The tradition of giving newborn children names according to the calendar appeared in Rus' with the adoption Orthodox faith. According to church canons, a child is a creation of God, who, with the birth of a baby, already determines a Guardian Angel for him. Parents can only name their child after the Saint whose memorial day the church honors on this date.

Names of girls born in June: from 1st to 6th

Since the calendar contains more male names than female ones, it often happens that there is no suitable option for a bewitched girl. Then you should look at the calendar a few days in advance and choose the name you like.

In June (from the 1st to the 6th) the following:

1. Anastasia. Translated from ancient Greek language the name means "resurrected" or "returned to life." On this day, the church honors the memory of the holy martyr Anastasia, who accepted death, but did not renounce her faith in Jesus Christ.

2. Susanna (Sosanna). From the biblical language this name is translated as “white lily.”

3. Elena. On this day, the church honors Queen Helen of Constantinople, the mother of Emperor Constantine. Around 330, during excavations with her participation, the Life-Giving Cross was discovered, on which Christ was crucified. After her death she was canonized as a saint equal to the apostles.

4. Sofia.

5. Euphrosyne, Maria.

What to name a girl born from June 7 to June 12

A girl named after the Saint, whose memorial day is celebrated along with her birth, finds a Guardian Angel who will always protect her and help her on the path of life.

From the 7th to the 12th the following are provided (June) church calendar:

8. Elena. On this day Orthodox Church honors the memory of the martyr Helen, daughter of the Apostle Alpheus, who was stoned to death for the Christian faith.

9. Anastasia, Fedora.

10. Elena. Memorial Day of Elena Diveevskaya (Manturova), who in 1825 became a novice of the Kazan community at the Diveevsky convent in the Nizhny Novgorod region.

11. Maria, Faina, Feodosia. Day of Remembrance of the Righteous Mary of Ustyug and the Virgin Mary; righteous Faina.

Name for a girl in June: from the 13th to the 18th

Parents begin choosing a name for their baby even before she is born. If the expected due date falls in the first month of summer, they ask the question: “What name for a girl (June) would be appropriate?”

13. Christina. Memorial Day of the Martyr Christina of Nicomedia.

14. Faith. In June, on the 14th, the Orthodox Church remembers the New Martyr Vera (Samsonova), canonized in 2000.

15. Maria, Ulyana, Juliana. Memorial Day of the Martyr Juliania of Vyazemskaya, Novotorzhskaya, Princess and Martyr Mary, who suffered for her faith in Jesus Christ.

16. Women's name days are not celebrated on this day. The name for a girl in June (18th) should be chosen from those presented in the calendar over the next few days.

17. Maria, Martha, Martha, Sofia.

Women's names according to the church calendar from June 19 to June 24

19. Archelaus, Susanna (Sosanna), Thekla. For their faith in Jesus Christ and their healing of the sick, the martyrs were subjected to severe torture in the Italian city of Salerno. After a few days of abuse, they were beheaded.

20. Valeria (Kaleria), Zinaida, Maria, Kyriakia (Kiriya). The holy martyrs Valeria, Zinaida, Kyriacia and Maria were residents of Caesarea (Palestine). During the reign of Emperor Diocletian (284-305) they were persecuted and then tortured for their Christian faith. They accepted martyrdom.

21. Melania. Memorial Day of Melania the Elder - grandmother of Melania of Bethlehem, Palestine (January 13), to whom it is customary to pray during difficult childbirth. Both saints became famous for their exploits in the name of Jesus Christ.

22. Marianna, Maria, Martha, Thekla. Mary of Persia was beheaded by the sword in 346 during the persecution of Christians by the ruler Sapor II.

23. Antonina. Day of remembrance of the martyrs Virgin Antonina and the warrior Alexander, who suffered martyrdom under the ruler Fist.

24. Maria. Memorial Day of the Holy Martyr Mary of Pergamon.

The name for a girl in June, born from the 19th to the 24th, should be chosen from the options presented above. Then the patron saint will always be next to her, protect her and guide her in life.

Church name for a girl born on June 30

25. Anna, Euphrosyne. Memorial Day of the Blessed Princess Anna (monastically Euphrosyne) Kashinskaya.

26. Alexandra, Anna, Antonina, Pelageya. Memorial Day of St. Alexandra Diveevskaya (Melgunova); Venerable Anna of Bithynia; Martyr Antonina of Nicea, who was persecuted and mortally tortured during the reign of Maximian; New Martyr Pelageya (Zhidko).

27. Women's name days are not celebrated on this day.

28. The name for a June girl born on the 28th should be chosen from those presented on the following days.

30. Pelagia. Memorial Day of the New Martyr Pelageya Balakireva.

Names for June 7 according to the church calendar (saints)

7/20 June

Alexander - protector of people, courageous, helping (Greek);
Alexy (Alexey) - protect, protector (Greek); assistant (lat.);
Andronicus (Andron, Andronius) - winner of husbands (Greek);
Antonin - Antonov (Latin); competing, asking for price (Greek);
Apronian (Apron) - unexpected, careless (Greek); mountainless (lat.);
Artemia - unharmed, healthy, blooming, virgin (Greek);
Athanasius (Apanas, Afanas) - immortality, immortal (Greek);
Valentin (Valentin) - strong, healthy (lat.);
Valeria (Kaleria) - strong, healthy (lat.); strong, encouraging love (Greek);
Benjamin (Benyamin) - son of the right hand (right hand), beloved son (Heb.);
Victor - winner (lat.);
Vladimir - owner of the world (glory); famous (German);
Gregory - awake, awakened (Greek);
Ignatius (Ignat) - unknown, unknown (Greek); unborn, fiery (lat.);
Kyriak (Kiryak) - lordly, lordly (Greek);
Kyriakia (Kyria) - master's, Sunday (Greek);
Kirin - hill in Rome (lat.); spearman (Sabin), javelin bearer (Greek);
Claudius (Claudeus) - lame, lame (lat.);
Christentian - growing (lat.);
Largius - generous (latin); abundant (Greek);
Leo - lion (Greek);
Lukina - light, bright, luminous (lat.);
Moor - Moor; deprive of shine, darken, dark, black (Greek);
Maria (Marya) - lady, hope (Heb.);
Markell (Markel) - Latin family name; warlike (lat.);
Markellin - hammer (lat.);
Michael - equal to God, himself as God (Heb.);
Nicholas - conquering people (Greek);
Pavel - small, small (lat.);
Papias - daddy, father (Greek); father (lat.);
Peter - cliff, rock, block of stone, stone (Greek);
Priscilla - old, ancient, ancient, old (lat.);
Saturninus - Saturn; saturated (lat.);
Sisiny is old. rare;
Smaragd - emerald, malachite (Greek);
Theodotus (Bogdan, Fedot, Fedotius) - given by God, bestowed by God (Greek).

Learn about the meaning and characteristics of names

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Whose name day is in June? What Orthodox holidays take place in June? You can see a detailed list of all female and male names by date in this article!

Name day in June (what to name boys and girls in June)

Name days in June:

1 - Alexander, Anastasia, Anton, Valentin, Vasily, Victor, Georgy, Dmitry, Ivan, Ignatius, Ippolit, Korniliy, Maxim, Matvey, Mitrofan, Mikhail, Nikolay, Pavel, Sergey.

2 - Alexander, Alexey, Ivan, Joseph, Nikita, Timofey.

3 - Andrey, Elena, Kasyan, Kirill, Konstantin, Mikhail, Fedor.

4 - Vladimir, Daniel, Zakhar, Ivan, Makar, Mikhail, Pavel, Sophia, Fedor, Yakov.

5 - Athanasius, Euphrosyne, Leonty, Maria, Michael.

6 - Grigory, Ivan, Ksenia, Nikita, Semyon, Stepan, Fedor.

7 - Elena, Ivan, Innocent, Fedor.

8 - Alexander, Georgy, Elena, Ivan, Karp, Makar.

9 - Anastasia, David, Ivan, Jonah, Leonid, Leonty, Nil, Peter, Fedora, Ferapont.

10 - Denis, Dmitry, Elena, Zakhar, Ignatius, Makar, Nikita, Nikolai, Pavel, Peter, Sofron.

11 - Alexander, Andrey, Ivan, Konstantin, Luka, Maria, Faina, Fedot, Feodosia.

12 - Vasily.

13 - Boris, Nikolai, Polycarp, Roman, Philip, Christina.

14 - Valerian, Vasily, Vera, Gabriel, David, Denis, Ivan, Pavel, Khariton.

15 - Ivan, Nikifor.

16 - Afanasy, Denis, Dmitry, Lukyan, Mikhail, Pavel, Julian.

17 -Ivan, Maria, Martha, Methodius, Mitrofan, Nazar, Peter, Sophia.

18 - Igor, Jonah, Konstantin, Leonid, Mark, Mikhail, Nikandr, Nikolai, Peter, Fedor.

19 - Vissarion, George, Hilarion, Jonah, Susanna, Thekla.

20 - Alexander, Alexey, Anton, Afanasy, Valentin, Valeria, Veniamin, Victor, Vladimir, Grigory, Zinaida, Ivan, Ignatius, Lev, Maria, Mikhail, Nikolay, Pavel, Peter, Stepan, Taras, Fedot.

21 - Vasily, Ephraim, Konstantin, Fedor.

22 - Alexander, Alexey, Ivan, Kirill, Maria, Martha, Thekla.

23 - Alexander, Alexey, Antonina, Vasily, Ivan, Nikolay, Nikon, Pavel, Timofey, Feofan.

24 - Varlam, Bartholomew, Ephraim, Mary.

25 - Andrey, Anna, Arseny, Ivan, Jonah, Peter, Stepan, Timofey, Julian.

26 - Akulina, Alexander, Alexandra, Andrey, Andronik, Anna, Antonina, Daniil, Dmitry, Ivan, Pelageya, Savva, Yakov.

27 - Alexander, Varlam, George, Elisha, Joseph, Methodius, Mstislav, Nikolai, Pavel.

28 - Gregory, Ephraim, Jonah, Kasyan, Lazar, Mikhail, Modest, Fedor.

29 - Ephraim, Constantine, Michael, Moses, Nicephorus, Peter, Tikhon, Theophanes.

30 - Joseph, Cyril, Clement, Maxim, Nikander, Nikita, Pelageya, Philip.