Name days in Bulgaria
Name days in Bulgaria are name days associated with Eastern Orthodox saints. Some names can be celebrated on more than one day.
According to the tradition, guests are supposed to come uninvited and the person who has the celebrated name is supposed to be prepared to treat everyone. Today people prefer to invite their guests at home or at a bar or a restaurant. The celebrations are similar to those of birthdays, but usually the food, the music and the feel is somewhat more traditional, and sometimes even religious.
January
- 1 : Vassil, Vesselin
- 2: Silvia
- 4 : Tihomir
- 6 : Yordan, Boyan, Bogdan, Moli
- 7 : Ivan, Yoan, Yoana
- 11 : Bogdan, Bogdana, Bogomil, Teodosii
- 12: Tania, Tatiana
- 14 : Adam, Kalcho, Nina
- 17 : Anton, Andon, Antonia, Donka, Doncho, Toni, Toncho
- 18 : Atanas, Atanaska, Nasko, Naska, Nacho, Tanyo, Tinka
- 20 : Evtim
- 21 : Valeri, Valeria, Maksim
- 23 : Kristofer
- 24 : Ksenia
- 25 : Grigor, Grigorena
- 26 : Zhivka, Zhivko, Zoya
February
- 1 : Lozan, Trifon
- 3 : Mona, Moncho, Simeon
- 4 : Zheko, Zhelyaz, Zhelyazko, Zhechka, Zhechko, Zhecho
- 5 : Dobrin, Dobrinka
- 6 : Doroteya, Ognyan, Ognyana, Plamen, Plamena, Svetla, Svetlana, Svetozar, Svetlozar, Fotiy, Fotina
- 9 : Hristina
- 10 : Valentin, Valentina, Valya, Lambi
- 13 : Evlogi, Zoya
March
- 1 : Martin, Marta, Martina, Evdokia
- 4 : Gera, Gerasim, Gercho
- 6 : Krasimir, Krasimira
- 9 : Mladen, Mladena
- 10 : Galin, Galina, Galya, Genoveva
- 12 : Todor, Todorka, Teodor, Teodora, Ulian
- 13 : Nikifor
- 15 : Bozhan, Bozhidar, Bozhidara, Bozhil, Bozhko, Emanuil, Manol, Mancho, Teodor, Teodora, Totyo
- 17 : Alexi
- 19 : Daria
- 20 : Svetla, Svetozar
- 23 : Lidia
- 24 : Zahari, Zaharina, Hari
- 25 : Blagovest, Blagovesta, Blagoy, Blaga, Bonka, Boncho, Marian, Mariana, Mariyan, Mariyana
- 26 : Gabriela
- 28 : Albena, Boyko, Boyka, Boyan, Boyana
April
- 1 : Guido, Gwidon, Hido, Gwidonus,Sonu
- 6 : Strahil
- 14 : Martin; Martina
- 18 : Viktor, Viktoria
- 21 : Zhelyo
- 23 : Alexandra, Lazar
- 24 : Radina, Amit
- 25 : Mark, Marko
- 26 : Hulio
- 28 : Vitaliy, Vitan, Violeta
May
- 1 : Maya
- 2 : Boris, Borislav, Borislava, Boryana
- 4 : Toma
- 5 : Irina, Irena, Miroslav, Mircho, Miroslava, Mira, Miro
- 6 : Galin, Galina, Galya, Ganka, Gancho, Genko, Genoveva, Georgi, Gergana, Gergin, Gergina, Ginka, Gyuro, Zhorzh
- 9 : Hristofor
- 11 : Kiril, Kiro, Kirilka, Metodi, Metodiy, Metodiya
- 17 : Aleksi
- 21 : Constantin, Dinko, Elena, Eli, Elin, Elka, Ilona, Koycho, Konstantin, Kosta, Kostadin, Kostadinka, Kostadinko, Kuncho, Lenko, Stamen, Stanimir, Stanimira, Stanka, Stoil, Stoyan, Stoyanka, Trayko
- 24 : Kiril, Kiro, Kirilka, Metodi, Metodiy, Metodiya
- 29 : Spas, Spaska, Spasena, Spasenia, Spasimir, Spasimira, Sotir
June
- 4 : Marta
- 10 : Antonina
- 15 : Avgustin, Vitan, Vitomir
- 20 : Biser, Bisera
- 21 : Yavor, Yasen
- 24 : Encho, Enyo, Yanka, Yanko, Yancho, Yanaki, Yana, Yani, Yentl, Yanislav
- 28 : David
- 29 : Apostol, Kamen, Pavel, Pavlin, Pavlina, Peyo, Penka, Pencho, Petrana, Petar, Petya, Petso
July
- 1 : Dame, Damyan
- 2 : Rumen, Rumyana, Chavdar
- 3 : Anatoliy
- 6 : Avakum, Valentin, Valentina, Valya
- 7 : Delcho, Delyo, Nedelcho, Nedelya, Nedyalko, Nedko, Neli, Neshka, Neda, Nedelina, Yanka, Yanko
- 11 : Olga, Oleg
- 12 : Veronika
- 15 : Vladimir, Gospodin, Gospodinka
- 16 : Yulia, Yulian, Yuliana
- 17 : Marin, Marina, Marinela
- 18 : Emil, Emilia, Emiliana, Emilian
- 20 : Iliya, Iliyan, Iliyana, Ilka, Ilko, Lilo
- 22 : Lena, Magda, Magdalena, Manda, Meglena, Miglena
- 25 : Ana, Anitsa, Anna
- 26 : Paraskeva
- 27 : Kliment, Panteley, Panko, Panto
- 29 : Goran, Kalin, Hajra
August
- 2 : Nikodim
- 8 : Emilia, Emiliana, Emilian, Trendafil
- 14 : Martin
- 15 : Mara, Marian, Mariana, Maria, Mariya, Mariyan, Mariyana, Masha, Mika, Mira, Preslav, Preslava
- 20 : Samuil, Sama, Sofia
- 23 : Valko
- 25 : Ismet
- 26 : Adrian, Adriana, Natalia
- 29 : Anastas
- 30 : Aleko, Alexandra, Alexander, Sasho
- 31 : Genadi
September
- 1 : Simeon, Mona, Moncho
- 5 : Elza, Elisaveta, Izabela, Zahari, Zahra Hari, Svetozar, Svetlozara
- 8 : Ognyan, Ognyana
- 14 : Krastan, Krastina, Kristina, Kristiana, Krastyo, Kancho, Stavri
- 16 : Lyudmil, Lyudmila
- 17 : Vera, Verin, Veradin, Vyara, Dragan, Drago, Dragoy, Dragomir, Lyuba, Lyuben, Lyubov, Lyubomir, Nadezhda, Nadya, Sevda, Sofia
- 20 : Oleg, Olga
October
- 3 : Ruska
- 4 : Vladimir
- 11 : Filip
- 14 : Paraskeva, Penka, Pencho, Petka, Petko
- 18 : Zlatan, Zlatka, Zlatko, Zlatomir, Luka, Lukan
- 26 : Dimitrina, Dimitar, Dima, Dimo, Dragan, Mitro, Mitra
- 27 : Nestor
- 28 : Lachezar
November
- 8 : Angel, Angelina, Arhangel, Gavril, Emil, Emilia, Emiliana, Emilian, Lina, Mila, Milen, Milena, Milyo, Mihaela, Mihail, Mihaila, Plamen, Plamena, Rada, Radka, Radivoy, Radko, Radoslav, Radoslava, Radostin, Radostina, Rayko, Rayna, Raycho, Rangel, Rafail, Raya, Reni, Rusi, Ruska, Serafim, Ruslan
- 10 : Milan
- 11 : Victor, Victoria, Minka, Mincho
- 14 : Filip, Filyo
- 16 : Matey
- 23 : Alexandra, Alexander, Tsanka, Tsanko
- 24 : Ekaterina, Katerina, Katya, Tinka
- 26 : Stiliyan, ShteryBallsan
- 30 : Adrian, Adriana, Andriana, Andrea, Andrej
December
- 4 : Varvara
- 5 : Sava, Savka, Svetoslav, Svetoslava, Slavi, Slavcho, Sabi, Slav
- 6 : Nikola, Nikolay, Niki, Nikolina, Nina, Kolyo, Neno, Nenka, Niko
- 9 : Anna, Ana, Yanitsa, Anelia, Anegroa, Ani
- 12 : Spiridon, Spiro
- 13 : Evgeni
- 14 : Snezhana
- 15 : Svoboda
- 17 : Danail, Daniel, Daniela, Danko
- 20 : Ignat, Ognyan, Plamen, Iskra
- 23 : Naum
- 24 : Bistra, Blagorodna, Evgeni, Evgenia, Zheni, Zhechka, Parvan, Parvana
- 25 : Emil, Itso, Icho, Kristina, Mladen, Manuel, Radomir, Radoslav, Radoslava, Radostin, Radostina, Hristina, Hristo, Hristofor
- 26 : David, Datso, Dacho, Zhozef, Yosif
- 27 : Ventsi, Ventsislav, Ventsislava, Zapryan, Sonya, Stamen, Stana, Stanislav, Stanislava, Stanimir, Stanimira, Stanka, Stanko, Stancho, Stefan, Stefana, Stefania, Stefka, Stoil, Stoimen, Stoichko, Stoiko, Stoytcho, Stoyan, Stoyana, Stoyanka, Tanya, Tsanka, Tsanko, Tsona, Tsonka, Tsonko, Tsonyo
Easter related name days
- First Saturday of the Great Lent: Todor, Teodora, Dora, Bozhidar
- Lazarus Saturday: Lazar, Lazarina
- Palm Sunday : all flower-related names, such as Tsveta, Tsvetelin, Tsvetan, Tzviatko, Margarita, Lilia, Violeta, Yavor, Zdravko, Zjumbjul, Nevena, Temenuzhka, Ralitza, etc.
- Easter Sunday : Velichka, Veliko, Velin, Vela
- Thomas Sunday: Toma, Tomislav, Tomislava
- Ascension Sunday: Spas, Spaska