Names of the Saints for boys in March: meaning, origin, patron saint. Orthodox male names in March according to the church calendar - full list

How to choose the ideal name for the baby? This issue becomes relevant for many parents. Orthodox Priests will help you choose the best name for your baby, tell you when his name-day will be celebrated and who from Orthodox saints protects your child.

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Do not forget: one name can be worn by both the powerful of this world and ordinary people. This means that the successful development of a person's personality depends not only on what name he wears. At the same time, the upbringing of an integral personality is unequivocally impossible without a spiritual component. That is why you should carefully study the Saints, choosing a name for your baby.

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Names of the Saints for Boys in March: meaning, origin, patron saint

March 1

Name	Origin	Meaning	Holy patron
Daniel	biblical	God is my judge	Martyr Daniel of Egypt, Caesarea
Ilya	biblical	My God -Yahweh	Martyr Elijah Egyptian, Caesarean
Makar	with Greek	blessed	St. Macarius of Nevsky, Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna
Pavel	from Latin	small, younger	D The Holy Martyr Paul Caesarea
Samuel	biblical	God heard	Martyr Samuel Egyptian, Caesarea
Julian / Julius	Roman family name	-	Martyr Julian of Caesarea, Palestine

March 2

Name	Origin	value	patron saint
Michael	Bible	who, as God	The Holy Martyr Michael of Nikolologorsk, Priest( new martyr)
Nikolai	with Greek	the winner of the nations	Saint Nicholas of Athens, presbyter
Paul	with Latin	small, younger	Holy Martyr Paul Kosminkov, archpriest( new martyr)
Roman	with Latin	Roman	Rev. Roman
Fedor	with Greek	gift of God	The Holy Martyr Theodore of Byzantium;the Monk Martyr Theodore of Caves;holy martyr Theodore Tiron

March 3

Name	Origin	value	patron saint
Basil	Greek	regal	Righteous Basil, Bishop
Victor	Latin	winner	Holy Martyr Victor
Vladimir	from Old	the one who owns the world	Rev. Vladimir Terentyev, abbot( new martyr)
Kuzma	from the Greek word "Cosmos"	world order	Rev. Kosma Yakhromsky
Leo	from the Greek Leon	lion	Saint Leo the Greatsecond, the Roman
Pope Paul	Latin	small, Jr.	Martyr Paul African

March 4

Name	Origin	value	patron saint
Arkhip	Greek	main rider	Apostle from 70 Archippus
Bogdan	from the Greek Theodotus	given by God	The holy martyr Theodotus of Adrianople
Dmitry	from Greek	belonging to Demeter	The Holy Martyr Demetrius Volkov( New Martyr)
Eugene	with Greek	nobleth	Rev. Eugene Antohiysky, Moorish, presbyter
Makar	Greek	blessed	St. Macarius Antohiysky, Moorish, presbyter
Maxim	with	Latin greatest	Holy Martyr Maxim Adrianople
Nikita	Greek	winner	Holy Martyr Nikita New
Fedor	with the Greek	gift of God	The Monk Theodore of Sanaxar

March 5

Name	Origin	value	patron saint
Anton	Latin	whoever comes into	fight Venerable Martyr Anthony Valaam
Athanasius	Greek	immortal	Reverend martyr Basil Valaam
Basil	Greek	regal	Reverend martyr Basil Valaam
David	from the ancient Hebrew.	favorite	Reverend martyr David Valaam
Denis	from the Greek Dionysus	god of fertility and wine	Reverend martyr Dionysius Valaam
Ivan	the biblical John	grace of God	Reverend Martyr John Valaam
Ignat	Latin	fire	Reverend martyr Ignatius Valaam
Leo	from the Greek Leone	lion	Prelate Leo of Catan, Bishop
Leontius	from the Greek Leontios	lion's	Reverend TorchENIC Leonty Valaam
Luke	Latin	light	Reverend martyr Luke Valaam
Nikolai	Greek	winner peoples	Holy Martyr Nikolai Rozov, Archpriest( New Martyr)
Sawa	Aramaic	elder	Reverend martyr Savva Valaam
Sergey	with Etruscan	Venerable	Rev. Martyr Sergius of Valaam
Tikhon	with Greek	fate	Rev. Martyr Tikhon of Valaam
Feodor	with Greek	gift of God	Reverend Martyr Theodore Valaam
Philip	Greek	someone who loves horses	Reverend martyr Philip Balaam
Thomas	from Hebrew.	twin	The Monk Martyr Thomas of Valaam
Jan	the form of the ancient Hebrew.name Yochanan	God is merciful	Rev. Martyr John of Valaam
Yaroslav	with ancient wood.	glorious life force	Saint blessed Yaroslav the Wise, prince

March 6

Name	Origin	value	patron saint
Alexander	Greek	defender	Holy Martyr Alexander Vislyansky, Priest( New Martyr)
George / Egor	Greek	Cropland	St. George of Amastris, Bishop
Gregory	Greek	awake	Holy Martyr Gregory Hlebunov, Priest( new martyr)
Daniel	biblical	God is my judge	The Holy Martyr Daniel Alferov, Priest( new martyr)
Zahar	from biblical Zacharias	memory Lord	Rev. Zacharias Jerusalem patriarch
Ivan	from biblical John	mercy of God	St. John Scholasticus Constantinople patriarch
Konstantin	Greek	permanent resistant	Holy Martyr Constantine Pyatikrestovsky, Fr( New Martyr)
Ostap	from Greek Eustache	steady	Sainted Eustathius of Antioch, archbishop of
Paul	from Latin	small, younger	Saintmartyr Pavel Shirokogorov, deacon( new martyr)
Timothy	with Greek	revering God	Rev. Timothy Olympic( in Symbols), desert

March 7

Name	Origin	Value	Holy patron of
Andrew	from Greek	brave	Holy Martyr Andrew Gnevyshev( new martyr);Holy Martyr Andrew Ash, Archpriest( New Martyr)
Athanasius	Greek	immortal	Athanasia Pavlopetrovsky, confessor
Victor	Latin	winner	Holy Martyr Victor Morigerovsky, Priest( New Martyr)
Vladimir	from Old	the one who owns the world	The Holy Martyr Vladimir of Elijah, Priest( new martyr)
Ivan	from the biblical John	the mercy of God	The Holy Martyr John of Sailors, Archpriest( new martyr)
Joseph/ Asip	biblical	God will multiply	Holy Martyr Joseph Smirnov, Archpriest( new martyr)
Michael	biblical	who as God	Holy Martyr Michael Gorbunov, Priest( new martyr)
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the nations	The Holy Martyr Nikolai Nekrasov,psalmisher( new martyr)
Sergey	with Etruscan	highly respected	Holy Martyr Sergiy Belokurov, Priest( New Martyr);Rev. Martyr Sergius Bukashkin, Hieromonk
Stepan	from the Greek Stephen	crown, diadem	The Holy Martyr Stephen Frantov, the New Martyr
Theodore	with the Greek	the gift of God	The Holy Martyr Theodore of Apamea
Philip	with the Greek	one who loves horses	Martyr Philippe Apamesky

March 8

Name	Origin	value	patron saint
Alexander	Greek	defender	Saint Reverend Alexander of Constantinople, the abbot
Alex	Greek	Guardian	Holy Martyr Alexis Priest( New Martyr)
Demian	from the Greek Damianos or Latin Damian	humbleor dedicated to the goddess of Damia	Reverend Damian of Esfigmen;the Monk Martyr Damian the New;Saint Damian Syria hermit
Ivan	the biblical John	grace of God	Reverend hermit John Syrian
Clement	Greek	gracious	Holy Martyr Clement
Kuzma	from the Greek word "Kosmos»	world order	Rev. Cosmas Zografski
Michael	biblical	who, as God	Holy Martyr Michael Razhkin, Priest( new martyr)
Nikolai	with Greek	the winner of the nations	The Holy Martyr Nikolai Dmitrov, protoits( New Martyr)
Sergey	with Etruscan	esteemed	Holy Martyr Sergy Wartkin( New Martyr)

March 9

Name	origin	value	patron saint
Ivan	from biblical John	mercy of God	Holy Martyr John Prophet( Baptist, Baptist)
Hilarion	with Greek	joyful, hilarious	Sainted Hilarion, bishop

March 10

Name	Origin	Value	Holy patron of
Alexander	with GreeceSkogen	defender	Holy Martyr Alexander Vinogradov, Priest( New Martyr)
Anton	Latin	whoever comes into	fight Holy Martyr Anthony
Eugene	Greek	noble	St. Eugene
Taras	from the Greek Tarasios	rebel, restless	Sainted Tarasy of Constantinople, Patriarch
Fedor	with Greek	gift of God	Blessed Theodore

March 11

Name	Origin	value	patron saint
Ivan	the biblical John	grace of God	Holy Martyr John Kalfas, architect
Nikolai	Greek	winner peoples	Righteous Nikolai Local( Namestny)
Peter	Greek	rock,	stoneHoly Martyr Peter Varlamov, Priest( new martyr)
Sevastyan	with Greek	highly respected	Holy Martyr Sevastian Roman
Sergey	with Etruscan	highly respected	Holy Martyr Sergius of Resurrection, Priest( new martyr)

March 12

Name	Origin	Meaning	Holy patron
Makar	with Greek	blessed	St Makary of Jerusalem, bishop
Michael	biblical	who as God	The Holy Martyr Michael Markov,(new martyr)
Peter	with Greek	rock, stone	Holy Martyr Peter the Assumption, Priest( new martyr)
Stepan	from Greek Stephen	crown, diadem	Rev.first Stefan
Timothy	Greek	honor God	Rev. Timothy Caesarea
Julian / Julius	Roman family name	-	Holy Martyr Julian
Jacob	the biblical Jacob	coming on the heels of	Rev. Jacob Syrian

March 13

Name	Origin	The value of	The patron saint of
Arseniy	from the Greek	brave	The holy martyr Arseny Matseevich, Rostov and Yaroslavl, Metropolitan
Vasily	from the Greek	regal	Reverend Vasily Decapolit, confessor of
Nestor	with Greek	returning home	Saint Nestor of Persia, Magidiy, Bishop of
Nikolay	from Greek	winner of nations	Blessed Nikolai Sallos of Pskov
Semen	from the Ancient Hindu. Simeon	the one God heard	Apostle of 70 Simon of Cyrene

March 14

Name	Origin	value	patron saint
Alexander	Greek	defender	Holy Martyr Alexander Ilyenkov, Priest( New Martyr)
Anton	Latin	one who comes into the fight	Holy Martyr Anthony Korzh, Hierodeacon( New Martyr);the holy martyr Anthony
Vasily	with the Greek	regal	The Holy Martyr Vasily Nikitsky, Priest( New Martyr)
Veniamin	from the Ancient Hierarch. Benjamin	son	the right hand of the Holy Martyr Veniamin Famintsev, Archpriest( New Martyr)
Ivan	the biblical John	grace of God	Holy Martyr John Streltsov, Priest( New Martyr)
Michael	biblical	who God	Holy Martyr Michael Bukrinsky, Fr.(new martyr)
Nestor	with Greek	returning home	Holy Martyr Nestor Pergiysky
Peter	with Greek	stone, rock	The Holy Martyr Peter Lyubimov, archpriest( newmartyr)

March 15

Name	Origin	value	patron saint
Arseniy	Greek	courageous	St. Arseny of Tver Bishop
Bogdan	from the Greek Theodotus	God-given	St. Theodotus Kirineysky Bishop
Joseph / Osip	biblical	Godwill increase	St. Joseph
Nikolay	with the Greek	the winner of the nations	Righteous Nikolai Planas Athenian, Priest
Savva	with the Aramaic	staresc	Rev. Savva Tverskoi, abbot

March 16

Name	Origin	Value	The patron saint
Michael	biblical	who, as God	The Martyr Michael Stroev( New Martyr)

March 17

Name	Origin	Value	Holy patron
Alexander	with Greek	defender	Holy Martyr Alexander Likharev, Priest( new martyr)
Vasily	with Greek	regal	Saint Blessed Basil( Vasilko) Rostovsky, prince
Vyacheslav	with ancient Slavs.	naislavneyshy	Blessed Vyacheslav Czech prince
George / Egor	Greek	Cropland	Holy pious George( Yuri) Vladimir, Prince
Gregory	Greek	awake	Holy Martyr Gregory Hlebunov, Priest( New Martyr)
Daniel	Bible	God is my judge	The faithful Daniel of Moscow, prince
Paul	from Latin	small, younger	Holy Martyr Paul of Ptolemais
Jacob	from the biblical Jacob	coming on the heels of	Rev. James Karmilsky, fasting

March 18

Name	Origin	value	patron saint
Adrian	Roman family name	comes from the Adriatic	Rev. Adrian Poshehonsky, Yaroslavl, abbot
George / Egor	Greek	Cropland	The Holy Martyr George
David	with the Hebrew.	favorite	Blessed David Yaroslavsky, Prince
Ivan	the biblical John	grace of God	Holy Martyr John the Bulgarian
Cyril	Greek	lord	Holy Martyr Cyril
Constantine	Greek	permanent, stable	Blessed Constantine of Yaroslavl,
Prince Luca	from Latin	light	Prelate Luka of Simferopol, Archbishop,( New Martyr)
Mark	from Latin	hammer	Rev. Mark Nitrian, Egyptian,post
Nicholas	with Greek	winner of nations	Sainted Nikolai Velimirovich Ohridski, bishop
Fedor	with Greek	gift of God	Holy Theotokos Feodor Rostislavovich Black, Smolensk, Yaroslavl, prince

March 19

Name	origin	value	patron saint
Arkady	Greek	resident Arcadia	Rev. Arkady Cyprus
Konstantin	Greek	permanent resistant	Holy Martyr Constantine Ammoreysky( Phrygian)
Maxim	with	Latin greatest	Rev. martyr Maxim
Fedor	with Greek	gift of God	Holy Martyr Theodore of Ammoria
Julian / Julius	Roman family name	-	Holy Martyr Iulian

March 20

Name	Origin	value	patron saint
Basil	Greek	regal	Illuminator Basil Chersonese, Bishop
Eugene	Greek	noble	St. Eugene Chersonese, Bishop
Yemelyan	Greek	affectionate	Rev. Emilian Italica
Efrem	from the Semitic Ephraim	prolific	Prelate Ephraim of Chersonesus, bishop
Lavr, Lavrenty	-	laurel tree	Reverend Lawrence, churchwarden
Nestor	Greek	returned home	Saint Nestor Tremithus Bishop
Nikolai	Greek	winner peoples	Holy Martyr Nikolai Rozov, Priest( New Martyr)
Paul	Latin	small, Jr.	Monk Paul the

March 21

Name	Origin	Value	Holy patron
Athanasius	with Greek	immortal	The Reverend Athanasius of Murom( Murmansk), Olonetsk, hegumen
Vladimir	with the ancient Russian	the one who owns the world	The Holy Martyr Vladimir Ushkov, the psalmist( new martyr)
Ivan	from the biblical John	the mercy of God	The Holy Martyr John of Znamensky, Priest( new martyr)

March 22

Name	Origin	value	patron saint
Alexander	Greek	defender	Holy Martyr Alexander( 40 Sebaste martyrs)
Alex	Greek	Guardian	Holy Martyr Alexei Smirnov, Priest( New Martyr)
Athanasius	Greek	immortal	Holy Martyr Athanasius( 40 Sevastian Martyrs)
Valery	from Latin	vigorous	Holy Martyr Valerius( 40 Sevastian Martyrs)
Dmitry	from Greek	owned Demeter	Holy Martyr Dmitry Glivenko( New Martyr)
Ivan	the biblical John	grace of God	Holy Martyr John( 40 Sebaste martyrs)
Irakli	from the Greek Hercules	glory of Hera	Holy Martyr Irakli( 40 Sebaste martyrs)
Cyril	from Greek	lord	Holy Martyr Kirill( 40 Sevastian Martyrs)
Leontius	from Greek Leontios	lion's	Holy Martyr Leontius( 40 Sevastian Martyrs)
Ma	from Latin	hammer	Rev. Mark
Michael	biblical	who as God	Holy Martyr Michael Maslov, Priest( new martyr)
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the nations	The Holy Martyr Nikolai Goryunov, Protodeacon( new martyr)
Peter	withGreek	stone, rock	Holy Martyr Peter Kosmodamiansky, Priest( new martyr)
Sergey	with Etruscan	highly respected	Holy Martyr Sergius Lebedev, Priest
Taras	from the Greek Tarasyos	rebel, restless	Rev. Tarasy Lycaonic

March 23

Name	Origin	value	patron saint
Victor	Latin	winner	Holy Martyr Victor Corinth
George / Egor	Greek	Cropland	Rev. George Arselsky
Denis	from the Greek Dionysus	god of fertility and wine	Holy Martyr DionysiusCorinthian
Dmitry	with the Greek	belonging to Demeter	The Holy Martyr Demetrius Legeydo, Priest( new martyr)
Ivan	from the biblical Joan	grace of God	St. John Hahulsky
Leonid	from Ancient Greek. Leonidas	like a lion	Holy Martyr Leonid Corinth
Mark	Latin	hammer	Rev. Mark
Michael	biblical	who God	Holy Martyr Michael( Mavrudis, Mavrusid) Thessalonica
Paul	Latin	small, Jr.	Holy MartyrPavel Korinthsky

March 24

Name	Origin	Value	Holy patron
Vasily	from Greek	regal	St. Basil Malakhov, Priest( new martyr)
George / Egor	with Greek	cultivating the land	Reverend George Sinait
Efim	from the Greek Evfimiy	pious	St Euthymius of Novgorod, Archbishop of
Ivan	from the biblical John	Grace of God	Rev. John Mosch

March 25

Name	Name	Value	Holy patron
Alexander	with Greek	defender	Holy Martyr Alexander Derzhavin, Priest( new martyr)
Vladimir	with ancient Russian	he who owns the world	Holy Martyr Vladimir Volkov, Archimandrite( new martyr)
Grigory	from the Greek	awake	Prelate Gregory the Great( Dvoeslov), Pope
Dmitry	with the Greek	belonging to Demeter	Blessed Dimitri Self-sacrificer, Ivercue king
Ivan John	from biblical	mercy of God	martyr St. John Plehanov, Priest( New Martyr)
Konstantin	Greek	permanent resistant	Konstantin St. martyr Sokolov, Priest( New Martyr)
	Semen from the Hebrew. Simeon	one whom God heard	St. Symeon the New Theologian, abbot
Sergey	with Etruscan	revered	holy martyr Sergei Skvortsov, Priest( New Martyr)

March 26

Name	Origin	value	patron saint
Alexander	Greek	defender	Holy Martyr Alexander of Pidnon, presbyter
Gregory	from Greek	awake	Holy Martyr Gregory Pospelov, Archpriest( new martyr)
Michael	biblical	who, as God	Holy Martyr Michael Okolovich, Archpriest( new martyr)
Nikolai	with Greek	the winner of the nations	The Holy Martyr Nikolai Popov, Priest( New Martyr)

March 27

Name	Origin	Meaning	Holy patron
Michael	biblical	who, like God	The blessed Michael Mstislavich of Kiev, the prince( in the world of Rostislav)
Rostislav	from the Slavic	growing glory

March 28

Name	Origin	value	patron saint
Alexander	Greek	defender	Martyr Alexander of Egypt, Caesarea, Palestine
Alex	Greek	Guardian	Holy Martyr Alexis Vinogradov, Archpriest( New Martyr)
Denis	from the Greek Dionysus	God of fertilityand winemaking	The Holy Martyr Dionysius of Corinth
Michael	biblical	who, as God	The holy martyr Mikhail Bogoslovsky, archpriest( new martyr)
Timothy	Greek	honor God	Holy Martyr Timolaus( Timothy) of Caesarea, Palestine

March 29

Name	Origin	value	patron saint
Alexander	Greek	defender	St. Alexander Roman, Dad
Denis	from the Greek Dionysus	God of fertility and winemaking	Righteous Dionysius
Emelyan	with Greek	affectionate	Saint Emilian
Ivan	from the biblical John	the mercy of God	repodobny John Paul Rufiansky
	Latin	small, Jr.	St. Paul
Roman	Latin	Roman	Holy Martyr Roman Parijskij
Trofim	from Ancient Greek.	breadwinner	Holy Martyr Trofim Laodicean
Julian / Julius	Roman family name	-	Holy Martyr Julian of Antioch

March 30

Name	Origin	value	patron saint
Alexander	Greek	defender	Holy Martyr Aleksandr Polivanov, Priest( ovomuchenik)
Alexei	with Greek	protecting	Rev. Alexy, God's man
Victor	from Latin	winner	Holy Martyr Victor Kiranov, archpriesther( the new martyr)
Gabriel	from the ancient Hebrew. Gabriel	God's warrior	Holy Martyr Gabriel Mtsire
Makar	with Greek	blessed	Rev. Makari Kalyazinsky, hegumen
Pavel	from Latin	small, younger	Rev. Martyr Paul

March 31

Name	Origin	value	patron saint
Daniel	biblical	God - my judge	Rev. Daniel Egyptian
Dmitry	Greek	owned Demeter	Holy Martyr Dimitri Rozanov, Priest( New Martyr)
Cyril	Greek	lord	St. CyrilAstrakhan;St. Cyril of Jerusalem, patriarch of
Trofim	with Ancient Greek.	breadwinner	Holy Martyr Trofim Nikomedi

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