Let me guess, they’re seeing this through a microscope, named it, run a few tests on it and finally execute it?
Today is my name day. I didn't even know but my sister called and congratulated me.
Yes. I'm the party boy today.
When is your name day?
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I guess many saints with that name.
To each day some names are tied. Your name day is the day which is tied to that particular name.
I think it's a Christian thing originally. A day of the year is the feast day for a particular saint. For example June 29 is the feast day of Saint Peter and Paul apostles. People named Peter or Paul can celebrate their name day on June 29. Peter for example has many more days, probably because lots of other saints were called Peter, each having their feasts on different days. For example Peter the Exorcist (martyr saint) feast day is June 2, so people named Peter can celebrate their name day on June 2 as well if they wish.
Since then other names of not Christian origin also got their day too. For example Attila has name day on January 7, and October 5.
Furthermore I believe back then it was customary (but not mandatory) to name you after the saint which had its feast on the day you were born. Sometimes people also did not know on which day they were born, so their name day were more important.
Or some shit like that, I'm sure Bernd will correct me.
Back in old times when Christian names weren't mandatory yet (throughout most of middle ages) in some parts there was practice where first name was a customary secular name in local language and only second name was given at baptism and nobody cared about that one much, so priests would just pick the one that fell on that day and nobody objected.
Then reformation and counterreformation happened, and only the "pagan" names already associated with medieval saints were allowed to stay. And suddenly parents cared a lot about baptism name.
