Name days in Greece

This is a calendar of name days in Greece.^[1] Some of the names below are linked to the original saints or martyrs from which they originate.

January Basilius, Telemachus Serafim, Sylvestros Genovefa Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles Theoni Theofanes, Iordanes, Photios, Fotios, Fotis, Fotini, Ourania, Rania, Peristera Ioannis Prodromos, Yanna, Ioanna, Ioannos, Yannis Domenicus, Parthenia Martyr Polyeuctos Gregory of Nyssa Theodosios Martyr Tatiana Maximos the Righteous - - - Antonios Athanasios Macarios Ephthemius Maximos, Neophytos Anastacius, Temotheus Dionisios - Grigorios, Margareta Xenophon, Xenia - - - Three Holy Hierarchs -

February Tryfon Hypapante - Stamatios Simeon - - Photios - Zaharias Nikiforos Charalampos Charilaos Theodora Priscilla Pavan - - Theodoros Efsevios, Leon - - - - - - - Sebastianos - -

March Eudokia Efthalia of Sicily - Gerasimos - - Eugenios Theofilaktos - - Sophronios - - Benedictos - Christodoulos Alexios - - -Mikros - - - - Evangelos, Evangelia, Eva - - - - - -

April Mary of Egypt Titos Illyrios - - Eutichios - Vaios Ioseph Herakles, Homer, Socrates, Timothy, Epaminondas the Martyr (North Africa) - - Martinos, Martina - Leonidas, Leo - - Anthia and Eleutherios - - Ianos, Sandra Nathaniel Georgios, (George Kataftos) Achilles Kataftos, Elizabeth, Tammy Niki - - - Jason Jacob, James

May Jeremiah the Prophet - - Melia Irene, Ephraim of Nea Makri - - - Christopher Simon Olympia Theodore Glykeria Aristotle, Isidoros Saint Achilleas of Larissa - - Julia Magdalene, Patrick Lydia Constantine, Helen - - - - - - Dimitri Olivia - -

June Justine, Evelpistos, Gerakina, Pyros, Thespesios, Thespesia Marinos, Nikiforos Ieria, Ypatia Martha Apollon, Cynthia, Dorothy, Selene, Ploutarhos, Nikandros Ilarion, Ilaria Panagis, Sevastiani Kalliopi, Poppy Rodanthi - Bartholomew, Luke, Varnavas Onoufrios Trifillos, Korina - Augoustos, Monica, Ieronymos, Geronimo - Felix, Ismail Leontios Everyone with no nameday, Paisios, Zosimos - - Evsevios, Evsevia Aristoklis, Loulou - Erotas Makarios Pierre Anargyros, Germanos Paul, Peter Apostolis, Apostolos, Tolis

July Saints Cosmas and Damian (Kosmas and Dhamianos), Agioi Anargyroi - Hyacinth (Yakinthos) - - - Kyriaki (martyr) Theophilus (Theophilos), Procopius of Scythopolis (Prokopios) Saint Pancratius (Pagratios) - Euphemia, Olga Veronica - Nicodemus (Nikodhimos) Julitta (Ioulitta); Kirikos (Kerykos, Kirykos); Vladimir (Vladimiros) Athenodorus of Byzantium or Athenogenes Marina, Alexandra, Alice (Aliki) Saint Aemilianus (Aimilianos, Aimilios) (see also Emil (given name)) - Elias Rompara of Órcheis, Rompiros (Also Romp (given name)) Mary Magdalen (Maria Magdalini, Magda, Magdalena, Lena) - Saint Christina the Great Martyr - Saint Paraskevi Panteleimon (Pantelis) Agios Stavros Pumpalotapuss Kallinikos agios Belindakis Joseph of Arimathea (Iosif, Sifis)

August - - - - - Holy Transfiguration (Sotirios, Sotiris, Sotiria) Asterius of Caesarea (Asterios) - - - - - - - Assumption of Mary (Panagiotis, Panagiota, Maria, Despina, Marios) - - - - Saint Theocharis Tia - Irenaeus, Ειρηναίος Λουγδούνου (Ρένος) Cosmas of Aetolia - Andrianos & Natalias, Adrianos, Nathalia, Natalia (Adrian) Saint Phanourios (Cent) - - Saint Alexander (Alexandros, Alexandra, Sandra, Sander, Alexander) -

September Simeon, Pinelopi, Athena, Sapfo, Myrto - Anthimos, Archontia, Aristea Moisi/Ermionis/Rosie Zaxarios, Zacharias - - Gennisi tis Theotokos Ioakeim & Annis - Evathia (Eve) - Kornilios / Aristeidos Ypsosi tos Timios Stauros, Stavros (Stavroula) Nikitas Eyfimias, Melina Sofias, Pisteos, Agapis, Elpidas, Sofia, Agapi, Elpida Eumenios / Ariadnis (Ariadne) - Eustathios, Stathis - Fokas Sullipsi Prodromos, Polixeni, Xeni Theklas, Mirto (Myrto) Eyfrosinis Metastasi Ioannos Euaggelistos Kallistratos Neophytos of Cyprus^[permanent dead link] Kuriakos, Kiriakos -

October Ananios / Pomanos Melodos Kuprianos / Iosstiounis Dionisios Aeropagitos, Dionisos Ierotheos Xaritinis Thoma (Thomas, Tom) Poluxronios / Saints Sergius and Bacchus of Syria (Martyrs) Pelagias Iakovos (Jakob) Eulampios - - - - Loskianos - - Loska, Loskas (Lucas, Luke) Kleopatras Artemios / Gerasimos Kefallinias, Yerasimos Sokratous, Sokrates, Sokratis - Iakovos (Jacob) Sevastianis (Sebastian) - Dimitrios Myrovlitos, Dimitris (Demetris), Dimitrios, Dimitria, Demetra (Jim, James), Stephan the Hymnographer Nestoros Agias Skepis - Zinovios -

November Agioi Anargyroi: Kosmas and Damianos, Anargyros, Argiris - - - - - - Taxiarches: Gabriel and Michael, Raphael, Angelos, Angeliki, Stamatios, Strategos Nektarios - Mina, Viktoras - Ioannes Chrysostomos Filippos - Matthaios, Iphigenia - Platon - - Eisodia tis Theotokos, Despina, Maria (unmarried) Philimonos - - Merkourios, Aikaterini/Katerina Stylianos, Stelios, Stella, Nikon Nathanael - - Andreas

December Theoklitos Muropis - Varvaras, Barbara Savva, Savas Nikolaos, Nikos, Nicholas, Nikoletta Amvrosios, Ambrosius - Agias Annis, Anna, Azalea, Grace Adam - Spyridon, Spyros, Spiros, Spyridonas, Spyridoula Eustratios / Loskias, Stratos, Stratis, Lukia - Eleutherios, Elefterios, Lefteris, Eleutheria, Anthia, Anthea, Anthi, Anthoula - Daniel / Dionysios Zakunthos, Dionysos, Denyell, Denyelle Sevastianos & Zois Aglaia, Aris / Ares Ignatios Themistokleous, Ioulia, Julia, Julie Anastasias, Anastasia - Eugenias, Evyenia Christmas Day, Christos, Chrisa, Chrisanthi, Christina, Christian, Crystal Emmanouil / Synaksi Theotokos, Manolis, Manuella, Emma Stefanos, Stephania (Steven, Stephan, Stefania) - - - -

References

1. "Greek Name Days for the Year 2018". Retrieved 8 May 2018.

Other external links

• Greek name days (in English) for Google Calendar
• Greek name days (in Greek) for Google Calendar
• Greek name days
• Greek Namedays