Name day finder
When is your name day?
Enter your first name and see your name day right away, plus the saint you are named after.
What is a name day?
Many Catholics celebrate not only their birthday but also the feast of the saint whose name they bear. In parts of Europe, the name day is as important as the birthday.
The date comes from the Church’s calendar of saints. When several saints share a name, families usually choose one of them as their patron. Regional calendars can differ: in Germany, for example, Saint Elizabeth of Hungary is celebrated on 19 November instead of 17 November.
A name day is a good occasion to read about your saint and to ask for their prayers.
Name day calendar
Name days from January to December
The most common first names and their saints, sorted by date. Dates follow the general Roman calendar.
January
- 20 Sebastian, Sébastien, Sebastiano, Sebastião · Saint Sebastian
- 21 Agnes, Inés, Agnese, Agnieszka · Saint Agnes
- 26 Paula, Paola, Paulina, Pauline · Saint Paula
February
- 14 Valentin, Valentine, Valentino, Walenty, Valentina · Saint Valentine
March
- 9 Franziska, Frances, Francisca, Francesca, Franciszka · Saint Frances of Rome
- 17 Patrick, Patricio, Patrice, Patrizio, Patryk · Saint Patrick
- 19 Josef, Joseph, José, Giuseppe, Józef · Saint Joseph
April
- 16 Bernadette · Saint Bernadette
- 21 Konrad, Conrad, Corrado · Saint Conrad of Parzham
- 23 Georg, George, Jorge, Georges, Giorgio · Saint George
- 25 Markus, Mark, Marcus, Marcos, Marc · Saint Mark
- 29 Katharina, Catherine, Katherine, Catalina, Caterina · Saint Catherine of Siena
May
- 3 Philipp, Philip, Felipe, Philippe, Filippo · Saint Philip
- 4 Florian, Floriano · Saint Florian
- 14 Matthias, Maciej, Matías, Mattia · Saint Matthias (in Germany: 24 February)
- 15 Sophie, Sophia, Sofia, Zofia, Sofie · Saint Sophia
- 22 Julia, Julie, Giulia, Julietta, Juliette · Saint Julia of Corsica
- 22 Rita · Saint Rita of Cascia
- 30 Johanna, Joan, Juana, Jeanne, Giovanna · Saint Joan of Arc
June
- 13 Anton, Antonius, Anthony, Antonio, Antoine · Saint Anthony of Padua
- 16 Benno · Saint Benno
- 24 Johannes, John, Juan, Jean, Giovanni · Saint John the Baptist
- 29 Paul, Pablo, Paolo, Paweł, Paulo · Saint Paul
- 29 Peter, Pedro, Pierre, Pietro, Piotr · Saint Peter
July
- 3 Thomas, Tomás, Tommaso, Tomasz, Tomé · Saint Thomas the Apostle
- 4 Ulrich, Uli · Saint Ulrich
- 8 Kilian · Saint Kilian
- 11 Benedikt, Benedict, Benito, Benoît, Benedetto · Saint Benedict
- 13 Heinrich, Henry, Enrique, Henri, Enrico · Saint Henry
- 20 Elias, Elijah, Élie, Elia, Eliasz · Elijah the Prophet
- 20 Margarete, Margaret, Margarita, Marguerite, Margherita · Saint Margaret of Antioch
- 21 Daniel, Daniela, Danielle, Daniele · Daniel the Prophet
- 22 Magdalena, Madeleine, Maddalena, Madalena, Magda · Saint Mary Magdalene
- 23 Brigitte, Birgit, Bridget, Brígida, Brygida · Saint Bridget of Sweden
- 24 Christina, Christine, Kristina, Cristina, Krystyna · Saint Christina
- 25 Christoph, Christopher, Cristóbal, Christophe, Cristoforo · Saint Christopher (in Germany: 24 July)
- 25 Jakob, Jacob, James, Santiago, Jacques · Saint James
- 26 Anna, Anne, Ana, Annika, Anja · Saint Anne
- 26 Joachim, Joaquín, Joaquim, Gioacchino · Saint Joachim
- 31 Ignatius, Ignacio, Ignace, Ignazio, Ignacy · Saint Ignatius of Loyola
August
- 8 Dominik, Dominic, Domingo, Dominique, Domenico · Saint Dominic
- 9 Edith, Edyta · Saint Edith Stein
- 11 Klara, Clara, Claire, Chiara, Clare · Saint Clare of Assisi
- 14 Maximilian, Max, Maximiliano, Maksymilian, Massimiliano · Saint Maximilian Kolbe
- 18 Helena, Helene, Elena, Ellen, Hela · Saint Helena
- 20 Bernhard, Bernard, Bernardo, Bernd · Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
- 23 Rosa, Rose, Rosi · Saint Rose of Lima
- 24 Bartholomäus, Bartholomew, Bartolomé, Barthélemy, Bartolomeo · Saint Bartholomew
- 25 Ludwig, Louis, Luis, Luigi, Ludwik · Saint Louis
- 27 Monika, Monica, Monique · Saint Monica
- 28 Augustin, Augustine, Agustín, Agostino, Augustyn · Saint Augustine
September
- 12 Maria, Mary, Marie, Mia, Mariana · Mary, Mother of God
- 17 Hildegard, Hilde · Saint Hildegard of Bingen
- 21 Matthäus, Matthew, Mateo, Matthieu, Matteo · Saint Matthew
- 22 Moritz, Maurice, Mauricio, Maurizio, Maurycy · Saint Maurice
- 23 Pio · Saint Pio of Pietrelcina
- 27 Vinzenz, Vincent, Vicente, Vincenzo, Wincenty · Saint Vincent de Paul
- 29 Gabriel, Gabriele, Gabriela, Gabrielle, Gabi · Saint Gabriel the Archangel
- 29 Michael, Michel, Miguel, Michele, Michał · Saint Michael the Archangel
- 29 Raphael, Rafael, Raffaele, Rafał, Raffaela · Saint Raphael the Archangel
October
- 4 Franz, Francis, Francisco, François, Francesco · Saint Francis of Assisi
- 5 Faustyna, Faustina · Saint Faustina Kowalska
- 15 Theresa, Teresa, Therese, Theresia, Resi · Saint Teresa of Ávila
- 16 Hedwig, Jadwiga · Saint Hedwig of Silesia
- 18 Lukas, Luke, Lucas, Luc, Luca · Saint Luke
- 21 Ursula, Urszula, Ulla · Saint Ursula
- 28 Simon, Simone, Szymon, Simão · Saint Simon
- 31 Wolfgang · Saint Wolfgang
November
- 3 Hubert, Hubertus, Uberto · Saint Hubert
- 4 Karl, Charles, Carlos, Carlo, Karol · Saint Charles Borromeo
- 6 Leonhard, Leonard, Leonardo, Leonarda · Saint Leonard
- 10 Leo, Leon, Leone, Lew · Saint Leo the Great
- 11 Martin, Martino, Marcin, Martinho, Martina · Saint Martin of Tours
- 15 Leopold · Saint Leopold
- 17 Elisabeth, Elizabeth, Isabel, Elisabetta, Elżbieta · Saint Elizabeth of Hungary (in Germany: 19 November)
- 20 Korbinian · Saint Corbinian
- 22 Cäcilia, Cecilia, Cécile, Cecylia, Caecilia · Saint Cecilia
- 30 Andreas, Andrew, Andrés, André, Andrea · Saint Andrew
December
- 3 Xaver, Xavier, Javier, Saverio, Ksawery · Saint Francis Xavier
- 4 Barbara, Basia · Saint Barbara
- 6 Nikolaus, Nicholas, Nicolas, Niccolò, Nicola · Saint Nicholas
- 13 Lucia, Lucy, Lucie, Łucja, Luzia · Saint Lucy
- 24 Adam, Eva, Eve, Ewa · Adam and Eve
- 26 Stephan, Stefan, Stephen, Steven, Esteban · Saint Stephen
- 29 David, Dawid, Davide · King David
QUESTIONS
Good to know.
What is the difference between a feast day and a name day?
The feast day belongs to the saint: it is the day the Church remembers them. Your name day is that same day, celebrated by everyone who bears the saint’s name.
What if there is no saint with my name?
Many names come from a saint’s name in another language or a shorter form, such as Hans from Johannes or Lena from Magdalena. If you find no entry, you can still choose a saint as your patron, for example at confirmation.
Can I have more than one name day?
Several saints often share a name. Families usually choose one of them, often the best-known saint or the one whose feast is closest to the birthday.
