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To be added are Greek, Russian, German, French, Latvian and Lithuanian name days. What else is missing?
I've got a list of Catholic saint days that might get put up as well.
To be added are Greek, Russian, German, French, Latvian and Lithuanian name days. What else is missing?
I've got a list of Catholic saint days that might get put up as well.
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Hot stuff! :)
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In Greece, too, namedays are of more significance than birthdays (not in my book!). Here’s a list of Greek orthodox namedays:
http://www.in2greece.com/english/factstrivia/facts/namedays.htm
And for a more comprehensive list:
http://www.sfakia-crete.com/sfakia-crete/greeknamedays.html
The latter site may be confusing, because name are expressed in a grammatical form meaning “(nameday) -of” (darn I cant remember the correct grammatical name for this).
For example,
August 7 – Asteriou, means “of Asterios,” and
June 8 – Kalliopis, means “of Kalliope”
If you’s like I could help you decipher these, particularly completing the contemporary Greek names section in BtN. It is interesting to see how many ancient Greek names made their way into the Orthodox Church; the refusal of the Orthodox Church to allow classical Greek names with now saintly namesakes has, unfortunately, caused an onomastic poverty in contemporary Greece :(
I will try to find a resource with namedays of pre-christian Greek names…
http://www.in2greece.com/english/factstrivia/facts/namedays.htm
And for a more comprehensive list:
http://www.sfakia-crete.com/sfakia-crete/greeknamedays.html
The latter site may be confusing, because name are expressed in a grammatical form meaning “(nameday) -of” (darn I cant remember the correct grammatical name for this).
For example,
August 7 – Asteriou, means “of Asterios,” and
June 8 – Kalliopis, means “of Kalliope”
If you’s like I could help you decipher these, particularly completing the contemporary Greek names section in BtN. It is interesting to see how many ancient Greek names made their way into the Orthodox Church; the refusal of the Orthodox Church to allow classical Greek names with now saintly namesakes has, unfortunately, caused an onomastic poverty in contemporary Greece :(
I will try to find a resource with namedays of pre-christian Greek names…
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Yay! Cool links, Pavlos. Most name-days are the same as in Bulgaria (which is hardly surprising, given that both countries are orthodoxal :).
I was surprised to learn that Greek people connect Zacharias to "sugar" as they do in Bulgaria :). Is the word "zahar" (sugar) Greek? I always thought it came from Turkish...
And... oh well... now I must admit that my father (Evgeni) was right to celebrate his name-day on the day before Christmas. I thought he was making it up to get one more present :)))
I was surprised to learn that Greek people connect Zacharias to "sugar" as they do in Bulgaria :). Is the word "zahar" (sugar) Greek? I always thought it came from Turkish...
And... oh well... now I must admit that my father (Evgeni) was right to celebrate his name-day on the day before Christmas. I thought he was making it up to get one more present :)))
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Thanks Pavlos,
I had been looking at that second list (or one derived from it) previously but I thought the names looked a little strange. Now that you've explained it I understand why - the names are in the genitive.
Yes, I will need some help changing the names to the nominative case. I know that an -ou ending becomes -os, so you can skip those. However I am unsure of the rules for the other types.
I had been looking at that second list (or one derived from it) previously but I thought the names looked a little strange. Now that you've explained it I understand why - the names are in the genitive.
Yes, I will need some help changing the names to the nominative case. I know that an -ou ending becomes -os, so you can skip those. However I am unsure of the rules for the other types.
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Typo: "no saintly" instead of "now saintly"
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A cool new feature, but...
This is the most comprehensive non-Bulgarian list of BG name-days I have seen on the web! Good job, Mike! It even has the not-so-popular ones :o). I have some corrections, though.
Some of the name-days are directly related to Easter and move every year accordingly. For example:
The name-day of Todor, Teodor, Bojidar... is, in fact, on the 7th Saturday before Easter. It was March 3rd (as you have listed it) in 2001, this year it was March 23rd.
The same goes for Lazar - Lazars celebrate on the 2nd Saturday before Easter, which might have been April 11 last year. It happens to be April 27th this year (Easter being May 5th).
Another one: Vurban (m) (willow - Slavic) and Vurbana (f) celebrate on the Sunday before Easter (and the day after Lazar). This year it is on Apr. 28th.
And one last one - Spas (saviour in Bulgarian) and Sotir (saviour in Greek) celebrate on the 40th day after Easter (a Thursday). This year it is June 13th.
A popular name-day you have missed: Simeon (m) and Simona (f) celebrate Sept. 1st; add the Bulgarian equivalent of Stavri, Krustio (cross) on Sept. 14th.
One last note - I believe any eastern orthodoxal priest would "eat you alive" :) for listing Silvia on Jan 2 and Valentin on Feb 14th. January 2nd is indeed the day of St. Silvester, but it's a catholic holiday, and, for some reason, the official eastern orthodoxal name-day of Silvia is Dec. 5th. The same goes for Valentin - it appears that there is an eastern orthodoxal martir, Valentina, whose day is Feb 10th. Those last two are picky remarks that I received as feedback on my name-days page and I wouldn't think they are that important.
Once again - good job. Now I am really impressed :)
This is the most comprehensive non-Bulgarian list of BG name-days I have seen on the web! Good job, Mike! It even has the not-so-popular ones :o). I have some corrections, though.
Some of the name-days are directly related to Easter and move every year accordingly. For example:
The name-day of Todor, Teodor, Bojidar... is, in fact, on the 7th Saturday before Easter. It was March 3rd (as you have listed it) in 2001, this year it was March 23rd.
The same goes for Lazar - Lazars celebrate on the 2nd Saturday before Easter, which might have been April 11 last year. It happens to be April 27th this year (Easter being May 5th).
Another one: Vurban (m) (willow - Slavic) and Vurbana (f) celebrate on the Sunday before Easter (and the day after Lazar). This year it is on Apr. 28th.
And one last one - Spas (saviour in Bulgarian) and Sotir (saviour in Greek) celebrate on the 40th day after Easter (a Thursday). This year it is June 13th.
A popular name-day you have missed: Simeon (m) and Simona (f) celebrate Sept. 1st; add the Bulgarian equivalent of Stavri, Krustio (cross) on Sept. 14th.
One last note - I believe any eastern orthodoxal priest would "eat you alive" :) for listing Silvia on Jan 2 and Valentin on Feb 14th. January 2nd is indeed the day of St. Silvester, but it's a catholic holiday, and, for some reason, the official eastern orthodoxal name-day of Silvia is Dec. 5th. The same goes for Valentin - it appears that there is an eastern orthodoxal martir, Valentina, whose day is Feb 10th. Those last two are picky remarks that I received as feedback on my name-days page and I wouldn't think they are that important.
Once again - good job. Now I am really impressed :)
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Thanks for the corrections Ivayla. What's the URL for your name days page?
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http://www.angelfire.com/ca6/ivayla/kalendar.html
It's in Bulgarian, though
It's in Bulgarian, though
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That address is not working!
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The /kalendar.html part is the name-days page only (or it will be again when I have time to find it in my computer and upload it for the nth time!)
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Angelfire brought it down. I'll bring it up again sometime soon. Sorry :(
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Nevermind, I found it...
http://www.angelfire.com/ca6/ivayla/bgnames.htm
Just talking to myself again..
http://www.angelfire.com/ca6/ivayla/bgnames.htm
Just talking to myself again..
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AWESOME! :) :) :)
This is wicked! I already knew all about the Finnish name days. There are a bunch listed there that are in the database, if I have time I'll make a list for ya! But awesome work it's great!
This is wicked! I already knew all about the Finnish name days. There are a bunch listed there that are in the database, if I have time I'll make a list for ya! But awesome work it's great!
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I love it!
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This is so nifty ! Cool new feature!
I looked under the month of May and scrolled down to the 26th day (my birthday) and checked out the names that correlate to celebrations that happen in different cultures on my birthday. My favorites are the Hungarian name Evelin and the Slovak name Dusan.
I looked under the month of May and scrolled down to the 26th day (my birthday) and checked out the names that correlate to celebrations that happen in different cultures on my birthday. My favorites are the Hungarian name Evelin and the Slovak name Dusan.
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