Name days in Bulgaria

• 1 : Vassil, Vesselin, Vasilena (on Vassilyovden) • 2 : Silvia • 4 : Tihomir • 6 : Yordan, Bozhidar, Bogdan (on Bogoyavlenie; Yordanovden) • 7 : Ivan, Yoan, Yoana, Ivaylo (on Ivanovden) • 11 : Bogdan, Bogdana, Bogomil, Teodosii • 12: Tania, Tatiana (on Sveta Tatiana) • 14 : Adam, Kalcho, Nina • 17 : Anton, Andon, Antonia, Donka, Doncho, Toni, Toncho (on Antonovden) • 18 : Atanas, Atanaska, Nasko, Naska, Nacho, Tanyo, Tinka (on Atanasovden) • 20 : Evtim • 21 : Valeri, Valeria, Maksim • 24 : Ksenia • 25 : Grigor, Grigorena ==February==

• 1 : Lozan, Trifon (on Trifon Zarezan) • 2 : Radost, Radostin, Radina, Radoslav • 4 : Zheko, Zhelyaz, Zhelyazko, Zhechka, Zhechko, Zhecho (also alternative spellings Jeko, Jeliaz, Jechka, Jechko) • 5 : Dobrin, Dobrinka • 6 : Doroteya, Ognyan, Ognyana, Plamen, Plamena, Svetla, Svetlana, Svetozar, Svetlozar, Fotina • 10 : Valentin, Valentina, Valya, Lambi • 13 : Evlogi, Zoya, Zhivko Zhivka • 14 : Trifon ==March==

• 1 : Evdokia, Marta (on Baba Marta) • 3 : Simeon, Simona, Mona • 4 : Gera, Gerasim, Gercho • 6 : Krasimir, Krasimira • 9 : Mladen, Mladena • 10 : Galin, Galina, Galya • 13 : Nikifor • 17 : Alexi • 19 : Daria • 20 : Svetla, Svetozar • 22 : Rosen, Rosica • 24 : Zahari, Zaharina, Hari • 25 : Blagovest, Blagovesta, Blagoy, Blaga, Bonka, Boncho • 26 : Gabriela • 28 : Albena, Boyko, Boyka, Boyan, Boyana ==April==

• 1 : Avram *4 :Lazar. *6 : Strahil • 12 : Yassen • 14 : Martin, Martina, Marta • 18 : Viktor, Viktoria • 25 : Mark, Marko ==May==

• 1 : Maya, Tamara • 2 : Boris, Borislav, Borislava, Boryana (on Saint tzar Boris) • 5 : Irina, Irena, Miroslav, Mircho, Miroslava, Mira, Miro • 6 : Galin, Galina, Galya, Ganka, Gancho, Genko, Genoveva, Georgi, Gergana, Gergin, Gergina, Ginka, Gyuro (!Gyurov!), Zhorzh (on Gergyovden) • 8 : Radoslav • 9 : Hristofor • 11 : Kiril, Kiro, Kirilka, Metodi, Metodiy, Metodiya (13 days before St. Cyril and St. Methodius' day) • 20: Lidia, Lida • 21 : Constantin, Dinko, Elena, Eleonora, Eli, Elin, Elka, Ilona, Koycho, Konstantin, Kosta, Kostadin, Kostadinka, Kostadinko, Kuncho, Lenko, Stanimir, Stanimira, Stanka, Stoil, Trayko • 24 : Kiril, Kiro, Kirilka, Metodi, Metodiy, Metodiya ==June==

• 24 : Bilyana, Encho, Enyo, Yancho, Yanaki, Yana, Yani, Yanislav, Yanka, Yanko (on Enyovden) • 29 : Kamen, Pavel, Pavlin, Pavlina, Peyo, Penka, Pencho, Petrana, Petar, Petya, Petso (on Petrovden) • 30 : Apostol ==July==

• 1 : Dame, Damyan, Kuzman • 7 : Delcho, Delyo, Nedelcho, Nedelya, Nedyalko, Nedko, Neli, Neshka, Neda, Nedelina • 11 : Olga, Oleg • 15 : Vladimir, Vladislav, Gospodin, Gospodinka • 16 : Yulia, Yulian, Yuliana • 17 : Marin, Marina, Marinka, Marinela • 18 : Emil, Emilia, Emiliana, Emilian • 20 : Iliya, Iliyan, Iliyana, Ilina, Ilka, Ilko, Lilo (on ) • 22 : Lena, Magda, Magdalena, Manda, Meglena, Miglena • 24 : Yana, Yanka, • 25 : Ana, Anna, Anka, Aneliya, Aneta, Ani • 27 : Panteley, Panko, Panto • 29 : Kalin ==August==

• 2 : Ilia, Ilija, Eliya • 8 : Emil, Emilia, Emiliana, Emilian • 15 : Mara, Marian, Mariana, Maria, Mariya, Mariyan, Mariyana, Masha, Mika, Mira (on Golyama Bogoroditza) • 20 : Samuil • 23 : Valko • 26 : Adrian, Adriana, Natalia • 29 : Anastas • 30 : Aleko, Alexandra, Alexander, Sasha, Sasho (on Alexandrov Den) • 31 : Genadi ==September==

• 1 : Simeon, Mona, Moncho (on Simeonovden) • 5 : Elza, Elisaveta, Izabela, Zahari, Svetozar, Svetlozara • 8 : Maria • 14 : Krastan, Krastina, Kristina, Kristiana, Krastyo, Kristal, Kancho, Stavri (on Krastyovden) • 16 : Lyudmil, Lyudmila • 17 : Vera, Verka, Vyara, Lyuba, Lyuben, Lyubov, Lyubomir, Nadezhda, Nadya, Sevda, Sofia, Nadejda (on Sveta Sofia) • 22 : Galabin, Galabina ==October==

• 3 : Denis, Denislav, Denislava • 6 : Toma, Tomi • 11 : Filip • 14 : Paraskeva, Penka, Pencho, Petka, Petko (on Petkovden) • 18 : Zlatan, Zlatka, Zlatko, Zlatomir, Luka, Lukan • 26 : Dimitrina, Dimitar, Dima, Dimo, Dragan, Mitro, Mitra (on Dimitrovden) • 27 : Nestor • 28 : Lachezar ==November==

• 8 : Angel, Angelina, Gavril, Emil, Emilia, Emiliana, Emilian, Lina, Mila, Milen, Milena, Milyo, Mihaela, Mihail, Mihaila, Ognyan, Plamen, Rayko, Rayna, Raycho, Rangel, Rafail, Raya, Rusi, Ruska, Reni, Serafim, Ruslan (on Arhangelovden) • 11 : Victor, Victoria, Mina, Minka, Mincho • 14 : Filip, Filyo • 16 : Matey • 23 : Alexandra, Alexander, Tsanka, Tsanko • 24 : Ekaterina, Katerina, Katya, Tinka (only female form, on Sveta Ekaterina) • 26 : Stiliyan, Stela • 30 : Andrea, Andrej (on Andreevden) ==December==

• 4 : Varvara • 5 : Sava, Savka, Slavi, Slavcho, Sabi, Slav • 6 : Nikola, Nikolay, Niki, Nikolina, Nina, Kolyo, Neno, Nenka, Niko, Nia (on Nikulden) • 9 : Anna, Ana, Anelia, Ani (only female form, on Sveta Anna) • 12 : Spiridon, Spiro • 15 : Svoboda • 17 : Danail, Daniel, Daniela, Danko (on Sv. Danail) • 20 : Ignat, Ognyan, Plamen, Iskra (on Ignazhden) • 24 : Bistra, Blagorodna, Evgeni, Evgenia, Zheni, Zhechka, Parvan, Parvana • 25 : Emil, Itso, Icho, Kristina, Kristian, Mladen, Radomir, Radoslav, Radoslava, Radostin, Radostina, Rumen, Rumyana, Hristina, Hristo, Hristofor (on Christmas) • 26 : David, Datso, Dacho, Yosif, Yosko • 27 : Ventsi, Ventsislav, Ventsislava, Zapryan, Sonya, Stamen, Stana, Stanislav, Stanislava, Stanimir, Stanimira, Stanka, Stanko, Stancho, Stefan, Stefana, Stefania, Stefka, Stoil, Stoimen, Stoichko, Stoiko, Stoytcho, Stoyan, Stoyana, Stoyanka, Tanya, Tsanka, Tsanko, Tsona, Tsonka, Tsonko, Tsonyo (on Saint Stefan) ==Easter related name days==

• First Saturday of the Great Lent: Todor(a), Teodor(a), Dora, Bozhidar • Lazarus Saturday: Lazar, Lazarina • Palm Sunday (Eastern Churches): all flower-related names, such as Bilyan(a), Tsveta, Tsvetin(a), Tsvetelin(a), Tsvetan(a), Tsvyatko, Margarita, Liliya, Lilyan(a), Kalina, Violeta, Yavor, Zdravko, Zjumbjul, Nevena, Kameliya, Temenuzhka, Ralitsa, etc. • Easter Sunday (Eastern Churches): Velichko, Velichka, Veliko, Velin, Vela • Thomas Sunday: Toma, Tomislav, Tomislava • Ascension Sunday: Spas, Spaska ==References==