Christianity, a name day is a tradition in many countries of Europe and the Americas, among other parts of Christendom. It consists of celebrating a day of the...

Togo frequently name their children after the day of the week they were born and the order in which they were born. These "day names" have further meanings...

languages, the days are named after corresponding deities of the regional culture, beginning either with Sunday or with Monday. The seven-day week was adopted...

Frequently, children are given a "day name" which corresponds to the day in the week when they were born. These day names have further meanings concerning...

Hilma's Name Day (Finnish: Hilmanpäivät) is a 1954 Finnish romantic comedy film written and directed by Matti Kassila. It is based on the 1936 novel by...

identified by a name is called its referent. A personal name identifies, not necessarily uniquely, a specific individual human. The name of a specific entity...

Traditionally, name day celebrations (Polish: imieniny) have often enjoyed a celebratory emphasis greater than that of birthday celebrations in Poland...

Czech Republic, each day of the year, except national holidays, corresponds to a personal name. People celebrate their name day ("svátek"—or more formally...

A birth name is the name given to a person upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required...

number of Italian given names. In Italy, one portion in person's name may be determined by the name day (onomastico). These name days are determined according...

This is the current Swedish name day calendar, adopted in 2001 by a work group led by the Swedish Academy. The new list has no official status, but is...

Stella is a female given name. It is derived from the Latin word for star. It has been in use in English-speaking countries since it was first used by...

A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well...

Bulgaria, Serbia, Slovakia, and Greece. June 29 is the name day of Peter and Petra. October 2 is the name day of Petra in Hungary. Bulgarian: Петра (Petra), Петранка...

have a 'name day', otherwise known as a 'Saint's day'. It is celebrated in much the same way as a birthday, but it is held on the official day of a saint...

above, Mehrgān is a name-day feast. These name-day feasts are festivals celebrated on the day of the year when the day-name and month-name dedicated to a particular...

have a patron Saint also called 'Name Day' or a Liberation Day, and at this day it is customary for schools to have a day off. "Ποιες είναι οι ημέρες υποχρεωτικής...

organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint. The word "feast"...

An Armenian name comprises a given name and a surname. In Armenia, patronymics, which go between the first and last name, are also used in official documents...

Day (Ngày Giải phóng or Ngày Giải phóng miền Nam), or by its official name, Day of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification (Ngày Giải phóng...

A courtesy name (Chinese: 字; pinyin: zì; lit. 'character'), also known as a style name, is an additional name bestowed upon individuals at adulthood, complementing...

Daniel (Hebrew: דָּנִיֵּאל) is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge" and derives from two early biblical figures...

and turning point of the Polish-Lithuanian intervention in Russia. The day's name alludes to the idea that all classes of Russian society united to preserve...

"hospitality") is a female given name. The below sections list notable people with one of the variants of this given name. Related names include Oksana (Ukrainian:...

Thomas is a male name of Aramaic origins. The English spelling Thomas is a transliteration through Latin Thomas, of the approximate Greek transliteration...

cultural influence the name Roman (the Slavic variant of Romanos/Romanus) is widely used amongst Eastern and Western Slavs. The name day for Roman varies between...

A Persian name, or an Iranian name, consists of a given name (Persian: نام Nâm), sometimes more than one, and a surname (نام‌ خانوادگی). Since the Muslim...

given/middle/family names but rather a chain of names. This system remains in use throughout the Arab and Muslim worlds. The ism (اسم) is the given name, first name, or...

given name, first name and forename in traditionally Christian countries, and are still common in day-to-day use. Strictly speaking, the Christian name is...

A slave name is the personal name given by others to an enslaved person, or a name inherited from enslaved ancestors. In Rome, slaves were given a single...