Name days in the Czech Republic explained
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", but that term isn't usually used) 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 birthdays to Czech people. The 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".
January
- New Year's Day
- Karina
- Radmila
- Diana
- Dalimil
- Tři králové
- Vilma
- Čestmír
- Vladan
- Břetislav
- Bohdana
- Pravoslav
- Edita
- Radovan
- Alice
- Ctirad
- Drahoslav
- Vladislav
- Doubravka
- Ilona
- Běla
- Slavomír
- Zdeněk
- Milena
- Miloš
- Zora
- Ingrid
- Otýlie
- Zdislava
- Robin
- Marika
February
- Hynek/Jasmína
- Nela, Hromnice
- Blažej
- Jarmila
- Dobromila
- Vanda/Arjuna
- Veronika
- Milada
- Apolena
- Mojmír
- Božena
- Slavěna
- Věnceslav
- Valentýn
- Jiřina
- Ljuba
- Miloslava
- Gizela
- Patrik
- Oldřich
- Lenka
- Petr
- Svatopluk
- Matěj
- Liliana
- Dorota
- Alexandr
- Lumír
- Horymír
March
- Bedřich
- Anežka
- Kamil
- Stela
- Kazimír
- Miroslav
- Tomáš
- Gabriela
- Františka
- Viktorie
- Anděla
- Řehoř
- Růžena
- Rút/Matylda
- Ida
- Elena/Herbert
- Vlastimil
- Eduard
- Josef
- Světlana
- Radek
- Leona
- Ivona
- Gabriel
- Marián
- Emanuel
- Dita
- Soňa
- Taťána
- Arnošt
- Kvido
April
- Hugo
- Erika
- Richard
- Ivana
- Miroslava
- Vendula
- Heřman
- Ema
- Dušan
- Darja
- Izabela
- Julius
- Aleš
- Vincenc
- Anastázie
- Irena
- Rudolf
- Valérie
- Rostislav
- Marcela
- Alexandra
- Evženie
- Vojtěch
- Jiří
- Marek
- Oto
- Jaroslav
- Vlastislav
- Robert
- Blahoslav
May
- Labour Day
(May Day)
- Zikmund
- Alexej
- Květoslav
- Klaudie
- Radoslav
- Stanislav
- National holiday
- Ctibor
- Blažena
- Svatava
- Pankrác
- Servác
- Bonifác
- Žofie
- Přemysl
- Aneta
- Nataša
- Ivo a Engelbert
- Zbyšek
- Monika
- Emil
- Vladimír
- Jana
- Viola
- Filip
- Valdemar
- Vilém
- Maxmilián
- Ferdinand
- Kamila
June
- Laura
- Jarmil
- Tamara
- Dalibor
- Dobroslav
- Norbert
- Iveta
- Medard
- Stanislava
- Gita
- Bruno
- Antonie
- Antonín
- Roland
- Vít
- Zbyněk
- Adolf
- Milan
- Leoš
- Květa/Květuše
- Alois
- Pavla
- Zdeňka
- Jan
- Ivan
- Adriana
- Ladislav
- Lubomír
- Petr a Pavel
- Šárka
July
- Jaroslava
- Patricie
- Radomír
- Prokop
- Cyril/Metoděj
- National holiday
(Jan Hus, 1415)
- Bohuslava
- Nora
- Drahoslava
- Libuše/Amálie
- Olga
- Bořek
- Markéta
- Karolína
- Jindřich
- Luboš
- Martina
- Drahomíra
- Čeněk
- Ilja
- Vítězslav
- Magdaléna
- Libor
- Kristýna
- Jakub
- Anna
- Věroslav
- Viktor
- Marta
- Bořivoj
- Ignác
August
- Oskar
- Gustav
- Miluše
- Dominik
- Kristián
- Oldřiška
- Lada
- Soběslav
- Roman
- Vavřinec
- Zuzana
- Klára
- Alena
- Alan
- Hana
- Jáchym
- Petra
- Helena
- Ludvík
- Bernard
- Johana
- Bohuslav
- Sandra
- Bartoloměj
- Radim
- Luděk
- Otakar
- Augustýn
- Evelína
- Vladěna
- Pavlína
September
- Linda/Samuel
- Adéla
- Bronislav/Bronislava
- Jindřiška
- Boris
- Boleslav
- Regina/Regína
- Mariana
- Daniela
- Irma
- Denisa
- Marie
- Lubor
- Radka
- Jolana
- Ludmila
- Naděžda
- Kryštof
- Zita
- Oleg
- Matouš
- Darina
- Berta
- Jaromír
- Zlata
- Andrea
- Jonáš
- Václav
- Michal
- Jeroným
October
- Igor
- Olívie/Oliver
- Bohumil
- František
- Eliška
- Hanuš
- Justýna
- Věra
- Štefan/Sára
- Marina
- Andrej
- Marcel
- Renáta
- Agáta
- Tereza
- Havel
- Hedvika
- Lukáš
- Michala
- Vendelín
- Brigita
- Sabina
- Teodor
- Nina
- Beáta
- Erik
- Šarlota/Zoe
- National holiday
- Silvie
- Tadeáš
- Štěpánka
November
- Felix, Kani
- All Souls' Day
- Hubert
- Karel
- Miriam
- Liběna
- Saskie
- Bohumír
- Bohdan
- Evžen
- Martin
- Benedikt
- Tibor
- Sáva
- Leopold
- Otmar
- Mahulena
- Romana
- Alžběta
- Nikola
- Albert
- Cecílie
- Klement
- Emílie
- Kateřina
- Artur
- Xenie
- René
- Zina
- Ondřej
December
- Iva
- Blanka
- Svatoslav
- Barbora
- Jitka
- Mikuláš
- Ambrož
- Květoslava
- Vratislav
- Julie
- Dana
- Simona
- Lucie
- Lýdie
- Radana
- Albína
- Daniel
- Miloslav
- Ester
- Dagmar
- Natálie
- Šimon
- Vlasta
- Adam/Eva, Christmas Eve
- 1st Christmas Holiday
- Štěpán (2nd Christmas holiday)
- Žaneta
- Bohumila
- Judita
- David
- Silvestr
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