Name days in the Czech Republic

In the Czech Republic, each day of the year except national holidays corresponds to a personal name. People celebrate their name day ("svátek" or more formally "jmeniny") on the date corresponding to their own given name.

In the past, parents were not allowed to choose just any name for a child. This has changed, although it is still common to choose the name from the name day "calendar" and any highly unusual name has to be approved by a special office. The original list was the Roman Catholic calendar of saints, but many changes were made to reflect the present-day usage of names.

The name day is commonly of less importance than birthday to Czech people and is celebrated just in some families. However the name day celebration can be held together with friends or co-workers of the same name and in this way it can grow in size and "importance". The proportion of the population that celebrates name days is falling; the name day is nowadays more likely a reason to celebrate for the sake of celebrating, or for giving a present to somebody one loves.

Czech nameday calendar

January (Leden) New Year's Day Karina Radmila Diana Dalimil Tři králové Vilma Čestmír Vladan Břetislav Bohdana Pravoslav Edita Radovan Alice Ctirad Drahoslav Vladislav Doubravka Ilona Běla Slavomír Zdeněk Milena Miloš Zora Ingrid Otýlie Zdislava Robin Marika	February (Únor) Hynek Nela, Hromnice Blažej Jarmila Dobromila Vanda Veronika Milada Apolena Mojmír Božena Slavěna Věnceslav Valentýn Jiřina Ljuba Miloslava Gizela Patrik Oldřich Lenka Petr Svatopluk Matěj Liliana Dorota Alexandr Lumír (29. Horymír)	March (Březen) Bedřich Anežka Kamil Stela Kazimír Miroslav Tomáš Gabriela Františka Viktorie Anděla Řehoř Růžena Rút/Matylda Ida Elena/Herbert Vlastimil Eduard Josef Světlana Radek Leona Ivona Gabriel Marián Emanuel Dita Soňa Taťána Arnošt Kvido	April (Duben) Hugo Erika Richard Ivana Miroslava Vendula Heřman Ema Dušan Darja Izabela Julius Aleš Vincenc Anastázie Irena Rudolf Valérie Rostislav Marcela Alexandra Evženie Vojtěch Jiří Marek Oto Jaroslav Vlastislav Robert Blahoslav	May (Květen) Labour Day (May Day) Zikmund Alexej Květoslav Klaudie Radoslav Stanislav National holiday Ctibor Blažena Svatava Pankrác Servác Bonifác Žofie Přemysl Aneta Nataša Ivo Zbyšek Monika Emil Vladimír Jana Viola Filip Valdemar Vilém Maxmilián Ferdinand Kamila	June (Červen) Laura Jarmil Tamara Dalibor Dobroslav Norbert Iveta Medard Stanislava Gita Bruno Antonie Antonín Roland Vít Zbyněk Adolf Milan Leoš Květa Alois Pavla Zdeňka Jan Ivan Adriana Ladislav Lubomír Petr a Pavel Šárka
July (Červenec) Jaroslava Patricie Radomír Prokop National holiday National holiday (Jan Hus, 1415) Bohuslava Nora Drahoslava Libuše/Amálie Olga Bořek Markéta Karolína Jindřich Luboš Martina Drahomíra Čeněk Ilja Vítězslav Magdaléna Libor Kristýna Jakub Anna Věroslav Viktor Marta Bořivoj Ignác	August (Srpen) Oskar Gustav Miluše Dominik Kristián Oldřiška Lada Soběslav Roman Vavřinec Zuzana Klára Alena Alan Hana Jáchym Petra Helena Ludvík Bernard Johana Bohuslav Sandra Bartoloměj Radim Luděk Otakar Augustýn Evelína Vladěna Pavlína	September (Září) Linda/Samuel Adéla Bronislav/Bronislava Jindřiška Boris Boleslav Regina/Regína Mariana Daniela Irma Denisa Marie Lubor Radka Jolana Ludmila Naděžda Kryštof Zita Oleg Matouš Darina Berta Jaromír Zlata Andrea Jonáš Václav Michal Jeroným	October (Říjen) Igor Olívie/Oliver Bohumil František Eliška Hanuš Justýna Věra Štefan/Sára Marina Andrej Marcel Renáta Agáta Tereza Havel Hedvika Lukáš Michaela Vendelín Brigita Sabina Teodor Nina Beáta Erik Šarlota/Zoe National holiday Silvie Tadeáš Štěpánka	November (Listopad) Felix All Souls' Day Hubert Karel Miriam Liběna Saskie Bohumír Bohdan Evžen Martin Benedikt Tibor Sáva Leopold Otmar Mahulena Romana Alžběta Nikola Albert Cecílie Klement Emílie Kateřina Artur Xenie René Zina Ondřej	December (Prosinec) Iva Blanka Svatoslav Barbora Jitka Mikuláš Ambrož Květoslava Vratislav Julie Dana Simona Lucie Lýdie Radana Albína Daniel Miloslav Ester Dagmar Natálie Šimon Vlasta Adam/Eva, Christmas Eve 1st Christmas Holiday Štěpán (2nd Christmas Holiday) Žaneta Bohumila Judita David Silvestr

See also

• Name day
• List of saints

External links

• Czech name days