Name Days today!

May 26th

Estonia: Miina, Minna, Valme, Valmi, Vella, Velli, Vilma, Vilme
Finland: Minna, Vilma, Vilhelmiina, Mimmi
Hungary: Fülöp, Evelin, Gyöngyvér, Aladár

Evryone must go to Robin's flower shop and buy flowers!!!




My third name is Wilhelmina and Siiri's second name is Wilhelmina

I wish all Vilhelmina a happy name-day!

THANK YOU!!!

Happy, name day, WILHELMIINA-caysa!!!and to little PRINCESS too happy day!!!

You'll have to excuse my ignorance, but this is not something that is usually celebrated in the United States. Are cake and presents involved like on one's birthday?

All the best to your name day, Caysa and Siiri!!!

Thank you, Thank you!!
Here in the country side when it is the name day of your first name, you really need to prepare! You will get visitors! You don't invite them - they come. In towns this does not happen anymore - at least not often. A name is something that everyone knows about you. A birthday is not as easy to remember.
And yes, you need to have cakes and other goodies ready and the coffee pot has to be hot all day. Little presents are brought - nothing huge, only a little something.
But when it is your middle name.... then you can just enjoy it yourself.
Name days are widely celebrated especially in Europe.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_day
I think that in USA there is such a mix of people and cultures that it would be hard to have a name day calender that would fit everybody.

Yes, the name day is quite common here as well.

Happy name day Darling!

yes, Happy name day Caysa

caysa wrote:May 26th

Estonia: Miina, Minna, Valme, Valmi, Vella, Velli, Vilma, Vilme
Finland: Minna, Vilma, Vilhelmiina, Mimmi
Hungary: Fülöp, Evelin, Gyöngyvér, Aladár

Evryone must go to Robin's flower shop and buy flowers!!!




My third name is Wilhelmina and Siiri's second name is Wilhelmina

Happy name day
OO yes come to buy flowers

robin wrote:

caysa wrote:May 26th

Estonia: Miina, Minna, Valme, Valmi, Vella, Velli, Vilma, Vilme
Finland: Minna, Vilma, Vilhelmiina, Mimmi
Hungary: Fülöp, Evelin, Gyöngyvér, Aladár

Evryone must go to Robin's flower shop and buy flowers!!!




My third name is Wilhelmina and Siiri's second name is Wilhelmina

Happy name day
OO yes come to buy flowers

Is your shop opened yet? :scratch:

Ophiophagus wrote:

robin wrote:

caysa wrote:May 26th

Estonia: Miina, Minna, Valme, Valmi, Vella, Velli, Vilma, Vilme
Finland: Minna, Vilma, Vilhelmiina, Mimmi
Hungary: Fülöp, Evelin, Gyöngyvér, Aladár

Evryone must go to Robin's flower shop and buy flowers!!!




My third name is Wilhelmina and Siiri's second name is Wilhelmina

Happy name day
OO yes come to buy flowers

Is your shop opened yet? :scratch:

Its open till 6 pm... now I am at home

robin wrote:

Ophiophagus wrote:

robin wrote:

caysa wrote:May 26th

Estonia: Miina, Minna, Valme, Valmi, Vella, Velli, Vilma, Vilme
Finland: Minna, Vilma, Vilhelmiina, Mimmi
Hungary: Fülöp, Evelin, Gyöngyvér, Aladár

Evryone must go to Robin's flower shop and buy flowers!!!




My third name is Wilhelmina and Siiri's second name is Wilhelmina

Happy name day
OO yes come to buy flowers

Is your shop opened yet? :scratch:

Its open till 6 pm... now I am at home

I face the shop vainly here now then ?!

caysa wrote:Thank you, Thank you!!
Here in the country side when it is the name day of your first name, you really need to prepare! You will get visitors! You don't invite them - they come. In towns this does not happen anymore - at least not often. A name is something that everyone knows about you. A birthday is not as easy to remember.
And yes, you need to have cakes and other goodies ready and the coffee pot has to be hot all day. Little presents are brought - nothing huge, only a little something.
But when it is your middle name.... then you can just enjoy it yourself.
Name days are widely celebrated especially in Europe.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_day
I think that in USA there is such a mix of people and cultures that it would be hard to have a name day calender that would fit everybody.

Thanks for the explanation--yours was much more interesting than wikipedia! It sounds like a lovely custom--I'm always in favor of anything that promotes a get together with goodies and presents
I hope your name day was wonderful

Did you got some presents also?

robin wrote:Did you got some presents also?

Well - I spent money on FLOWERS
Summer flowers for the garden

Estonia: Kalvi, Klaudia
Finland: Ritva
Hungary: Hella
Austria: Augustin

Be sure to remember anyone that has a name day today

Estonia: Roman, Roome, Roomet, Roomo
Finland: Alma
Hungary: Emil, Csanád
Austria: Germanius

Estonia: Laido, Leido, Leidur, Luulik
Finland: Oiva, Oivi
Hungary: Magdolna
Austria: Church Holiday (Christi Hf.)

caysa wrote:Estonia: Laido, Leido, Leidur, Luulik
Finland: Oiva, Oivi
Hungary: Magdolna
Austria: Church Holiday (Christi Hf.)

Christi Himmelfahrt was 8 days ago actually. But maybe it´s different when it´s connected with name days - I don´t know.

Ricky wrote:

caysa wrote:Estonia: Laido, Leido, Leidur, Luulik
Finland: Oiva, Oivi
Hungary: Magdolna
Austria: Church Holiday (Christi Hf.)

Christi Himmelfahrt was 8 days ago actually. But maybe it´s different when it´s connected with name days - I don´t know.

That's what I thought too... As far as I know that day is always 40 days after Easter...
But have a look!!!: http://calendar.zoznam.sk/nameday-enathor.php

If you point at the 21st.... it will also tell you that is Christi Hf. .............hmm????

I don´t know either. Maybe there´s a double meaning of "Christi Hf"? (the church holiday day on the one hand and the name day on the other?)

I think there's a mistake in that calender! "Christi Hf" is only once and it is 40 days after Easter. Depending on when Easter is the date can vary, of course. But it is not today, that's for sure. And I should know.... my father was a priest
http://www.bistum-regensburg.de/download/borMedia0870005.PDF
Have a look at this calender - looks better here.

Yes, that´s better!

Estonia: Argo, Arro
Finland: Pasi
Hungary: Janka, Zsanett
Austria: Reinhild, Ferdinand

Sorry they came up a bit late today..

Hi all

In Portugal there are no name days

But there is Christi Hf. It was last week. In Azores, the Portuguese Islands they have party all the week related with that.

heheee you know... i saw this "arro" name... and i was thinking... my last name is Aro... and its so usual that somebody call (or write on my documents or on some contracts) me Arro...
its not importand actually, but that name just reminds me that little thing and i just thought i let you know

Estonia: Elga, Helga, Helge, Helgi, Helja, Helje, Heljo, Helju, Olga, Olli
Finland: Helka, Helga
Hungary: Angéla, Petronella
Austria:Petronilla

Some similarities are to be seen

Laaly wrote:heheee you know... i saw this "arro" name... and i was thinking... my last name is Aro... and its so usual that somebody call (or write on my documents or on some contracts) me Arro...
its not importand actually, but that name just reminds me that little thing and i just thought i let you know

So, Laaly, you sort of... had your name day yesterday
Congrats