Nearly 1.5 million Romanians celebrated name day today, when the Orthodox Church in Romania honored the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel, the Agerpress agency reported.
According to the General Directorate of “Registration of Persons” of the Romanian Ministry of the Interior, there are 830,221 men who have name days today. They bear names such as Gabi, Gabriel, Gavriil, Gavril, Gavrila, Gabitsa, Mihi, Mihai, Mihail, Mihaila, Mihaitsa, Mihaloke, Michalcha, Mihnya, Mihu and others.
Among women, the most common names are Gabi, Gabitsa, Gabriela, Gavrila, Mihi, Mihaela, Mihaila, Mihaitsa, Misha. A total of 635,633 women celebrated their name days in Romania today, according to registration data.
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