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    Common Polish First Names

    Below is a list of common first names in Poland.  These names are based on the saints and the feast days as found in the old-style Proper of the Saints of the Roman Calendar.  The names in parenthesis are the English variations.  More than one saint's name and feast day may follow a single first name. Note:  In 1969, the dates of celebration of feast days were changed for many saints.

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    For a more comprehensive list (by date only), see Behind the Name - Polish Name Days.

    A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - R - S - T - U - W - Z

    -A -

    Adalbert (Adalbert, George) -- Adalbert of Prague, patron of Prussia, Bohemian, April 23
    Adam (Adam) -- December 24
    Agata (Agatha) -- February 5
    Agnieszka (Agnes) -- Agnes January 21; Blessed Agnes, Bohemian, March 2
    Albert (Albert) -- Albert the Great November 15
    Aleksander (Alexander) -- May 3
    Aleksandra, see Olga
    Aleksy (Alexis) -- July 17
    Alfons (Alphonsus) -- Alphonsus Liguori August 2
    Alojzy (Aloysius) -- Aloysius Gonzaga June 21
    Ambrozy (Ambrose) -- December 7
    Anastazia, Anastazja (Anastasia) -- December 25
    Andrzej (Andrew) -- Andrew Corsini February 4; Andrew Avellino November 10; Andrew, patron of Russia November 30
    Aniela (Angela) -- Angela Merici January 27, May 31, June 1
    Anna (Anna) -- mother of Mary July 26
    Antoni, Antonin (Anthony, Antonius) -- Anthony, abbot January 17; Anthony, bishop May 10; Anthony of Padua June 13; Anthony, d.c. 1342, Lithuanian,June 14; Anthony Mary Zaccaria July 5; Anthony Perchersky, Ukrainian, July 10
    Antonia, Antonina (Antoinette, Antonina) -- February 28, May 4, June 12
    Apolinarius (Appollinaris) -- July 23
    Apolonia (Pauline) -- February 9
    Apolonius (Apollonius) -- April 18
    August, Augustyn (Augustine) -- Augustine of Canterbury May 28; Augustine of Hippo, Doctor of the Church August 28

    - B -

    Baltazar (Balthasar) -- January 6, July 23
    Barbara (Barbara) -- December 4
    Barnabas (Barnabas) -- Barnabas the Apostle June 11
    Bartlomiej (Bartholomew) -- Bartholomew the Apostle August 24; Bartholomew November 11
    Bazyli (Basil) -- Basil the Great June 14
    Bede (Bede) -- Bede the Venerable May 27
    Benedykt (Benedict) -- Benedict, abbot March 21; Benedict, Polish, April 23; Benedict, Pope July 11
    Bernard (Bernard) -- August 20
    Bernardyn (Bernadine, male) -- May 20
    Bibiana (Bibiana, Viviana) -- December 2
    Blazej (Blaise) -- February 3
    Bogumil (Bogimilus, Theophilus) -- Polish, June 10; see Teofil
    Boleslaw (Boleslaus, William)
    Boleslawa (Boleslava, Wilhelmina, Mina)
    Bonifacy (Boniface) -- Boniface of Tarsus May 14; Boniface, Apostle of Germany June 5; Boniface, Second Apostle of the Prussians June 19
    Bozena ("of God"), see Teodora and Teodozia
    Bronislaw (Bronislaus, Bruno)
    Bronislawa (Bronislava, Bernice, Bertha) -- Polish, September 3
    Brunon (Bruno) -- patron of Ruthenia (Ukraine) October 6
    Brygida (Bridget, Birgitta) -- patron of Sweden October 8

    - C -

    Cecylia (Cecelia) -- November 22
    Cyprian (Cyprian) -- Cyprian, bishop September 16; Cyprian, martyr September 26
    Cyryl (Cyril) -- Cyril of Alexandria February 9; Cyril of Jerusalem March 18; Cyril (of Saints Cyril and Methidius) Slavic, July 7
    Czeslaw (Ceslaus, Chester) -- Polish, July 17 and 28
    Czeslawa (feminine of Czeslaw, Ceslava) -- also see Teresa

    - D -

    Dawid (David) -- Dewi of Wales March 1; David, Russian, September 19; King David December 30
    Doloreta (Dolores) -- Seven Sorrows (Dolores in Latin) of the Blessed Virgin Mary September 15
    Domicylla, Domitilla (Domitilla) -- May 7 and 12
    Dominik (Dominic) -- August 4
    Dorota (Dorothy) -- Dorothy of Montau, patroness of Prussia October 30

    - E -

    Edmund (Edmund) -- November 20
    Edward (Edward) -- March 18, October 13
    Elzbieta (Elizabeth) -- Elizabeth, Queen of Portugal July 8; Elizabeth of Hungary November 19
    Emilia, Emiliana (Emiliana, Emily) -- August 24, December 24
    Ewa (Eve) -- the eve of Christmas day December 24

    - F -

    Fabian (Fabian) -- January 20
    Felicia (Felice, Felicity, Phyllis) -- March 6
    Feliks (Felix) -- Felix of Nola, priest/martyr January 14; Felix I, Pope May 30; Felix, martyr July 12; Felix II, Pope July 29; Felix, martyr August 30; Felix of Valois November 20
    Filip (Philip) -- Philip, Apostle May 1, May 11; Philip Neri May 26; Philip Benizi August 23
    Florentyna (Flora, Florence) -- June 20, November 24
    Florjan (Florian) -- patron of Poland and Upper Austria May 4
    Franciszek (Francis, Frank) -- Francis de Sales January 29; Francis of Paola April 2; Francis Caracciolo June 4; Francis of Assisi October 4; Francis Borgia October 10
    Franciszek Ksawery (Francis Xavier) -- December 3
    Franciszka (Frances) -- March 9
    Fryderyk (Frederick) -- July 18

    - G -

    Gabriel (Gabriel) -- Archangel March 24
    Genowefa (Genevieve) -- January 3
    Giertruda (Gertrude) -- November 16
    Grzegorz (Gregory) -- Gregory the Great, Pope March 12; Gregory Nazianzen May 9; Gregory VII, Pope May 25; Gregory the Wonder-worker November 17
    Gustaw (Gustav, August, Augustine) -- see August, Augustyn
    Gwidon (Guy) -- September 12

    - H -

    Halina, Helena (Helen) -- August 18
    Henryk (Henry) -- Henry of Bavaria, Emperor of Germany July 15
    Henryka (Henrietta, Hattie) -- feminine of Henryk
    Hiacynt, Jacek (Hyacinth, male) -- Hyacinth, patron of Poland (Hyacinth Ronski) August 17; Hyacinth September 11
    Hiacynta, Jacinta (Hyacintha, female) -- January 30
    Hieronym (Jerome, Henry) -- Jerome Emilian July 20; Jerome, Doctor of the Church September 30
    Hipolit (Hippolytus) -- August 13
    Honorata (Honorata) -- January 11
    Honoratus (Honoratus) -- January 16

    - I -

    Ignacy (Ignace, Ignatius) -- Ignatius, bishop/martyr February 1; Ignatius of Rostov Russian, May 28; Ignatius of Loyola July 31
    Irena, Irina (Irene) -- April 3
    Isabela (Isabelle) -- Elizabeth of Portugal (born Isabella) July 4 and 8
    Izydor (Isidore) -- Isidore of Alexandria January 15; Isidore the Farmer March 22; Isidore of Seville, bishop April 4; Isidore of Chios May 15; Isidore December 14

    - J -

    Jacek -- see Hiacynt
    Jacinta -- see Hiacynta
    Jadwiga (Hedwig, Hattie) -- Blessed Hedwig, Queen of Poland February 28; Hedwig, patroness of Silesia October 16
    Jakub (Jacob, James) -- James the Lesser Apostle May 1 and 11; James the Greater, Apostle July 25
    Jan (John) -- John Chrysostom January 27; John of Matha February 8; John of God March 8; John Damascene March 27; John Capistran March 28; John the Apostle, Before the Latin Gate May 6; John Lithuanian, April 14; John of San Facundo June 12; John Gualbert July 12; John of Dukla, patron of Poland and Lithuania July 10 and September 28; John of the Cross November 24; John, Apostle and Evangelist December 27
    Jan Baptysta, Jan Chrzciciel (John the Baptist) -- birth of June 24; beheading of August 29
    Jan Jozef (John Joseph) -- March 5
    Jan Kanty (John Cantius) -- patron of Poland and Lithuania October 20
    Jan Nepomucen (John Nepomucene) -- patron of Czechoslovakia May 16
    Januariusz (Januarius, January, John) -- September 19
    Jerzy (George) -- patron of England and Germany April 23
    Joachim, Joakim (Joachim) -- August 16
    Joanna (Joanne, Jane, Jean, Joan, Jennie) -- Joan of Arc May 30; Jane Frances de Chantal August 21
    Jolanta, Jolenta (Yolanda) -- Blessed Jolenta (Helen of Poland), Polish/Hungarian, June 12 and 14
    Jozef (Joseph) -- Joseph, father of Jesus March 19; Joseph the Workman May 1; Joseph of Cupertino September 18
    Jozefa, Jozefina (Josephine) -- feminine of Jozef
    Jozefat (Josaphat) -- Polish/Lithuanian, November 14
    Julia (Julia, Julie) -- May 22
    Julian (Julian) -- January 9
    Juliana (Julianna, Julie) -- Juliana Falconieri June 19
    Justin, Justyn (Justin) -- April 14
    Justina, Justyna (Justina) -- September 26

    - K -

    Kajetan (Cajetan) -- August 7
    Kamil (Camile, Camillus, male) -- Camile of Lellis July 18
    Kamila (Camila, Camille, female) -- feminine of Kamil
    Karol (Karl, Charles) -- Blessed Charlemagne of France January 28; Charles Borromeo November 4
    Karolina (Carolina, Charlotte) -- feminine of Karol
    Kasper (Caspar) -- Caspar, one of the Magi January 6, July 23; Caspar del Bufalo January 2
    Katarzyna (Catherine) -- Catherine of Siena April 30; Catherine of Alexandria November 25
    Kazimierz, Kazmierz (Casimir) -- patron of Poland and Lithuania March 4
    Klara (Clara, Clare) --August 12
    Klemens, Klement (Clemence, Clement) -- Clement January 23; Clement February 13; Clement Slovensky of Okhrida, Apostle of Bulgaria July 17 and 27; Clement I, Pope November 23
    Klementyna (Clementine) -- feminine of Klemens
    Konrad(Conrad) -- Blessed Conrad of Bavaria February 14 and March 15; Conrad of Piacenza February 19; Conrad of Swabia, bishop of Trèves June 1; Conrad of Constance, bishop November 26
    Konstanty (Constant, Constantine) -- Constantine, King of Cornwall (first martyr of Scotland) March 11; Constantine Russian, September 19
    Konstantyna (Constance) -- feminine of Konstanty
    Krystyna (Christine) -- Christine of Bolsena and two Christinas July 24; Christina (also called Nino), Apostle of Georgia Russian, December 15
    Krzysztof (Christopher) -- July 25
    Kunegunda (Cunegunda) -- Cunegunda of Luxembourg and Bavaria March 3; Blessed Cunegunda (also known as Kinga), patroness of Poland and Lithuania Polish/Hungarian, July 21 and 23

    - L -

    Leokadia (Leocadia, Laura) -- December 9
    Leon (Leo) -- Leo I the Great, Pope April 11; Leo IX, Pope April 19; Leo III, Pope June 12; Leo II, Pope July 3; Leo IV, Pope July 17
    Leonard (Leonard, Leon) -- November 6
    Lidia (Lydia) -- August 3
    Lorenz (Lawrence) -- Lawrence of Brindisi July 21; Lawrence, martyr August 10; Lawrence Justinian September 4 and 5
    Lucja (Lucy) -- Lucy, martyr September 16; Lucy of Sicily, martyr December 13
    Lucjan (Lucian) -- Lucian of Antioch January 7; Lucian of Beauvais January 8; Lucian October 26
    Ludmila (Ludmila) -- Bohemian, September 16
    Ludwik (Louis) -- Louis IX, King of France August 25
    Ludwika (Louise) -- March 15
    Lukasz (Lucas, Luke) -- Luke the Evangelist October 18

    - M -

    Maciej (Matthew) -- Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist September 21
    Magdalena (Mary Magdalene, Madeline) -- Mary Magdalen del Pazzi May 29; Mary Magdalene July 22
    Maksymilian (Maximilian) -- Maximilian March 12; Maximilian of Lorch October 12; Maksymilian Kolbe Polish, August 14
    Malgorzata, Margarita (Margaret) -- Margaret of Hungary January 18 and 26; Margaret, Queen of Scotland June 10; Margaret July 20
    Marcelian (Marcellianus) -- twin of Mark June 18
    Marcianna, Martyna (Marcyanna, Martina) -- Marciana January 9; Martina January 30
    Marcin (Martin) -- Martin of Tours November 11; Martin I, Pope November 12
    Marek (Mark) -- Mark the Evangelist April 25; Mark, twin of Marcellianus June 18; Mark, Pope October 7
    Maria, Marja, Marya (Mary) -- Feast Days of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God January 1; Purification of the BVM February 2; Annunciation of the BVM March 25; Queenship of the BVM May 31; Visitation of the BVM to Elizabeth July 2; Assumption of the BVM August 15; Immaculate Heart of Mary August 22; Our Lady of Czestochowa, patroness of Poland August 26; Nativity of the BVM September 8; Most Holy Name of Mary September 12; BVM of the Rosary October 7; Immaculate Conception December 8
    Marta (Martha) -- Martha, martyr January 19; Martha (sister of Mary Magdalene and Lazarus) July 29
    Martyna -- see Marcianna
    Mateusz (Mathias) -- Mathias (the Apostle who took the Place of Judas) February 24 and 25; also see Maciej
    Melchior (Melchior) -- January 6 and July 23
    Metody (Methodius) -- Cyril and Methodius (Apostles of the Slavs) Slavic, July 7
    Michal, Mieczyslaw (Michael) -- Apparition of Michael the Archangel May 8; Michael of Chernigov Ukrainian/Russian, September 21; Michael the Archangel September 29
    Michalina (Michalina) -- June 20
    Mieczyslaw (Miecislaus) -- Mieczyslaw I (King of Poland who accepted Christianity on behalf of all Poland) January 1
    Mikolaj (Nicholas) -- Nicholas of Tolentino September 10; Nicholas I the Great, Pope November 13; Nicholas, patron of Russia December 6
    Monika (Monica, Mona) -- mother of St. Augustine May 4

    - N -

    Nicodem (Nicodemus) -- Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain July 14
    Norbert (Norbert) -- Norbert of Germany June 6

    - O -

    Olenka -- see Olga
    Olga (Alexandra, Sandra, Olga) -- Russian/Ukrainian, July 11
    Onufrius, Onufry (Onuphrius) -- June 12
    Otto (Otto) -- Otto July 2 and 3, and September 30

    - P -

    Paulina (Pauline) -- January 26
    Pawel (Paul) -- Paul the Hermit January 15; Conversion of Paul the Apostle January 25;  Paul of the Cross April 28; Paul the Apostle June 29 and 30; Dedication of the Basilicas of Peter and Paul November 18
    Pelagia (Pelagia, Paula, Pauline) -- Pelagia of Tarsus May 4; Pelagia of Antioch June 9; Pelagia the Penitent October 8
    Petronela (Petronilla) -- May 31
    Piotr (Peter) -- Chair of St. Peter at Rome January 18; Peter Nolasco January 28; Chair of St. Peter at Antioch February 22; Peter Damian February 23; Peter Canisius, Second Great Apostle of Germany April 27; Peter of Verona April 29; Peter I Celestine, Pope May 19; Peter, martyr June 2; Peter the Apostle June 29; Peter's Chains (the Apostle) August 1; Dedication of the Basilicas of Peter and Paul November 18; Peter Chrysologus December 4
    Prakseda (Prazedes, Praxey) -- July 21

    - R -

    Rafal, Rafael (Raphael) -- Archangel October 24
    Rajmund (Raymond) -- Raymond of Pennafort January 23; Raymond Nonnatus August 31
    Regina (Regina) -- September 7
    Roch (Roch, Rock) -- August 16
    Roman (Roman) -- August 9
    Romuald (Romuald, male) -- February 7
    Romualda (Romualda, Roma) -- feminine of Romuald
    Róza (Rose) -- Rose of Lima August 30
    Rozalia (Rosalie, Rose) -- Rose of Viterbo September 4
    Ryszard (Richard) -- February 7

    - S -

    Sabina (Sabina) -- August 29
    Salomeja (Salome, Sarah) -- Salome, mother of James and John the Apostles October 22; Blessed Salome Polish, November 6, 17 and 18
    Saturnin (Saturnin) -- November 30
    Sebastian (Sebastian) --January 20
    Seweryn (Severin) -- Severinus of Noricum January 5
    Simeon, Szymon (Simeon) -- Simeon the Stylite January 5; Simeon, bishop/martyr February 18; Simeon (the old man in the Temple) October 8; see also Szymon
    Sofia, Zofia (Sophie) -- September 30
    Stanislaw (Stanislaus, Stanley) -- Stanislaus, Bishop of Kraków May 7; Stanislaus Kostka, patron of Poland November 13
    Stanislawa (Stanislava, Stella) -- feminine of Stanislaw
    Stefan, Szczepan (Stephen, Steven) -- Stephen of Perm Russian, April 26; Stephen Pechersky Ukrainian, April 27; Stephen I, Pope August 2; Finding the Body of Stephen the First Martyr August 3; King Stephen, patron of Hungary September 2; Stephen the First Martyr December 26
    Stefania (Stephanie) -- feminine of Stefan
    Sylwester (Sylvester) -- Sylvester, abbot November 26; Sylvester, Pope December 31
    Szczepan (Stephen, Steven) -- see Stefan
    Szymon (Simon) -- Simon of Lipnica Polish, July 15 and 30; Simon the Zealot, Apostle October 28

    - T -

    Tadeusz (Thaddeus, Ted) -- Jude Thaddeus the Apostle October 28
    Tekla (Thecla, Tillie) -- September 23
    Teodor (Theodore, Ted) -- Theodore the Black Russian, September 19; Theodore Ukrainian/Russian, September 21; Theodore, martyr and soldier November 9; Theodore Graptoi December 27
    Teodora (Theodora, Dora, Dorie) -- April 28 and September 17
    Teodozja (Theodosia) -- April 2 and May 29
    Teodozjusz (Theodosius) -- Theodosius Pechersky, abbot (also known as Theodosius of the Caves of Kiev) Ukrainian/Russian, May 3 and July 10
    Teofil (Theophilus) -- Theophilus the Penitent February 4
    Teofila (Theophila) -- feminine of Teofil
    Teresa, Tereza, Czeslawa (Theresa) -- Teresa of Avila October 15
    Timoteusz (Timothy) -- Timothy, bishop January 24; Timothy, martyr August 22
    Tomasz (Thomas) -- Thomas Aquinas March 7; Thomas of Villanova September 22; Thomas Cantelupe of Hereford October 3; Thomas Becket December 29

    - U -

    Urban (Urban) -- Urban I, Pope May 25
    Urzula (Ursula) -- October 21

    - W -

    Waclaw (Wenceslaus, Walter) -- patron of Czechoslovakia Bohemian, September 28
    Waclawa (Violet) -- feminine of Waclaw
    Walburga (Walburga) -- February 25
    Walenty (Valentine) -- Valentine, abbot January 7; Valentine, bishop/martyr February 14
    Walentyna (Valentina) -- July 25; feminine of Walenty
    Walerian, Walery (Valerian, Valery) -- April 14
    Wanda (Wanda) -- Wanda, Queen, daughter of King Kark of Kraków Vislanian (pre-Christian Polish)
    Wawrzyniec (Lawrence) -- see Lorenz
    Weronika (Veronica) -- July 12
    Wicenty, Wincenty (Vincent) -- Vincent of Saragossa (Spain), martyr January 22; Blessed Wincenty Kadlubek, bishop of Kraków Polish, October 11; Vincent Ferrer April 5; Vincent de Paul July 19
    Wiktor (Victor) -- Victor of Marseilles, martyr July 21; Victor I, Pope July 28
    Wiktoria, Wiktorya (Victoria) -- Victoria, martyr February 11; Victoria, martyr December 20 and 23
    Wilhelm (William, Bill) -- June 25
    Wilhelmina (Wilhelmina, Mina) -- feminine of Wilhelm
    Wincenty -- see Wicenty
    Wita, Witus (Vitus) -- June 15
    Wladimir (Vladimir) -- Vladimir of Kiev, patron of Russia July 15
    Wladyslaw (Ladislaus, Walter) -- Blessed Ladislaus of Gielnów, patron of Poland, Galicia, and Lithuania May 11; Ladislaus, King of Hungary June 27
    Wojciech (Adalbert, Albert, George) -- April 23

    - Z -

    Zachariasz (Zachary) -- Zachary, Pope March 15 and 22; Zachary, father of John the Baptist November 5 and 15
    Zenon (Zenon) -- December 22
    Zofia, Sofia (Sophie) -- September 30
    Zuzanna (Susanna, Susan) -- Susanna (also called Anne), martyr July 23; Susanna, martyr August 11; Susanna, martyr October 17
    Zygmunt (Sigismund, Sigmund) -- Zygmunt III Wasa, King of Poland October 31; Sigismund, King of the Burgundians, martyr December 30
    Zyta (Zita) -- April 27

    For a more comprehensive list, see Behind the Name - Polish Name Days.


    Common Ukrainian First Names

    Below is a list of Ukrainian first names and the feast dates on the Julian Calendar with which they are associated.  The spellings below are the English equivalent of the Cyrillic alphabet.

    - A -
    August -- August 28
    Augusta, Augustina -- November 23
    Avrele, Avrela -- December 23
    Agatha -- February 5
    Agnes -- July 5
    Ada -- October 21
    Adam -- January 14
    Alexander, Oles, Les -- August 30
    Alexandria, Olesia, Lesia, Sandra -- August 30
    Alvina -- May 4
    Ambrose -- December 7
    Amelia, Emily -- August 8
    Amilian, Emil -- August 8
    Anastasia, Stasia -- December 22
    Anatole -- July 3
    Angeline -- December 10
    Andrew, Andriy -- November 30
    Andrian -- August 26
    Andriana -- August 26
    Anina -- March 13
    Ann, Hannah -- March 10
    Anthony -- July 10
    Antonina, Antonia -- June 10
    Apollinary -- July 23
    Apollinaria -- January 5
    Apollonia -- December 14
    Arkadiy, Arkad -- January 26
    August -- August 28
    Augusta, Augustina -- November 23

    - B -
    Barbara -- December 4
    Basil -- January 1
    Bartholomew -- June 11
    Bohdan -- January 1
    Bohdanna -- July 4
    Bohuslav, Slavko -- June 24
    Bohuslava, Slavka -- June 24
    Boniface -- December 19
    Boris -- June 24
    Boryslav, Slavko -- June 24
    Boryslava, Slavka -- June 24
    Benedict -- March 14

    - C -
    Candid -- January 21
    Candida, Candace -- January 21
    Cecelia -- November 22
    Celestine, Celeste -- May 25
    Charita -- October 5
    Christian -- May 24
    Christine -- July 24
    Christopher -- May 9
    Clara -- June 1
    Clem, Clement -- January 23
    Clementine -- January 23
    Conrad -- January 4
    Constantine -- May 21
    Constance -- May 21
    Cyprian -- October 2
    Cyril -- January 18
    Cyrus -- January 31

    - D -
    Daniel -- December 17
    Daria, Darusia, Daryna -- March 19
    David -- January 1
    Demetrius -- October 26
    Dennis -- October 3
    Denise -- October 3
    Diodor -- March 10
    Dorothea, Dorothy, Dora -- June 5

    - E -
    Edward -- January 28
    Elias -- July 20
    Elizabeth -- September 5
    Ella -- March 26
    Emil, Amelian -- August 8
    Emily, Amelia -- August 8
    Eugene -- January 21
    Eugenia -- December 24
    Eunice, June, Una -- May 4
    Eustace, Ostap -- August 20
    Eva, Eve -- December 21
    Evdokia -- March 1

    - F -
    Fedir, Theodore -- August 8
    Felix -- July 6
    Fialka, Violet -- September 11
    Flavia -- March 9
    Flora -- August 18
    Florent -- August 22
    Florence -- August 22

    -G -
    Gabriel -- March 26
    George -- April 23
    Georgina -- December 29
    Gervais, Jervis -- October 14
    Gregory -- January 30

    - H -
    Hannah, Ann -- March 10
    Helen -- May 21
    Herman -- May 12
    Hilary -- July 12
    Hnat, Ignatius -- March 26

    - I -
    Ignatius, Hnat -- March 26
    Ihor -- June 5
    Ilaria, Laria -- March 19
    Ilarion, Larry -- October 21
    Ilary, Larry -- July 12
    Irene, Oryna, Orysia -- April 16
    Irene -- May 5, September 18
    Isabel, Isabella -- April 24
    Isadore -- May 14
    Isidora -- March 10
    Ivan, John -- June 24

    - J -
    Jacob -- April 30
    Jeremiah, Jeremy -- May 1
    Jervis, Gervais -- October 14
    Joachim -- September 9
    John, Ivan -- June 24
    Joseph -- December 26
    Josephine -- December 26
    Judith -- June 6
    Julian, Julius -- June 21
    Julianna, Ulianna -- March 4 and December 21
    June, Una, Eunice -- May 4
    Justin -- June 1
    Justina -- October 2

    - K -
    Kalyna -- June 13
    Katherine, Katerina -- November 24
    Krystsentia -- June 15
    Ksenia, Oksana -- January 23
    Kuzma -- November 1

    - L -
    Larissa -- March 26
    Laura -- August 18
    Lawrence, Lavrin -- August 10
    Leon, Leo -- June 18
    Leonard -- November 1
    Leonid -- August 8
    Les, Oles, Alexander -- August 30
    Lesia, Olesia, Alexandria, Sandra -- August 30
    Lev, Levko, Leo -- February 19
    Louise -- December 13
    Lubomyr -- August 13
    Lubomyra -- August 13
    Lubov, Luba -- September 17
    Lucian -- October 15
    Ludmilla -- September 16
    Luke -- October 18
    Lukia, Lucia -- December 13
    Lusia, Olha, Olia, Olusia -- July 11
    Lydia -- March 23

    - M -
    Magdalyna -- July 20
    Maksym, Max -- August 13
    Marcel -- August 1
    Margaret -- February 27
    Maria, Mary -- September 8
    Marian -- December 10
    Marianna -- February 16
    Markian, Mark -- August 9
    Marko, Mark -- April 25
    Martha -- June 4
    Martin -- April 14
    Maryna -- March 12
    Matthew -- November 16
    Maura, Moira -- October 31
    Maya, May -- January 26
    Maximillian, Max -- October 22
    Mecheslav -- December 19
    Mecheslava -- December 19
    Melania -- December 31
    Methodius -- July 5
    Michael -- November 8
    Michaelina -- November 8
    Mina -- November 11
    Monica -- April 1
    Mstyslav -- April 15
    Mstyslava -- April 15
    Mykyta -- September 15
    Myron -- August 18
    Myroslav -- May 5
    Myroslava -- May 5

    - N -
    Nadia -- September 17
    Natalia -- August 26
    Nathaniel, Nathan -- April 22
    Nestor -- October 27
    Nicholas -- December 6
    Nina -- January 14
    Nona -- August 4
    Nykon -- March 23

    - O -
    Oksana, Ksenia -- January 23
    Oleh -- September 20
    Oleksa -- March 17
    Oles, Les, Alexander -- August 30
    Olesia, Lesia, Alexandria, Sandra -- August 30
    Olha, Olia, Olusia, Lusia -- July 11
    Onopriy -- June 12
    Oryna, Orysia, Irene -- April 16
    Ostap, Eustace -- August 20

    - P -
    Palahna -- May 4
    Palladiy -- November 27
    Paul -- June 29
    Pauline -- June 3
    Peter -- June 29
    Petronella, Petrunia, Petrina -- May 31
    Philip -- November 14
    Phillipa -- April 21
    Philemon -- November 22
    Philemona -- November 29
    Pollyanna -- May 19
    Potap -- December 8
    Priscilla -- July 14
    Prokip, Prokop -- July 8

    - R -
    Rachel -- April 30
    Radoslav, Rad -- April 2
    Radomyr, Rad -- November 28
    Raisa, Raya -- September 5
    Raphael -- November 8
    Rebecca -- October 9
    Regina -- Februarry 22
    Roman -- November 18
    Romanna, Roma, Romona -- November 18
    Rosalia, Rose -- May 18
    Rostyslav, Slavko -- March 14
    Rostyslava -- September 24
    Roxoliana, Roxanna -- January 24
    Ruth -- July 16

    - S -
    Salome -- August 1
    Samuel -- August 20
    Sandra, Lesia, Olesia, Alexandria -- August 30
    Sarah, Sara -- July 26
    Savina -- March 16
    Sebastian -- February 26
    Seraphim -- July 29
    Seraphina -- July 29
    Serhiy -- October 7
    Severyn -- September 9
    Simon -- February 3
    Solomon -- December 2
    Sophia, Sonia -- September 17
    Stephan, Steven -- December 27
    Stephania -- November 11
    Susanna -- August 11
    Svitlana -- February 20
    Svyatoslav -- April 20
    Svyatoslava -- April 20
    Syla -- July 30
    Sylvan -- July 30
    Sylvester -- January 2

    - T -
    Tamara -- May 1
    Taras -- February 24
    Thekla, Thecla -- September 24
    Theodore -- February 16
    Theodora -- September 11
    Theodosey -- May 3
    Theodosia -- May 29
    Theodot -- June 7
    Teofan -- September 29
    Teofil -- February 6
    Teofila -- February 6
    Teon -- January 5
    Teresa -- January 31
    Tetiana, Tania -- January 12
    Thomas, Toma -- October 6
    Timothy, Tim -- January 22
    Toma, Thomas -- October 6
    Tryfon -- February 1
    Tymon -- August 28

    - U -
    Ulas -- February 11
    Ulianna, Julianna -- March 4
    Una, Eunice, June -- May 4

    - V -
    Valentine -- October 24
    Valentina, Valia -- July 16
    Valerian -- June 1
    Valerie -- June 6
    Vasylyna -- January 1
    Veronica -- July 12
    Victor -- November 11
    Victoria -- January 31
    Vincent -- November 11
    Violet, Fialka -- September 11
    Vitaliy -- April 22
    >Vitalia -- April 22
    Vladyslav -- June 14
    Vladyslava -- November 30
    Volodymyr -- July 15
    Volodymyra -- July 15
    Volodyslav -- September 24
    Vyacheslav -- March 14

    - Y -
    Yarodar -- May 15
    Yaromyr -- April 11
    Yaropolk -- November 22
    Yaroslav, Slavko -- January 21
    Yaroslava, Slavka -- April 13
    Yvonna, Johanna, Joan, Jean -- June 24
    Yukhym -- August 16

    - Z -
    Zachary -- September 5
    Zenon -- January 30
    Zenonia, Zenia -- January 30
    Zinaida, Zina -- October 11
    Zoia, Zoe -- February 13



    Feast Days of the Roman Calendar

    January


    1 -- Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God; Mieczyslaw I
    2 -- Caspar del Bufalo
    3 -- Genevieve
    5 -- Severinus of Noricum; Simeon the Stylite
    6 -- Balthasar; Caspar, one of the Magi; Melchior
    7 -- Lucian of Antioch; Valentine, abbot
    8 -- Lucian of Beauvais
    9 -- Julian; Marciana
    11 -- Honorata
    14 -- Felix of Nola, priest/martyr
    15 -- Isidore of Alexandria; Paul the Hermit
    16 -- Honoratus
    17 -- Anthony, abbot
    18 -- Margaret of Hungary; Chair of St. Peter at Rome
    19 -- Martha, martyr
    20 -- Fabian; Sebastian
    21 -- Agnes
    22 -- Vincent of Saragossa (Spain), martyr
    23 -- Raymond of Pennafort; Clement
    24 -- Timothy, bishop
    25 -- Conversion of Paul the Apostle
    26 -- Margaret of Hungary; Pauline
    27 -- Angela Merici; John Chrysostom
    28 -- Blessed Charlemagne of France; Peter Nolasco
    29 -- Francis de Sales
    30 -- Martina

    February


    1 -- Ignatius, bishop/martyr
    2 -- Purification of the BVM
    3 -- Blaise
    4 -- Andrew Corsini; Theophilus the Penitent
    5 -- Agatha
    7 -- Romuald; Richard
    8 -- John of Matha
    9 -- Cyril of Alexandria
    11 -- Victoria, martyr
    13 -- Clement
    14 -- Blessed Conrad of Bavaria; Valentine, bishop/martyr
    18 -- Simeon, bishop/martyr
    19 -- Conrad of Piacenza
    22 -- Chair of St. Peter at Antioch
    23 -- Peter Damian
    24 -- Mathias (the Apostle who took the Place of Judas)
    25 -- Mathias (the Apostle who took the Place of Judas); Walburga
    28 -- Antonia, Antonina; Blessed Hedwig, Queen of Poland

    March


    1 -- Dewi of Wales
    2 -- Blessed Agnes, Bohemian
    3 -- Cunegunda of Luxembourg and Bavaria
    4 -- Casimir, patron of Poland and Lithuania
    5 -- John Joseph
    6 -- Felicia
    7 -- Thomas Aquinas
    8 -- John of God
    9 -- Frances
    11 -- Constantine, King of Cornwall (first martyr of Scotland)
    12 -- Gregory the Great, Pope; Maximilian
    15 -- Blessed Conrad of Bavaria; Louise; Zachary, Pope
    18 -- Cyril of Jerusalem; Edward
    19 -- Joseph, father of Jesus
    21 -- Benedict, abbot
    22 -- Isidore the Farmer; Zachary, Pope
    24 -- Gabriel, Archangel
    25 -- Annunciation of the BVM
    27 -- John Damascene
    28 -- John Capistran

    April


    2 -- Francis of Paola; Theodosia
    3 -- Irene
    4 -- Isidore of Seville, bishop
    5 -- Vincent Ferrer
    11 -- Leo I the Great, Pope
    14 -- John, Lithuanian; Justin; Valerian
    19 -- Leo IX, Pope
    23 -- Adalbert of Prague, patron of Prussia, Bohemian; Benedict, Polish; George, patron of England and Germany
    25 -- Mark the Evangelist
    26 -- Stephen of Perm, Russian
    27 -- Peter Canisius, Second Great Apostle of Germany; Stephen Pechersky, Ukrainian; Zyta
    28 -- Paul of the Cross; Theodora
    29 -- Peter of Verona
    30 -- Catherine of Siena

    May


    1 -- James the Lesser Apostle; Joseph the Workman; Philip, Apostle
    3 -- Alexander; Theodosius Pechersky, abbot, Ukrainian/Russian
    4 -- Antonia, Antonina; Florian, patron of Poland and Upper Austria; Monica, mother of St. Augustine; Pelagia of Tarsus
    6 -- John the Apostle, Before the Latin Gate
    7 -- Domitilla; Stanislaus, Bishop of Kraków
    8 -- Apparition of Michael the Archangel
    9 -- Gregory Nazianzen
    10 -- Anthony, bishop
    11 -- James the Lesser Apostle; Philip, Apostle; Blessed Ladislaus of Gielnów, patron of Poland, Galicia, and Lithuania
    12 -- Domitilla
    14 -- Boniface of Tarsus
    15 -- Isidore of Chios
    16 -- John Nepomucene, patron of Czechoslovakia
    19 -- Peter I Celestine, Pope
    20 -- Bernadine
    22 -- Julia
    25 -- Gregory VII, Pope; Urban I, Pope
    26 -- Philip Neri
    27 -- Bede the Venerable
    28 -- Augustine of Canterbury; Ignatius of Rostov, Russian
    29 -- Mary Magdalen del Pazzi; Theodosia
    30 -- Felix I, Pope; Joan of Arc
    31 -- Angela Merici; Queenship of the BVM

    June


    1 -- Angela Merici; Conrad of Swabia, bishop of Trèves
    2 -- Peter, martyr
    4 -- Francis Caracciolo
    5 -- Boniface, Apostle of Germany
    6 -- Norbert of Germany
    9 -- Pelagia of Antioch
    10 -- Bogumil, Polish; Margaret, Queen of Scotland; Theodosius Pechersky, abbot, Ukrainian/Russian
    11 -- Barnabas the Apostle
    12 -- Antonia, Antonina; John of San Facundo; Blessed Jolenta (Helen of Poland), Polish/Hungarian
    12 -- Leo III, Pope; Onuphrius
    13 -- Anthony of Padua
    14 -- Anthony, d.c. 1342, Lithuanian; Basil the Great; Blessed Jolenta (Helen of Poland), Polish/Hungarian
    15 -- Vitus
    18 -- Marcellianus, twin of Mark; Mark, twin of Marcellianus
    19 -- Boniface, Second Apostle of the Prussians; Juliana Falconieri
    20 -- Flora, Florence; Michalina
    21 -- Aloysius Gonzaga
    24 -- John the Baptist, birth of; Christine of Bolsena and two Christinas
    25 -- William
    27 -- Ladislaus, King of Hungary
    29 -- Paul the Apostle; Peter the Apostle
    30 -- Paul the Apostle
    31 -- Petronilla

    July


    2 -- Visitation of the BVM to Elizabeth; Otto
    3 -- Otto
    4 -- Elizabeth of Portugal (born Isabella)
    5 -- Anthony Mary Zaccaria
    7 -- Saints Cyril and Methidius, Slavic
    8 -- Elizabeth, Queen of Portugal (born Isabella)
    10 -- Anthony Perchersky, Ukrainian; John of Dukla, patron of Poland and Lithuania
    11 -- Benedict, Pope; Olga, Russian/Ukrainian
    12 -- Felix, martyr; John Gualbert; Veronica
    14 -- Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain
    15 -- Henry of Bavaria, Emperor of Germany; Simon of Lipnica, Polish; Vladimir of Kiev, patron of Russia
    17 -- Aleksy; Czeslaw, Polish; Clement Slovensky of Okhrida, Apostle of Bulgaria; Leo IV, Pope
    18 -- Frederick; Camile of Lellis
    19 -- Vincent de Paul
    20 -- Jerome Emilian; Margaret
    21 -- Blessed Cunegunda, patroness of Poland and Lithuania, Polish/Hungarian; Prazedes; Lawrence of Brindisi; Victor of Marseilles, martyr
    22 -- Mary Magdalene
    23 -- Appollinaris; Balthasar; Caspar, one of the Magi; Blessed Cunegunda, patroness of Poland and Lithuania, Polish/Hungarian; Melchior; Susanna (also called Anne), martyr
    25 -- Christopher; James the Greater, Apostle; Valentina
    26 -- Anna, mother of Mary
    27 -- Clement Slovensky of Okhrida, Apostle of Bulgaria
    28 -- Czeslaw, Polish; Victor I, Pope
    29 -- Felix II, Pope; Martha (sister of Mary Magdalene and Lazarus)
    30 -- Simon of Lipnica, Polish
    31 -- Ignatius of Loyola

    August


    1 -- Peter's Chains (the Apostle)
    2 -- Alphonsus Liguori; Stephen I, Pope
    3 -- Lydia; Finding the Body of Stephen the First Martyr
    4 -- Dominic
    7 -- Cajetan
    9 -- Roman
    10 -- Lawrence, martyr
    11 -- Susanna, martyr
    12 -- Clara, Clare
    13 -- Hippolytus
    14 -- Maksymilian Kolbe, Polish
    15 -- Assumption of the BVM
    16 -- Roch, Rock; Joachim
    17 -- Hyacinth, patron of Poland (Hyacinth Ronski)
    18 -- Helen
    20 -- Bernard
    21 -- Jane Frances de Chantal
    22 -- Immaculate Heart of Mary; Timothy, martyr
    23 -- Philip Benizi
    24 -- Bartholomew the Apostle; Emiliana, Emily
    25 -- Louis IX, King of France
    26 -- Our Lady of Czestochowa, patroness of Poland
    28 -- Augustine of Hippo, Doctor of the Church
    29 -- John the Baptist, beheading of; Sabina
    30 -- Felix, martyr; Rose of Lima
    31 -- Raymond Nonnatus

    September


    2 -- King Stephen, patron of Hungary
    3 -- Bronislawa, Polish
    4 -- Lawrence Justinian; Rose of Viterbo
    5 -- Lawrence Justinian
    7 -- Regina
    8 -- Nativity of the BVM
    10 -- Nicholas of Tolentino
    11 -- Hyacinth
    12 -- Guy; Most Holy Name of Mary
    15 -- Seven Sorrows (Dolores in Latin) of the Blessed Virgin Mary
    16 -- Cyprian, bishop; Lucy, martyr; Ludmila, Bohemian
    17 -- Theodora
    18 -- Joseph of Cupertino
    19 -- Constantine, Russian; David, Russian; Januarius, January, John; Theodore the Black, Russian
    21 -- Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist; Michael of Chernigov, Ukrainian/Russian; Theodore, Ukrainian/Russian
    22 -- Thomas of Villanova
    23 -- Thecla, Tillie
    26 -- Cyprian, martyr; Justina
    28 -- John of Dukla, patron of Poland and Lithuania; Waclaw, patron of Czechoslovakia, Bohemian
    29 -- Michael the Archangel
    30 -- Jerome, Doctor of the Church; Otto; Sophia

    October


    3 -- Thomas Cantelupe of Hereford
    4 -- Francis of Assisi
    6 -- Bruno, patron of Ruthenia (Ukraine)
    7 -- Mark, Pope; BVM of the Rosary
    8 -- Birgitta, patron of Sweden; Pelagia the Penitent; Simeon (the old man in the Temple)
    10 -- Francis Borgia
    11 -- Blessed Wincenty Kadlubek, bishop of Kraków Polish
    12 -- Maximilian of Lorch
    13 -- Edward
    15 -- Teresa of Avila
    16 -- Hedwig, patroness of Silesia
    17 -- Susanna, martyr
    18 -- Luke the Evangelist
    20 -- John Cantius, patron of Poland and Lithuania
    21 -- Ursula
    22 -- Salome, mother of James and John the Apostles
    24 -- Raphael, Archangel
    26 -- Lucian
    28 -- Jude Thaddeus the Apostle; Simon the Zealot, Apostle
    30 -- Dorothy of Montau, patroness of Prussia
    31 -- Zygmunt III Wasa, King of Poland

    November


    4 -- Charles Borromeo
    5 --Zachary, father of John the Baptist
    6 -- Leonard, Leon; Blessed Salome, Polish
    9 -- Theodore, martyr and soldier
    10 -- Andrew Avellino
    11 -- Bartholomew; Martin of Tours
    12 -- Martin I, Pope
    13 -- Nicholas I the Great, Pope; Stanislaus Kostka, patron of Poland
    14 -- Josaphat, Polish/Lithuanian
    15 -- Albert the Great; Zachary, father of John the Baptist
    16 -- Gertrude
    17 -- Gregory the Wonder-worker; Blessed Salome, Polish
    18 -- Dedication of the Basilicas of Peter and Paul; Blessed Salome, Polish
    19 -- Elizabeth of Hungary
    20 -- Edmund; Felix of Valois
    22 -- Cecelia
    23 -- Clement I, Pope
    24 -- Flora, Florence; John of the Cross
    25 -- Catherine of Alexandria
    26 -- Conrad of Constance, bishop; Sylvester, abbot
    30 -- Andrew, patron of Russia; Saturnin

    December


    2 -- Bibiana, Viviana
    3 -- Francis Xavier
    4 -- Peter Chrysologus; Barbara
    6 -- Nicholas, patron of Russia
    7 -- Ambrose
    8 -- Immaculate Conception
    9 -- Laura
    13 -- Lucy of Sicily, martyr
    14 -- Isidore
    15 -- Christina, Apostle of Georgia, Russian
    20 -- Victoria, martyr
    22 -- Zenon
    23 -- Victoria, martyr
    24 -- Adam; Emiliana, Emily; the eve of Christmas day
    25 -- Anastasia
    26 -- Stephen the First Martyr
    27 -- John, Apostle and Evangelist; Theodore Graptoi
    29 -- Thomas Becket
    30 -- King David; Sigismund, King of the Burgundians, martyr
    31 -- Sylvester, Pope


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