Bulgarian Name Days

Unlike Birthdays where the person whos day it is receives presents, on a Bulgarian name day the festivities are slightly different.

Tradition has it that friends and family of the person enjoying their name day will arrive uninvited to the house of the person whos name day it is. Upon the arrival of friends and family the person whos name day it is has to invite everyone in and treat them all.

In the present day it is not uncommon for the person whos name day it is to invite people to a restaurant and bar where they pay the bill for all those invited.

Below is a list by month of Bulgarian name days.

1st : Vassil
4th : Tihomir
6th : Yordan, Boyan, Bogdan
7th : Ivan, Yoan, Yoana
11th : Bogdan, Bogdana, Bogomil, Teodosii
12th: Tania, Tatiana
14th : Adam, Kalcho, Nina
17th : Anton, Andon, Antonia, Donka, Doncho, Toni, Toncho
18th : Atanas, Atanaska, Nasko, Naska, Nacho
20th : Evtim
21th : Valeri, Valeria, Maksim
23rd : Hristofor
24th : Ksenia
25th : Grigor, Grigorena
26th : Zhivka, Zhivko, Zoya

1st : Lozan, Trifon
3rd : Mona, Moncho, Simeon
4th : Zheko, Zhelyazko, Zhechka, Zhechko, Zhecho
5th : Dobrin, Dobrinka
6th : Doroteya, Ognyan, Ognyana, Plamen, Plamena, Svetla, Svetlana, Svetozar, Svetlozar, Fotiy, Fotina
9th : Hristina
10th : Valentin, Valentina, Valya, Lambi, Haralambi
13th : Evlogi

1st : Marta, Martina, Evdokia (on Baba Marta)
4th : Gera, Gerasim, Gercho
6th : Krasimir, Krasimira
10th : Galin, Galina, Galya, Genoveva
13th : Nikifor
15th : Bozhan, Bozhidar, Bozhidara, Bozhil, Bozhko, Emanuil, Manol, Mancho, Teodor, Teodora, Totyo
17th : Alexi
20th : Svetla, Svetozar
23rd : Lidia
24th : Zahari, Zaharina, Hari
25th : Blagovest, Blagovesta, Blagoy, Blaga, Bonka, Boncho, Marian, Mariana, Mariyan, Mariyana
28th : Albena, Boyko, Boyka, Boyan, Boyana

6th : Strahil
14th : Martin
18th : Viktor, Viktoria
21st : Zhelyo
25th : Mark, Marko
28th : Vitaliy, Vitan

1st : Maya
2nd : Boris, Borislav, Borislava, Boryana
4th : Toma
5th : Irina, Irena
6th : Galin, Galina, Galya, Ganka, Gancho, Genko, Genoveva, Georgi, Gergana, Gergin, Gergina, Ginka, Gyuro, Zhorzh
9th : Hristofor
11th : Kiril, Kiro, Kirilka, Metodi, Metodiy, Metodiya
17th : Aleksi
21st : Dinko, Elena, Eli, Elin, Elka, Ilona, Koycho, Konstantin, Kosta, Kostadin, Kostadinka, Kostadinko, Kuncho, Lenko, Stamen, Stanimir, Stanimira, Stanka, Stoil, Stoyan, Stoyanka, Trayko
24th : Kiril, Kiro, Kirilka, Metodi, Metodiy, Metodiya

10th : Antonina
15th : Avgustin, Vitan, Vitomir
20th : Biser, Bisera
21st : Yavor, Yasen
24th : Encho, Enyo, Yanka, Yanko, Yancho, Yanaki, Yani, Yanislav (on Enyovden)
28th : David
29th : Apostol, Kamen, Pavel, Pavlin, Pavlina, Peyo, Penka, Pencho, Petrana, Petar, Petya, Petso (on Petrovden)

1st : Dame, Damyan
2nd : Rumen, Rumyana, Chavdar
3rd : Anatoliy
6th : Avakum, Valentin, Valentina, Valya
7th : Delcho, Delyo, Nedelcho, Nedelya, Nedyalko, Nedko, Neshka, Yanka, Yanko
11th : Olga, Oleg
15th : Vladimir, Gospodin, Gospodinka
16th : Yulia, Yulian, Yuliana
17th : Marin, Marina, Marinela
18th : Emil, Emilia, Emiliana, Emilian
20th : Iliya, Iliyan, Iliyana, Ilka, Ilko, Lilo (on Ilinden)
22nd: Lena, Magda, Magdalena, Manda, Meglena, Miglena
25th : Ana, Anitsa, Anna, Yana
26th : Paraskeva
27th : Kliment, Panteley, Panko, Panto
29th : Goran, Kalin

2nd : Nikodim
8th : Emilia, Emiliana, Emilian, Trendafil
14th : Martin
15th : Mara, Marian, Mariana, Maria, Mariyan, Mariyana, Masha, Mika, Mira, Preslav, Preslava
20th : Samuil
23rd : Valko
26th : Adriana, Adriana, Natalia
29th : Anastas
30th : Aleko, Alexandra, Alexander, Sasho
31st : Genadi

1st : Simeon, Mona, Moncho
5th : Elza, Elisaveta, Izabela, Zahari, Hari, Svetozar, Svetlozara
8th : Ognyan, Ognyana
14th : Krastan, Krastina, Krastyo, Kancho, Stavri
16th : Lyudmil, Lyudmila
17th : Vera, Verin, Veradin, Vyara, Dragan, Drago, Dragoy, Dragomir, Lyuba, Lyuben, Lyubov, Lyubomir, Nadezhda, Nadya, Sevda, Sofia
20th : Oleg, Olga

3rd : Ruska
4th : Vladimir
11th : Filip
14th : Paraskeva, Penka, Pencho, Petka, Petko
18th : Zlatan, Zlatka, Zlatko, Zlatomir, Luka, Lukan
26th : Dimitrina, Dimitar, Dima, Dimo, Dragan, Mitro, Mitra
27th : Nestor
28th : Lachezar

7th : Evgeni
8th : Angel, Angelina, Arhangel, Gavril, Emil, Emilia, Emiliana, Emilian, Lina, Mila, Milen, 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)
10th : Milan
11th : Viktor, Viktoria, Minka, Mincho
14th : Filip, Filyo
16th : Matey
23rd : Alexandra, Alexander, Tsanka, Tsanko
24th : Ekaterina, Katya, Tinka (only female form, on Sveta Ekaterina)
26th : Stiliyan, Shteryan
30th : Adrian, Adriana, Andriana, Andrea, Andrej (on Andreevden)

4th : Varvara
5th : Sava, Savka, Svetoslav, Svetoslava, Slavi Slavcho, Sabi
6th : Nicola, Nickolay, Niki, Nikolina, Nina, Kolyo, Nenka, Niko
9th : Anna, Ana, Yanitsa, Anelia, Ana, Ani
12th : Spiridon, Spiro
14th : Snezhana
15th : Svoboda
17th : Danail, Daniel, Daniela, Danko
20th : Ignat, Ognyan, Plamen
23rd : Naum
24th: Bistra, Blagorodna, Evgeni, Evgenia, Zheni, Zhechka, Parvan, Parvana
25th : Emil, Itso, Icho, Mladen, Radomir, Radoslav, Radoslava, Radostin, Radostina, Hristina, Hristo, Hristofor
26th : David, Datso, Dacho, Zhozef, Yosif
27th : 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

Name Days in Bulgaria are a wonderful affair where family and friends can come together to celebrate someone who carries a Saints name. The name day is religious but is also a great time for family and friends to join together and celebrate someone they love.