The choice of a name for a girl born in June according to the Orthodox tradition.
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Choose a child’s name is a very responsible step. It is not without reason that our wise ancestors appropriated the name of the saint revered by the Orthodox Church to the newborn. This approach provides the child with the patronage of this saint for life.
You can call your favorite child at your discretion. But in this article, we will talk about how to choose a name for the shrines.
How to choose the right name of a newborn girl in the shrines in June?

We call girls a faithful name
Many parents do not know elementary Christian traditions.
Often they confuse what it is: birthday, Angel Day, name day. From here, subsequently, there is a misunderstanding of the choice of the name of the holy for the name of the baby.
Remember:
- Birthday - the date of the birth of the baby
- Namedays - the day of honoring the saint, in whose honor the girl was named
- Angel Day is the memorial days of the saint whose name is his daughter
- Birthday and name day - celebrate once a year
- Angel Day - two, and sometimes more than times
By tradition, the baby is called the name of the saint, revered in her date of birth.
To clarify such dates, it is necessary to contact the Orthodox calendar in which these significant dates are noted.
About 1.7 thousand names for women and men contains this list.
If not a single saint is honored on the baby’s birthday, choose the name of the patron of revered per day, next behind this. In some cases, when addressing a certain saint for support, for a successful conception or prosperous births that were born of the baby, you can choose the name of this patron.
Choose a name for a newborn is allowed in the period from 8 to 40 days, from the moment of the date of birth. The names of all the saints revered at the released time are available for choice.
With this version of the selection of a name, a day of the saint’s smell, for a child are considered name day.
The name of the patron of a birthday is not desirable to take. In this case, the patron does not have the opportunity to protect and protect the child.
The best June names for girls are considered:
- Anna
- Akulina
- Valeria
Saints, revered during this period, endow the girls with a special ability to solve difficult life situations. Babies with these names grow up tender, but very decisive, courageous.
The names for the shrines and the church calendar for girls born in June: meaning, origin, patron saint

Name custom for newborns
The semantic load is important when choosing the right Orthodox name for girls in the holy.
After all, the bulk of the church ministers falls on men. Therefore, female names in the Orthodox calendar are much smaller than male.
In addition, not all modern names are present on the list of holy.
Nevertheless you cannot leave the baby without a name.
Therefore, in the absence of an official name given at birth in the list, during the rite of baptism, the child is given a church name. In modern existence, owners of two names have a common phenomenon.
The table proposed below contains the female names of revered saints, suitable by the date of the birth of a daughter in June.
| the date of the month | Name | Origin | Meaning | The holy trustee |
| 1. | Anastasia | ancient Greek | renaissance, resurrection | Anastasia, Holy Martyr |
| 2. | Sosanna | hebrew | white water lily | the righteous is sausable |
| 3. | Elena | greek | luminous | Elena Constantinople, queen |
| 4. | Sofia | ancient Greek | skill, art; wisdom, wisdom; rationality, judgment; Slitterness, resourcefulness, dexterity | martyr Sofia doctor |
| 5. | Maria | semitic | fun | righteous Maria Kleopova, myrrh |
| 8. | Elena | greek | sunny, Eliya | martyr Elena, daughter of the Apostle Alfeya |
| 9. | Anastasia | ancient Greek | resurrection, return to life | Anastasia Martyr |
| 10. | Filofei | greek | pious | the Monk Philotheus |
| 11. | Maria | semitic | bitter, beloved, mistress | Maria Ustyuzhskaya, Righteous and Virgin Mary |
| Faina | greek | sunny dawn, shining bright | Faina, righteous | |
| Feodosia | greek | god is given | rev. Martyr Theodosius Virgo and martyr Theodosius Virgin Tier | |
| 13. | Christina/Christina | greek | the follower of Christ | Christine of Nicomedian, martyr |
| 14. | Harita | ancient Greek | charm, grace beauty | martyrs Harita |
| Faith | slavic | service to God | new Martyr Vera | |
| 15. | Juliania (Ulyana, Julia) | slavic | born in July | Juliania Vyazemskaya, Novotorzhskaya. Martyr |
| Maria | semitic | bitter, beloved, mistress | Maria. Princess and martyr | |
| 17. | Maria | semitic | bitter, beloved, mistress | Maria. Righteous. Sister of the righteous lasar of the four |
| Martha | aramaic | noble woman | Martha. Martyr | |
| Paul | latin | small | Paul. Martyr | |
| Sofia | ancient Greek | prudence, judgment, mind, knowledge | Sofia. The reverend | |
| 19. | Sosanna (Susanna) | hebrew | white water lily | Sosanna. Martyr |
| Fekla | ancient Greek | god's glory | Fekla Rev. Martyr. Virgo | |
| 20. | Artemy | greek | healthy, sound | Artemy Tsarevna. Martyr |
| Esia | greek | obstructing | Esia. The righteous man | |
| Zinaida | ancient Greek | born with Zeus | Zinaida. Wonderworker. Martyr | |
| Kaleria (Valeria) | greek/Latin | good good/warming, warm | Caesarean (Palestinian). Martyr | |
| Kiriakia (Kiria) | greek | sunday | Kiriakia Caesarea. Martyr | |
| Maria | semitic | bitter, beloved, mistress | Caesarea Maria. Martyr | |
| Proskill | latin | ancient, old | Proskill. Martyr | |
| Sevastiana | ancient Greek | venerable, respected | Sevastiana. The reverend of the miraculous | |
| Sosanna (Susanna) | hebrew | lilia white, water | the righteous is sausable | |
| 21. | Melania | ancient Greek | black, dark | Melania Senior - Grandmother Melania Bethlehem, Palestinian |
| 22. | Fekla | ancient Greek | god's glory | Fekla Persian. Martyr |
| Maria | semitic | bitter, beloved, mistress | Maria. Martyr | |
| Martha | aramaic | noble woman | Martha. Martyr | |
| 23. | Anna | hebrew | pleasure, pleasure, favor | Anna (in the monasticism of Efrosinia) Kashinskaya. Boar Princess |
| Dosifeya | greek | the gift of God | Dosifeya Kyiv | |
| Antonina | greek | flower | Antonina Virgo. Martyr | |
| 24. | Maria | semitic | bitter, beloved, mistress | Maria Pergama. Martyr |
| 25. | Anna | hebrew | fieldness, favor | Anna Kashinskaya. The Blessed Grand Duchess |
| 26. | Anna | hebrew | fieldness, favor | Anna Vifinskaya. The reverend |
| Antonina | greek | competing, entering the battle | Antonina Nicaean. Martyr | |
| Pelagia | ancient Greek | sea coast | Pelagia is liquid. Martyr | |
| 28. | Criskens | latin | growing | Criskens Nutrum. Martyr |
| 30. | Pelagia | ancient Greek | the coast of the sea | Pelagia Balakirev. New Martyr |
Saints has a large list of names with pure and bright energy of saints. It is enough to pay attention to this list and choose a worthy name to your beloved baby.
