Latvian name day list (vārda dienu saraksts)

Updated with new name day lists for 2026.

This repository contains the Latvian name day list and an utility for working with it.

About Latvian name days.

Installation

To install this tool run:

pip install lv-namedays

Using uv:

uv pip install lv-namedays

You can also install it as a uv tool and then run it directly from shell:

> uv tool install lv-namedays

> nameday now

Šodienas vārda dienas: Antons, Antis, Antonijs

Usage - summary

Usage: nameday [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

  A program for lookup in the Latvian name day calendar.

  It can display today's name days and look up the name day date for a
  specific name.

Options:
  --help  Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  date  Show name days for a specific date (in MM-DD format).
  name  Show the name day for a specific name.
  now   Show today's name days.
  week  Show name days for the current day and 3 days before and after it.

Usage - as a command-line tool

Get the names for a given date

❯ nameday date 07-23

07-23 vārda dienas: Magda, Magone, Mērija, Magdalēna

You can also look up names in the extended name day list by supplying the -e or --extended option:

❯ nameday date 07-23 --extended

07-23 vārda dienas: Magda, Magone, Mērija, Magdalēna, Madelaina, Madeleina, Madlena, Madlēna, Magdalena, Magdaliene, Magdalina, Magita, Meralda, Meri, Merīda, Merija, Merilina, Merita, Radislavs, Radmila, Radomirs

You can also ask for today's names (the -e or --extended option can be used here, too):

❯ nameday now

Šodienas vārda dienas: Venta, Salvis, Selva

Get the name day for a given name

Find the name day date for a given name:

❯ nameday name Uldis

Uldis: vārda diena ir 07-04 (MM-DD)

This command also looks up names in the extended name day list:

❯ nameday name Radomirs

Radomirs: vārda diena (paplašinātajā sarakstā) ir 07-23 (MM-DD)

Show name days for a week

Use the week command to display names for a week (the current date +/- 3 days):

❯ nameday week

05-17 vārda dienas: Herberts, Dailis, Umberts
05-18 vārda dienas: Inese, Inesis, Ēriks
05-19 vārda dienas: Lita, Sibilla, Teika
05-20 vārda dienas: Venta, Salvis, Selva
05-21 vārda dienas: Ernestīne, Ingmārs, Akvelīna
05-22 vārda dienas: Emīlija, Visu neparasto un kalendāros neierakstīto vārdu diena
05-23 vārda dienas: Leontīne, Leokādija, Lonija, Ligija

Usage - as a library

The name day lookup functionality can also be imported and used as a library:

from lv_namedays import NameDayDB

db = NameDayDB()

# Look up the name day for Uldis (4th of July)
db.get_date_for_name("Uldis")
>>> '07-04'

# Look up the name day in the extended name day list
db.get_date_for_name("Radomirs", extended=True)
>>> '07-23'

# Look up the names for the 1st of July
db.get_names_for_date("07-01")
>>> ['Imants', 'Rimants', 'Ingars', 'Intars']

# Look up the names in the extended name day list
db.get_names_for_date("07-01", extended=True)
>>> ['Imants', 'Rimants', 'Ingars', 'Intars', 'Ingārs', 'Ingera', ...]

You can also access the full list of name days (both the core and the extended name day list) that this application is using:

# Get the core name days list (dictionary)
db.namedays
>>> {'01-01': ['Laimnesis', 'Solvita', 'Solvija'], ..., '12-31': ['Silvestrs', 'Silvis', 'Kalvis']}

# Get the extended name days list (dictionary)
db.namedays_ext
>>> {'01-01': ['Laimnesis', 'Solvita', 'Solvija', 'Afra', 'Afrodīte', ...], ...}

Testing

Check out this code with the dev dependency group.

Then run pytest

In order to test this app with different python versions run tox

Data source

https://www.vvc.gov.lv/lv/kalendarvardu-ekspertu-komisija

Related projects

• slikts/vardadienas
• laacz: namedays