Bernd
2022-01-19 16:30:22 ⋅ 2y
No. 132852
Today is my name day. I didn't even know but my sister called and congratulated me.
Yes. I'm the party boy today.
When is your name day?
Bernd
2022-01-19 16:43:21 ⋅ 2y
No. 132854
Congratulations.
Bernát is on: May 20, June 15, July 3 and 24 August 19 and 20, and finally on September 28.
Bernd
2022-01-19 16:57:53 ⋅ 2y
No. 132855
What's up, Henrik?
Bernd
2022-01-19 17:17:56 ⋅ 2y
No. 132860
>>132852
Is it your birthday?...
Bernd
2022-01-19 17:23:07 ⋅ 2y
No. 132861
Bernd
2022-01-19 17:37:37 ⋅ 2y
No. 132862
Fins should be named after the day they were born at.
Bernd
2022-01-19 18:16:03 ⋅ 2y
No. 132865
>>132852
Ahh the day you were named. Don’t they name you after birth?
Bernd
2022-01-19 20:40:50 ⋅ 2y
No. 132887
>>132861
I guess many saints with that name.
>>132865
To each day some names are tied. Your name day is the day which is tied to that particular name.
I think it's a Christian thing originally. A day of the year is the feast day for a particular saint. For example June 29 is the feast day of Saint Peter and Paul apostles. People named Peter or Paul can celebrate their name day on June 29. Peter for example has many more days, probably because lots of other saints were called Peter, each having their feasts on different days. For example Peter the Exorcist (martyr saint) feast day is June 2, so people named Peter can celebrate their name day on June 2 as well if they wish.
Since then other names of not Christian origin also got their day too. For example Attila has name day on January 7, and October 5.
Furthermore I believe back then it was customary (but not mandatory) to name you after the saint which had its feast on the day you were born. Sometimes people also did not know on which day they were born, so their name day were more important.
Or some shit like that, I'm sure Bernd will correct me.
Bernd
2022-01-19 21:22:16 ⋅ 2y
No. 132889
>>132887
Back in old times when Christian names weren't mandatory yet (throughout most of middle ages) in some parts there was practice where first name was a customary secular name in local language and only second name was given at baptism and nobody cared about that one much, so priests would just pick the one that fell on that day and nobody objected.
Then reformation and counterreformation happened, and only the "pagan" names already associated with medieval saints were allowed to stay. And suddenly parents cared a lot about baptism name.
Bernd
2022-01-19 21:45:54 ⋅ 2y
No. 132892
>>132889
In the Faroe islands it is within living memory that people had an official Danish name and an inofficial Faroese name that they would use in everyday life.
Danish was reserved for dealing with authorities, school and the church. Faroese was used for literally everything else.