Name Days in January

January is full of name days that commemorate saints in the Catholic Church. For many people with traditional first names, this is a small celebration alongside their birthday. Here you will find out which names are particularly honored in the first month of the year – and who can expect congratulations now.

January 1

The month begins with the names Basil, Frederick, Manuel, Manuela, Marietta, and Wilhelm, celebrated on New Year's Day.

January 2

Adalhard, Adelhard, Basil, Beatrix, Dietmar, Gregor, and Makarios have their name day on this day.

January 3

Adele, Adula, Genevieve, Geneviva, Hermine, Irmina, Odilo, and Telemach are the focus of celebrations today.

January 4

Angela, Angelika, Marius, and Roger are the names honored on this day.

January 5

Eduard, Edward, Emilia, Emilie, Erminold, Gerlach, and Roger celebrate their name day today.

January 6

Known as the Day of the Three Kings, Andreas, Balthasar, Erminold, Gertrud, Kaspar, Makarius, Melchior, Pia, Raphaela, and Wiltrud are celebrated.

January 7

Johann, Knud, Raimund, Reinhold, Sigrid, Valentin, and Virginia are the names of the day.

January 8

Erhard, Gudrun, Gudula, Gundula, Heinrich, Severin, Thorfinn, and Torsten have their name day today.

January 9

Adrian, Alexia, Alice, Alicja, Basilissa, Eberhard, Julian, and Valerius are in the spotlight today.

January 10

Agathon, Gregor, Leonie, Paulus, and Wilhelm are honored on this day.

January 11

Adolf, Paulinus, Theo, Thomas, and Werner celebrate their name day today.

January 12

Erna, Ernestus, Hilda, Tanja, Tatjana, and Xenia are the names celebrated today.

January 13

Gottfried, Hilarius, Hildemar, Hilmar, Ivette, Jutta, and Remigius are in the spotlight on this day.

January 14

Berno, Diomira, Engelmar, Felix, Malachias, Mira, Rainer, Reiner, and Zoe celebrate their name day today.

January 15

Anton, Arnold, Deirdre, Gabriel, Habakuk, Konrad, Maurus, and Romed are honored on this day.

January 16

Marcel, Marcellus, Marzellus, Priscilla, Tasso, Theobald, Tillmann, Tilman, and Ulrich have their name day today.

January 17

Anton, Antonius, Beatrix, Mildwina, and Rosalina are in the spotlight today.

January 18

Margarethe, Prisca, Priska, Regina, Ulfried, and Wolfrid are celebrated on this day.

January 19

Agritius, Mario, Marius, Martha, and Pia have their name day today.

January 20

Bastian, Bastienne, Elisabeth, Fabian, Fabianus, Jakob, Kim, Paula, Sebastian, Ursula, and Ute are in the spotlight today.

January 21

Agnes, Ines, Meinrad, and Patroklus celebrate their name day today.

January 22

Anastasius, Dietlinde, Gaudenz, Vinzenz, Walter, and Walther are honored on this day.

January 23

Emerentia, Eugen, Hartmut, Heinrich, Ildefons, Nikolaus, and Reinhold have their name day today.

January 24

Arno, Francis, Franz, Franziskus, Thurid, and Vera are in the spotlight today.

January 25

Eberhard, Notburg, Paulus, Tim, Timotheus, Titus, and Wolfram are celebrated on this day.

January 26

Alberich, Albert, Paula, Robert, Stefan, Timotheus, Titus, and Xenophon have their name day today.

January 27

Alrun, Angela, Antonia, Dietrich, Dirk, Georg, Gerhard, and Julian are in the spotlight today.

January 28

Caroline, Josef, Karl, Karoline, Manfred, and Thomas celebrate their name day today.

January 29

Aquilin, Constance, Gerhard, Gildas, Josef, and Valerius are honored on this day.

January 30

Adelgund, Adelgunde, Balthilde, Maria, Martina, and Serena have their name day today.

January 31

Emma, Eusebius, Hemma, Jenny, Johannes, Marcella, and Marzella are in the spotlight today.