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.
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: 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.
❯ 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
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)
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
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', ...], ...}
Check out this code with the dev dependency group.
Then run pytest
In order to test this app with different python versions run tox