Name days in the Czech Republic

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)

  1. New Year's Day
  2. Karina
  3. Radmila
  4. Diana
  5. Dalimil
  6. Tři králové
  7. Vilma
  8. Čestmír
  9. Vladan
  10. Břetislav
  11. Bohdana
  12. Pravoslav
  13. Edita
  14. Radovan
  15. Alice
  16. Ctirad
  17. Drahoslav
  18. Vladislav
  19. Doubravka
  20. Ilona
  21. Běla
  22. Slavomír
  23. Zdeněk
  24. Milena
  25. Miloš
  26. Zora
  27. Ingrid
  28. Otýlie
  29. Zdislava
  30. Robin
  31. Marika

February (Únor)

  1. Hynek
  2. Nela, Hromnice
  3. Blažej
  4. Jarmila
  5. Dobromila
  6. Vanda
  7. Veronika
  8. Milada
  9. Apolena
  10. Mojmír
  11. Božena
  12. Slavěna
  13. Věnceslav
  14. Valentýn
  15. Jiřina
  16. Ljuba
  17. Miloslava
  18. Gizela
  19. Patrik
  20. Oldřich
  21. Lenka
  22. Petr
  23. Svatopluk
  24. Matěj
  25. Liliana
  26. Dorota
  27. Alexandr
  28. Lumír

(29. Horymír)

March (Březen)

  1. Bedřich
  2. Anežka
  3. Kamil
  4. Stela
  5. Kazimír
  6. Miroslav
  7. Tomáš
  8. Gabriela
  9. Františka
  10. Viktorie
  11. Anděla
  12. Řehoř
  13. Růžena
  14. Rút/Matylda
  15. Ida
  16. Elena/Herbert
  17. Vlastimil
  18. Eduard
  19. Josef
  20. Světlana
  21. Radek
  22. Leona
  23. Ivona
  24. Gabriel
  25. Marián
  26. Emanuel
  27. Dita
  28. Soňa
  29. Taťána
  30. Arnošt
  31. Kvido

April (Duben)

  1. Hugo
  2. Erika
  3. Richard
  4. Ivana
  5. Miroslava
  6. Vendula
  7. Heřman
  8. Ema
  9. Dušan
  10. Darja
  11. Izabela
  12. Julius
  13. Aleš
  14. Vincenc
  15. Anastázie
  16. Irena
  17. Rudolf
  18. Valérie
  19. Rostislav
  20. Marcela
  21. Alexandra
  22. Evženie
  23. Vojtěch
  24. Jiří
  25. Marek
  26. Oto
  27. Jaroslav
  28. Vlastislav
  29. Robert
  30. Blahoslav

May (Květen)

  1. Labour Day
    (May Day)
  2. Zikmund
  3. Alexej
  4. Květoslav
  5. Klaudie
  6. Radoslav
  7. Stanislav
  8. National holiday
  9. Ctibor
  10. Blažena
  11. Svatava
  12. Pankrác
  13. Servác
  14. Bonifác
  15. Žofie
  16. Přemysl
  17. Aneta
  18. Nataša
  19. Ivo
  20. Zbyšek
  21. Monika
  22. Emil
  23. Vladimír
  24. Jana
  25. Viola
  26. Filip
  27. Valdemar
  28. Vilém
  29. Maxmilián
  30. Ferdinand
  31. Kamila

June (Červen)

  1. Laura
  2. Jarmil
  3. Tamara
  4. Dalibor
  5. Dobroslav
  6. Norbert
  7. Iveta
  8. Medard
  9. Stanislava
  10. Gita
  11. Bruno
  12. Antonie
  13. Antonín
  14. Roland
  15. Vít
  16. Zbyněk
  17. Adolf
  18. Milan
  19. Leoš
  20. Květa
  21. Alois
  22. Pavla
  23. Zdeňka
  24. Jan
  25. Ivan
  26. Adriana
  27. Ladislav
  28. Lubomír
  29. Petr a Pavel
  30. Šárka

July (Červenec)

  1. Jaroslava
  2. Patricie
  3. Radomír
  4. Prokop
  5. National holiday
  6. National holiday
    (Jan Hus, 1415)
  7. Bohuslava
  8. Nora
  9. Drahoslava
  10. Libuše/Amálie
  11. Olga
  12. Bořek
  13. Markéta
  14. Karolína
  15. Jindřich
  16. Luboš
  17. Martina
  18. Drahomíra
  19. Čeněk
  20. Ilja
  21. Vítězslav
  22. Magdaléna
  23. Libor
  24. Kristýna
  25. Jakub
  26. Anna
  27. Věroslav
  28. Viktor
  29. Marta
  30. Bořivoj
  31. Ignác

August (Srpen)

  1. Oskar
  2. Gustav
  3. Miluše
  4. Dominik
  5. Kristián
  6. Oldřiška
  7. Lada
  8. Soběslav
  9. Roman
  10. Vavřinec
  11. Zuzana
  12. Klára
  13. Alena
  14. Alan
  15. Hana
  16. Jáchym
  17. Petra
  18. Helena
  19. Ludvík
  20. Bernard
  21. Johana
  22. Bohuslav
  23. Sandra
  24. Bartoloměj
  25. Radim
  26. Luděk
  27. Otakar
  28. Augustýn
  29. Evelína
  30. Vladěna
  31. Pavlína

September (Září)

  1. Linda/Samuel
  2. Adéla
  3. Bronislav/Bronislava
  4. Jindřiška
  5. Boris
  6. Boleslav
  7. Regina/Regína
  8. Mariana
  9. Daniela
  10. Irma
  11. Denisa
  12. Marie
  13. Lubor
  14. Radka
  15. Jolana
  16. Ludmila
  17. Naděžda
  18. Kryštof
  19. Zita
  20. Oleg
  21. Matouš
  22. Darina
  23. Berta
  24. Jaromír
  25. Zlata
  26. Andrea
  27. Jonáš
  28. Václav
  29. Michal
  30. Jeroným

October (Říjen)

  1. Igor
  2. Olívie/Oliver
  3. Bohumil
  4. František
  5. Eliška
  6. Hanuš
  7. Justýna
  8. Věra
  9. Štefan/Sára
  10. Marina
  11. Andrej
  12. Marcel
  13. Renáta
  14. Agáta
  15. Tereza
  16. Havel
  17. Hedvika
  18. Lukáš
  19. Michaela
  20. Vendelín
  21. Brigita
  22. Sabina
  23. Teodor
  24. Nina
  25. Beáta
  26. Erik
  27. Šarlota/Zoe
  28. National holiday
  29. Silvie
  30. Tadeáš
  31. Štěpánka

November (Listopad)

  1. Felix
  2. All Souls' Day
  3. Hubert
  4. Karel
  5. Miriam
  6. Liběna
  7. Saskie
  8. Bohumír
  9. Bohdan
  10. Evžen
  11. Martin
  12. Benedikt
  13. Tibor
  14. Sáva
  15. Leopold
  16. Otmar
  17. Mahulena
  18. Romana
  19. Alžběta
  20. Nikola
  21. Albert
  22. Cecílie
  23. Klement
  24. Emílie
  25. Kateřina
  26. Artur
  27. Xenie
  28. René
  29. Zina
  30. Ondřej

December (Prosinec)

  1. Iva
  2. Blanka
  3. Svatoslav
  4. Barbora
  5. Jitka
  6. Mikuláš
  7. Ambrož
  8. Květoslava
  9. Vratislav
  10. Julie
  11. Dana
  12. Simona
  13. Lucie
  14. Lýdie
  15. Radana
  16. Albína
  17. Daniel
  18. Miloslav
  19. Ester
  20. Dagmar
  21. Natálie
  22. Šimon
  23. Vlasta
  24. Adam/Eva, Christmas Eve
  25. 1st Christmas Holiday
  26. Štěpán (2nd Christmas Holiday)
  27. Žaneta
  28. Bohumila
  29. Judita
  30. David
  31. Silvestr

See also

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