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| Bulgarian Name Days On their 'Name Day' bulgarians light a candle in the local church. These special 'Name Days' ("immen den" in Bulgarian) are celebrated with a family meal. It is appropriate that a religious icon commemorating the saint after whom a Christian is named is given as a gift on such occasions. 01 January - Vasil, Vasilena 02 January - Silvia 06 January - Jordan, Jordanka, Boyana, Boyan 07 January - Ivan, Ioan, Ivailo, Ivanka, Ioana, Ivaila, Ivet 11 January - Teodosii, Bogdan, Bogomil, Bogomila 12 January - Tatiana 17 January - Anton, Andon, Dona, Donka 18 January - Atanas, Atanaska, Jivko, Traian 20 January - Evtim 21 January - Maxim 25 January - Grigor 01 February - Trifon, Veselin, Radko, Veselina, Rada, Radka 02 February - Radost, Radostina 03 February - Simeon 06 February - Svetla 10 February - Haralampi 13 February - Evlogi 14 February - Valentin 01 March - Evdokia, Marta, Martina, Boiko Martouvane 02 March - Milen, Milena 03 March - Todor, Dora, Teodora, Bojidar, Bojidara 05 March - Adrian, Adriana 06 March - Krasimir, Krasimira, Miroslav, Miroslava 09 March - Mladen - Mladentzi (All Saints Day) 10 March - Galya, Galina 14 March - Venelin 22 March - Rosen, Rositsa 23 March - Lidia, Lydia. 24 March - Zahari, Zaharina 25 March - Evangelina, Dobri, Dobrina, Dobrinka, Mariana, Blagovest, Blaguna 28 March - Albena, Boika 06 April - Strahil 11 April - Stanislav, Stanislava, Lazar 12 April - Stela, Zornica, Denica, Ralica 14 April - Martin 18 April - Viktor, Viktoria, Vesela 21 April - Jelio 20 April - The day of the flowers (Sunday before Easter) (Many people named after flowers or plants will celebrate their namedays on this Sunday) 27 April - Velichka, Velichko, Veliko, Velika, Svetla (Easter) 01 May - Maia 02 May - Boris, Boriana, Borislav, Borislava 05 May - Irina,Mira 06 May - Georgi, Gergana 11 May - Kiril, Metodi 12 May - Iskra 21 May - Konstantin, Elena, Kostadin, Stanimir, Stoian, Dicho, Lenko 30 May - Emilia 07 June - Valeria,Valeri 15 June - Avgustin, Avgustina 17 June - Asparuh, Krum, Asen, Chavdar, Rumiana, Rumen, Momchil, Desislava 20 June - Biser 21 June - Iavor, Iasen 24 June - Enio, Ianaki, Biliana, Diliana, Ianita 26 June - David 29 June - Petar, Pavel, Petra, Petrana, Kamen 30 June - Apostol 01 July - Damian, Damiana 07 July - Nedialka 11 July - Olga 15 July - Vladimir 16 July - Iulia 17 July - Marina, Marin 18 July - Emil, Emilian 20 July - Ilia, Ilko, Iliana, Ilina, Bojana 22 July - Magdalena, Miglena 25 July - Ana, Iana 29 July - Kalin 01 August - Zdravko, Zdravka 08 August - Emilia 15 August - Maria, Margarita 20 August - Samuil 26 August - Adrian, Natalia 29 August - Anastas 30 August - Aleksandar, Aleko 05 September - Zahari, Elisaveta 14 September - Stavri 16 September - Ludmila 17 September - Sofia, Viara, Nadejda, Lubov 25 September - Sergei 03 October - Dionisii 14 October - Penka, Petko 18 October - Zlata, Zlatka, Zlatko 19 October - Ioan, Ioana 26 October - Dimitar, Mitko, Dimitrina 27 October - Nestor 08 November - Mihail, Rangel, Raina, Raia, Raika, Mihaela, Angel, Milcho 11 November - Mina, Minka, Viktor, Viktoria 14 November - Filip, Filipa, Filio 24 November - Ekaterina, Katerina, Katia, Katina, Iasna 26 November - Stilian 30 November - Andrei 01 December - Naum 05 December - Elisaveta 06 December - Nikola, Nikolai, Nina 09 December - Anna, Anushka, Nusha 12 December - Darina 17 December - Danail, Daniela, Dana 20 December - Ognian, Plamen, Plamena 24 December - Evgenia 25 December - Hristo, Hristina 26 December - Iosif 27 December - Stefan, Conio, Stoicho, Stoimen, Stefka |