# Polycarp, how was your name day?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polycarp-how-was-your-name-day/345937>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 24, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polycarp-how-was-your-name-day/345937 "2006-02-24T17:00:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polycarp-how-was-your-name-day/345937/1 "2006-02-24T17:00:37Z")

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I had it my head to remember to wish you a happy feast day yesterday, but this ancient mind forgot. Hope it was happy! 😉  
My name day is March 28, for Gundelindus, aka Gwendoline. She’s German, but I was always told that Gwendolen is Welsh for white. And in fact a different saint “Saint Gwen” is also called Blanche or Candida. Perhaps the name could have moved around?

Anyhoo, my mom always made me a cake on my name day.

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**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polycarp-how-was-your-name-day/345937/2 "2006-02-24T17:11:47Z")

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January 12 is “Pravoslav.” 😃

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**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polycarp-how-was-your-name-day/345937/3 "2006-02-25T02:22:23Z")

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mine is sept. 30th. i get gummi bears and get to do whatever fun thing i want to that day. after church, of course.

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**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polycarp-how-was-your-name-day/345937/4 "2006-02-26T13:57:33Z")

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Just a word of thanks for the thread. The day was nothing special – my usual day. My wife made spaghetti for dinner (I have no idea how my namesake would have reacted to that!).