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In an attempt to earn some money, Ser Duncan decides to enter the Tourney of Ashford Meadow, which was thrown by Lord Ashford in honor of the thirteenth name day of his daughter.
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EW.com, 19 Oct. 2024
Discovering my name day felt like a liberation.
—Linda Kinstler, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2021
My name day?
—Linda Kinstler, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2021
Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria celebrates her name day on Monday with daughter Estelle.
—Grace Gavilanes, Peoplemag, 22 Oct. 2022
Then the timeline jumps to the ninth year of King Viserys' reign, and then forward half a year after Queen Aemma's death, and then three years later to baby Aegon II's second birthday name day.
—ELLE, 5 Sep. 2022
The hunt that's prepared for Aegon's second name day is a sham; after much talk about the king slaying a white hart — the king of the kingswood — his soldiers are unable to find the beast.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 5 Sep. 2022
One features Daemon, fighting the Triarchy and glowing in the light cast by his dragon’s gasps of fire, while the other features Viserys, honoring his son’s name day in a genteel forest celebration.
—Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 4 Sep. 2022
For family members named Vasilios, Vasiliki, Vaso or any derivative of that name, there will be extra celebrations on Jan. 1, their name day.
—Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Dec. 2021
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EW.com, 19 Oct. 2024
Discovering my name day felt like a liberation.
—Linda Kinstler, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2021
My name day?
—Linda Kinstler, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2021
Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria celebrates her name day on Monday with daughter Estelle.
—Grace Gavilanes, Peoplemag, 22 Oct. 2022
Then the timeline jumps to the ninth year of King Viserys' reign, and then forward half a year after Queen Aemma's death, and then three years later to baby Aegon II's second birthday name day.
—ELLE, 5 Sep. 2022
The hunt that's prepared for Aegon's second name day is a sham; after much talk about the king slaying a white hart — the king of the kingswood — his soldiers are unable to find the beast.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 5 Sep. 2022
One features Daemon, fighting the Triarchy and glowing in the light cast by his dragon’s gasps of fire, while the other features Viserys, honoring his son’s name day in a genteel forest celebration.
—Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 4 Sep. 2022
For family members named Vasilios, Vasiliki, Vaso or any derivative of that name, there will be extra celebrations on Jan. 1, their name day.
—Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Dec. 2021
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“Name day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/name%20day. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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