The names for the shrines for boys in March: meaning, origin, patron saint. Orthodox male names in March according to the church calendar

How to choose the perfect name for the baby? This question becomes relevant for many parents. The Orthodox shrines will help you choose the best name for your baby, tell you when his name day will be celebrated and which of the Orthodox saints protects your child.

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How to choose the right name for a child in the shrines?

There is nothing complicated in choosing a name in the shrines. Take into account the recommendations presented in the infographic below and, if possible, read the biography of the saint

How to call a child in the saints: key dates

Do not forget: the powerful of this world and ordinary people can wear one name. This means that the successful development of a person’s personality depends not only on what name he is. At the same time, the education of a holistic personality is unambiguously impossible without a spiritual component. That is why it is worthwhile to carefully study the shrines, choosing the name to your baby.

The site also presents the saints on april, may, june, july, august, september, october, november, december, january, february.

Saints names for boys in March: meaning, origin, patron saint

March 1

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Daniel	biblical	God is my judge	Martyr Daniil Egyptian, Caesarean
Ilya	biblical	My God is Yahweh	Martyr Elijah Egyptian, Caesarean
Makar	from Greek	blissful	Saint Macarius Nevsky, Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomensky
Paul	from Latin	small, younger	Holy martyr Pavel Caesarean
Samuel	biblical	God heard	Martyr Samuel Egyptian, Caesarean
Julian / Julius	roman birth name	—	Martyr Iulian Caesarean, Palestinian

2nd of March

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Michael	biblical	who, like God	Holy Martyr Mikhail Nikologorsky, Priest (New Martyr)
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Nikolai Athenian, presbyter
Paul	from Latin	small, younger	Holy Martyr Pavel Kosminkov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Novel	from Latin	roman	Rev. Roman
Fedor	from Greek	god's gift	Holy martyr Theodore Byzantine; Rev. martyr Theodore Pechersky; holy martyr Theodore Tiron

March, 3rd

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Basil	from Greek	regal	Righteous Vasily, bishop
Victor	from Latin	winner	Holy Martyr Victor
Vladimir	from Old Russian	who owns the world	Monk Vladimir Terentyev, Igumen (New Martyr)
Kuzma	from the Greek word "cosmos"	world order	Rev. Cosma Yakhromski
a lion	from Greek Leon	a lion	Saint Lev the Great, Pope
Paul	from Latin	small, younger	Martyr Pavel African

March 4

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Archp	from Greek	the main rider	Apostle from 70 Arkhip
Bogdan	from the Greek Theodot	given by God	Holy martyr Theodot Adrianopol
Dmitry	from Greek	belonging to Demeter	Holy Martyr Dimitri Volkov (New Martyr)
Evgeniy	from Greek	noble	Rev. Evgeny Antokhi, Mauritan, presbyter
Makar	from Greek	blissful	Monk Macarius Anthiyan, Mauritan, presbyter
Maksim	from Latin	greatest	Holy Martyr Maxim Adrianopol
Nikita	from Greek	winner	Holy martyr Nikita new
Fedor	from Greek	god's gift	Rev. Theodore Sanaxar

the 5th of March

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Anton	from Latin	who enters the battle	Rev. Martyr Anthony Valaam
Athanasius	from Greek	immortal	Rev. Martyr Vasily Valaam
Basil	from Greek	regal	Rev. Martyr Vasily Valaam
David	with Hebrew.	darling	Rev. Martyr David Valaam
Denis	from Greek Dionysus	The god of fertility and winemaking	Rev. Martyr Dionysius Valaam
Ivan	from the biblical John	god's mercy	Rev. Martyr John Valaam
Ignat	from Latin	fiery	Rev. Martyr Ignatius Valaam
a lion	from Greek Leon	a lion	Saint Lev Katan, bishop
Leonty	from Greek Leontios	lion	Rev. Martyr Leonty Valaam
Luke	from Latin	light coloured	Rev. Martyr Luke Valaam
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Martyr Nikolai Rozov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Savva	with Aramaic	elder	Rev. Martyr Savva Valaam
Sergey	from Etruscan	highly respectable	Rev. Martyr Sergius Valaamsky
Tikhon	from Greek	fate	Rev. Martyr Tikhon Valaamsky
Fedor	from Greek	god's gift	Rev. Martyr Theodore Valaam
Philip	from Greek	horses	Rev. Martyr Philip Valaam
Thomas	with Hebrew.	twin	Rev. Martyr Thomas Valaam
Yang	form of Heavy Evr. Name Johanan	God is merciful	Rev. Martyr John Valaam
Yaroslav	with ancient Russian.	glorious vitality	Saint Blessed Yaroslav the Wise, Prince

March, 6

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexander	from Greek	defender	Saint Martyr Alexander Vislyansky, Priest (New Martyr)
George / Egor	from Greek	cultivating land	Saint George Amastrid, bishop
Gregory	from Greek	awake	Holy Martyr Grigory Khlebov, Priest (New Martyr)
Daniel	biblical	God is my judge	Holy Martyr Daniil Alferov, Priest (New Martyr)
Zakhar	from the biblical Zachariah	the memory of the Lord	Rev. Zakharia of Jerusalem, Patriarch
Ivan	from the biblical John	god's mercy	Saint John Scholastik Constantinople, Patriarch
Konstantin	from Greek	constant, persistent	Holy Martyr Konstantin Pyatikrestovsky, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Ostap	from Greek Eustathius	stable	Saint of Eustafiyantioch, Archbishop
Paul	from Latin	small, younger	Holy Martyr Pavel Bratovorov, Deacon (New Martyr)
Timothy	from Greek	reverent God	Rev. Timothy Olympic (in symbols), desert

March 7

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Andrew	from Greek	courageous	Holy martyr Andrey Elevyshev (New Martyr); Saint Martyr Andrey Yasenev, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Athanasius	from Greek	immortal	Rev. Athanasius of Pavlopetrovsky, confessor
Victor	from Latin	winner	Saint Martyr Viktor Morigerovski, Priest (New Martyr)
Vladimir	from Old Russian	who owns the world	Saint Martyr Vladimir Ilyinsky, Priest (New Martyr)
Ivan	from the biblical John	god's mercy	Holy Martyr John Svatenikov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Joseph / Osip	biblical	God will increase	Saint Martyr Joseph Smirnov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Michael	biblical	who, like God	Holy Martyr Mikhail Gorbunov, Priest (New Martyr)
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Holy martyr Nikolai Nekrasov, psalmist (new martyr)
Sergey	from Etruscan	highly respectable	Holy martyr Sergius Belokurov, priest (new martyr); Rev. Martyr Sergius Bukashkin, Hieromonk
Stepan	from the Greek Stefan	the crown, diadem	Holy Martyr Stefan Frantov, psalmist (New Martyr)
Fedor	from Greek	god's gift	Holy martyr Theodore Apameisky
Philip	from Greek	horses	Martyr Philip Apamesky

March 8

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexander	from Greek	defender	Holy Rev. Alexander Constantinople, Igumen
Alexei	from Greek	protective	Holy Martyr Alexy, Priest (New Martyr)
Demyan	from Greek Damianos or Latin Damian	to humble or dedicated to the goddess Damia	Rev. Damian Esfigmensky; Rev. Martyr Damian New; Saint Damian Syrian, Hermit
Ivan	from the biblical John	god's mercy	Rev. Herringman John Syrian
Clement	from Greek	gracious	Holy Martyr Clement
Kuzma	from the Greek word "cosmos"	world order	Rev. Cosmas Zograf
Michael	biblical	who, like God	Holy Martyr Mikhail Razhkin, Priest (New Martyr)
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Martyr Nikolai Dmitrov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Sergey	from Etruscan	highly respectable	Saint Martyr Sergius Borodavkin (New Martyr)

9th of March

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Ivan	from the biblical John	god's mercy	Holy martyr John Prophet (forerunner, baptist)
Illarion	from Greek	joyful, cheerful	Saint Hilarion, bishop

10th of March

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexander	from Greek	defender	Saint Martyr Alexander Vinogradov, Priest (New Martyr)
Anton	from Latin	who enters the battle	Holy Martyr Anthony
Evgeniy	from Greek	noble	St. Eugene
Taras	from Greek Tarasios	rebel, restless	Saint Tarasiy Constantinople, Patriarch
Fedor	from Greek	god's gift	Blessed Theodore

March 11th

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Ivan	from the biblical John	god's mercy	Holy martyr John Calfas, architect
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Righteous Nikolai Local (Local)
Peter	from Greek	rock, stone	Holy Martyr Peter Varlamov, Priest (New Martyr)
Sevastian	from Greek	highly respectable	Holy Martyr Sevastian Roman
Sergey	from Etruscan	highly respectable	Saint Martyr Sergius Voskresensky, Priest (New Martyr)

March 12

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Makar	from Greek	blissful	St. Macarius of Jerusalem, bishop
Michael	biblical	who, like God	Holy Martyr Mikhail Markov, psalmist (New Martyr)
Peter	from Greek	rock, stone	Holy Martyr Peter Uspensky, Priest (New Martyr)
Stepan	from the Greek Stefan	the crown, diadem	Rev. Stefan
Timothy	from Greek	reverent God	Rev. Timothy Caesarea
Julian / Julius	roman birth name	—	The holy martyr Julian
Jacob	from the biblical James	walking on the heels	Rev. Jacob Syrian

March 13

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Arseny	from Greek	courageous	Holy Martyr Arseny Matsevich, Rostov and Yaroslavsky, Metropolitan
Basil	from Greek	regal	Rev. Vasily Dekapolit, confessor
Nestor	from Greek	returned home	Saint Nestor Pergian, Magiddian, bishop
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Blessed Nikolai Sallos Pskovsky
Semyon	from Heaven. Simeon	the one whom God heard	Apostle from 70 Simon Kirinean

March 14th

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexander	from Greek	defender	Saint Martyr Alexander Ilyenkov, Priest (New Martyr)
Anton	from Latin	who enters the battle	Holy martyr Anthony Korzh, hierodeacon (new martyr); Holy Martyr Anthony
Basil	from Greek	regal	Holy Martyr Vasily Nikitsky, Priest (New Martyr)
Benjamin	from Heaven. Benjamin	the son of the right hand	Holy Martyr Veniamin Donomintsev, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Ivan	from the biblical John	god's mercy	Holy Martyr John Streltsov, Priest (New Martyr)
Michael	biblical	who, like God	Holy Martyr Mikhail Bukrinsky, Priest (New Martyr)
Nestor	from Greek	returned home	Holy martyr Nestor Pergian
Peter	from Greek	stone, rock	Saint Martyr Peter Lyubimov, Archpriest (New Martyr)

March 15th

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Arseny	from Greek	courageous	Saint Arseny of Tverskaya, bishop
Bogdan	from the Greek Theodot	given by God	Saint Theodot Kirinean, bishop
Joseph / Osip	biblical	God will increase	Saint Joseph
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Righteous Nikolai Planas Athenian, Priest
Savva	with Aramaic	elder	Rev. Savva Tverskoy, abbot

March 16

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Michael	biblical	who, like God	Martyr Mikhail Stroyev (New Martyr)

March 17

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexander	from Greek	defender	Saint Martyr Alexander Likharev, Priest (New Martyr)
Basil	from Greek	regal	Saint Belly Vasily (Vasilko) Rostov, prince
Vyacheslav	with ancient Sneslav.	the most important	Boar Vyacheslav Czech, prince
George / Egor	from Greek	cultivating land	Saint Besweight George (Yuri) Vladimir, prince
Gregory	from Greek	awake	Holy Martyr Grigory Khlebov, Priest (New Martyr)
Daniel	biblical	God is my judge	Board Daniel Moscow, prince
Paul	from Latin	small, younger	Holy martyr Pavel Ptolemaidsky
Jacob	from the biblical James	walking on the heels	Rev. Jacob Karmilsky, Postnik

March 18

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Adrian	roman birth name	oriacate	Rev. Adrian Poshekhonsky, Yaroslavl, Igumen
George / Egor	from Greek	cultivating land	The holy martyr George
David	with Hebrew.	darling	Boar David Yaroslavl, prince
Ivan	from the biblical John	god's mercy	Holy martyr John Bulgarian
Kirill	from Greek	lord	Holy Martyr Cyril
Konstantin	from Greek	constant, persistent	Besweight Konstantin Yaroslavl, prince
Luke	from Latin	light coloured	Saint Luke Simferopol, Archbishop, (New Martyr)
Mark	from Latin	hammer	Rev. Mark Nitrian, Egyptian, posttaken
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Nikolai Velimirovich Okrid, bishop
Fedor	from Greek	god's gift	Holy Borous Theodore Rostislavovich Black, Smolensky, Yaroslavl, prince

March 19

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Arkady	from Greek	a resident of Arcadia	Rev. Arkady Cyprus
Konstantin	from Greek	constant, persistent	Holy Martyr Konstantin Ammoresky (Frigian)
Maksim	from Latin	greatest	Rev. Martyr Maxim
Fedor	from Greek	god's gift	Holy martyr Theodore Ammorean
Julian / Julius	roman birth name	—	The holy martyr Julian

20th of March

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Basil	from Greek	regal	Enlightener Vasily Khersones, bishop
Evgeniy	from Greek	noble	Saint Evgeny Khersones, bishop
Emelyan	from Greek	affectionate	Rev. Emilian Italian
Ephraim	from the Semitic Efraim	prolific	Saint Ephraim Khersonesky, bishop
Lavr, Lavrenty	—	lauren tree	Rev. Lavrenty, Ktator
Nestor	from Greek	returned home	Saint Nestor Treimifunta, bishop
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Martyr Nikolai Rozov, Priest (New Martyr)
Paul	from Latin	small, younger	Rev. Pavel Perepristoy

21 March

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Athanasius	from Greek	immortal	Rev. Athanasius Murom (Murmansk), Olonets, abbot
Vladimir	from Old Russian	who owns the world	Saint Martyr Vladimir Ushkov, psalmist (New Martyr)
Ivan	from the biblical John	god's mercy	Saint Martyr John Znamensky, Priest (New Martyr)

March 22

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexander	from Greek	defender	Saint Martyr Alexander (40 Sevastian martyrs)
Alexei	from Greek	protective	Saint Martyr Alexy Smirnov, Priest (New Martyr)
Athanasius	from Greek	immortal	Holy Martyr Athanasius (40 Sevastian martyrs)
Valery	from Latin	cheerful	Holy Martyr Valery (40 Sevastian martyrs)
Dmitry	from Greek	belonging to Demeter	Holy Martyr Dmitry Glivenko (New Martyr)
Ivan	from the biblical John	god's mercy	Holy Martyr John (40 Sevastian martyrs)
Irakli	from Greek Hercules	glory to Hera	Holy Martyr Irakli (40 Sevastian martyrs)
Kirill	from Greek	lord	Holy Martyr Cyril (40 Sevastian martyrs)
Leonty	from Greek Leontios	lion	Holy Martyr Leonty (40 Sevastian martyrs)
Mark	from Latin	hammer	Monk Mark
Michael	biblical	who, like God	Holy Martyr Mikhail Maslov, Priest (New Martyr)
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Martyr Nikolai Goryunov, Protodiacon (New Martyr)
Peter	from Greek	stone, rock	Holy Martyr Peter Cosmodamian, Priest (New Martyr)
Sergey	from Etruscan	highly respectable	Holy Martyr Sergius Lebedev, priest
Taras	from Greek Tarasios	rebel, restless	Rev. Tarasi Likaonian

March 23

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Victor	from Latin	winner	Holy martyr Victor Korinfsky
George / Egor	from Greek	cultivating land	Rev. George Arselsky
Denis	from Greek Dionysus	The god of fertility and winemaking	Holy Martyr Dionysius Corinthian
Dmitry	from Greek	belonging to Demeter	Holy martyr Dimitry Legueido, priest (New Martyr)
Ivan	from the biblical John	god's mercy	Rev. John Khakhulsky
Leonid	from the ancient Greek. Leonidas	a similar to the lion	Holy Martyr Leonid Corinthian
Mark	from Latin	hammer	Monk Mark
Michael	biblical	who, like God	Saint Martyr Mikhail (Mavrudis, Mavrusid) Solunsky
Paul	from Latin	small, younger	Holy martyr Pavel Corinthian

March 24

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Basil	from Greek	regal	Saint Vasily Malakhov, Priest (New Martyr)
George / Egor	from Greek	cultivating land	Rev. George Sinait
Efim	from Greek Evfimiy	pious	Saint Evfimiy Novgorod, Archbishop
Ivan	from the biblical John	god's mercy	Rev. John Moskh

March, 25

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexander	from Greek	defender	Saint Martyr Alexander Derzhavin, Priest (New Martyr)
Vladimir	from Old Russian	who owns the world	Saint Martyr Vladimir Volkov, Archimandrite (New Martyr)
Gregory	from Greek	awake	Saint Grigory the Great (Dvoevlov), dad
Dmitry	from Greek	belonging to Demeter	Boardly Dimitri Self -sacrifice, Iversky, king
Ivan	from the biblical John	god's mercy	Saint Martyr John Plekhanov, Priest (New Martyr)
Konstantin	from Greek	constant, persistent	Saint Martyr Konstantin Sokolov, Priest (New Martyr)
Semyon	from Hebrew. Simeon	the one whom God heard	Rev. Simeon New Theologian, Igumen
Sergey	from Etruscan	highly respectable	Holy Martyr Sergius Skvortsov, Priest (New Martyr)

26 March

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexander	from Greek	defender	Holy Martyr Alexander Pidnsky, presbyter
Gregory	from Greek	awake	Holy Martyr Grigory Pospelov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Michael	biblical	who, like God	Saint Martyr Mikhail Okolovich, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Martyr Nikolai Popov, Priest (New Martyr)

March 27

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Michael	biblical	who, like God	Boar Mikhail Mstislavich Kyiv, prince (in the world Rostislav)
Rostislav	from Slavyansky	growing glory

March 28

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexander	from Greek	defender	Martyr Alexander Egyptian, Caesarean, Palestinian
Alexei	from Greek	protective	Holy Martyr Alexy Vinogradov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Denis	from Greek Dionysus	The god of fertility and winemaking	Holy Martyr Dionysius Corinthian
Michael	biblical	who, like God	Holy Martyr Mikhail Theological, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Timothy	from Greek	reverent God	Holy martyr Timola (Timofei) Caesarean, Palestinian

March 29

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexander	from Greek	defender	Saint Alexander Roman, dad
Denis	from Greek Dionysus	The god of fertility and winemaking	Righteous Dionysius
Emelyan	from Greek	affectionate	Saint Emilian
Ivan	from the biblical John	god's mercy	Rev. John Rufian
Paul	from Latin	small, younger	St. Paul
Novel	from Latin	roman	Holy martyr Roman Parisky
Trofim	with ancient Greek.	breadwinner	Holy Martyr Trofim Laodiki
Julian / Julius	roman birth name	—	Holy Martyr Iulian Anazarvsky

March 30

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexander	from Greek	defender	Saint Martyr Alexander Polivanov, Priest (Velom Martyr)
Alexei	from Greek	protective	Rev. Alexy, the man of God
Victor	from Latin	winner	Saint Martyr Viktor Kiranov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Gabriel	from Heaven. Gabriel	God's warrior	Holy Martyr Gabriel MCIRE
Makar	from Greek	blissful	Rev. Makariy Kalyazinsky, Igumen
Paul	from Latin	small, younger	Rev. Martyr Pavel

March 31

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Daniel	biblical	God is my judge	Rev. Daniil Egyptian
Dmitry	from Greek	belonging to Demeter	Holy Martyr Dimitri Rozanov, Priest (New Martyr)
Kirill	from Greek	lord	Rev. Cyril Astrakhan; Saint Kirill of Jerusalem, Patriarch
Trofim	with ancient Greek.	breadwinner	Holy Martyr Trofim Nikomedi