It is my gf's name day, she's a foreign exchange student here in america. she's from poland, and she's 17. She doesn't have a traditional catholic saint name. she's named after her great-grandma who died in WWII any ideas? (December 12 is the day)
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I'm confused here. If she doesn't have a "Catholic saint name," how does she have a name day? A name day is the feast day of the saint you are named for. It may or may not be the same day as your birthday. Let's say your name is Valentine. February 14th, St. Valentine's Day, is your name day. If your name is Patrick or Patricia, your name day is March 17, St. Patrick's Day. My name, Gary, doesn't happen to be a saint's name, so I don't have a name day (although my birthday is the celebration of the Holy Cross on the Catholic calendar). So how or why is December 12 your friend's "name day"? Is that perhaps the day her great-grandmother was born or died? Or does she just mean December 12 is her birthday?
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Name day or imieniny is very important in Poland. Definitely get her nice flowers, that is a must. Dependent on what she likes, you know her the best, get her something that you know she would like, like perfume, I don't know what she likes. The present is not much different what you would give her for birthday. All the dates in calendar have assigned names which are celebrated on that particular day. On December 12 the names are Dagmara and Aleksandra, so I guess one of these is your girl's name.
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I agree that it's a little confusing that she would have a name day without a catholic name... But oh well. In Poland, your name day has the importance that your birthday does in the U.S. You do also celebrate the birthday, but your true Big Day is actually your name day. So go with whatever you would think of as a birthday present.
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