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[Facts] For Mike: Name days in Spain
Hello, Mike!Name days are important in Spain, too. In fact, time ago, infants' first names were chosen depending on the saint that was celebrated on the day of their birth or baptism. Since not all almanacs include the same saints, I decided to compare the name days using different sources.I also avoided some names because they're extremely rare or archaic (for example, Martiniano or Tertulia) and I chose the main saints (sources are listed below the days and the notes).Could you add the Spanish name days? Thanks in advance.
1/1 - Emmanuel, Jesús, Manuel, María
1/2 - Basilio, Gregorio
1/3 - Genoveva
1/4 - Ángela, Rigoberto
1/5 - Amelia, Emiliana, Juan, Simeón, Telesforo
1/6 - Baltasar, Epifanía*, Gaspar, Melchor
1/7 - Raimundo
1/8 - Luciano, Severino
1/9 - Eulogio, Julián
1/10 - Gonzalo, Nicanor
1/11 - Higinio
1/12 - Arcadio, Nazario, Tania, Tatiana
1/13 - Hilario
1/14 - Félix
1/15 - Mauro
1/16 - Estefanía, Fulgencio, Marcelo
1/17 - Antonio
1/18 - Faustina, Margarita, Prisca, Priscila
1/19 - Arsenio, Mario
1/20 - Enrique, Fabián, Sebastián,
1/21 - Fructuoso, Inés
1/22 - Vicente
1/23 - Ildefonso
1/24 - Francisco, Paz*, Xenia
1/25 - Elvira, Pablo
1/26 - Paula, Timoteo, Tito
1/27 - Ángela
1/28 - Tomás
1/29 - Valerio, Valero
1/30 - Martina
1/31 - Juan, Marcela
~
2/1 - Brígida, Cecilio
2/2 - Candelaria*, Purificación*
2/3 - Blas, Olivia, Óscar
2/4 - Gilberto, Juan, Juana
2/5 - Ágata, Águeda, Felipe
2/6 - Dorotea, Pablo
2/7 - Ricardo
2/8 - Jerónimo, Josefina
2/9 - Apolonia
2/10 - Escolástica
2/11 - Lourdes*, Pedro
2/12 - Eulalia
2/13 - Benigno, Jordán
2/14 - Cirilo, Metodio, Valentín
2/15 - Claudio, Faustino
2/16 - Juliana
2/17 - Alejo, Alexis, Teodoro
2/18 - Eladio, Heladio
2/19 - Álvaro, Gabino
2/20 - Eleuterio, Jacinta
2/21 - Pedro
2/22 - Leonor, Maximiano
2/23 - Policarpo
2/24 - Modesto, Sergio
2/25 - Donato, Valerio
2/26 - Alejandro, Néstor
2/27 - Gabriel
2/28 - Hilario, Román
2/29 - Dositeo
~
3/1 - Albino, David, Rosendo
3/2 - Simplicio
3/3 - Celedonio, Emeterio, Marcia
3/4 - Casimiro
3/5 - Adrián, Adriano¹, Eusebio
3/6 - Julián, Olegario
3/7 - Felicidad, Perpetua
3/8 - Juan
3/9 - Catalina, Francisca, Paciano
3/10 - Eugenia, Macario, María
3/11 - Áurea, Ramiro
3/12 - Inocencio
3/13 - Cristina, Ramiro, Rodrigo, Salomón
3/14 - Matilde
3/15 - César, Luisa, Madrona, Raimundo
3/16 - Abraham, Abrahán, Heriberto
3/17 - Patricio
3/18 - Cirilo, Eduardo
3/19 - José
3/20 - Alejandra, Daniel, Martín
3/21 - Nicolás
3/22 - Bienvenido, Lea
3/23 - José, Oriol, Rebeca, Toribio
3/24 - Catalina
3/25 - Anunciación*, Dimas, Encarnación*, Humberto
3/26 - Braulio
3/27 - Alejandro, Ruperto
3/28 - Doroteo, Sixto
3/29 - Eustasio
3/30 - Juan, Zósimo
3/31 - Amós, Benjamín
~
4/1 - Hugo, Venancio
4/2 - Francisco
4/3 - Ricardo
4/4 - Benito
4/5 - Vicente
4/6 - Celestino, Gala, Guillermo, Prudencio
4/7 - Juan
4/8 - Amancio, Dionisio, Julia
4/9 - Casilda, Demetrio
4/10 - Ezequiel, Miguel
4/11 - Estanislao, Gema, Gemma, Isaac
4/12 - Constantino, Julio
4/13 - Hermenegildo, Martín
4/14 - Lidia, Tiburcio, Valeriano
4/15 - Telmo
4/16 - Engracia, Fructuoso, Toribio
4/17 - Aniceto
4/18 - Perfecto
4/19 - Expedito, León
4/20 - Inés
4/21 - Anselmo
4/22 - María, Sotero
4/23 - Jorge
4/24 - Fidel
4/25 - Marcos
4/26 - Isidoro
4/27 - Montserrat*, Pedro, Zita
4/28 - Luis, Pedro, Prudencio
4/29 - Antonia, Catalina, Hugo
4/30 - José, Pío
~
5/1 - Berta, Florinda, Jeremías, José
5/2 - Atanasio, Zoe
5/3 - Cruz, Felipe, Santiago, Violeta
5/4 - Florián, Godofredo
5/5 - Amador, Ángel, Hilario, Máximo
5/6 - Benita, Domingo
5/7 - Benedicto, Gisela, Juan
5/8 - Eladio, Heladio, Luján*, Pedro, Víctor
5/9 - Gregorio, Isaías
5/10 - Damián, Juan
5/11 - Fabio, Francisco
5/12 - Aquiles, Domingo, Germán, Nereo, Pancracio
5/13 - Fátima*, Pedro
5/14 - Matías
5/15 - Indalecio, Isidro
5/16 - Honorato, Simón, Ubaldo
5/17 - Pascual
5/18 - Claudia, Félix
5/19 - Adolfo, Celestino, Ivo², Pedro
5/20 - Baudilio, Bernardo, Orlando
5/21 - Cristóbal, Virginia
5/22 - Joaquina, Julia, Rita
5/23 - Desiderio
5/24 - Auxiliadora*, Auxilio*, María, Susana
5/25 - Beda³, Gregorio, Magdalena, María
5/26 - Felipe, Mariana
5/27 - Agustín, Julio
5/28 - Emilio, Germán, Guillermo
5/29 - Maximino
5/30 - Estela, Estrella, Fernando, Juana
5/31 - Petronila, Visitación*
~
6/1 - Aníbal, Floro, Justino, Luz*
6/2 - Eugenio, Marcelino, Pedro
6/3 - Carlos, Clotilde, Kevin
6/4 - Francisco, Noemí, Rut, Ruth, Saturnina
6/5 - Bonifacio
6/6 - Marcelino, Norberto
6/7 - Isaac, Roberto
6/8 - Kilian, Maximino, Salustiano
6/9 - Efrén, Feliciano, Julián
6/10 - Asterio, Olivia
6/11 - Bernabé
6/12 - Juan, Onofre
6/13 - Antonio
6/14 - Anastasio, Digna, Eliseo, Félix, Metodio
6/15 - Benilde, María, Micaela
6/16 - Aureliano, Francisco, Juan
6/17 - Ismael, Teresa
6/18 - Marcelino, Marcos
6/19 - Aurora, Romualdo, Gervasio
6/20 - Florentina, Silverio
6/21 - Luis
6/22 - Albano, Paulino, Tomás
6/23 - José, Zenón
6/24 - Bautista, Iván, Juan
6/25 - Guillermo, Máximo, Próspero
6/26 - José, Pelayo
6/27 - Cirilo, Ladislao, Socorro*, Zoilo
6/28 - Ireneo
6/29 - Emma, Pablo, Pedro
6/30 - Marcial
~
7/1 - Aarón, Ester, Esther, Leonor, Oliverio, Simeón
7/2 - Bernardino, Marcia, Urbano, Vidal
7/3 - Heliodoro, Tomás
7/4 - Berta, Isabel
7/5 - Antonio, Cirila, Filomena
7/6 - Goretti⁴, Isaías, María
7/7 - Fermín
7/8 - Adrián, Adriano¹, Priscila
7/9 - Verónica
7/10 - Cristóbal
7/11 - Benito, Olga
7/12 - Fortunato, Juan
7/13 - Enrique, Joel
7/14 - Camilo
7/15 - Buenaventura
7/16 - Carmen*
7/17 - Alejo, Alexis, Jacinto, Marcelina
7/18 - Federico, Marina
7/19 - Arsenio, Áurea, Justa, Rufina
7/20 - Apolinar, Aurelio, Elías
7/21 - Daniel, Lorenzo, Práxedes
7/22 - Magdalena, María
7/23 - Brígida
7/24 - Cristina
7/25 - Jaime, Santiago
7/26 - Ana, Joaquín
7/27 - Natalia, Pantaleón
7/28 - Víctor
7/29 - Beatriz, Marta
7/30 - Pedro
7/31 - Fabio, Germán, Ignacio
~
8/1 - Alfonso, Caridad, Esperanza, Fe, Pedro
8/2 - Ángeles*, Eusebio
8/3 - Gustavo, Lidia
8/4 - Juan, Rubén
8/5 - África*, Nieves*
8/6 - Claudia, Justo, Pastor, Salvador
8/7 - Cayetano, Jordán, Sixto
8/8 - Domingo
8/9 - Román, Teresa
8/10 - Lorenzo
8/11 - Clara, Susana
8/12 - Hilaria, Juana
8/13 - Hipólito
8/14 - Maximiliano
8/15 - Alba*⁵, Asunción*, Azucena*⁶, Mar*, María, Patrocinio*, Prado*, Reyes*
8/16 - Esteban, Roque
8/17 - Beatriz, Eusebio, Jacinto
8/18 - Agapito, Alberto, Elena
8/19 - Ezequiel, Juan, Magín
8/20 - Bernardo, Samuel
8/21 - Pío
8/22 - María, Timoteo
8/23 - Rosa
8/24 - Bartolomé, Emilia
8/25 - Ginés, José, Luis, Patricia
8/26 - Teresa
8/27 - Mónica
8/28 - Agustín
8/29 - Juan
8/30 - Íngrid, Pedro
8/31 - Ramón
~
9/1 - Arturo, Josué, Gil, Sixto
9/2 - Antolín, Bartolomé, Íngrid, Raquel
9/3 - Basilisa, Gregorio
9/4 - Moisés, Rosalía
9/5 - Obdulia, Teresa
9/6 - Eleuterio, Zacarías
9/7 - Judit, Judith, Regina
9/8 - Cinta*, Covadonga*, Fuensanta*, Meritxell*, Natividad*, Nazaret*, Nuria*, Sagrario*, Sergio
9/9 - Arancha, Arantxa, Arantza, Arantzazu*, Aránzazu*, Pedro
9/10 - Nicolás
9/11 - Teodora
9/12 - Estíbaliz*, María
9/13 - Amado, Crisóstomo, Juan
9/14 - Cruz, Exaltación*
9/15 - Angustias*, Dolores*
9/16 - Cipriano, Cornelio, Juan, Rogelio
9/17 - Ariadna, Ariana, Belarmino, Roberto
9/18 - José, Sofía, Sonia
9/19 - Genaro, Jenaro
9/20 - Andrés, Eustaquio
9/21 - Jonás, Mateo
9/22 - Mauricio
9/23 - Constancio, Lino, Pío, Tecla
9/24 - Gerardo, Mercedes
9/25 - Aurelia
9/26 - Cosme, Damián
9/27 - Vicente
9/28 - Lorenzo, Wenceslao
9/29 - Gabriel, Miguel, Rafael
9/30 - Jerónimo, Sofía, Sonia
~
10/1 - Teresa, Teresita⁷
10/2 - Ángeles
10/3 - Francisco, Gerardo
10/4 - Francisco
10/5 - Faustina, Froilán, María, Plácido
10/6 - Bruno
10/7 - Justina, Rosario*
10/8 - Hugo, Thais
10/9 - Abraham, Abrahán, Dionisio, Héctor, Juan, Luis, Sara
10/10 - Tomás
10/11 - Begoña*, Juan, Soledad*
10/12 - Pilar*
10/13 - Eduardo, Fausto
10/14 - Calixto, Fortunata
10/15 - Teresa
10/16 - Beltrán, Eduviges, Eduvigis, Florentino, Gerardo, Margarita
10/17 - Ignacio
10/18 - Lucas
10/19 - Laura, Pablo, Pedro
10/20 - Adelina, Aurora, Honorio, Irene
10/21 - Úrsula
10/22 - Juan, Pablo, Salomé
10/23 - Juan
10/24 - Antonio
10/25 - Bernardo, Crisanto, Crispín, Frutos
10/26 - Evaristo, Felicísimo, Luciano
10/27 - Bartolomé, Florencio, Sabina, Vicente
10/28 - Judas⁸, Simón
10/29 - Narciso
10/30 - Amparo*, Marcelo
10/31 - Alonso, Quintín
~
11/1 - (All Saints' Day)
11/2 - (All Souls' Day)
11/3 - Martín, Silvia
11/4 - Amancio, Carlos
11/5 - Ángela, Isabel, Zacarías
11/6 - Alejandro, Leonardo, Severo
11/7 - Carina, Ernesto
11/8 - Godofredo, Segundo
11/9 - Almudena*
11/10 - Andrés, León, Noé
11/11 - Martín
11/12 - Cristian, Cristián, Emiliano, Millán
11/13 - Diego, Leandro
11/14 - José
11/15 - Alberto, Eugenio, Leopoldo
11/16 - Edmundo, Gertrudis, Margarita
11/17 - Gregorio, Hilda, Hugo, Isabel, Victoria
11/18 - Odón, Román
11/19 - Crispín, Matilde
11/20 - Edmundo, Félix, Octavio
11/21 - Celso, Demetrio, María, Presentación*
11/22 - Cecilio, Filemón
11/23 - Clemente, Lucrecia
11/24 - Flora, María
11/25 - Catalina
11/26 - Conrado, Juan, Leonardo, Silvestre
11/27 - Delfina, Facundo, Virgilio
11/28 - Catalina, Jaime, Santiago, Urbano
11/29 - Iluminada, Saturnino
11/30 - Andrés
~
12/1 - Blanca, Cándida, Eloy
12/2 - Bibiana, Viviana
12/3 - Francisco, Javier
12/4 - Bárbara, Juan
12/5 - Anastasio, Elisa, Sabas
12/6 - Nicolás
12/7 - Ambrosio
12/8 - Concepción*, Inmaculada*
12/9 - Diego, Juan, Leocadia
12/10 - Eulalia, Loreto*
12/11 - Dámaso
12/12 - Guadalupe*
12/13 - Lucía, Otilia
12/14 - Juan, Nicasio
12/15 - Valeriano
12/16 - Adela, Adelaida
12/17 - Lázaro, Yolanda
12/18 - Esperanza*
12/19 - Darío, Eva
12/20 - Domingo, Eugenio, Teófilo
12/21 - Pedro
12/22 - Demetrio, Francisca
12/23 - Juan, Victoria
12/24 - Delfín
12/25 - Anastasia, Belén, Eugenia, Natividad*
12/26 - Esteban
12/27 - Fabiola, Juan
12/28 - Abel
12/29 - David, Tomás
12/30 - Judit, Judith, Raúl
12/31 - Melania, Silvestre
*: marian title¹: not the traditional Spanish form, though it was somewhat common in Spain between 1920 and 1940.²: very rare in Spanish, since it's regarded as a foreign name (however, it's more common than the traditional Spanish form, Ivón).³: Spanish form of Bede (referring to the saint), completely archaic as a given name.⁴: somewhat common as a given name in Spain and regarded to have a name day.⁵: rarely taken from a marian title, but this time is taken from the marian title María del Alba.⁶: rarely taken from a marian title, but this time is taken from the marian title Nuestra Señora de la Azucena.⁷: diminutive of Teresa, rarely used as a given name.⁸: not used as a given name. If so, it's extremely rare.
https://icalendario.net/fiestas-religiosas/santoral
https://www.santopedia.com/santoral
https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Calendario_cat%C3%B3lico
https://www.euroresidentes.com/calendario/santos/calendario-santos.htm
https://es.calenworld.com/que-santo-es-hoy
https://sjsm.wordpress.com/santoral-completo/
https://www.santoral.com.es/

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Thank you for doing all the work for me! I've added this list.
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