April 2026 Name Days: Full List of Names According to the New Calendar.

Celebrating Name Days in April 2026

According to Novyny.live: In April 2026, name days will be observed every day under the updated church calendar. For each day of the month, a specific set of names is assigned, allowing many individuals to mark this important personal occasion. This calendar shift, adopted by the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, aims to align celebrations with modern practices while preserving tradition.

• April 1 – Ivan, Makar, Serhiy, Yukhym, Maria
• April 2 – Heorhiy, Hryhoriy, Yukhym
• April 3 – Martin, Mykyta, Feodosiya
• April 4 – Adrian, Veniamin, Heorhiy, Ivan, Yosyp, Mykyta, Mykola, Matviy, Fedir, Maria, Varvara
• April 5 – Heorhiy, Mark, Mykola, Oleksiy, Platon, Semen, Ahafiya, Veronika
• April 6 – Ivan, Hryhoriy, Pavlo, Sevastyan, Petro, Yakiv, Melaniya, Anastasiya
• April 7 – Arkadiy, Heorhiy, Danylo, Petro, Yevdokiya, Akulina, Sofiya
• April 8 – Ivan, Serhiy, Maria, Ilona
• April 9 – Havrylo, Vadym
• April 10 – Hryhoriy, Dmytro, Maksym, Oleksandr, Terentiy, Fedir, Yakiv, Viktoriya, Zoya
• April 11 – Ivan, Mykola, Prokhor, Petro, Yukhym, Yakiv
• April 12 – Vasyl, Davyd, Ivan, Serhiy, Marfa, Maria, Tamara
• April 13 – Dmytro, Heorhiy, Marfa, Yevheniya, Oksana
• April 14 – Anton, Valentyn, Ivan, Martyn, Oleksandr
• April 15 – Andriy, Aristarkh, Viktor, Kindrat, Leonid, Lukyan, Oleksandr, Sevastyan, Fedir, Trokhym, Anastasiya, Vasylyna

Second Half of April

• April 16 – Leonid, Mykhailo, Pavlo, Vasylyna, Halyna, Iryna, Nika
• April 17 – Adrian, Yefrem, Ivan, Mykhailo, Oleksandr, Semen, Fedir
• April 18 – Anton, Vasyl, Viktor, Yukhym, Ivan, Kuzma, Feliks, Yan, Tamara, Daryna, Larysa
• April 19 – Viktor, Heorhiy, Yehor, Ivan, Semen, Yan, Motrena, Anastasiya, Susanna
• April 20 – Oleksandr, Havryil, Hryhoriy, Mykola, Stanislav, Teodor, Fedir
• April 21 – Denys, Ivan, Maksym, Mykola, Oleksandr, Oleksiy, Teodor, Fedir, Yakiv, Yan, Yuliya
• April 22 – Varfolomiy, Vitaliy, Vsevolod, Havrylo, Dmytro, Klym, Luka, Ostap, Platon, Teodor, Fedir
• April 23 – Anatoliy, Opanas, Valeriy, Heorhiy, Yehor, Ivan, Yan, Oleksandra, Valeriya, Sofiya
• April 24 – Valentyn, Inokentiy, Leontiy, Luka, Mykola, Sava, Serhiy, Oleksiy, Khoma, Yelyzaveta, Anhelina
• April 25 – Vasyl, Mark, Serhiy, Nika, Inesa, Dariya
• April 26 – Vasyl, Ivan, Nestor, Mykola, Petro, Stepan, Yan, Hlafira, Violetta
• April 27 – Heorhiy, Yehor, Ivan, Ilarion, Mykola, Pavlo, Petro, Semen, Serhiy, Stepan, Yan, Anastasiya, Maria
• April 28 – Vitaliy, Kyrylo, Maksym, Hanna, Inna
• April 29 – Arseniy, Artem, Bohdan, Vasyl, Larysa
• April 30 – Vasyl, Hnat, Klym, Maksym, Mykyta, Yakiv, Olha, Oksana

The introduction of the new church calendar, which provides for daily name day celebrations, aims to make these observances more accessible to the faithful and to highlight the role of tradition in community life. This change encourages greater participation in religious holidays and helps strengthen family and social bonds, as name days hold deep personal significance. Ultimately, the updated calendar represents an important step in the evolution of church traditions in Ukraine.