Name days in Greece explained

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

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

February

  1. Tryfon
    1. Hypapante Stamatios Simeon
      1. Photios
    2. Zaharias
  2. Nikiforos
  3. Charalampos
  4. Charilaos
  5. Theodora
  6. Priscilla
  7. Pavan
      1. Theodoros
  8. Efsevios, Leon
                1. Sebastianos

March

    1. Eudokia Efthalia of Sicily
    2. Gerasimos
      1. Eugenios
  2. Theofilaktos
      1. Sophronios
      2. Benedictos
    2. Christodoulos
  3. Alexios
                1. Evangelos, Evangelia, Eva

April

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

May

  1. Jeremiah the Prophet
      1. Melia
  2. Irene, Ephraim of Nea Makri
        1. Christopher
  3. Simon
  4. Olympia
  5. Theodore
  6. Glykeria
  7. Aristotle, Isidoros
  8. Saint Achilleas of Larissa
      1. Julia
  9. Magdalene, Patrick
  10. Lydia
  11. Constantine, Helen
              1. Dimitri
  12. 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
    1. Bartholomew, Luke, Varnavas
  10. Onoufrios
  11. Trifillos, Korina
    1. Augoustos, Monica, Ieronymos, Geronimo
    2. Felix, Ismail
  12. Leontios
  13. Everyone with no nameday, Paisios, Zosimos
      1. Evsevios, Evsevia
  14. Aristoklis, Loulou
    1. Erotas
  15. Makarios
  16. Pierre
  17. Anargyros, Germanos
  18. Paul, Peter
  19. Apostolis, Apostolos, Tolis

July

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

August

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

September

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

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
          1. Loskianos
      2. Loska, Loskas (Lucas, Luke)
  11. Kleopatras
  12. Artemios / Gerasimos Kefallinias, Yerasimos
  13. Sokratous, Sokrates, Sokratis
    1. Iakovos (Jacob)
  14. Sevastianis (Sebastian)
    1. Dimitrios Myrovlitos, Dimitris (Demetris), Dimitrios, Dimitria, Demetra (Jim, James), Stephan the Hymnographer
  15. Nestoros
  16. Agias Skepis
    1. Zinovios

November

  1. Agioi Anargyroi

Kosmas and Damianos, Anargyros, Argiris

              1. Taxiarches: Gabriel and Michael, Raphael, Angelos, Angeliki, Stamatios, Strategos
  2. Nektarios
    1. Mina, Viktoras
    2. Ioannes Chrysostomos
  3. Filippos
    1. Matthaios, Iphigenia
    2. Platon
      1. Eisodia tis Theotokos, Despina, Maria (unmarried)
  4. Philimonos
      1. Merkourios, Aikaterini/Katerina
  5. Stylianos, Stelios, Stella, Nikon
  6. Nathanael
      1. Andreas

December

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

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Greek Name Days for the Year 2018 . 8 May 2018.

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