In the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

, each day of the year, except national holidays, corresponds to a personal name. People celebrate their

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(" 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 Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy * Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD * Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...

calendar of saints The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of 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" in this context d ...

, but many changes were made to reflect the present-day usage of names. The name day is commonly of less importance than

birthday A birthday is the anniversary of the birth of a person, or figuratively of an institution. Birthdays of people are celebrated in numerous cultures, often with birthday gifts, birthday cards, a birthday party, or a rite of passage. Many re ...

s 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 Radmila is a popular given female name in Serbia. It is derived from the Slavic words ''rada'' (the feminine of ''rade'' meaning "happiness") and ''mila'' ("sweet"). Nicknames Rada, Radka, Radushka, Radica, Lala, Mila, Mi Famous bearers *Radm ...

# Diana # Dalimil # Tři králové # Vilma # Čestmír # Vladan # Břetislav # Bohdana # Pravoslav # Edita # Radovan # Alice # Ctirad # Drahoslav #

Vladislav Vladislav ( be, Уладзіслаў (', '); pl, Władysław, ; Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, sh-Cyrl, Владислав) is a male given name of Slavic origin. Variations include ''Volodislav'', ''Vlastislav'' and ''Vlaslav' ...

# 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 Eduard Model Accessories is a Czech manufacturer of plastic models and finescale model accessories. Formed in 1989 in the city of Most, Eduard began in a rented cellar as a manufacturer of photoetched brass model components. Following the succ ...

# Josef # Světlana # Radek # Leona # Ivona # Gabriel # Marián # Emanuel # Dita # Soňa # Taťána # Arnošt # Kvido

April

# Hugo # Erika # Richard # Ivana # Miroslava # Vendula # Heřman # Ema #

Dušan Dušan ( sr-Cyrl, Душан) is a Slavic given name primarily used in countries of Yugoslavia; and among Slovaks and Czechs. The name is derived from the Slavic noun ''duša'' "soul". Occurrence In Serbia, it was the 29th most popular nam ...

# Darja # Izabela # Julius # Aleš # Vincenc # Anastázie # Irena # Rudolf # Valérie # Rostislav # Marcela # Alexandra # Evženie #

Vojtěch Vojtěch (Czech pronunciation: ) or Vojtech is a, respectively, Czech and Slovak given name of Slavic origin. It is composed of two parts: ''voj'' – "troops"/"war(rior)" and ''těch'' – "consolator"/"rejoicing man". So, the name could be interp ...

# Jiří # Marek # Oto # Jaroslav # Vlastislav # Robert # Blahoslav

May

# Labour Day
(

May Day May Day is a European festival of ancient origins marking the beginning of summer, usually celebrated on 1 May, around halfway between the spring equinox and summer solstice. Festivities may also be held the night before, known as May Eve. Tr ...

) # 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 Norbert is a Germanic given name, from '' nord'' "north" and ''berht'' "bright". Norbert is also occasionally found as a surname. People with the given name Academia * Norbert Angermann (born 1936), German historian * Norbert A’Campo (born 19 ...

# Iveta # Medard # Stanislava # Gita # Bruno # Antonie # Antonín # Roland # Vít # Zbyněk #

Adolf Adolf (also spelt Adolph or Adolphe, Adolfo and when Latinised Adolphus) is a given name used in German-speaking countries, Scandinavia, the Netherlands and Flanders, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Latin America and to a lesser extent in vari ...

# Milan # Leoš # Květa/Květuše #

Alois Alois (Latinized ''Aloysius'') is an Old Occitan form of the name Louis. Modern variants include ''Aloïs'' (French), ''Aloys'' (German), ''Alois'' (Czech), '' Alojz'' ( Slovak, Slovenian), ''Alojzy'' ( Polish), ''Aloísio'' (Portuguese, Spanish ...

# Pavla # Zdeňka #

Jan Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article Num ...

# Ivan # Adriana # Ladislav # Lubomír # Petr a Pavel # Šárka

July

# Jaroslava # Patricie # Radomír # Prokop # National holiday # National holiday
(

Jan Hus Jan Hus (; ; 1370 – 6 July 1415), sometimes anglicized as John Hus or John Huss, and referred to in historical texts as ''Iohannes Hus'' or ''Johannes Huss'', was a Czech theologian and philosopher who became a Church reformer and the insp ...

, 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 Ignác, also sometimes spelled Ignac in English, is the Hungarian version of the name Ignatius. Ignac is also a surname, among the most common surnames in the Međimurje County of Croatia. Notable people with this name include: * Ignác Alpár (1 ...

August

# Oskar # Gustav # Miluše # Dominik # Kristián # Oldřiška # Lada # Soběslav # Roman # Vavřinec # Zuzana # Klára # Alena # Alan # Hana # Jáchym # Petra # Helena # Ludvík #

Bernard Bernard ('' Bernhard'') is a French and West Germanic masculine given name. It is also a surname. The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic ''Bernhard'' is composed from the two elements ''bern'' "bear" and ''hard'' "bra ...

# 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 Václav () is a Czech male first name of Slavic origin, sometimes translated into English as Wenceslaus or Wenceslas. These forms are derived from the old Slavic/Czech form of this name: Venceslav. Nicknames are: Vašek, Vašík, Venca, Venda For ...

Michal Michal (; he, מיכל , gr, Μιχάλ) was, according to the first Book of Samuel, a princess of the United Kingdom of Israel; the younger daughter of King Saul, she was the first wife of David (), who later became king, first of Judah, ...

# 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 All Souls' Day, also called ''The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed'', is a day of prayer and remembrance for the faithful departed, observed by certain Christian denominations on 2 November. Through prayer, intercessions, alms and ...

# Hubert # Karel # Miriam # Liběna # Saskie # Bohumír # Bohdan # Evžen #

Martin Martin may refer to: Places * Martin City (disambiguation) * Martin County (disambiguation) * Martin Township (disambiguation) Antarctica * Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land * Port Martin, Adelie Land * Point Martin, South Orkney Islands Austr ...

# Benedikt # Tibor # Sáva # Leopold # Otmar # Mahulena # Romana # Alžběta # Nikola # Albert # Cecílie #

Klement Klement is a given name and surname. People with that name include: Given name * Klement Gottwald Klement Gottwald (; 23 November 1896 – 14 March 1953) was a Czech communist politician, who was the leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslov ...

# Emílie # Kateřina # Artur # Xenie # René # Zina #

Ondřej Ondřej �ondr̝ɛjis a Czech given name, similar to English Andrew. * Ondřej Bank (born 1980), Czech alpine skier * Ondřej Buchtela (1999–2020), Czech ice hockey player * Ondřej Čelůstka (born 1989), Czech footballer * Ondřej Cverna (b ...

December

# Iva # Blanka # Svatoslav # Barbora # Jitka # Mikuláš # Ambrož # Květoslava # Vratislav # Julie # Dana # Simona #

Lucie Lucie is the French and Czech form of the female name Lucia. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Lucie Ahl, British tennis player * Lucie Arnaz, American actress * Lucie Aubrac, member of the French Resistance * Lucie Balthaz ...

# Lýdie # Radana # Albína # Daniel # Miloslav # Ester # Dagmar # Natálie # Šimon # Vlasta # Adam/Eva, Christmas Eve # 1st

Christmas Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. A feast central to the Christian liturgical year ...

Holiday # Štěpán (2nd Christmas Holiday) # Žaneta # Bohumila # Judita #

David David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

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External links

Czech name days

International name days API
Festivals in the Czech Republic