The Czech Namesday
When you look at the Calendarium on the Old Town Hall you’ll see that outer ring has many names and that each day the name changes. This goes back hundreds of years and many of these names are no longer used but the Czech Namesday remains and uses more modern names as well. Namesday is covered on the Old Town and Jewish Quarter Walking Tour.
Basically on any given day (apart from New Years Day and state holidays etc), you’ll find a name or names associated with it. If you are a woman then expect flowers and chocolates and if you are a man you can expect a few drinks from your friends. Funnily though, women also seem to get the drink but men don’t get chocolates and flowers. Any flower shop will have a sign outside saying “Dnes má svátek” and the name (usually a woman).
Scroll down to see whose names are celebrated during your stay or find your own name (or something close to it).
JANUARY
- New Years Day
- Karina
- Radmila
- Diana
- Dalimil
- 3 Kings
- Vilma
- Cestmir
- Vladan
- Bretislav
- Bohdana
- Pravoslav
- Edita
- Radovan
- Alice
- Ctirad
- Drahoslav
- Vladislav
- Doubravka
- Ilona
- Bela
- Slavomir
- Zdenek
- Milena
- Milos
- Zora
- Ingrid
- Otylie
- Zdislava
- Robin
- Marika
FEBRUARY
- Hynek
- Nela
- Blazej
- Jarmila
- Dobromila
- Vanda
- Veronika
- Milada
- Apolena
- Mojmir
- Bozena
- Slavena
- Venceslav
- Valentyn
- Jirina
- Ljuba
- Miloslava
- Gizela
- Patrik
- Oldrich
- Lenka
- Petr
- Svatopluk
- Matej
- Liliana
- Dorota
- Alexandr
- Lumir
MARCH
- Bedrich
- Anezka
- Kamil
- Stela
- Kazimir
- Miroslav
- Tomas
- Gabriela
- Frantiska
- Viktorie
- Andela
- Rehor
- Ruzena
- Rut/Matylda
- Ida
- Elena/Herbert
- Vlastimil
- Eduard
- Josef
- Svetlana
- Radek
- Leona
- Ivona
- Gabriel
- Marian
- Emanuel
- Dita
- Sona
- Tatana
- Arnost
- Kvido
APRIL
- Hugo
- Erika
- Richard
- Ivana
- Miroslava
- Vendula
- Herman/Hermina
- Ema
- Dusan
- Darja
- Izabela
- Julius
- Ales
- Vincenc
- Anastazie
- Irena
- Rudolf
- Valerie
- Rostislav
- Marcela
- Alexandra
- Evzenie
- Vojtech
- Jiri
- Marek
- Oto
- Jaroslav
- Vlatislav
- Robert
- Blahoslav
MAY
- Labour Day
- Zikmund
- Alexej
- Kvetoslav
- Klaudie – Prague 1945 Uprising
- Radoslav
- Stanislav
- Liberation Day
- Ctibor
- Blazena
- Svatava – Mothers Day
- Pankrac
- Servac
- Bonifac
- Zofie
- Premysl
- Aneta
- Natasa
- Ivo
- Zbysek
- Monika
- Emil
- Vladimir
- Jana
- Viola
- Filip
- Valdemar
- Vilem
- Maxmilian
- Ferdinand
- Kamila
JUNE
- Laura
- Jarmil
- Tamara
- Dalibor
- Dobroslav
- Nobert
- Iveta
- Medard
- Stanislava
- Gita
- Bruno
- Antonie
- Antonin
- Roland
- Vit
- Zbynek
- Adolf
- Milan
- Leos
- Kveta
- Alois
- Pavla
- Zdenka
- Jan
- Ivan
- Adriana
- Ladislav
- Lubomir
- Petr/Pavel
- Sarka
JULY
- Jaroslava
- Patricie
- Radomir
- Prokop
- Introduction of Christianity
- Jan Hus
- Bohuslava
- Nora
- Drahslava
- Libuse/Amalie
- Olga
- Borek
- Marketa
- Karolina
- Jindrich
- Lubos
- Martina
- Drahomira
- Cenek
- Ilja
- Vitezslav
- Magdalena
- Libor
- Kristyna
- Jakub
- Anna
- Veroslav
- Viktor
- Marta
- Borivoj
- Ignac
AUGUST
- Oskar
- Gustav
- Miluse
- Dominik
- Kristian
- Oldriska
- Lada
- Sobeslav
- Roman
- Vavrinec
- Zuzana
- Klara
- Alena
- Alan
- Hana
- Jachym
- Petra
- Helena
- Ludvik
- Bernard
- Johana
- Bohuslav
- Sandra
- Bartolomej
- Radim
- Ludek
- Otakar
- Augustyn
- Evelina
- Vladena
- Pavlina
SEPTEMBER
- Linda/Samuel
- Adela
- Bronislav
- Jindriska
- Boris
- Boleslav
- Regina
- Mariana
- Daniela
- Irma
- Denisa
- Marie
- Lubor
- Radka
- Jolana
- Ludmila
- Nadezda
- Krystof
- Zita
- Oleg
- Matous
- Darina
- Berta
- Jaromir
- Zlata
- Andrea
- Jonas
- Vaclav
- Michal
- Jeronym
OCTOBER
- Igor
- Olivie/Oliver
- Bohumil
- Frantisek
- Eliska
- Hanus
- Justyna
- Vera
- Stefan/Sara
- Marina
- Andrej
- Marcel
- Renata
- Agata
- Tereza
- Havel
- Hedvika
- Lukas
- Michaela
- Vendelin
- Brigita
- Sabina
- Teodor
- Nina
- Beata
- Erik
- Sarlta/Zoe
- Independent Czechoslovak State
- Silvie
- Tadeas
- Stepanka
NOVEMBER
- Felix
- All Saints Day
- Hubert
- Karel
- Miriam
- Libena
- Saskie
- Bohumir
- Bohdan
- Evzen
- Martin
- Benedikt
- Tibor
- Sava
- Leopold
- Otmar
- Mahulena
- Romana
- Alzbeta
- Nikola
- Albert
- Cecilie
- Klement
- Emilie
- Katerina
- Artur
- Xenie
- Rene
- Zina
- Ondrej
DECEMBER
- Iva
- Blanka
- Svatoslav
- Barbora
- Jitka
- Mikulas
- Ambroz
- Kvetoslava
- Vratislav
- Julie
- Dana
- Simona
- Lucie
- Lydie
- Radana
- Albina
- Daniel
- Miloslav
- Ester
- Dagmar
- Natalie
- Simon
- Vlasta
- Adam/Eva
- Christmas Day
- Stepan
- Zaneta
- Bohumila
- Judita
- David
- Silvestr
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