodox Church Abroad”).

When communicating with a priest, the information line may be useful

"The name of the godfather in foreign Orthodox churches", given in this book on many

female names, and information on the correspondence of the “ranks” of holy saints in Russian and

English (see a little higher - Martyrs, righteous women, saints...)

lives of the saints").

The entire book is only available in print.

One of the most common questions during the conversation before baptism is the question of choosing a name for the future little Christian. It is relevant not only because many Lilians and Snezhans are being baptized now, and in Tatarstan there are Rustemovs and Airatovs. The point is not only in the parents’ imagination when choosing a name “according to the passport”, but also in the superstitious ideas that they need to choose a middle name so as not to be “jinxed”. How to choose a name for baptism, what you need to know about it and how not to fall into superstitious extremes - we’ll talk about this below. First, let's figure out what meaning the Christian name carries.

Holy example

IN Orthodox Church saints are revered - people whose life path and whose loyalty and service to the Church should be an example for us. There are many saints in the Church and they served God in different capacities. Someone was a great missionary and baptized entire nations. The Church called them equal to the apostles. The other was a monk and spent his entire life in ascetic deeds. The Church calls such saints venerables. The third served God in the rank of bishop and was called a saint by the Church, and so on. The example of each of the saints is important for us, and we can and should follow it.

The saint after whom the child is named is first and foremost an example. Therefore, it is necessary to know the life of your saint! Unfortunately, now many parents name their children simply on the basis of “I like”, without having any specific saint in mind. This is probably because they themselves do not live the church life and do not know the lives of the saints.

Quite often I baptize adults and tell them that they have an amazing opportunity - to choose their own patron saint. If an adult comes with a desire to be baptized, then I ask him to read the lives of the saints and choose the one whose life and whose feat will be closer to him. After all, a saint is an example!

According to the calendar

In Rus' there was a pious tradition - to name children according to the calendar, that is, in honor of the saints whose memory falls on the closest dates to the child’s birthday. It is quite possible to name a child in this way. But you need to remember one thing: a name is a practical thing. We baptize in order to further put our faith into practice: go to church, take communion, confess. Imagine the situation. A big holiday, many communicants in the temple. A man comes up to the Chalice and says that he is “God’s servant Polyeuctus” or Philogonius or some other complex name. All of them are in the calendar. But not every priest knows the calendar by heart. And there’s a long line to the Chalice! Most likely, he will ask in which church he was baptized with that name or whether he was baptized at all. Still, it’s difficult to explain every time that he was baptized with a name in honor of a saint whose memory is in the calendar of such and such a date.

The practice of naming children according to the calendar is undoubtedly good. But even here you should treat everything with restraint: choose simpler names. After all, children with these names will then have to go to church and participate in the Sacraments of the Church.

Baptize as is

The simplest and, at the same time, the most ideal case is baptism with the name that is written on the birth certificate. Nikolai remains Nikolai, Alexander remains Alexander. Artem leans towards Church Slavonic Artemy, and Svetlana leans towards Fotinya. Everything here is simple and clear.

Exotic name

Often, parents show jealousy beyond reason and call their child some exotic name. In this case, there are two options. The first is to choose something consonant. For example, Snezhana may well become Anna, Liana - Leah, and so on. The second option is to choose a completely dissonant name, just one that the person likes. It may well turn out that the parents spent a long time choosing between Zhanna, as they eventually named the child, and the ordinary Russian Maria.

From damage

Unfortunately, we often have to deal with a situation where parents want to baptize their child with a different name “so as not to jinx it.” According to their version, the name received in baptism cannot be told to anyone, it must be secret and then no one can cause damage. As a rule, such parents can almost always be identified during a conversation before baptism. They ask about the middle name and when asked “why do you need it,” they begin to hesitate, become embarrassed, or directly say that they need to fight corruption. I definitely refuse such people and baptize them only with the name written on the birth certificate.

Let's sum it up

Saints are examples. By naming a child in honor of this or that saint, we seem to encourage him to follow the path of his saint, to imitate him. You can choose a name according to the calendar, you can choose any other, but it is best to focus on the lives of the saints and not forget that they are examples for us.

If you named your child an “exotic name,” then you can choose either a consonant name or a name in honor of some saint.

And the most important thing. A name is needed in order to participate in church life, and not in order to “fight corruption.”

When considering names in the Russian cultural tradition, we can identify a historically established group of names that are closely associated with Russian religion and culture. This group of names is usually called church, Orthodox or canonical names. Most of these names are included in the church calendar, which, in addition to the names, mentions the dates of memory of the saints who glorified each name. Some church names are of Greek origin, and there are also Hebrew, Latin and Slavic names.

In past centuries, church names included only those names that children were called at baptism, and those that monks took upon tonsure. Over time, the group of church names replaced the group of non-canonical names from frequent use. Orthodox names have become very popular when parents choose personal names for children. Gradually came into widespread use church names began to acquire a pronunciation more convenient for Russian people.

Female names according to Saints

ALEXANDRA courageous (Greek). Martyr: March 20 (April 2), April 23 (May 6), May 18 (31), November 6 (19).

ANASTASIA resurrection (Greek). Martyr: April 15 (28), October 30 (November 12), December 22 (January 4). Venerable Martyr: October 29 (November 11). Reverend: March 10 (23).

ANNA H grace (Hebrew). Prophetess: February 3 (16), August 28 (September 10), December 9 (22). Righteous: July 25 (August 7), September 9 (22), December 9 (22). Martyr: March 26 (April 8), July 5 (18), October 22 (November 4), November 20 (December 3). Reverend: June 13 (26), October 29 (November 11). Blessed Princess: February 10 (23), June 12 (25), October 2 (15).

ANTONINA acquiring in return (Greek). Martyr: March 1 (14), June 10 (23), June 13 (26).

ANFISA blooming (Greek). Martyr: August 27 (September 9), December 8 (21). Reverend: July 27 (August 9).

ARIADNE Strictly maintaining marital fidelity (Greek). Martyr: September 18 (October 1).

VARVARA foreigner (Greek). Great Martyr: December 4 (17). Venerable Martyr:

VASILISSA regal (Greek). Martyr: January 8 (21), March 10 (23), April 15 (28), April 16 (29), September 3 (16).

GALINA calmness, silence (Greek). Martyr: March 10 (23), April 16 (29).

EVE the foremother of all people on the Sunday of the Forefather and before the Nativity of Christ.

EVDOKIA H favor (Greek). Blessed Princess: June 23 (July 6). Blessed: June 23 (July 6). Venerable Martyr: March 1 (14), August 4 (17). Reverend: May 17 (30), July 7 (20).

EUPHROSYNE joy (Greek). Martyr: November 6 (19). Reverend: February 15 (28), May 17 (30), May 23 (June 5), June 23 (July 6), June 25 (July 8), July 7 (20), September 25 (October 8).

ELENA torch (Greek). Equal to the Apostles: May 21 (June 3). Martyr: May 26 (June 8). Blessed Princess: July 11 (24). Righteous: October 30 (November 12).

ELIZAVETA worshiping God (Hebrew). Righteous: September 5 (18). Venerable Martyr: 1st Sunday after January 24 (February 6), July 5 (18). Martyr: October 22 (November 4). Reverend: April 24 (May 7).

ESTHER righteous. On the Sunday of the Forefather.

ZINAIDA divine (Greek). Martyr: October 11 (24) ZINOVIA(Greek). Martyr: October 30 (November 12).

ZOYA life (Greek). Martyr: May 2 (15), December 18 (31). Reverend: February 13 (26).

INNA Your patron is the martyr Inna (1st-11th centuries AD). Martyr:

JOHNNA grace of God (Hebrew). Righteous: June 27 (July 10). On the Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women.

IRINA world (Greek). Martyr: April 16 (29), May 5 (18), September 18 (October 1). Righteous: May 13 (26).

JULIANIA(Ulyana). Martyr: March 4 (17), March 20 (April 2), June 22 (July 5), June 23 (July 6), August 17 (30), November 1 (14), December 4 (17), December 21 (January 3 ). Righteous: January 2 (15), June 2 (15), July 6 (19), September 28 (October 11), December 21 (January 3).

CLAUDIA. Martyr: March 20 (April 2), May 18 (31), November 6 (19), December 24 (January 6).

KSENIA foreigner, wanderer (Greek). Reverend: January 24 (February 6). Blessed: January 24 (February 6).

MARGARITA(Marina) sea (Latin). Martyr: July 17 (30). MARIAM H sister of Moses. On the Sunday of the Forefather and before the Nativity of Christ.

MARINA maritime (Latin). Martyr: July 17 (30). Reverend: February 28 (March 13).

MARIA madam (Hebrew). Equal to the Apostles: July 22 (August 4), the Week of Myrrh-Bearing Women. Righteous: on the Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women. Martyr: February 6 (19), June 7 (20), June 9 (22), July 12 (25), August 9 (22). Blessed: October 29 (November 11). Reverend: January 18 (31), January 26 (February 8), February 12 (25), April 1 (14), June 23 (July 6), July 6 (19), September 28 (October 11); on the 5th Sunday of Great Lent. Blessed Princess: June 23 (July 6).

NATALIA natural (Latin). Martyr: August 26 (September 8). NEONILLA martyr: October 28 (November 10). NINA. Equal to the Apostles: January 14 (27).

PARASKEVA Friday, cooking (Greek). Martyr: March 20 (April 2), October 28 (November 10). Venerable Martyr: July 26 (August 8). Reverend: October 14 (27).

PELAGIA(Polina) sea (Greek). Martyr: May 4 (17), October 7 (20). Reverend: October 8 (21). Righteous: October 8 (21).

RIMMA Your patron is the martyr Rimma (ICHII centuries according to R.X.). Martyr: January 20 (February 2), June 20 (July 3).

SVETLANA(Photina, Fotinia). Martyr: March 20 (April 2). Reverend: February 13 (26).

SOFIA wisdom (Greek). Reverend: 23 June (July 6). Martyr: September 17 (30), September 18 (October 1).

TAMARA palm (Georgian), from Tamar (Hebrew). Righteous: May 1 (14). On the Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women.

TATIANA Ch organizer, founder (Greek). Martyr: January 12 (25).

CHRISTINA Christ's. Martyr: February 6 (19), March 13 (26), May 18 (31), July 24 (August 6). Blessed Princess: June 23 (July 6).

Male names according to Saints

January

1 - Ilya, Timofey;

2 - Daniil, Ignat, Ivan;

6 - Nikolay;

9 - Stefan, Fedor;

10 - Ignat;

11 - Ivan, Mark;

12 - Makar;

14 - Vasily;

15 - Seraphim;

16 - Gordey;

17 - Athanasius;

21 - Georgy, Grigory, Emelyan;

22- Philip;

23 - Makar, Pavel, Gregory;

24 - Mikhail;

25 - Peter, Savva;

26 - Elizar, Yakov;

28 - Gabriel, Ivan, Pavel, Prokhor;

29 - Maxim, Peter;

30 - Anton;

31 - Afanasy, Kirill.

February

1-Savva, Makar, Fedor;

3 - Valerian, Maxim, Evgeniy;

4 - Makar, Timofey;

5 - Gennady, Clement;

6 - Ivan, Gerasim.

7- Gregory, Moses, Felix;

8 - Arkady, Ivan;

10 - Ephraim, Isaac;

11 - Gerasim, Roman, Ignatius, Lavrentiy;

12 - Vasily, Gregory, Ivan, Hippolytus, Peter;

13 - Ivan, Nikita;

14 - Peter, Tryphon;

16 - Nikolay, Roman, Semyon, Vlas;

17 - Yuri, Kirill, Nikolai;

18 - Makar;

19 - Julian;

21 - Fedor, Zakhar, Savva;

22 - Gennady, Pankrat, Nikifor, Innocent;

23 - Prokhor;

24 - Vsevolod, Gabriel, Dmitry, Vlas;

25 - Alexey, Evgeniy, Anton;

26 - Semyon;

27 - Kirill, Mikhail, Fedor, Isaac.

March

1 - Daniel, Ilya, Paul;

6 - George, Timofey;

7 - Athanasius;

8 - Alexander;

10 - Taras, Sevastyan;

13 - Vasily, Nikolay;

15 - Arseny, Bogdan;

17 - Vyacheslav, Vasily, Daniil, Gerasim;

18 - Andrian, David, Konstantin, Fedor;

19 - Arkady;

20 - Vasily, Evgeniy, Ephraim;

21 - Athanasius, Lazarus;

22 - Valery;

23 - Victor, Leonid, Pavel;

25 - Semyon, Gregory; 26 - Nikifor;

27 - Rostislav, Venedikt;

28 - Alexander, Denis;

30 - Alexey, Makar, Lazar;

31 - Kirill, Trofim.

April

1 - Innocent;

2 - Victor, Ivan, Sergey;

3 - Kirill, Yakov;

4 - Isaac, Vasily;

6 - Peter, Stefan, Zakhar, Yakov;

8 - Vasily, Gabriel;

10 - Hilarion, Stefan;

11 - Kirill, Ivan, Mark;

13 - Innocent;

16 - Nikita;

17 - George, Joseph;

20- George, Daniel, Rodion;

22 - Vadim;

23 - Alexander, Maxim, Terenty, Fedor;

24 - Ivan, Yakov, Aktin;

25 - Vasily, Isaac;

27 - Ivan, Anton, Martin;

28 - Trophimus, Aristarchus;

29 - Leonid;

30 - Alexander, Semyon.

1 - Victor, Ivan, Kuzma;

2 - George, Nikifor, Ivan, Tryphon;

3 - Alexander, Gabriel, Fedor;

5 - Vitaly, Vsevolod, Gabriel, Clement, Fedor;

b - Anatoly, Georgy;

7 - Savva, Alexei, Valentin;

9 - Vasily, Stefan;

10 - Semyon, Stefan;

11 - Vitaly, Kirill, Maxim;

12 - Ivan, Vasily, Bogdan;

13 - Yakov, Ignat, Nikita;

14 - Ignat, Makar;

15 - Afanasy, Boris, Gleb, David, Roman;

16 - Peter, Timothy;

17 - Nikifor, Isaac, Clement, Cyril, Nikita;

21 - Arseny, Ivan;

22 - Nikolay;

24 - Joseph, Kirill;

25 - German, Denis;

26 - Alexander, Makar, Efim, Georgy;

27 - Leonty;

28 -Dmitry, Pakhom;

29 - Ephraim, Fedor, Lavrenty;

31 - Peter, Denis, Bogdan.

June

1 - Dmitry, Ivan, Sergey, Ignatiy;

2 - Alexander, Alexey, Timofey;

3 - Konstantin, Mikhail, Fedor;

5 - Mikhail, Leonty;

6 - Nikita, Semyon;

8 - Georgy, Makar;

9 - Iran, Nile;

10- Ignatius, Nikita;

11 - Ivan, Isaac;

14 - Denis, Valerian;

15 - Ivan, Nikifor;

16 - Dmitry;

18 - Igor, Leonid, Fedor, Konstantin;

19,- Vissarion, Hilarion;

20 - Bogdan;

21 - Vasily, Konstantin, Fedor;

22 - Alexander, Kirill;

23 - Alexander, Vasily, Ivan, Timofey;

24 - Ephraim;

25 - Arseny, Peter, Stefan;

26 - Ivan, Savva;

27 - Elisha, George, Mstislav;

28 - Gregory, Modest;

29 - Tikhon.

July

1-Leonty;

3-Gleb, Gury;

4 - Julian, Terenty;

5 - Galaktion;

6 - Artem, German, Svyatoslav;

7 - Ivan, Yakov, Anton;

8 - David, Peter;

9 - David, Denis, Tikhon;

10 - George, Samson, Martin;

11 - German, Ivan, Sergey;

12 - Peter, Pavel;

13 - Sophron, Peter;

14 - Demyan, Nikodim, Kuzma;

16 - Anatoly, Konstantin, Philip, Vasily, Ivan;

17 - Andrey, Efim;

18 - Afanasy, Sergey;

21 - Procopius;

22 - Pankrat, Kirill, Fedor;

23 - Anton;

25 - Proclus, Ivan, Fedor, Mikhail, Arseny;

26 - Gabriel, Stefan;

27 - Stefan;

28-Vasily, Vladimir;

29 - Pavel;

31 - Ivan, Emelyan.

August

1 - Roman, Seraphim;

2 - Afanasy, Ilya;

3 - Ivan, Semyon;

5 - Trofim;

6 - Boris, Gleb, Roman, David;

8 - Moses, Ermolai;

9 - Nikolai, Herman, Clement;

10 - Nikanor, Moses, Prokhor;

11 - Konstantin, Mikhail;

12 - Valentin, Ivan, German;

13- Evdokim;

14 - Elizar;

15 - Vasily, Stefan, Nicodemus;

16 - Anton, Isaac;

17 - Maximilian;

20 - Pimen;

21 - Gregory, Emelyan, Leonid;

22 - Anton, Julian;

23 - Lavrenty, Roman;

24 - Vasily, Fedor;

25 - Alexander;

26 - Ippolit, Maxim, Tikhon;

27 - Arkady;

29 - Demid;

30 - Pavel, Miron;

31 - Hilarion, Emelyan, Denis, Frol, Laurus.

September

1 - Andrey, Timofey;

2 - Samuel;

4 - Afanasy;

6 - Arseny, Peter;

8 - Andrian;

10 - Savva, Moses;

12 - Daniel, Alexander;

13- Gennady, Kupriyan;

14 - Semyon;

15 - Anton, Bogdan, Ivan;

17- Moses;

18 - Afanasy, Zakhar, Gleb, David;

19 - Makar, Mikhail, Arkhip, Kirill;

20 - Ivan, Makar;

22 - Joseph;

23 - Andrey, Peter, Pavel;

24 - Dmitry, German, Sergey;

25 - Semyon, Julian;

26 - Leonty, Valerian;

28 - Stefan, Nikita;

29 - Victor, Kupriyan.

October

2 - David, Trofim, Fedor, Igor, Konstantin;

3 - Mikhail, Oleg, Fedor;

4 - Daniel, Joseph, Dmitry;

5 - Peter, Makar;

6 - Innokenty, Ivan;

7 - Vladislav, Galaktion; 8- German, Sergey;

9 - Ephraim, Ivan, Tikhon;

10 - Aristarchus, Ignatus, Mark;

11 - Vyacheslav, Khariton;

13- Gregory, Mikhail;

14 - Roman, Savva;

15 - Andrey, Anna, Kupriyan;

16 - Denis;

17 - Vladimir, Gury;

18 - Alexey, Peter, Philip, Grigory, Matvey;

20 - Julian, Sergei, Tryphon;

22 - Peter, Jacob;

23 - Andrey;

24 - Philip;

26 - Veniamin, Nikita;

27 - Nazar;

28 - Efim, Ivan;

30 - Andrey, Anton, Lazar, Kuzma, Demyan;

31 - Joseph.

November

3 - Yakov, Hilarion;

4 - Alexander, Irakli;

5 - Yakov, Ignat;

8 - Dmitry;

9 - Mark, Nestor;

10 - Arseny, Dmitry, Terenty, Stefan;

12- Artem, Zinovy, Mark;

13 - Nicodemus, Spyridon;

14 - Kuzma, Demyan;

16 - George, Joseph;

18 - Galaktion, Gregory;

19 - Herman, Pavel;

20 - Kirill, Lazar, Bogdan, Valery;

21 - Gabriel, Michael, Raphael; 23 - Rodion;

24 - Vikenty, Victor, Maxim, Fedor;

25 - Ivan, Neil;

26 - Ivan, German, Nikifor;

27 - Gregory, Philip;

28 - Dmitry, Gury;

29 - Matvey;

30 - Gregory, Lazarus.

December

1 - Plato, Roman;

2 - Andrian;

3 - Anatoly, Gregory, Proclus;

5 - Valerian, Mikhail, Peter, Procopius, Yaropolk;

6 - Alexander, Alexey, Grigory, Makar;

8 - Peter, Clement;

9 - George, Innocent, Yakov;

10 - Vsevolod, Yakov, Gabriel, Roman;

11 - Fedor, Stefan;

13 - Andrey; Nahum;

15 - Ivan, Andrey, Afanasy, Stefan;

16 - Savva;

18 - Savva, Gury;

19 - Nikolay;

20 - Anton, Ivan, Pavel, Neil;

21 - Kirill;

22 - Sophron;

23 - Ivan, Stefan;

24 - Daniel;

25 - Alexander, Spiridon;

26 - Arkady, Arseny, Evgeny, Orest;

28 - Stefan, Tryphon.

(made it for myself, found more full list I will be glad to anyone who finds it useful)

Note - pay attention to the word “martyr” next to the names. I think this is important.

(I compared it with women I know - those names with “martyr” - they most often have a difficult fate. In my case, all of them.

The tradition of naming a child in honor of a saint goes back centuries - in Rus' it appeared after the adoption of Orthodoxy. It was believed that a person who bears the name of a saint has a close connection with him and even adopts some of his good qualities and strength. Moreover, parents, giving a child a name in honor of a powerful saint, count on the fact that this saint will be in everything life path the baby will protect him from the dark forces of evil, will be his guardian angel. A name in honor of a particular canonized saint was chosen by parents or a clergyman according to the Saints, or Monthly Book - a list of names of canonized saints compiled by months and dates. In the Saints, or Orthodox Church calendar, each date is church holiday, or the day of remembrance of the saint. Almost every day of the year is the day of remembrance of at least one saint, and in some cases there may be up to several dozen of them on the same date. The same name in the Orthodox church calendar corresponds to several dates at once - on these days the person named in honor of the saint celebrates his name day.

Names according to the calendar in the church calendar

The church calendar is an inexhaustible source of names even for modern parents who are not always true believers and Christians who observe all traditions. The fact is that the list of names of saints currently includes more than 1000 names of the saints. of various origins. Among them there are names of Slavic and Greek origin, Latin and Hebrew names. Many names from the Saints are currently an anachronism, but in recent years there has been a tendency to name a child with a rare, little-used name. If parents want to choose a rare and unusual name for their child, Saints are an excellent source of inspiration.

How to choose the right name for a child according to the Saints?

According to the rules, parents choose a name for their child according to the Saints, based on his date of birth. Most often they look at which saints are commemorated on the child’s birthday, but it is permissible to choose a name among the names of saints whose memory is celebrated on the eighth day from the child’s birth. This tradition is connected with the fact that in ancient times it was on the eighth day that the child’s naming celebration was held. If there are no suitable names that fall on the child’s birthday, as well as on the eighth day from the day of his birth, then we can choose a name from those that fall on the fortieth day from the child’s birth. This tradition is connected with the fact that it was on the fortieth day that the child was brought to the temple for baptism. As an exception, a child can be named after a particularly revered saint in the family.

There are significantly more male names in the Saints than female ones. Therefore, girls can be named in honor of a male saint if there is a used analogue of a male name in a female version: for example, if the date of birth of a girl falls on the day of remembrance of St. Eugene (Victor, Alexander, Anastasia, Apollinaria), then it is permissible to name her Eugene (Victoria, Alexandra, Anastasia, Polina) in honor of the male saint, choosing him as the patron of the child.