I understand the concept of a nameday (for those who don't know what that is, every name has a specific day assigned to it & the people bearing that name will get presents, etc. like a birthday), but I don't understand why some names have multiple namedays (well, I do, since those days are based on religious traditions (names of saints of the Catholic Church), historical events, birthday of a famous person who had the same first name, or on other facts), but I wonder how Hungarians handle these things.
Take Szilveszter for example. This name has 2 namedays; November 26 and December 31.
Assuming only ******** get to experience it like a birthday & assuming this Szilveszter is a *****, would he celebrate his nameday twice or would the parents pick one day? What about other people that want to congratulate the *****? Assuming they don't know when the parents want to celebrate Szilveszter's they might pick the wrong date...
Or does one of the dates automatically overrule the other? If so, why are both considered namedays for the same name?
Take Szilveszter for example. This name has 2 namedays; November 26 and December 31.
Assuming only ******** get to experience it like a birthday & assuming this Szilveszter is a *****, would he celebrate his nameday twice or would the parents pick one day? What about other people that want to congratulate the *****? Assuming they don't know when the parents want to celebrate Szilveszter's they might pick the wrong date...
Or does one of the dates automatically overrule the other? If so, why are both considered namedays for the same name?
