Name days in Croatia

In Croatia, a name day (Croatian: imendan) is a day corresponding to a date in the Catholic calendar when the respective saint's day is celebrated. Even though celebration of the name day is less usual than celebrating birthday, the name day is more often congratulated by broader number of acquaintances. This is because the date of birth is seldom known and the person's name is known to many.

The names that are celebrated on the certain saint's day are all the names that correspond to the respective name and all the derivative names. If there are different version of the same name in different languages (e.g. John, which in Croatian is Ivan and in Spanish is Juan) all the respective names are celebrated. Sometimes both sexes are celebrated for the same saint (usually male). For example, November 30 is the day of Saint Andrew apostle, and both Andrija (male) and Andreja (female) are celebrated.

When several saints share the same name, imendan calendars will show all of them. However, it is customary to celebrate only one of them, typically the most famous.

See also Roman Catholic calendar of saints and Tridentine Calendar.

Contents

Croatian name day calendar

January

Day Saint Name Saint Name Saint Name
1st Virgin Mary (Marija Bogorodica)[1] Marija        
2nd St. Basil of Caesarea (Bazilije Veliki)[1] Bazilije St. Gregory of Nazianzus Grgur    
3rd Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus (Ime Isusovo)[1] Isusovo Saint Genevieve Genoveva[1]   Cvijeta[1]
4th St. Zdislava of Lemberk Sdislava        
5th St. Emiliana Emilijana[1]   Radoslav   Miljenko
6th St. Gaspar del Bufalo (born January 6)[2] Gašpar[1]        
7th St. Raymond of Peñafort (Rajmund Penjafortski) Rajmund (see August 31) St. Lucian of Antioch Lucijan   Zorislav
8th St. Severinus of Noricum Severin   Bogoljub St. Apollinaris bishop Apolinarij
9th St. Julian martyr Julijan   Živko   Miodrag
10th Pope Saint Agatho Agaton   Dobroslav   Aldo
11th St. Honoratus Honorat   Neven    
12th St. Arcadius of Mauretania Arkadije   Živana   Ernest
13th St. Hilary of Poitiers Hilarije   Veselko   Radovan
14th St. Felix of Nola Feliks   Srećko    
15th St. Francisco Fernández de Capillas Franjo (see October 4)        
16th St. Marcellus I, pope Marcel   Oton   Mislav
17th Saint Anthony of Egypt (Antun Pustinjak) Antun   Lavoslav   Vojmil
18th Saint Margaret of Hungary Marg. Saint Prisca Priska    
19th Saint Marius Mario   Ljiljana St. Martha Marta
20th Pope Saint Fabian Fabijan Saint Sebastian Sebastijan    
21st Saint Agnes Agneza, Janja, Neža        
22nd St. Vincent of Saragossa Vinko St. Irene of Rome Irena    
23rd St. Emerentiana Emerencijana,[1] Ema   Vjera   Milko
24th St. Francis de Sales (Franjo Saleški) Franjo (see October 4)   Bogoslav    
25th St. Ananias of Damascus Ananija[1]        
26th Saint Timothy Timotej St. Titus Tit   Paula
  Tonka        
27th St. Angela Merici Angela Saint Vitalian, pope Vitalijan   Pribislav
28th St. Thomas Aquinas (Toma Akvinski) Toma, Tomislav        
29th Blessed Vilana de Botti Vilana   Valerije St. Constantius of Perugia Konstancije
30th St. Martina of Rome Martina, Tina   Gordana    
31st St. John Bosco Ivan (see June 24) Saint Marcella Marcela   Julije

February

Day Saint or Feast Name Saint Name Saint Name
1st St. Brigid of Kildare Brigita, Gita   Miroslav    
2nd   Marijan[1]        
3rd Saint Blaise Blaž, Vlaho   Tripun    
4th St. Catherine of Ricci Katarina St. Andrew Corsini Andrija (see November 30) Saint Veronica Veronika[1]
5th St. Agatha of Sicily Agata   Dobrila   Jagoda
6th St. Paulo Miki and the Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan Pavao (see June 29) St. Dorothea of Alexandria Doroteja, Dora    
7th Blessed Pope Pius IX Pio St. Richard the Pilgrim Rikard (see April 3)   Držislav
8th St. Jerome Emiliani Jeronim, Jerko (see September 30)        
9th Saint Apollonia Apolonija   Zora   Sunčica
10th Blessed Aloysius Stepinac Alojzije St. Scholastica Skolastika    
11th Our Lady of Lourdes Lurdska      
12th Blessed Reginald of Orleans Reginald   Damjan St. Eulalia of Barcelona Eulalija
13th Blessed Jordan of Saxony Jordan   Božidar, Božica    
14th Saint Valentine Valentin, Valentina   Zdravko    
15th St. Claude de la Colombière Klaudije        
16th St. Onesimus Onezim St. Juliana of Nicomedia Julijana   Miljenko
17th St. Donatus Donat        
18th Fra Angelico Angelico   Šimun Saint Flavian of Constantinople Flavijan
  Gizela        
19th Saint Conrad of Piacenza Konrad   Ratko   Blago
20th Saint Leo of Catania Lav, Lea        
21st St. Peter Damian Petar (see June 29)   Damir   Eleonora
22nd   Grozdan[1]        
23rd St. Polycarp Polikarp   Romana    
24th   Montan   Goran St. Modest (bishop of Trier) Modest
  Ranko        
25th            
26th Pope Saint Alexander of Alexandria Aleksandar, Alka, Sandra   Branimir    
27th St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows Gabriel St. Donatus of Zadar Donat    
28th   Roman   Teofil   Bogoljub

March

Day Saint Name Saint Name Saint Name
1st   Čista St. Albinus of Angers Albin   Zoran
2nd   Ines   Čedomil   Iskra
3rd St. Anselm, Duke of Friuli Anzelmo   Marin   Kamilo
4th Saint Casimir Kazimir   Eugen   Natko
5th St. Eusebius of Cremona[3] Euzebije   Vedran    
6th   Koleta   Zvjezdana   Viktor
7th Saints Perpetua and Felicity Perpetua, Felicita St. Ardo Smaragdus Ardo    
8th Pačista St. John of God Ivan od Boga    

April

Day Saint Name Saint Name Saint Name
1st St. Hugh of Châteauneuf Hugo St. Theodora Teodora    

May

Day Saint Name Saint Name Saint Name
1st Saint Joseph the Worker Josip        

June

Day Saint Name Saint Name Saint Name
1st Mary Mother of the Church (Marija Majka Crkve) Marija St. Justin Justin   Malden

July

Day Saint Name Saint Name Saint Name
1st Esther Queen of Persia Estera        

August

Day Saint Name Saint Name Saint Name
1st St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Alfons St. Verus (bishop of Vienne) Vjera[4]   Nada

September

Day Saint Name Saint Name Saint Name
1st Saint Giles Egidije   Branimir   Branislav

October

November

December

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa http://calendar.zoznam.sk/nameday-encrhor.php
  2. ^ For date of birth see Gaspar del Bufalo; Saints normally have their feast on the day they died.
  3. ^ http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=3257
  4. ^ Note that Verus means truth and Vjera means faith, and therefore the name day is not related.

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