Name day pricing

The University of Helsinki maintains the Finnish and Finnish-Swedish name day calendar. The University owns the copyright to the lists of names, and publication of the names is only possible with the permission of the Almanac Office. Name date information published on mobile applications and on the internet is also subject to copyright. Read more about copyright to name days

The revised lists for 2025 will be available until the end of 2029.

The name date royalty is based on the number of copies, according to the table below. Our pricing is based on a unit price per number of copies, but there is also a minimum charge for each number of copies ordered. The maximum price of the previous price tier constitutes the minimum price of the next tier. As a result, the minimum price principle is often applied to the quantities at the beginning of each new price band.

  • 499 units at € 0.30 each = € 149.70 (maximum price of the previous tier)
  • 500 units at €0.26 = €130.00 (imputed price)
  • As the minimum price for an order of 500 pieces is 149,70 €, we charge this amount

This is to ensure that our pricing model responds as consistently as possible to increases in order volumes and is clear to our customers.

The name date charge for bilingual calendars is one and a half times that of monolingual calendars. Prices are for 2026. VAT of 25,5 % will be added to the prices.

For mobile apps, the copyright fees for name days are charged according to the number of copies of the app sold or downloaded. The use of a mobile application is always based on access to the entire list of names, even if the mobile device owner can only access a small part of the list at any one time while using the application. See prices at the bottom of the page.

The online publication of name dates is subject to copyright if more than two weeks of name date data are displayed or searchable on the online service or more than 15 names from an alphabetical list. Contact us to learn more about the options for online publication!

There are also separate lists of names for cats, dogs and horses. The University of Helsinki owns the copyright to the name date lists, and publication of name dates is only possible with the permission of the Almanac Office. They are subject to a copyright fee according to the price list below.

Publication of name dates in the press, on radio, television and on the internet is free, provided that no more than two weeks of name dates or more than 15 names from an alphabetical list are published at any one time. A copyright fee will be charged for the publication of lists longer than this. The price for one list of name dates for copyright-free use is €200 + VAT.

The Almanac Office also has Sámi and Orthodox lists of names, for which no copyright fee is charged. The price is 70 € + VAT per list.

Daily price list for printed products

Quantity (pieces) One language (€/piece) Minimum charge for one language (€) Two languages (€/piece) Minimum charge for two languages (€)
0-499 0,30 70,00 0,45 105,00
500-1 999 0,26 149,70 0,39 224,55
2 000-4 999 0,24 519,74 0,36 779,61
5 000-9 999 0,22 1 199,76 0,33 1 799,64
10 000-14 999 0,18 2 199,78 0,27 3 299,67
15 000-19 999 0,17 2 699,82 0,26 4 049,73
20 000-29 999 0,16 3 399,83 0,24 5 099,75
30 000-39 999 0,15 4 799,84 0,23 7 199,76
40 000-49 999 0,14 5 999,85 0,21 8 999,78
50 000-64 999 0,13 6 999,86 0,20 10 499,79
65 000-79 999 0,12 8 449,87 0,18 12 674,81
80 000-99 999 0,11 9 599,88 0,17 14 399,82
Over 100 000 According to contract      

Name day rates for mobile apps

Package Number of downloads / year Price / year Additional downloads
Starter 0-500 charges 199 € 0,50 € / additional charge
Small 500-5 000 charges 1 200 € 0,30 € / additional charge
Medium 5 000-50 000 charges 7 500 € 0,20 € / additional charge
Large 50 000+ charges 30 000 € Price to be negotiated