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What is name day in Slovakia?
In Slovakia, each day of the year corresponds to a personal name (the original list was the Roman Catholic calendar of saints). People celebrate their name days (Slovak: meniny) on the date corresponding to their own given names.
What is my name day in Hungary?
The tradition originates from the Christian church calendar and the tradition to name children after saints. From Wikipedia. Name days are like a second birthday in Hungary. A woman is typically given flowers on her name day by friends, even colleagues.
What is name day in Italy?
giorno onomastico
Italians use it to refer to your giorno onomastico, ‘name day’, which most people cut down to simply l’onomastico. According to the country’s Catholic traditions, your name day is the feast day of whichever saint you’re named after (because naturally you’re named after a saint).
Who celebrates name days?
The celebration of name days has been a tradition in Catholic and Eastern Orthodox countries since the Middle Ages, and has also continued in some measure in countries, such as the Scandinavian countries, whose Protestant established church retains certain Catholic traditions.
What is the French way to say name day?
C’est la fête
Name Day in France (C’est la fête !) Bonjour !
What is name day in Poland?
Name day celebrations involve the gathering and socialising of friends and family at the celebrant’s home, as well as the giving of gifts and flowers at home and elsewhere, such as at the workplace. This tradition doesn’t include regions of Upper Silesia and Kashubia.
What is name day in Sweden?
In Sweden today, we sometimes celebrate a person on their name day. You may get them a card, a cake, some other little present, or perhaps just say “Grattis på namnsdagen”. The tradition of celebrating name days came about because of the Christian church tradition (or so the Swedish wikipedia tells us).