The tradition of name days goes back to the Middle Ages when parents named their child after the Saint whose feast day was closest to the date of birth or baptismal date
In the past, in Ukraine, saint's days were celebrated rather than birthdays, although birthdays are more popular now your saint's day with your name is called imenyny. People will ask "when are your imenyny?" i.e. "when is your saint's day?"
| Latin | Cyrillic | Gregorian date | Julian date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andriy | Андрій | Nov 30 | Dec 13 |
| Bohdan | Богдан | Jan 01 | Jan 14 |
| Borys (Boris) | Борис | Jun 24 | Jul 06 |
| Fedir | Федір | Aug 08 | Aug 21 |
| Ivan | Іван | Jun 24 | Jul 06 |
| Klem | Клем | Jan 23 | Feb 05 |
| Lubomyr | Любомир | Aug 13 | Aug 26 |
| Mykhaylo (Michael) | Михайло | Nov 08 | Nov 21 |
| Myron | Мирон | Aug 18 | Aug 31 |
| Oleksandr (Alexander) | Олександр | Aug 30 | Sep 12 |
| Pavlo (Paul) | Павло | Jun 29 | Jul 12 |
| Roman | Рoмaн | Nov 18 | Dec 01 |
| Slavko | Славко | Jan 21 | Feb 03 |
| Taras | Тарас | Feb 24 | Mar 09 |
| Viktor (Victor) | Віктор | Nov 11 | Nov 24 |
| Volodymyr | Володимир | Jul 15 | Jul 28 |
| Yaroslav | Ярослав | Jan 21 | Feb 03 |
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