Name Days are an important celebration in Bulgaria. Everyone knows the date of their special day. For some people it is a bigger celebration than birthdays. Children in Bulgaria take sweets in to school to treat their classmates. In return classmates wish them long life, big families and much happiness.

Check which name day is today. Then, see if you can find your name day on the calendar below.

Calendar of Name Days

January

Date	Name
1	Vasil, Vasilena, Vesela, Veselin, Veselina
4	Tihomir
6	Bogdan, Bogdana, Bogomil, Bogomila, Jordan, Iordanka, Teodosil, Yordan, Yordanka
7	Ioan, Ioana, Ivan, Ivanka, Ivayla, Ivaylo, Ivet, Kayloyan, Vanya, Vanim Yoana, Zhan, Zhana
12	Tanya, Tatyana
17	Andon, Anton, Antonia, Dona, Doncho, Donka
18	Atanas, Atanaska
20	Efimir, Evtim, Evtimiya, Momchil
21	Maksim
25	Grigor

February

Date	Name
1	Trifon
3	Simeon
6	Svetla, Svetlana, Svetlomir
10	Haralampi, Valentin, Valenina
13	Evlogi

March

Date	Name
1	Evdokiya, Marta, Martin, Martina
4	Bozhidar*Dora, Gerasim, Teodor, Teodora, Todor*
10	Galina
13	Niifor
22	Rosen, Rositsa
23	Lidiya
25	Blaga, Blagovesta, Blaguna, Evangelina, Mariyana
28	Albena, Boyan, Boyana, Boyka, Boyko

April

Date	Name
8	Lazar, Lazo*
9	Bozhan*Bozhana, Violeta, Vurban, Vurbana, Yasen, Yasna, Yavor, Zdravka, Zdravko*
16	Velikchka, Velichko, Velin, Velina*
18	Viktor, Viktoriya
23	Toma*, Tomislav, Tomislava*
25	Marko

May

Date	Name
1	Erman,. Ermena, Maya
2	Boriana, Boris, Borislav, Borislava
5	Irina, Mira
6	Georgi, Georgiya, Gergana, Gyuro
11	Kiril, Kirila, Metodi
21	Elena, Konstantin, Kosta, Kostadin, Kostadinka, Lenko, Stoyan
25	Spas* Spaska*
29	Doroteia*
30	Emiliya

June

Date	Name
7	Valeri, Valeria
18	Asen*, Chavdar*
22	Goryan, Goryana
24	Enio, Yanita, Yanka, Yanko
26	David
29	Kamen, Pavel, Petar, Petra, Petrana
30	Apostol

July

Date	Name
1	Damyan, Damyana, Kozma, Kuzman
7	Nedelcho, Nedelya, Nedyalka, Nedyalko
11	Oleg, Olga
15	Vlada, Vladena, Vladimir
16	Yulian, Yuliana, Yuliya
17	Marin, Marina
18	Emil, Emilian
20	Ilina, Iliya, Iliyana, Ilko
22	Lena, Magda, Magdalena, Miglena
25	Ana, Yana
26	Paraskeva
27	Dobra, Dobri, Dobrina, Dobrinka, Pancho, Panka
29	Kalin

August

Date	Name
8	Emil, Emilian, Emiliya
15	Mariya
20	Samuil
26	Adrian, Adriana, Adrian, Adriyana, Natali, Nataliya
29	Anastas, Anastasi, Anastiasiya
30	Aleksandar, Aleksandra

September

Date	Name
1	Simeon, Simona
5	Elisaveta, Hari, Zahari
14	Krustan, Krustina, Krustyo, Stavri
16	Lyudmil, Lyudmila
17	Lyuba, Lyuben, Lyuvomir, Lyubov, Nadezhda, Nadya, Sevda, Sofiya, Vera, Vyara
25	Sergei

October

Date	Name
14	Pencho, Penka, Petka, Petko
18	Zlata, Zlatan, Zlatka, Zlatko, Zlatomir
26	Dimitar, Dimitrina, Mitko
27	Nestor

November

Date	Name
8	Angel, Gavrail, Gavrl, Mihaela, Mihail, Ognyan, Ognyana, Plamen, Plamena, Rada, Tadka, Radko, Rafail, Raia, Raika, Raina, Rangel
11	Minka, Minko, Viktor, Vikoriya
14	Filio, Filip, Filipa
16	Matei,
23	Aleko, Aleksandar, Aleksandra
24	Ekaterina, Katerina, Katina, Katya
25	Kliment, Klimentina
26	stiliyan, Stilyana,
30	Andrei

December

Date	Name
4	Varvara
5	Sava, Silva, Silvana, Silviya, Stanislav
6	Nikola, Nikolai, Nina
9	Ana, Anna, Anushka, Nusha
14	Snezhala
17	Dana, Danail, Danaila, Daniela
20	Evgeni, Evgeniya
24	Evgeni, Evgeniya
25	Hristina, Hristo
26	Iosif, Yosif
27	Stanimir, Stanka, Stanko, Stefan, Stefka, Stoycho

• *Means the date changes each year depending on the date of Orthadox Easter.

If you can’t find your name day, try using the name day locator on this website. We already have some blog posts about some name days such as Georgievden. Hope you get to celebrate with someone soon!