Phrase guide

name day

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The feast day of the saint after whom one is named.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Synonym of ticket day.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, finance

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ticket day

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the feast day of a saint whose name one bears

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: saint's day

History

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Across languages

Translations

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: يَوْم اِسْم (yawm ism) — feast day of a saint
  • Azerbaijani: ad günü — feast day of a saint
  • Azerbaijani: adqoyma — feast day of a saint
  • Azerbaijani: adqoydu — feast day of a saint
  • Belarusian: імяні́ны (imjaníny) — feast day of a saint
  • Bulgarian: и́мен ден (ímen den) — feast day of a saint
  • Carpathian Rusyn: мени́ны (menýnŷ) — feast day of a saint
  • Catalan: dia onomàstic — feast day of a saint
  • Catalan: festa onomàstica — feast day of a saint
  • Catalan: onomàstica — feast day of a saint
  • Chinese Mandarin: 命名日 (mìngmíngrì) — feast day of a saint
  • Chuvash: менелник (menelnik) — feast day of a saint
  • Czech: svátek — feast day of a saint
  • Czech: jmeniny — feast day of a saint
  • Danish: navnedag — feast day of a saint
  • Dutch: naamdag — feast day of a saint
  • Esperanto: nomtago — feast day of a saint
  • Estonian: nimepäev — feast day of a saint
  • Faroese: navnadagur — feast day of a saint
  • Finnish: nimipäivä — feast day of a saint
  • French: fête — feast day of a saint
  • French: fête du prénom — feast day of a saint
  • German: Namenstag — feast day of a saint
  • Greek: ονομαστική γιορτή (onomastikí giortí) — feast day of a saint
  • Hungarian: névnap — feast day of a saint
  • Ingrian: nimipäivä — feast day of a saint
  • Italian: onomastico — feast day of a saint
  • Japanese: 聖名祝日 (seimei shukujitsu) — feast day of a saint
  • Kashubian: mionowi dzéń — feast day of a saint
  • Korean: 영명 축일 (yeongmyeong chugil) — feast day of a saint
  • Latvian: vārda diena — feast day of a saint
  • Limburgish: Namesdaag — feast day of a saint
  • Lithuanian: vardadienis — feast day of a saint
  • Macedonian: и́менден (ímenden) — feast day of a saint
  • Norwegian Bokmål: navnedag — feast day of a saint
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: namnedag — feast day of a saint
  • Polish: imieniny — feast day of a saint
  • Portuguese: dia onomástico — feast day of a saint
  • Romanian: onomastică — feast day of a saint
  • Romanian: ziua numelui — feast day of a saint
  • Romanian: zi onomastică — feast day of a saint
  • Russian: имени́ны (imeníny) — feast day of a saint
  • Serbo-Croatian: и̏менда̄н — feast day of a saint
  • Serbo-Croatian: ȉmendān — feast day of a saint
  • Sicilian: jornu dû santu — feast day of a saint
  • Sicilian: anumàsticu — feast day of a saint
  • Slovak: meniny — feast day of a saint
  • Slovene: god — feast day of a saint
  • Spanish: día del santo — feast day of a saint
  • Spanish: onomástica — feast day of a saint
  • Spanish: santo — feast day of a saint
  • Swedish: namnsdag — feast day of a saint
  • Turkish: isim günü — feast day of a saint
  • Ukrainian: імени́ни (imenýny) — feast day of a saint
  • Uzbek: ism kuni — feast day of a saint
  • Uzbek: ism toʻyi — feast day of a saint
  • Vilamovian: nomastaog — feast day of a saint