Quote Originally Posted by Antonio1986 View Post
Do you celebrate Name Day in Russia?
In Greece - Cyprus every day is associated with a Saint and the person who has the name of the Saint celebrates (exactly like birthday).
In case you have: What do you say to the person who celebrate (i.e. wishes). For examble in birthday is: С днем Рождения
We have exactly the same thing here but we don't really celebrate this. I'm sure most people don't even know when their Name Day is but everyone sure has an idea of what именины is

As you can see именины is from the word имя (name). The conventional phrase for this occasion is С именинами тебя or Поздравляю с именинами and anything like that