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, Vasilena
  • 2 : Silvia
  • 4 : Tihomir
  • 6 : Yordan, Bozhidar, Bogdan
  • 7 : Ivan, Yoan, Yoana, Ivaylo
  • 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
  • 24 : Ksenia
  • 25 : Grigor, Grigorena

    February

  • 1 : Lozan, Trifon
  • 2 : Radost, Radostin, Radina, Radoslav
  • 4 : Zheko, Zhelyaz, Zhelyazko, Zhechka, Zhechko, Zhecho
  • 5 : Dobrin, Dobrinka
  • 6 : Doroteya, Ognyan, Ognyana, Plamen, Plamena, Svetla, Svetlana, Svetozar, Svetlozar, Fotina
  • 10 : Valentin, Valentina, Valya, Lambi
  • 13 : Evlogi, Zoya, Zhivko Zhivka
  • 14 : Trifon

    March

  • 1 : Evdokia, Marta
  • 3 : Simeon, Simona, Mona
  • 4 : Gera, Gerasim, Gercho
  • 6 : Krasimir, Krasimira
  • 9 : Mladen, Mladena
  • 10 : Galin, Galina, Galya
  • 13 : Nikifor
  • 17 : Alexi
  • 19 : Daria
  • 20 : Svetla, Svetozar
  • 22 : Rosen, Rosica
  • 24 : Zahari, Zaharina, Hari
  • 25 : Blagovest, Blagovesta, Blagoy, Blaga, Bonka, Boncho
  • 26 : Gabriela
  • 28 : Albena, Boyko, Boyka, Boyan, Boyana

    April

  • 1 : Avram
  • 6 : Strahil
  • 12 : Yassen
  • 14 : Martin, Martina, Marta
  • 18 : Viktor, Viktoria
  • 25 : Mark, Marko

    May

  • 1 : Maya, Tamara
  • 2 : Boris, Borislav, Borislava, Boryana
  • 5 : Irina, Irena, Miroslav, Mircho, Miroslava, Mira, Miro
  • 6 : Galin, Galina, Galya, Ganka, Gancho, Genko, Genoveva, Georgi, Gergana, Gergin, Gergina, Ginka, Gyuro, Zhorzh
  • 8 : Radoslav
  • 9 : Hristofor
  • 11 : Kiril, Kiro, Kirilka, Metodi, Metodiy, Metodiya
  • 20: Lidia, Lida
  • 21 : Constantin, Dinko, Elena, Eleonora, Eli, Elin, Elka, Ilona, Koycho, Konstantin, Kosta, Kostadin, Kostadinka, Kostadinko, Kuncho, Lenko, Stanimir, Stanimira, Stanka, Stoil, Trayko
  • 24 : Kiril, Kiro, Kirilka, Metodi, Metodiy, Metodiya

    June

  • 24 : Bilyana, Encho, Enyo, Yancho, Yanaki, Yana, Yani, Yanislav, Yanka, Yanko
  • 29 : Kamen, Pavel, Pavlin, Pavlina, Peyo, Penka, Pencho, Petrana, Petar, Petya, Petso
  • 30 : Apostol

    July

  • 1 : Dame, Damyan, Kuzman
  • 7 : Delcho, Delyo, Nedelcho, Nedelya, Nedyalko, Nedko, Neli, Neshka, Neda, Nedelina
  • 11 : Olga, Oleg
  • 15 : Vladimir, Vladislav, Gospodin, Gospodinka
  • 16 : Yulia, Yulian, Yuliana
  • 17 : Marin, Marina, Marinka, Marinela
  • 18 : Emil, Emilia, Emiliana, Emilian
  • 20 : Iliya, Iliyan, Iliyana, Ilina, Ilka, Ilko, Lilo
  • 22 : Lena, Magda, Magdalena, Manda, Meglena, Miglena
  • 24 : Yana, Yanka,
  • 25 : Ana, Anna, Anka, Aneliya, Aneta, Ani
  • 27 : Panteley, Panko, Panto
  • 29 : Kalin

    August

  • 2 : Ilia, Ilija, Eliya
  • 8 : Emil, Emilia, Emiliana, Emilian
  • 15 : Mara, Marian, Mariana, Maria, Mariya, Mariyan, Mariyana, Masha, Mika, Mira
  • 20 : Samuil
  • 23 : Valko
  • 26 : Adrian, Adriana, Natalia
  • 29 : Anastas
  • 30 : Aleko, Alexandra, Alexander, Sasha, Sasho
  • 31 : Genadi

    September

  • 1 : Simeon, Mona, Moncho
  • 5 : Elza, Elisaveta, Izabela, Zahari, Svetozar, Svetlozara
  • 8 : Maria
  • 14 : Krastan, Krastina, Kristina, Kristiana, Krastyo, Kristal, Kancho, Stavri
  • 16 : Lyudmil, Lyudmila
  • 17 : Vera, Verka, Vyara, Lyuba, Lyuben, Lyubov, Lyubomir, Nadezhda, Nadya, Sevda, Sofia, Nadejda
  • 22 : Galabin, Galabina

    October

  • 3 : Denis, Denislav, Denislava
  • 6 : Toma, Tomi
  • 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, Gavril, Emil, Emilia, Emiliana, Emilian, Lina, Mila, Milen, Milena, Milyo, Mihaela, Mihail, Mihaila, Ognyan, Plamen, Rayko, Rayna, Raycho, Rangel, Rafail, Raya, Rusi, Ruska, Reni, Serafim, Ruslan
  • 11 : Victor, Victoria, Mina, Minka, Mincho
  • 14 : Filip, Filyo
  • 16 : Matey
  • 23 : Alexandra, Alexander, Tsanka, Tsanko
  • 24 : Ekaterina, Katerina, Katya, Tinka
  • 26 : Stiliyan, Stela
  • 30 : Andrea, Andrej

    December

  • 4 : Varvara
  • 5 : Sava, Savka, Slavi, Slavcho, Sabi, Slav
  • 6 : Nikola, Nikolay, Niki, Nikolina, Nina, Kolyo, Neno, Nenka, Niko, Nia
  • 9 : Anna, Ana, Anelia, Ani
  • 12 : Spiridon, Spiro
  • 15 : Svoboda
  • 17 : Danail, Daniel, Daniela, Danko
  • 20 : Ignat, Ognyan, Plamen, Iskra
  • 24 : Bistra, Blagorodna, Evgeni, Evgenia, Zheni, Zhechka, Parvan, Parvana
  • 25 : Emil, Itso, Icho, Kristina, Kristian, Mladen, Radomir, Radoslav, Radoslava, Radostin, Radostina, Rumen, Rumyana, Hristina, Hristo, Hristofor
  • 26 : David, Datso, Dacho, Yosif, Yosko
  • 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, Teodor, Dora, Bozhidar
  • Lazarus Saturday: Lazar, Lazarina
  • Palm Sunday : all flower-related names, such as Bilyan, Tsveta, Tsvetin, Tsvetelin, Tsvetan, Tsvyatko, Margarita, Liliya, Lilyan, Kalina, Violeta, Yavor, Zdravko, Zjumbjul, Nevena, Kameliya, Temenuzhka, Ralitsa, etc.
  • Easter Sunday : Velichko, Velichka, Veliko, Velin, Vela
  • Thomas Sunday: Toma, Tomislav, Tomislava
  • Ascension Sunday: Spas, Spaska