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, Ioannis, Ioanna, Ioannos, Yannis
  8. Domenicus, Parthenia
  9. Martyr Polyeuctos
  10. Gregory of Nyssa
  11. Theodosios
  12. Martyr Tatiana
  13. Maximos the Righteous
  14. -
  15. -
  16. -
  17. Antonios
  18. Athanasios
  19. Macarios
  20. Ephthemius
  21. Maximos
  22. Anastacius Temotheus
  23. Dionisios
  24. -
  25. Grigorios, Margareta
  26. Candice
  27. -
  28. -
  29. -
  30. Three Holy Hierarchs
  31. -

February

  1. Tryfon
  2. Hypapante -
  3. Stamatios Simeon
  4. -
  5. -
  6. Photios
  7. -
  8. Zaharias
  9. Nikiforos
  10. Charalampos
  11. Charilaos
  12. Theodora
  13. Priscilla
  14. Pavan
  15. -
  16. -
  17. Theodoros
  18. Efsevios,Leon
  19. -
  20. -
  21. -
  22. -
  23. -
  24. -
  25. -
  26. Sebastianos
  27. -
  28. -

March

  1. Eudokia
  2. Efthalia of Sicily
  3. -
  4. Gerasimos
  5. -
  6. -
  7. Eugenios
  8. Theofilaktos
  9. -
  10. -
  11. Sophronios
  12. -
  13. -
  14. Benedictos
  15. -
  16. Christodoulos
  17. Alexios
  18. -
  19. -
  20. -Mikros
  21. -
  22. -
  23. -
  24. -
  25. Evangelos, Evangelia, Eva
  26. -
  27. -
  28. -
  29. -
  30. -
  31. -

April

  1. Mary of Egypt
  2. Titos
  3. Illyrios
  4. -
  5. -
  6. Eutichios
  7. -
  8. Vaios
  9. Ioseph
  10. Herakles, Homer, Socrates, Timothy, Epaminondas the Martyr (North Africa)
  11. -
  12. -
  13. Martinos, Martina
  14. -
  15. Leonidas, Leo
  16. -
  17. -
  18. Anthia and Eleutherios
  19. -
  20. -
  21. Ianos, Sandra
  22. Nathaniel
  23. Georgios, (George Kataftos)
  24. Achilles Kataftos, Elizabeth, Tammy
  25. Niki
  26. -
  27. -
  28. -
  29. Jason
  30. Jacob, James

May

Jeremiah the Prophet

  1. Ava
  2. -
  3. -
  4. -
  5. Irene, Ephraim
  6. -
  7. -
  8. -
  9. Christopher
  10. Simon
  11. Olympia
  12. Theodore
  13. Glykeria
  14. Aristotle, Isidoros
  15. Achilleas
  16. -
  17. -
  18. Julia
  19. Magdalene, Patrick
  20. Lydia,
  21. Constantine, Helen
  22. -
  23. -
  24. -
  25. -
  26. -
  27. -
  28. Dimitri
  29. Olivia
  30. -
  31. -

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. -
  11. Bartholomew, Luke, Varnavas
  12. Onoufrios
  13. Trifillos, Korina
  14. -
  15. Augoustos, Monica, Ieronymos, Geronimo
  16. -
  17. Felix, Ismail
  18. Leontios
  19. Everyone with no nameday, Paisios, Zosimos
  20. -
  21. -
  22. Evsevios, Evsevia
  23. Aristoklis, Loulou
  24. -
  25. Erotas
  26. Makarios
  27. Pierre
  28. Anargyros, Germanos
  29. Paul, Peter
  30. Apostolis, Apostolos, Tolis

July

  1. Saints Cosmas and Damian (Kosmas and Dhamianos), Agioi Anargyroi
  2. -
  3. Hyacinth (Yakinthos)
  4. -
  5. -
  6. -
  7. Kyriaki (martyr)
  8. Theophilus (Theophilos), Procopius of Scythopolis (Prokopios)
  9. Saint Pancratius (Pagratios)
  10. -
  11. Euphemia, Olga
  12. Veronica
  13. -
  14. Nicodemus (Nikodhimos)
  15. JULITTA (Ioulitta); KIRIKOS (Kerykos, Kirykos); VLADIMIR (Vladimiros)[1]
  16. Athenodorus of Byzantium or Athenogenes
  17. Marina, Alexandra, Alice (Aliki)
  18. Saint Aemilianus (Aimilianos, Aimilios) (see also Emil (given name))
  19. -
  20. Elias
  21. -
  22. Mary Magdalen (Maria Magdalini, Magda, Magdalena, Lena)
  23. -
  24. Christina the Astonishing
  25. -
  26. Saint Paraskevi
  27. Panteleimon (Pantelis)
  28. -
  29. Kallinikos
  30. -
  31. Joseph of Arimathea (Iosif, Sifis)

August

  1. -
  2. -
  3. -
  4. -
  5. -
  6. Holy Transfiguration (Sotirios, Sotiris, Sotiria)
  7. Asterius of Caesarea (Asterios)
  8. -
  9. -
  10. -
  11. -
  12. -
  13. -
  14. -
  15. Assumption of Mary (Panagiotis, Panagiota, Maria, Despina, Marios)
  16. -
  17. -
  18. -
  19. -
  20. Saint Theocharis
  21. Tia
  22. -
  23. -
  24. Cosmas of Aetolia
  25. -
  26. Andrianos & Natalias, Adrianos, Nathalia, Natalia (Adrian)
  27. Saint Phanourios
  28. -
  29. -
  30. Saint Alexander (Alexandros, Alexandra, Sandra, Sander, Alexander)
  31. -

September

  1. Simeon, Pinelopi, Athena, Sapfo, Myrto
  2. -
  3. Anthimos, Archontia, Aristea
  4. Moisi/Ermionis
  5. Zaxarios, Zacharias
  6. -
  7. -
  8. Gennisi tis Theotokos
  9. Ioakeim & Annis
  10. -
  11. Evathia (Eve)
  12. -
  13. Kornilios / Aristeidos
  14. Ypsosi tos Timios Stauros, Stavros (Stavroula)
  15. Nikitas
  16. Eyfimias, Melina
  17. Sofias, Pisteos, Agapis, Elpidas, Sofia, Agapi, Elpida
  18. Eumenios / Ariadnis (Ariadne)
  19. -
  20. Eustathios, Stathis
  21. -
  22. Fokas
  23. Sullipsi Prodromos, Polixeni, Xeni
  24. Theklas, Mirto (Myrto)
  25. Eyfrosinis
  26. Metastasi Ioannos Euaggelistos
  27. Kallistratos
  28. -
  29. Kuriakos, Kiriakos
  30. -

October

  1. Ananios / Pomanos Melodos
  2. Kuprianos / Iosstiounis
  3. Dionisios Aeropagitos, Dionisos
  4. Ierotheos
  5. Xaritinis
  6. Thoma (Thomas, Tom)
  7. Poluxronios / Saints Sergius and Bacchus of Syria (Martyrs)
  8. Pelagias
  9. Iakovos (Jakob)
  10. Eulampios
  11. -
  12. -
  13. -
  14. -
  15. Loskianos
  16. -
  17. -
  18. Loska, Loskas (Lucas, Luke)
  19. Kleopatras
  20. Artemios / Gerasimos Kefallinias, Yerasimos
  21. Sokratous, Sokrates, Sokratis
  22. -
  23. Iakovos (Jacob)
  24. Sevastianis (Sebastian)
  25. -
  26. Dimitrios Myrovlitos, Dimitris (Demetris), Dimitrios, Dimitria, Demetra(Jim, James),Stephan the Hymnographer
  27. Nestoros
  28. Agias Skepis
  29. -
  30. Zinovios
  31. -

November

  1. Agioi Anargyroi: Kosmas and Damianos, Anargyros, Argyris
  2. -
  3. -
  4. -
  5. -
  6. -
  7. -
  8. Taxiarches: Gabriel and Michael, Raphael, Angelos, Angeliki, Stamatios, Strategos
  9. Nektarios
  10. -
  11. Mina, Viktoras
  12. -
  13. Ioannes Chrysostomos
  14. Philippos
  15. -
  16. Matthaios, Iphigenia
  17. -
  18. Platon
  19. -
  20. -
  21. Eisodia tis Theotokos, Despina, Maria (unmarried)
  22. Philimonos
  23. -
  24. -
  25. Merkourios, Aikaterini/Katerina
  26. Stylianos, Stelios, Stella, Nikon
  27. Nathanael
  28. -
  29. -
  30. Andreas

December

  1. Theoklitos
  2. Muropis
  3. -
  4. Varvaras, Barbara
  5. Savva, Savas
  6. Nikolaos, Nikos, Nicholas, Nikoletta
  7. Amvrosios, Ambrosius
  8. -
  9. Agias Annis, Anna,Azalea
  10. Adam
  11. -
  12. Spuridonos, Spiros, Spyridoula
  13. Eustratios / Loskias, Stratos, Stratis, Lukia
  14. -
  15. Eleutherios, Elefterios, Lefteris, Eleutheria, Anthia, Anthea, Anthi, Anthoula
  16. -
  17. Daniel / Dionysios Zakunthos, Dionysos, Denyell, Denyelle
  18. Sevastianos & Zois
  19. Aglaia, Aris / Ares
  20. Ignatios
  21. Themistokleous, Ioulia, Julia, Julie
  22. Anastasias, Anastasia
  23. -
  24. Eugenias, Evyenia
  25. Christmas Day, Christos, Chrisa, Chrisanthi, Christina, Christian
  26. Emmanouil / Synaksi Theotokos, Manolis, Manuella, Emma
  27. Stefanos, Stephania (Steven, Stephan, Stefania)
  28. -
  29. -
  30. -
  31. -

References

  1. ↑ "Greek Name Days for the Year 2015". Retrieved 20 August 2015.

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