Hogyan magyarazzam el egy amerikainak hogy mi az a nevnap (ami naluk ugye nincs)?

Not exclusively Christian names though

You can of course explain that is the origin of the custom but be correct

Plus, kérdező, make sure you won't get in trouble about the conflicting naming systems (if you say last name to an American who's unfamiliar with our system, it'll be quite confusing)

Humbula,

Azert irtam "chritian, mert a kerdezo osszekeveri first and last names.

Na jo, akkor legyen first name.

hasznald a family name es a first name szavakat

ha azt mondod az amerikainak, hogy christian name, akkor azt hiszi, hogy az illeto felvette a katolikus vallast es kapott egy uj nevet

de most viccen kivul, christian name nekik nem ugyanazt jelenti mint nekunk

family name es first name (hivatalos dokumentumokon meg olyat is lattam, hogy given name, mert ugye azt szuleteskor adjak... a csaladnev (vezetek) meg ugye jon a szuloktol

A vallásfüggetlen keresztnév, az "first name" vagy "given name".

A kérdésre:

The tradition of name days go back to Christian saints. The day of their death used to be commemorated.

Today, however, name days have little to do with religion and are just about the same kind as birthdays. Every name has one day (or sometimes more to chose from) in the year, which people who have that name are celebrated or congratulated by their family and friends.

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