- Name days in Bulgaria
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Name days in Bulgaria are name days associated with Eastern Orthodox saints. Some names can be celebrated on more than one day and some have even started following foreign traditions (like Valentina celebrating on the Catholic St. Valentine's Day).
According to the tradition, guests are supposed to come uninvited and the person who has the celebrated name is supposed to be prepared to treat everyone. Today people prefer to invite their guests at home or at a bar or a restaurant. The celebrations are similar to those of birthdays, but usually the food, the music and the feel is somewhat more traditional, and sometimes even religious.
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Some days of widely used names
January
- 1 : Vassil (on Vassilyovden)
- 4 : Tihomir
- 6 : Yordan, Boyan, Bogdan (on Bogoyavlenie), Moli
- 7 : Ivan, Yoan, Yoana (on Ivanovden)
- 11 : Bogdan, Bogdana, Bogomil, Teodosii
- 12: Tania, Tatiana (on SvetaTatiana)
- 14 : Adam, Kalcho, Nina
- 17 : Anton, Andon, Antonia, Donka, Doncho, Toni, Toncho (on Antonovden)
- 18 : Atanas, Atanaska, Nasko, Naska, Nacho, Tanyo, Tinka (on Atanasovden)
- 20 : Evtim
- 21 : Valeri, Valeria, Maksim
- 23 : Hristofor
- 24 : Ksenia
- 25 : Grigor, Grigorena
- 26 : Zhivka, Zhivko, Zoya
February
- 1 : Lozan, Trifon (on Trifon Zarezan)
- 3 : Mona, Moncho, Simeon
- 4 : Zheko, Zhelyazko, Zhechka, Zhechko, Zhecho
- 5 : Dobrin, Dobrinka
- 6 : Doroteya, Ognyan, Ognyana, Plamen, Plamena, Svetla, Svetlana, Svetozar, Svetlozar, Fotiy, Fotina
- 9 : Hristina
- 10 : Valentin, Valentina, Valya, Lambi, Haralambi
- 13 : Evlogi
March
- 1 : Marta, Martina, Evdokia (on Baba Marta)
- 4 : Gera, Gerasim, Gercho
- 6 : Krasimir, Krasimira
- 10 : Galin, Galina, Galya, Genoveva
- 12 : Todor, Todorka, Teodor, Teodora (Todorovden)
- 13 : Nikifor
- 15 : Bozhan, Bozhidar, Bozhidara, Bozhil, Bozhko, Emanuil, Manol, Mancho, Teodor, Teodora, Totyo
- 17 : Alexi
- 19 : Daria
- 20 : Svetla, Svetozar
- 23 : Lidia
- 24 : Zahari, Zaharina, Hari
- 25 : Blagovest, Blagovesta, Blagoy, Blaga, Bonka, Boncho, Marian, Mariana, Mariyan, Mariyana
- 28 : Albena, Boyko, Boyka, Boyan, Boyana
April
- 6 : Strahil
- 14 : Martin
- 18 : Viktor, Viktoria
- 21 : Zhelyo
- 23 : Alexandra, Lazar
- 25 : Mark, Marko
- 28 : Vitaliy, Vitan
May
- 1 : Maya
- 2 : Boris, Borislav, Borislava, Boryana (on Saint tzar Boris)
- 4 : Toma
- 5 : Irina, Irena, Miroslav, Mircho, Miroslava, Mira, Miro
- 6 : Galin, Galina, Galya, Ganka, Gancho, Genko, Genoveva, Georgi, Gergana, Gergin, Gergina, Ginka, Gyuro, Zhorzh (on Gergyovden)
- 9 : Hristofor
- 11 : Kiril, Kiro, Kirilka, Metodi, Metodiy, Metodiya (13 days before St. Cyril and St. Methodius' day)
- 17 : Aleksi
- 21 : Constantin, Dinko, Elena, Eli, Elin, Elka, Ilona, Koycho, Konstantin, Kosta, Kostadin, Kostadinka, Kostadinko, Kuncho, Lenko, Stamen, Stanimir, Stanimira, Stanka, Stoil, Stoyan, Stoyanka, Trayko
- 24 : Kiril, Kiro, Kirilka, Metodi, Metodiy, Metodiya
June
- 4 : Marta
- 10 : Antonina
- 15 : Avgustin, Vitan, Vitomir
- 20 : Biser, Bisera
- 21 : Yavor, Yasen
- 24 : Encho, Enyo, Yanka, Yanko, Yancho, Yanaki, Yani, Yanislav (on Enyovden)
- 28 : David
- 29 : Apostol, Kamen, Pavel, Pavlin, Pavlina, Peyo, Penka, Pencho, Petrana, Petar, Petya, Petso (on Petrovden)
July
- 1 : Dame, Damyan
- 2 : Rumen, Rumyana, Chavdar
- 3 : Anatoliy
- 6 : Avakum, Valentin, Valentina, Valya
- 7 : Delcho, Delyo, Nedelcho, Nedelya, Nedyalko, Nedko, Neshka, Neda, Yanka, Yanko
- 11 : Olga, Oleg
- 15 : Vladimir, Gospodin, Gospodinka
- 16 : Yulia, Yulian, Yuliana
- 17 : Marin, Marina, Marinela
- 18 : Emil, Emilia, Emiliana, Emilian
- 20 : Iliya, Iliyan, Iliyana, Ilka, Ilko, Lilo (on Ilinden)
- 22 : Lena, Magda, Magdalena, Manda, Meglena, Miglena
- 25 : Ana, Anitsa, Anna, Yana
- 26 : Paraskeva
- 27 : Kliment, Panteley, Panko, Panto
- 29 : Goran, Kalin
August
- 2 : Nikodim
- 8 : Emilia, Emiliana, Emilian, Trendafil
- 14 : Martin
- 15 : Mara, Marian, Mariana, Maria, Mariyan, Mariyana, Masha, Mika, Mira, Preslav, Preslava (on Golyama Bogoroditza)
- 20 : Samuil
- 23 : Valko
- 26 : Adrian, Adriana, Natalia
- 29 : Anastas
- 30 : Aleko, Alexandra, Alexander, Sasho (on Alexandrov Den)
- 31 : Genadi
September
- 1 : Simeon, Mona, Moncho (on Simeonovden)
- 5 : Elza, Elisaveta, Izabela, Zahari, Hari, Svetozar, Svetlozara
- 8 : Ognyan, Ognyana
- 14 : Krastan, Krastina, Krastyo, Kancho, Stavri (on Krastyovden)
- 16 : Lyudmil, Lyudmila
- 17 : Vera, Verin, Veradin, Vyara, Dragan, Drago, Dragoy, Dragomir, Lyuba, Lyuben, Lyubov, Lyubomir, Nadezhda, Nadya, Sevda, Sofia (on Sveta Sofia)
- 20 : Oleg, Olga
October
- 3 : Ruska
- 4 : Vladimir
- 11 : Filip
- 14 : Paraskeva, Penka, Pencho, Petka, Petko (on Petkovden)
- 18 : Zlatan, Zlatka, Zlatko, Zlatomir, Luka, Lukan
- 26 : Dimitrina, Dimitar, Dima, Dimo, Dragan, Mitro, Mitra (on Dimitrovden)
- 27 : Nestor
- 28 : Lachezar
November
- 7 : Evgeni
- 8 : Angel, Angelina, Arhangel, Gavril, Emil, Emilia, Emiliana, Emilian, Lina, Mila, Milen, Milena, Milyo, Mihaela, Mihail, Plamen, Plamena, Rada, Radka, Radivoy, Radko, Radoslav, Radoslava, Radostin, Radostina, Rayko, Rayna, Raycho, Rangel, Rafail, Raya, Rusi, Ruska, Serafim, Ruslan (on Arhangelovden)
- 10 : Milan
- 11 : Viktor, Viktoria, Minka, Mincho
- 14 : Filip, Filyo
- 16 : Matey
- 23 : Alexandra, Alexander, Tsanka, Tsanko
- 24 : Ekaterina, Katya, Tinka (only female form, on Sveta Ekaterina)
- 26 : Stiliyan, ShteryBallsan
- 30 : Adrian, Adriana, Andriana, Andrea, Andrej (on Andreevden)
December
- 4 : Varvara
- 5 : Sava, Savka, Svetoslav, Svetoslava, Slavi Slavcho, Sabi
- 6 : Nicola, Nickolay,Niki,Nikolina, Nina, Kolyo, Nenka, Niko (on Nikulden)
- 9 : Anna, Ana, Yanitsa, Anelia, Anegroa, Ani (only female form, on Sveta Anna)
- 12 : Spiridon, Spiro
- 14 : Snezhana
- 15 : Svoboda
- 17 : Danail, Daniel, Daniela, Danko (on Sv. Danail)
- 20 : Ignat, Ognyan, Plamen, Iskra (on Ignazhden)
- 23 : Naum
- 24 : Bistra, Blagorodna, Evgeni, Evgenia, Zheni, Zhechka, Parvan, Parvana
- 25 : Emil, Itso, Icho, Mladen, Radomir, Radoslav, Radoslava, Radostin, Radostina, Hristina, Hristo, Hristofor (on Christmas)
- 26 : David, Datso, Dacho, Zhozef, Yosif
- 27 : Ventsi, Ventsislav, Ventsislava, Zapryan, Sonya, Stamen, Stana, Stanimir, Stanimira, Stanka, Stanko, Stancho, Stefan, Stefana, Stefania, Stefka, Stoil, Stoimen, Stoichko, Stoiko, Stoyan, Stoyan, Stoyanka, Tanya, Tsanka, Tsanko, Tsona, Tsonka, Tsonko, Tsonyo (on Saint Stefan)
- First Saturday of the Great Lent: Todor, Teodora, Dora, Bozhidar
- Lazarus Saturday: Lazar, Lazarina
- Palm Sunday (Eastern Churches): all flower-related names, such as Tzviatko, Margarita, Lilia, Violeta, Yavor, Zdravko, Zjumbjul, Nevena, Temenuzhka, Ralitza, etc.
- Easter Sunday (Eastern Churches): Velichka, Veliko, Velin, Vela
- Thomas Sunday: Toma, Tomislav, Tomislava
- Ascension Sunday: Spas, Spaska
External links
Categories:- Name days
- Bulgarian traditions
- Festivals in Bulgaria
- Slavic given names
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