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

What name to choose for the baby? Take into account the fleeting fashion or centuries -old cultural traditions? Answers in the article. As a bonus: a detailed table with the names of the boys and the indication of the holy patrons for January.

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What are holy?

Saints are not just a church calendar indicating the days of memory of the saints and the circle of church holidays. This is, first of all, a brief history of Christianity, since each name in this calendar is associated with any person or event important for Orthodoxy.
By calling your baby in the saints, you allow him to become part of the Orthodox traditions.

How to choose a child’s name for a church calendar?

Many parents complain that the names in the holy do not always correspond to the desired. In addition, many names in the saints are quite incredible (from the point of view of a modern person). But this does not mean that parents have no choice.
You can choose the name for the saints, focusing on several key dates:

On the date of birth of the baby
On the dates located in the interval from the date of birth to the date of baptism of the child
On the date of baptism of the baby and several days in advance from the date of baptism

Important: our ancestors considered the day the child’s naming the eighth day from the date of his birth.

Choosing a name for a boy in a holy

Agree, having at your disposal 30-40 dates with names, you can always choose a wonderful name to the baby. The main thing is that the fate and deeds of the saint, whose name you are going to call the baby, inspired him and you for life, full of light, wisdom and creation.

The choice of a name for the youngest representative of the family, as a rule, causes hot disputes. The wise remark of Feofan the Recluse will reconcile all relatives and friends of the baby: "Here it will be a matter without any human reasons, as God will give: for the birthdays in the hands of God."

Rely on the wisdom of the old man and open the shrines and continue to read the article. Below you will find names for boys corresponding to the Orthodox calendar for January. The tables also contain information about the meaning of each name, about its origin and about the sincere patron sabers.

The sacrament of baptism unites two hypostases of man: bodily and spiritual

The names of the boys in the holymen - January: meaning, origin, patron saint

January is a harsh month and this cannot but affect the children born this month. Among the advantages of January babies: patience, determination and restraint. You can see the names in other months in articles: february, march, april, may, june, july, august, september, october, november, december

1st of January

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Gregory	from Greek	awake	Saint Grigory Omiritsky, bishop
Ilya	biblical	My God is Yahweh	Rev. Ilya Muromets, Pechersky
Prov	from Latin	honest	Holy martyr Prov, Egyptian
Timothy	from Greek	reverent God	Holy martyr Timothy Mauritan, deacon

January 2

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Ignat	from Latin	fiery	1. The holy martyr Ignatius the God -bearer 2. Rev. Ignatius, Archimandrite Pechersky
Ivan	from the biblical John	God's mercy	1. Righteous John of Kronstad, Wonderworker 2. Martyr John of Pechersky, Code
Daniel	with Hebrew.	My God is the judge	Saint Daniil, Archbishop of Serbian

January 3

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Michael	biblical	Who is God	Holy martyr Mikhail Theological, presbyter
Nikita	from Greek	winner	Holy Martyr Nikita Belevsky, bishop
Peter	from Greek	stone, rock	Representation of St. Peter, Metropolitan
Prokop	from Greek Procopius	naked sword	Blessed Procopius
Sergey	from Etruscan	highly respectable	Holy martyr Sergius Tsvetkov, deacon (new martyr)
Theophanes	from Greek	epiphany	Saint Theophanes, Bishop of Mononasian
Filaret	from Greek	loving virtue	Saint Filaret, Metropolitan of Kyiv

4 January

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Dmitry	from Greek	belonging to Demeter	Holy Martyr Dimitri Kiranov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Fedor	from Greek	god's gift	The holy martyr Theodore Irrakhikov, Archpriest (New Martyr)

5 January

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Basil	from Greek	regal	Holy Martyr Vasily Spassky, Priest
David	with Hebrew.	darling	martyr David Dvinsky, Armenian
Ivan	from the biblical John	god's mercy	Holy Martyr John Smirnov, Hieromonk (New Martyr)
Makar	from Greek	blessed, happy	Holy Martyr Makariy Mironov, hieromonk (New Martyr)
Naum	biblical	comfortable	Saint Naum Ohrid
Paul	from Latin	small, younger	Rev. Pavel Neo -Cesarea, bishop, preacher
Basil	from Greek	regal	Holy Martyr Vasily Spassky, Priest

January 6

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Innocent	from Latin	innocent	Holy martyr Innocent trouble, archimandrite (new martyr)
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Rev. Nikolai Slavyan, Schimon
Sergey	from Etruscan	highly respectable	Holy Martyr Sergiye Mechev, Archpriest

January 7

The Christmas of the Lord and the Savior of our Jesus Christ. In Orthodox traditions, it is not customary to call children in honor of Jesus Christ. If you still chose the name Jesus for your son, then the holy patron of the baby will be the holy righteous Jesus Navin (but the date of name day will not be January 7!)

January 8

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexander	from Greek	defender	1. Holy Martyr Alexander Volkov, Priest (New Martyr) 2. Holy Martyr Alexander Krylov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Basil	from Greek	regal	Rev. Martyr Vasily Mazurenko, Hieromonk (New Martyr)
Gregory	from Greek	awake	Holy Martyr Grigory Serberinov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
David	biblical	darling	Rev. David
Dmitry	from Greek	belonging to Demeter	Holy Martyr Dimitri Skorodov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Efim	from Euphemius, from Greek	pious	Holy Martyr Efimiy Sardian, bishop
Joseph	biblical	God will increase	Apostle Joseph Varsava
Konstantin	from Greek	constant, persistent	Rev. Konstantin Sinadian (Frigian)
Leonid	from Greek	coming from a lion	Saint Martyr Leonid Antoshchenko, Bishop of Mari (New Martyr)
Michael	biblical	who, like God	1. Holy Martyr Mikhail Smirnov, Deacon (New Martyr) 2. Holy Martyr Mikhail Cheltsov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Nicodemus	from Greek	the victorious people	Rev. Nicodemus Tismansky, Romanian
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	1. Holy Martyr Nikolai Zalessky, priest 2. Holy Martyr Nikolai Tarbeev, Potoirey
Osip	from the biblical Joseph	God will increase	—
Jacob	from the biblical James	walking on the heels	Holy Martyr James Alferov, Priest (New Martyr)

January 9

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Luke	from Latin	light coloured	Rev. Luke Triglian
Stepan	from the Greek Stefan	the crown, diadem	First Martyr Stefan, Archdeacon
Tikhon	from Greek	lucky	Saint Martyr Tikhon Nikanorov, Archbishop (New Martyr)
Fedor	from the Greek Theodore	god's gift	1. Theodore I of Constantinople, Patriarch 2. Theodore drawn, Constantinople, confessor

January 10

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexander	from Greek	defender	1. Holy Martyr Alexander Ciceron, Priest (New Martyr) 2. Saint Martyr Alexander Dagaev, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Arkady	from Greek	a resident of Arcadia	Holy Martyr Arkady Reshetnikov, Deacon (New Martyr)
Dorofei	from Greek	god's gift	Holy Martyr Dorofei Melitinsky
Efim	from Greek Evfimiy	pious	Martyr Efimiy Nicomedius
Ignat	from Latin	fiery	Rev. Ignatius Lomsky, Yaroslavl
Leonid	from Greek	coming from a lion	Holy Martyr Leonid Vrma, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Nikanor	from Greek	contemplating victory	Holy Martyr Nikanor, Apostle from 70
Nicodemus	from Greek	the winning people	Holy Martyr Nicodemus Belgorod, Bishop (New Martyr)

January 11

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Ivan	from the biblical John	god's mercy	Rev. John Pechersky, monk
Benjamin	from Hebrew Beniyamin	son of the right hand, beloved son	Rev. Benjamin
George / Egor	from Greek	cultivating land	Saint George Nicomedia, bishop
Lavr, Lavrenty	—	lauren tree	Rev. Lavrenty Chernigov
Mark	from Latin	hammer	Rev. Mark Pechersky
Faddey	from Greek / s Jewish	gift of God / Praise	Rev. Fuddeus Confessor
Theophilus	from Greek	god -loving	1. Rev. Feofl Pechersky, recluse 2. Rev. Feofil Omuchsky

January 12

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Anton	From Greek or Latin	entering the battle opposing	Saint Anthony, bishop
Daniel	with Hebrew.	My God is the judge	Rev. Daniil Perevyslovsky, Archimandrite
a lion	from Greek Leon	a lion	Saint Lev, Archimandrite
Makar	from Greek	blessed, happy	Saint Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia

13th of January

Name

Origin

Meaning

The patron saint

Michael

biblical

who, like God

Holy Martyr Mikhail Berezin, Priest (New Martyr)

Peter

from Greek

stone, rock

1. Saint Peter (grave) Kyiv, Metropolitan

2. Holy Martyr Peter Troitsky (New Martyr)

January 14

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexander	from Greek	defender	1. Holy Martyr Alexander Organs, Priest (New Martyr) 2. Saint Martyr Alexander Trapitsyn, Archbishop (New Martyr)
Bogdan	from the Greek Theodot	given by God	The holy martyr Theodot
Basil	from Greek	regal	1. Saint Vasily the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea of \u200b\u200bCappadocian 2. Holy Martyr Vasily Ankiriy (Caesarean)
Vyacheslav	with ancient Slavyans.	the most important	Holy Martyr Vyacheslav Infanty, Priest (New Martyr)
Gregory	from Greek	awake	Saint Grigory Nazianzin Sr. (theologian), bishop
Eremey	from Hebrew Jeremiah	ascended by God / May the Lord elevate	Rev. Martyr Jerimiya Leonov, monk (new martyr)
Ivan	from the biblical John	God's mercy	1. Holy Martyr John Suldin, Priest (New Martyr) 2. Holy Martyr John Smirnov, Priest (New Martyr)
Michael	biblical	Who is God	Holy Martyr Mikhail Blave, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Martyr Nikolai Bezhanitsky, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Peter	from Greek	stone, rock	Martyr Peter Peloponnesky
Plato	from Greek	wide	Holy Martyr Plato (Kulbush) Revelsky, bishop (New Martyr)
Trofim	from Greek	breadwinner	Holy Martyr Trofim Mashin, Priest (New Martyr)
Theodosius	from Greek Theodosius	God-given	Rev. Theodosius Triglian, hegumen
Jacob	from the biblical James	walking on the heels	Holy Martyr James Alferov, Priest (New Martyr)

January 15

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Basil	from Greek	regal	Martyr Vasily Petrov (New Martyr)
Kozma	from Greek	world order, universe	Saint Cosma Constantinople, Archbishop
Mark	from Latin	hammer	Rev. Mark Deaf
Modest	from Latin	modest, unpretentious	Holy Martyr Modest
Peter	from Greek	stone, rock	Rev. Peter Roman
Seraphim	from Hebrew	fire Angel	Rev. Seraphim Sarov, Wonderworker
Sergey	from Etruscan	highly respectable	Holy Martyr Sergius
Sidor	from Isidor	the gift of Isis	Blessed righteous Isidore
Sylvester	from Latin	forest	Holy Sylvester, Pope

16 January

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Gordia	on behalf of King Gordia	—	Holy Martyr Gordy Cappadocian, centurion

January 17

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexander	from Greek	defender	1. Holy Martyr Alexander, bishop 2. Holy Martyr Alexander Skalsky, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Aristarch	from Greek	the best boss	Holy Martyr Aristarchus Alamiysky, bishop
Artem / Artemy	from Greek	healthy, unharmed	Apostle from 70 Artem Librian, bishop
Archp	from Greek	the main rider	Apostle from 70 Arkhip
Athanasius	from Greek	immortal	Rev. Athanasius Syandem, Vologda
Denis	from Greek Dionysus	The god of fertility and winemaking	Holy martyr Dionysius Areopagit Athens, bishop
Efim	from Greek Evfimiy	pious	Rev. Martyr Efimiy Vatopedsky, abbot
Zosim	from Greek	gathering on the road	Rev. Martyr Zosim Kiliki, desert
Joseph / Osip	biblical	God will increase	Apostle from 70 Joseph Varsava
Carp	from Greek	fetus	Apostle from 70 carp
Clement / Klim	with Greek / from Latin	vine / gracious	Apostle from 70 Clement, Bishop of Roman
Kondrat / Kondraty	from Greek	square, broad -shouldered	Apostle from 70 Kondrat Afinsky
Luke	from Latin	light coloured	Apostle from 70 Luki
Mark	from Latin	hammer	Apostle from 70 Mark John the Evangelist, bishop
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Martyr Nikolai Maslov, Priest (New Martyr)
Ostap	from Greek Eustathius	stable	Saint Eustathius the First Serbian, Archbishop
Paul	from Latin	small, younger	Saint Martyr Pavel Filitsyn, Priest (New Martyr)
Prokhor	from Greek	saw	Apostle from 70 Prokhor Nikomidian, bishop
Rodion	from the Greek Herodion	hero, heroic	Apostle from 70 Herodion Patrasky, bishop
Semyon	from Simeon	listening	1. Apostle from 70 Simeon Jerusalemsky 2. Apostle from 70 Simeon Niger
Stepan	from the Greek Stefan	the crown, diadem	1. Apostle from 70 Stefan First Martyr, Archbishon 2. Holy Martyr Stefan Ponomarev, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Terenty	roman birth name	smooth, polite	Apostle from 70 Terenty iconiki, bishop
Timothy	from Greek	reverent God	Apostle from 70 Timofey Ephesian, bishop
Trofim	from Greek	breadwinner	Apostle from 70 trofim
Faddey	from the Greek Theodore	the gift of God	Apostle from 70 Fadde
Philip	from Greek	horses	1. Apostle from 70 Philip 2. Holy Martyr Philip Grigoryev, Archpriest
Jacob	from the biblical James	walking on the heels	Apostle from 70 James

January 18

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Gregory	from Greek	awake	Rev. Gregory Acritic
Joseph / Osip	biblical	God will increase	Martyr Joseph Bespalov (New Martyr)
Matvey	from the New Testament Matthew	granted by God	Martyr Matthew Gusev (New Martyr)
Novel	from Latin	roman	1. Rev. martyr Roman from Carpenisia 2. Holy Martyr Roman Lacedaemonets
Sergey	from Etruscan	highly respectable	Saint Martyr Sergius Lavrov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Thomas	biblical	twin	Holy Thomas

January 19

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Ivan	from the biblical John	God's mercy	Martyr Ivan Lyubimov (New Martyr)

January 20th

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Athanasius	from Greek	immortal	Martyr Athanasius Atali
Basil	from Greek	regal	Holy Martyr Vasily Arkhangelsk, Priest
Ivan	from the biblical John	God's mercy	1. Martyr Ioann Malyshev (Nvom Martyr) 2. The "" of John, the Baptist and the Baptist of the Lord

January 21

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Anton	From Greek or Latin	entering the battle opposing	Holy Martyr Anton Egyptian
Victor	from Latin	winner	Holy Martyr Viktor Usov, Priest (New Martyr)
Vladimir	from Old Russian	who owns the world	Saint Martyr Vladimir Pasternatsky, Archpriest
George / Egor	from Greek	cultivating land	Rev. George Khosevit
Gregory	from Greek	awake	Anti -like martyr Grigory Pechersky, Wonderworker
Dmitry	from Greek	belonging to Demeter	Holy martyr Dimitri Plyshevsky, priest
Evgeniy	from Greek	noble	Martyr Eugene
Emelyan	from Greek	affectionate, flattering	Rev. Emilian Kizic, Rev.
Ilya	biblical	My God is Yahweh	Rev. Elijah Egyptian
Michael	biblical	Who is God	St. Mikhail Rozov, Priest (New Martyr)
Julian / Julius	roman birth name	—	Holy martyr Julian Egyptian, hegumen

January 22

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Zakhar	from the biblical Zachariah	memory of the Lord / Man	Martyr Zakhary
Paul	from Latin	small, younger	Holy Martyr Pavel Nikolsky, Priest (New Martyr)
Pantelei	from Greek	all -merciful	The holy martyr Panteleimon
Peter	from Greek	stone, rock	Saint Peter Sevastian, bishop
Philip	from Greek	horses	Philip the Second (Fedor Kolychev) Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia

January 23

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Anatoly	from Greek	a resident of Anatolia	Holy Martyr Anatoly Grisyuk, Metropolitan (New Martyr)
Gregory	from Greek	awake	Saint Grigory Nyssa, bishop
Zinovy	from Greek	who lives by the will of Zeus	Holy Martyr Zinovy \u200b\u200b(New Martyr)
Makar	from Greek	blessed, happy	Rev. Makariy Pisemsky
Paul	from Latin	small, younger	Rev. Pavel Obnorsky (Kovelsky)
Peter	from Greek	stone, rock	Saint Martyr Peter Uspensky, Archpriest (New Martyr)

January 24

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Vitaly	from Latin	vital	Rev. Vitaly Gasky
Vladimir	from Old Russian	who owns the world	Saint Martyr Vladimir Fokin, Priest (New Martyr)
Joseph / Osip	biblical	God will increase	Saint Joseph Cappadocian
Michael	biblical	Who is God	Saint Klopsky (Novgorod)
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Martyr Nikolai Matsievsky, Priest (New Martyr)
Stepan	from the Greek Stefan	the crown, diadem	Holy Righteous Stefan
Terenty	roman birth name	smooth, polite	The holy martyr Terenty
Fedor	from Greek	god's gift	Holy martyr Theodore Antipin, priest

The 25th of January

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Ilya	biblical	My God is Yahweh	Saint Elijah Wonderworker
Makar	from Greek	blessed, happy	Righteous Macarius
Peter	from Greek	stone, rock	Saint Moacher Peter Avsalomite (Aniysky)
Savva	with Aramaic	elder	Saint Savva Serbsky, Archbishop

January 26

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Athanasius	from Greek	immortal	Holy Martyr Athanasius
Maksim	from Latin	greatest	Rev. Maxim Kavsokalit
Nicephorus	from Greek	who brings victory	Rev. Nicephorus
Peter	from Greek	stone, rock	Holy Martyr Peter Avsalomite (Aniysky)
Jacob	from the biblical James	walking on the heels	Rev. Jacob Nizibian, bishop

January 27

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Adam	biblical	human	Rev. Adam
Andrew	from Greek	courageous	Righteous Andrey
Aristarch	from Greek	the best boss	Righteous Aristarchus
Benjamin	from Hebrew Beniyamin	son of the right hand, beloved son	Rev. Benjamin
David	with Hebrew.	darling	Rev. David
Ivan	from the biblical John	God's mercy	Confessor John Kevroletin, Jeroschimon (New Martyr)
Ilya	biblical	My God is Yahweh	Rev. Elijah
Joseph / Osip	biblical	God will increase	Rev. Joseph Raifsky (analytin)
Isaac	biblical	he will laugh	Rev. Isaac
Makar	from Greek	blessed, happy	Rev. Macarius
Mark	from Latin	hammer	Monk Mark
Moses	biblical	who was removed from the water	Monk Moses
Paul	from Latin	small, younger	Rev. Pavel
Savva	with Aramaic	elder	Rev. Savva
Sergey	from Etruscan	highly respectable	Rev. Sergius
Stepan	from the Greek Stefan	the crown, diadem	Rev. Stefan

28 January

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Varlaam	from the Chaldean	son of God	Rev. Varlaam Arkhangelsk (Keretsky)
Gabriel	from the biblical Gabriels	God is my power	Rev. Gabriel Serbian
Ivan	from the biblical John	God's mercy	Rev. John Kushnik
Michael	biblical	Who is God	Holy Martyr Mikhail Samsonov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Paul	from Latin	small, younger	Rev. Pavel Fivesky
Prokhor	from Greek	saw	Rev. Prokhor Pshinsky

January 29

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Ivan	from the biblical John	God's mercy	Holy Martyr John Petaya, Priest
Maksim	from Latin	greatest	Righteous Maxim Totemsky, priest
Peter	from Greek	stone, rock	Apostle Peter
Semyon	from Simeon	listening	Simeon Old Syrian

January 30

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Anton	From Greek or Latin	entering the battle opposing	1. Rev. Anthony the Great 2. Rev. Anthony Dymsky 3. Rev. Anthony Krasnokholmsky
Victor	from Latin	winner	Holy Martyr Victor Europeans, Priest (New Martyr)
George / Egor	from Greek	cultivating land	Martyr George
Ivan	from the biblical John	God's mercy	Saint John Rostov, bishop
Paul	from Latin	small, younger	Holy Martyr Pavel Uspensky, Priest (New Martyr)

January 31

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexander	from Greek	defender	Saint Martyr Alexander Rusinov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Athanasius	from Greek	immortal	1. Saint Afanasy the Great 2. Rev. Athanasius Sandem 3. Righteous Athanasius Navolotsky
Vladimir	from Old Russian	who owns the world	Saint Martyr Vladimir Zamkovych, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Dmitry	from Greek	belonging to Demeter	Rev. Dmitry
Evgeniy	from Greek	noble	Holy Martyr Evgeny Isad, Priest (New Martyr)
Emelyan	from Greek	affectionate, flattering	Rev. Emelian
Ephraim	from Semitic Efraim	prolific	Saint Ephraim Milassic, bishop
Illarion	from Greek	happy	Rev. Illarion
Kirill	from Greek	lord	St. Cyril Radonezh
Maksim	from Latin	greatest	Saint Maxim New
Michael	biblical	Who is God	Holy Martyr Mikhail Kargopolov, Priest (New Martyr)
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Martyr Nikolai Krasovsky, Priest (New Martyr)
Sergey	from Etruscan	highly respectable	Saint Martyr Sergius Lebedev, Priest (New Martyr)