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
  14. Antonios
  15. Athanasios
  16. Macarios
  17. Ephthemius
  18. Maximos, Neophytos
  19. Anastacius, Temotheus
  20. Dionisios
  21. Grigorios, Margareta
  22. Xenophon, Xenia
  23. Three Holy Hierarchs
  24. February

  25. Tryfon
  26. Hypapante
  27. Stamatios Simeon
  28. Photios
  29. Zaharias
  30. Nikiforos
  31. Charalampos
  32. Charilaos
  33. Theodora
  34. Priscilla
  35. Pavan
  36. Theodoros
  37. Efsevios,Leon
  38. Sebastianos
  39. March

  40. Eudokia
  41. Efthalia of Sicily
  42. Gerasimos
  43. Eugenios
  44. Theofilaktos
  45. Sophronios
  46. Benedictos
  47. Christodoulos
  48. Alexios
  49. Evangelos, Evangelia, Eva

    April

  50. Mary of Egypt
  51. Titos
  52. Illyrios
  53. Eutichios
  54. Vaios
  55. Ioseph
  56. Herakles, Homer, Socrates, Timothy, Epaminondas the Martyr
  57. Martinos, Martina
  58. Leonidas, Leo
  59. Anthia and Eleutherios
  60. Ianos, Sandra
  61. Nathaniel
  62. Georgios,
  63. Achilles Kataftos, Elizabeth, Tammy
  64. Niki
  65. Jason
  66. Jacob, James

    May

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

    June

  17. Justine,Evelpistos, Gerakina, Pyros, Thespesios, Thespesia
  18. Marinos, Nikiforos
  19. Ieria, Ypatia
  20. Martha
  21. Apollon, Cynthia, Dorothy, Selene, Ploutarhos, Nikandros
  22. Ilarion, Ilaria
  23. Panagis, Sevastiani
  24. Kalliopi,Poppy
  25. Rodanthi
  26. Bartholomew, Luke, Varnavas
  27. Onoufrios
  28. Trifillos, Korina
  29. Augoustos, Monica, Ieronymos, Geronimo
  30. Felix, Ismail
  31. Leontios
  32. Everyone with no nameday, Paisios, Zosimos
  33. Evsevios, Evsevia
  34. Aristoklis, Loulou
  35. Erotas
  36. Makarios
  37. Pierre
  38. Anargyros, Germanos
  39. Paul, Peter
  40. Apostolis, Apostolos, Tolis

    July

  41. Saints Cosmas and Damian, Agioi Anargyroi
  42. Hyacinth
  43. Kyriaki
  44. Theophilus, Procopius of Scythopolis
  45. Saint Pancratius
  46. Euphemia, Olga
  47. Veronica
  48. Nicodemus
  49. Julitta ; Kirikos ; Vladimir
  50. Athenodorus of Byzantium or Athenogenes
  51. Marina, Alexandra, Alice
  52. Saint Aemilianus
  53. Elias
  54. Rompara of Órcheis, Rompiros
  55. Mary Magdalen
  56. Christina the Astonishing
  57. Saint Paraskevi
  58. Panteleimon
  59. Agios Stavros Pumpalotapuss
  60. Kallinikos
  61. agios Belindakis
  62. Joseph of Arimathea

    August

  63. Holy Transfiguration
  64. Asterius of Caesarea
  65. Assumption of Mary
  66. Saint Theocharis
  67. Tia
  68. Irenaeus, Ειρηναίος Λουγδούνου
  69. Cosmas of Aetolia
  70. Andrianos & Natalias, Adrianos, Nathalia, Natalia
  71. Saint Phanourios
  72. Saint Alexander
  73. September

  74. Simeon, Pinelopi, Athena, Sapfo, Myrto
  75. Anthimos, Archontia, Aristea
  76. Moisi/Ermionis/Rosie
  77. Zaxarios, Zacharias
  78. Gennisi tis Theotokos
  79. Ioakeim & Annis
  80. Evathia
  81. Kornilios / Aristeidos
  82. Ypsosi tos Timios Stauros, Stavros
  83. Nikitas
  84. Eyfimias, Melina
  85. Sofias, Pisteos, Agapis, Elpidas, Sofia, Agapi, Elpida
  86. Eumenios / Ariadnis
  87. Eustathios, Stathis
  88. Fokas
  89. Sullipsi Prodromos, Polixeni, Xeni
  90. Theklas, Mirto
  91. Eyfrosinis
  92. Metastasi Ioannos Euaggelistos
  93. Kallistratos
  94. Neophytos
  95. Kuriakos, Kiriakos

    October

  96. Ananios / Pomanos Melodos
  97. Kuprianos / Iosstiounis
  98. Dionisios Aeropagitos, Dionisos
  99. Ierotheos
  100. Xaritinis
  101. Thoma
  102. Poluxronios / Saints Sergius and Bacchus of Syria
  103. Pelagias
  104. Iakovos
  105. Eulampios
  106. Loskianos
  107. Loska, Loskas
  108. Kleopatras
  109. Artemios / Gerasimos Kefallinias, Yerasimos
  110. Sokratous, Sokrates, Sokratis
  111. Iakovos
  112. Sevastianis
  113. Dimitrios Myrovlitos, Dimitris, Dimitrios, Dimitria, Demetra,Stephan the Hymnographer
  114. Nestoros
  115. Agias Skepis
  116. Zinovios

    November

  117. Agioi Anargyroi: Kosmas and Damianos, Anargyros, Argiris
  118. Taxiarches: Gabriel and Michael, Raphael, Angelos, Angeliki, Stamatios, Strategos
  119. Nektarios
  120. Mina, Viktoras
  121. Ioannes Chrysostomos
  122. Philippos
  123. Matthaios, Iphigenia
  124. Platon
  125. Eisodia tis Theotokos, Despina, Maria
  126. Philimonos
  127. Merkourios, Aikaterini/Katerina
  128. Stylianos, Stelios, Stella, Nikon
  129. Nathanael
  130. Andreas

    December

  131. Theoklitos
  132. Muropis
  133. Varvaras, Barbara
  134. Savva, Savas
  135. Nikolaos, Nikos, Nicholas, Nikoletta
  136. Amvrosios, Ambrosius
  137. Agias Annis, Anna,Azalea,Grace
  138. Adam
  139. Spyridon, Spyros, Spiros, Spyridonas, Spyridoula
  140. Eustratios / Loskias, Stratos, Stratis, Lukia
  141. Eleutherios, Elefterios, Lefteris, Eleutheria, Anthia, Anthea, Anthi, Anthoula
  142. Daniel / Dionysios Zakunthos, Dionysos, Denyell, Denyelle
  143. Sevastianos & Zois
  144. Aglaia, Aris / Ares
  145. Ignatios
  146. Themistokleous, Ioulia, Julia, Julie
  147. Anastasias, Anastasia
  148. Eugenias, Evyenia
  149. Christmas Day, Christos, Chrisa, Chrisanthi, Christina, Christian, Crystal
  150. Emmanouil / Synaksi Theotokos, Manolis, Manuella, Emma
  151. Stefanos, Stephania

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