Every first name is associated with a day of the year. These associations have arisen through many reasons, but primarily because the Orthodox Church held a festival for a Saint of that name on that day. In Russian culture one's name (Angel's) day is very important.

JANUARY

Ulyana - Jan 3
Anastasia - Jan 4
Evgenia - Jan 6
Klavdia - Jan 6
Lidia - Jan 19
Maria - Jan 19
Tatyana - Jan 25, celebrated like Students' Day, very popular among students.
Nina - Jan 27
Ksenia -Jan 31

FEBRUARY

Inna - Feb 2
Anastasia - Feb 4
Ksenia - Feb 6
Maria - Feb 8
Anna - Feb 16
Maria - Feb 19
Valentina, Anna - Feb 23
Svetlana - Feb 25

MARCH

Maria, Kira - March 12
Antonina - March 14
Galina - March 23
Marina - March 31

APRIL

Svetlana - Apr 2
Larissa - Apr 7
Alla, Anna - Apr 8
Maria - Apr 14
Tamara - Apr 28
Irina - Apr 29

MAY

Tamara - May 2
Alexandra - May 6
Elizaveta - May 7
Irina - May 14
Varvara - May 19
Alexandra, Julia, Faina - May 31

JUNE

Julia - June 16
Valeria, Maria - Jun 20
Maria June 22
Alexandra, Antonina - June 23

JULY

Angelina - July 14
Anna - July 18
Olga, Elena - July 24
Valentina, Alevtina - July 29
Marina, Margarita - July 30

AUGUST

Maria - Aug 4
Darya -Aug 17

SEPTEMBER

Natalia - Sep 8
Elizaveta, Raisa - Sep 18
Ludmila - Sep 29
Vera, Nadezhda, Lubov - Sep 30

OCTOBER

Veronica - Oct 17
Taisia - Oct 21
Zinaida - Oct 29

NOVEMBER

Anastasia - Nov 11
Alexander - Nov 19

DECEMBER

Ekaterina - Dec 7
Varvara - Dec 17
Anna - Dec 22
Angelina - Dec 23
Marina - Dec 29