In the Czech Republic, each day of the year, except national holidays, corresponds to a personal name. People celebrate their name day (""âÂÂor more formally "", 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 calendar of saints, but many changes were made to reflect the present-day usage of names.
The name day is commonly of less importance than birthdays 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
- Diana
- Dalimil
- TÃ
Âi králové
- Vilma
- ÃÂestmÃÂr
- Vladan
- BÃ
Âetislav
- Bohdana
- Pravoslav
- Edita
- Radovan
- Alice
- Ctirad
- Drahoslav
- Vladislav
- Doubravka
- Ilona
- BÃÂla
- SlavomÃÂr
- ZdenÃÂk
- Milena
- MiloÃ
¡
- Zora
- Ingrid
- Otýlie
- Zdislava
- Robin
- Marika
February
- Hynek/JasmÃÂna
- Nela, Hromnice
- BlaÃ
¾ej
- Jarmila
- Dobromila
- Vanda/Arjuna
- Veronika
- Milada
- Apolena
- MojmÃÂr
- BoÃ
¾ena
- SlavÃÂna
- VÃÂnceslav
- Valentýn
- JiÃ
Âina
- Ljuba
- Miloslava
- Gizela
- Patrik
- OldÃ
Âich
- Lenka
- Petr
- Svatopluk
- MatÃÂj
- Liliana
- Dorota
- Alexandr
- LumÃÂr
- HorymÃÂr
March
- BedÃ
Âich
- AneÃ
¾ka
- Kamil
- Stela
- KazimÃÂr
- Miroslav
- TomáÃ
¡
- Gabriela
- FrantiÃ
¡ka
- Viktorie
- AndÃÂla
- Ã
ÂehoÃ
Â
- RÃ
¯Ã
¾ena
- Rút/Matylda
- Ida
- Elena/Herbert
- Vlastimil
- Eduard
- Josef
- SvÃÂtlana
- Radek
- Leona
- Ivona
- Gabriel
- Marián
- Emanuel
- Dita
- SoÃ
Âa
- TaÃ
¥ána
- ArnoÃ
¡t
- Kvido
April
- Hugo
- Erika
- Richard
- Ivana
- Miroslava
- Vendula
- HeÃ
Âman
- Ema
- DuÃ
¡an
- Darja
- Izabela
- Julius
- AleÃ
¡
- Vincenc
- Anastázie
- Irena
- Rudolf
- Valérie
- Rostislav
- Marcela
- Alexandra
- EvÃ
¾enie
- VojtÃÂch
- JiÃ
ÂÃÂ
- Marek
- Oto
- Jaroslav
- Vlastislav
- Robert
- Blahoslav
May
- Labour Day<br />(May Day)
- Zikmund
- Alexej
- KvÃÂtoslav
- Klaudie
- Radoslav
- Stanislav
- National holiday
- Ctibor
- BlaÃ
¾ena
- Svatava
- Pankrác
- Servác
- Bonifác
- Ã
½ofie
- PÃ
Âemysl
- Aneta
- NataÃ
¡a
- Ivo a Engelbert
- ZbyÃ
¡ek
- Monika
- Emil
- VladimÃÂr
- Jana
- Viola
- Filip
- Valdemar
- Vilém
- Maxmilián
- Ferdinand
- Kamila
June
- Laura
- Jarmil
- Tamara
- Dalibor
- Dobroslav
- Norbert
- Iveta
- Medard
- Stanislava
- Gita
- Bruno
- Antonie
- AntonÃÂn
- Roland
- VÃÂt
- ZbynÃÂk
- Adolf
- Milan
- LeoÃ
¡
- KvÃÂta/KvÃÂtuÃ
¡e
- Alois
- Pavla
- ZdeÃ
Âka
- Jan
- Ivan
- Adriana
- Ladislav
- LubomÃÂr
- Petr a Pavel
- Ã
 Ã¡rka
July
- Jaroslava
- Patricie
- RadomÃÂr
- Prokop
- Cyril/MetodÃÂj
- National holiday<br />(Jan Hus, 1415)
- Bohuslava
- Nora
- Drahoslava
- LibuÃ
¡e/Amálie
- Olga
- BoÃ
Âek
- Markéta
- KarolÃÂna
- JindÃ
Âich
- LuboÃ
¡
- Martina
- DrahomÃÂra
- ÃÂenÃÂk
- Ilja
- VÃÂtÃÂzslav
- Magdaléna
- Libor
- Kristýna
- Jakub
- Anna
- VÃÂroslav
- Viktor
- Marta
- BoÃ
Âivoj
- Ignác
August
- Oskar
- Gustav
- MiluÃ
¡e
- Dominik
- Kristián
- OldÃ
ÂiÃ
¡ka
- Lada
- SobÃÂslav
- Roman
- VavÃ
Âinec
- Zuzana
- Klára
- Alena
- Alan
- Hana
- Jáchym
- Petra
- Helena
- LudvÃÂk
- Bernard
- Johana
- Bohuslav
- Sandra
- BartolomÃÂj
- Radim
- LudÃÂk
- Otakar
- Augustýn
- EvelÃÂna
- VladÃÂna
- PavlÃÂna
September
- Linda/Samuel
- Adéla
- Bronislav/Bronislava
- JindÃ
ÂiÃ
¡ka
- Boris
- Boleslav
- Regina/RegÃÂna
- Mariana
- Daniela
- Irma
- Denisa
- Marie
- Lubor
- Radka
- Jolana
- Ludmila
- NadÃÂÃ
¾da
- KryÃ
¡tof
- Zita
- Oleg
- MatouÃ
¡
- Darina
- Berta
- JaromÃÂr
- Zlata
- Andrea
- JonáÃ
¡
- Václav
- Michal
- Jeroným
October
- Igor
- OlÃÂvie/Oliver
- Bohumil
- FrantiÃ
¡ek
- EliÃ
¡ka
- HanuÃ
¡
- Justýna
- VÃÂra
- Ã
 tefan/Sára
- Marina
- Andrej
- Marcel
- Renáta
- Agáta
- Tereza
- Havel
- Hedvika
- LukáÃ
¡
- Michala
- VendelÃÂn
- Brigita
- Sabina
- Teodor
- Nina
- Beáta
- Erik
- Ã
 arlota/Zoe
- National holiday
- Silvie
- TadeáÃ
¡
- Ã
 tÃÂpánka
November
- Felix, Kani
- All Souls' Day
- Hubert
- Karel
- Miriam
- LibÃÂna
- Saskie
- BohumÃÂr
- Bohdan
- EvÃ
¾en
- Martin
- Benedikt
- Tibor
- Sáva
- Leopold
- Otmar
- Mahulena
- Romana
- AlÃ
¾bÃÂta
- Nikola
- Albert
- CecÃÂlie
- Klement
- EmÃÂlie
- KateÃ
Âina
- Artur
- Xenie
- René
- Zina
- OndÃ
Âej
December
- Iva
- Blanka
- Svatoslav
- Barbora
- Jitka
- MikuláÃ
¡
- AmbroÃ
¾
- KvÃÂtoslava
- Vratislav
- Julie
- Dana
- Simona
- Lucie
- Lýdie
- Radana
- AlbÃÂna
- Daniel
- Miloslav
- Ester
- Dagmar
- Natálie
- Ã
 imon
- Vlasta
- Adam/Eva, Christmas Eve
- 1st Christmas Holiday
- Ã
 tÃÂpán (2nd Christmas holiday)
- Ã
½aneta
- Bohumila
- Judita
- David
- Silvestr
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