Meanings
nounname day (plural name days)
plural name days
- The feast day of the saint after whom one is named.
In Italy, many individuals celebrate not only their birthday but also their name day, the feast day of the saint for whom they were named. Celebrations on one's name day are often as important as those on one's birthday; […]
2014, Ada Gobetti, Partisan Diary: A Woman's Life in the Italian Resistance, Oxford University Press, →ISBN
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of ticket day.
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Arabic يَوْم اِسْم
- يَوْم اِسْم (yawm ism)feast day of a saint
Bulgarian и́мен ден
- и́мен ден (ímen den)feast day of a saint
Catalan dia onomàstic, festa onomàstica
- dia onomàsticfeast day of a saint
- festa onomàsticafeast day of a saint
- onomàsticafeast day of a saint
Chinese Mandarin 命名日
- 命名日 (mìngmíngrì)feast day of a saint
Czech svátek, jmeniny
- svátekfeast day of a saint
- jmeninyfeast day of a saint
Danish navnedag
- navnedagfeast day of a saint
Dutch naamdag
- naamdagfeast day of a saint
Esperanto nomtago
- nomtagofeast day of a saint
Estonian nimepäev
- nimepäevfeast day of a saint
Finnish nimipäivä
- nimipäiväfeast day of a saint
French fête, fête du prénom
- fêtefeast day of a saint
- fête du prénomfeast day of a saint
German Namenstag
- Namenstagfeast day of a saint
Greek ονομαστική γιορτή
- ονομαστική γιορτή (onomastikí giortí)feast day of a saint
Hungarian névnap
- névnapfeast day of a saint
Italian onomastico
- onomasticofeast day of a saint
Japanese 聖名祝日
- 聖名祝日 (seimei shukujitsu)feast day of a saint
Korean 영명 축일
- 영명 축일 (yeongmyeong chugil)feast day of a saint
Latvian vārda diena
- vārda dienafeast day of a saint
Lithuanian vardadienis
- vardadienisfeast day of a saint
Norwegian Bokmål navnedag
- navnedagfeast day of a saint
Polish imieniny
- imieninyfeast day of a saint
Portuguese dia onomástico
- dia onomásticofeast day of a saint
Romanian onomastică, ziua numelui
- onomasticăfeast day of a saint
- ziua numeluifeast day of a saint
- zi onomasticăfeast day of a saint
Russian имени́ны
- имени́ны (imeníny)feast day of a saint
Slovak meniny
- meninyfeast day of a saint
Spanish día del santo, onomástica
- día del santofeast day of a saint
- onomásticafeast day of a saint
- santofeast day of a saint
Swedish namnsdag
- namnsdagfeast day of a saint
Turkish isim günü
- isim günüfeast day of a saint
Ukrainian імени́ни
- імени́ни (imenýny)feast day of a saint
Cite this entry
APA
name day. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/name%20day
MLA
“name day.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/name%20day. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “name day,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/name%20day.
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