Name days in Greece


This is a calendar of name days in Greece. Some of the names below are linked to the original saints or martyrs from which they originate.

January

  1. Basilius, Telemachus
  2. Serafim, Sylvestros
  3. Genovefa
  4. Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles
  5. Theoni
  6. Theofanes, Iordanes, Photios, Fotios, Fotis, Fotini, Ourania, Rania, Peristera
  7. Ioannis Prodromos, Yanna, Ioanna, Ioannos, Yannis
  8. Domenicus, Parthenia
  9. Martyr Polyeuctos
  10. Gregory of Nyssa
  11. Theodosios
  12. Martyr Tatiana
  13. Maximos the Righteous
  17. Antonios
  18. Athanasios
  19. Macarios
  20. Ephthemius
  21. Maximos, Neophytos
  22. Anastacius, Temotheus
  23. Dionisios
  25. Grigorios, Margareta
  26. Xenophon, Xenia
  30. Three Holy Hierarchs
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February

  1. Tryfon
  2. Hypapante
  3. Stamatios Simeon
  6. Photios
  8. Zaharias
  9. Nikiforos
  10. Charalampos
  11. Charilaos
  12. Theodora
  13. Priscilla
  14. Pavan
  17. Theodoros
  18. Efsevios, Leon
  26. Sebastianos
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March

  1. Eudokia
  2. Efthalia of Sicily
  3. Gerasimos
  4. Eugenios
  5. Theofilaktos
  6. Sophronios
  7. Benedictos
  8. Christodoulos
  9. Alexios
  10. Evangelos, Evangelia, Eva

April

  1. Mary of Egypt
  2. Titos
  3. Illyrios
  4. Eutichios
  5. Vaios
  6. Ioseph
  7. Herakles, Homer, Socrates, Timothy, Epaminondas the Martyr (North Africa)
  8. Martinos, Martina
  9. Leonidas, Leo
  10. Anthia and Eleutherios
  11. Ianos, Sandra
  12. Nathaniel
  13. Georgios, (George Kataftos)
  14. Achilles Kataftos, Elizabeth, Tammy
  15. Niki
  16. Jason
  17. Jacob, James

May

  1. Jeremiah the Prophet
  2. Melia
  3. Irene, Ephraim of Nea Makri
  4. Christopher
  5. Simon
  6. Olympia
  7. Theodore
  8. Glykeria
  9. Aristotle, Isidoros
  10. Saint Achilleas of Larissa
  11. Julia
  12. Magdalene, Patrick
  13. Lydia
  14. Constantine, Helen
  15. Dimitri
  16. Olivia

June

  1. Justine, Evelpistos, Gerakina, Pyros, Thespesios, Thespesia
  2. Marinos, Nikiforos
  3. Ieria, Ypatia
  4. Martha
  5. Apollon, Cynthia, Dorothy, Selene, Ploutarhos, Nikandros
  6. Ilarion, Ilaria
  7. Panagis, Sevastiani
  8. Kalliopi, Poppy
  9. Rodanthi
  10. Bartholomew, Luke, Varnavas
  11. Onoufrios
  12. Trifillos, Korina
  13. Augoustos, Monica, Ieronymos, Geronimo
  14. Felix, Ismail
  15. Leontios
  16. Everyone with no nameday, Paisios, Zosimos
  17. Evsevios, Evsevia
  18. Aristoklis, Loulou
  19. Erotas
  20. Makarios
  21. Pierre
  22. Anargyros, Germanos
  23. Paul, Peter
  24. Apostolis, Apostolos, Tolis

July

  1. Saints Cosmas and Damian, Agioi Anargyroi
  3. Hyacinth
  7. Kyriaki (martyr)
  8. Theophilus, Procopius of Scythopolis
  9. Saint Pancratius
  11. Euphemia, Olga
  12. Veronica
  14. Nicodemus
  15. Julitta ; Kirikos ; Vladimir
  16. Athenodorus of Byzantium or Athenogenes
  17. Marina, Alexandra, Alice
  18. Saint Aemilianus
  20. Elias
  21. Rompara of Órcheis, Rompiros
  22. Mary Magdalen
  24. Saint Christina the Great Martyr
  26. Saint Paraskevi
  27. Panteleimon
  28. Afxentios, Akakios, Droso, Drosoula, Hrysovalantou, Irini, Timon
  29. Kallinikos
  30. agios Belindakis
  31. Joseph of Arimathea

August

  6. Holy Transfiguration
  7. Asterius of Caesarea
  15. Assumption of Mary
  20. Saint Theocharis
  21. Tia
  23. Irenaeus, Ειρηναίος Λουγδούνου
  24. Cosmas of Aetolia
  26. Andrianos & Natalias, Adrianos, Nathalia, Natalia
  27. Saint Phanourios
  30. Saint Alexander
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September

  1. Simeon, Pinelopi, Athena, Sapfo, Myrto, Aspa/sia
  2. Anthimos, Archontia, Aristea
  3. Moisi/Ermionis/Rosie
  4. Zaxarios, Zacharias
  5. Gennisi tis Theotokos
  6. Ioakeim & Annis
  7. Evathia
  8. Kornilios / Aristeidos
  9. Ypsosi tos Timios Stauros, Stavros
  10. Nikitas
  11. Eyfimias, Melina
  12. Sofias, Pisteos, Agapis, Elpidas, Sofia, Agapi, Elpida
  13. Eumenios / Ariadnis
  14. Eustathios, Stathis
  15. Fokas
  16. Sullipsi Prodromos, Polixeni, Xeni
  17. Theklas, Mirto
  18. Eyfrosinis
  19. Metastasi Ioannos Euaggelistos
  20. Kallistratos
  21. Neophytos
  22. Kuriakos, Kiriakos

October

  1. Ananios / Pomanos Melodos
  2. Kuprianos / Iosstiounis
  3. Dionisios Aeropagitos, Dionisos
  4. Ierotheos
  5. Xaritinis
  6. Thoma
  7. Poluxronios / Saints Sergius and Bacchus of Syria
  8. Pelagias
  9. Iakovos
  10. Eulampios
  11. Loskianos
  12. Loska, Loskas
  13. Kleopatras
  14. Artemios / Gerasimos Kefallinias, Yerasimos
  15. Sokratous, Sokrates, Sokratis
  16. Iakovos
  17. Sevastianis
  19. Dimitrios Myrovlitos, Dimitris, Dimitrios, Dimitria, Demetra, Stephan the Hymnographer
  20. Nestoros
  21. Agias Skepis
  22. Zinovios

November

  1. Agioi Anargyroi: Kosmas and Damianos, Anargyros, Argiris
  2. Taxiarches: Gabriel and Michael, Raphael, Angelos, Angeliki, Stamatios, Strategos
  3. Nektarios
  4. Mina, Viktoras
  5. Ioannes Chrysostomos
  6. Filippos
  7. Matthaios, Iphigenia
  8. Platon
  10. Eisodia tis Theotokos, Despina, Maria
  11. Philimonos
  12. Merkourios, Aikaterini/Katerina
  13. Stylianos, Stelios, Stella, Nikon
  14. Nathanael
  15. Andreas

December

  1. Theoklitos
  2. Muropis
  3. Varvaras, Barbara
  4. Savva, Savas
  5. Nikolaos, Nikos, Nicholas, Nikoletta
  6. Amvrosios, Ambrosius
  7. Agias Annis, Anna, Azalea, Grace
  8. Adam
  9. Spyridon, Spyros, Spiros, Spyridonas, Spyridoula
  10. Eustratios / Loskias, Stratos, Stratis, Lukia
  11. Eleutherios, Elefterios, Lefteris, Eleutheria, Anthia, Anthea, Anthi, Anthoula
  12. Daniel / Dionysios Zakunthos, Dionysos, Denyell, Denyelle
  13. Sevastianos & Zois
  14. Aglaia, Aris / Ares
  15. Ignatios
  16. Themistokleous, Ioulia, Julia, Julie
  17. Anastasias, Anastasia
  18. Eugenias, Evyenia
  19. Christmas Day, Christos, Chrisa, Chrisanthi, Christina, Christian, Crystal
  20. Emmanouil / Synaksi Theotokos, Manolis, Manuella, Emma
  21. Stefanos, Stephania

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