Greek Name Days

For millions of Greeks around the world, a Name Day is a bigger deal than a birthday! Especially when you live in Greece! The Greek Orthodox Church celebrates saints on different days throughout the year. When your name doesn’t have a saint you celebrate on June 18, which is Agion Pandon Day (All Saints Day). The Greek Orthodox Name Days below are based on the Gregorian calendar.

Every day of the year, according to Greek Orthodox tradition, is devoted to a martyr or saint of Christianity. When someone is given a name in honour of one of these saints, the day they were honoured becomes their “name day.” Like a birthday, Greeks in Greece and throughout the world celebrate and give presents to honour their namesakes.

Find out when your Greek friends and family celebrate their names by browsing all the Greek name days below.



JANUARY
1 Jan	Vasilios, Vasiliki, Bill, Vicky, Bessie
2 Jan	Serafim, Sylvester
6 Jan	Fotis, Fotini, Theofanis, Theofania, Iordanis, Ourania
7 Jan	John, Joanna, Prodromos
8 Jan	Domna
11 Jan	Theodosios
12 Jan	Tatiani
17 Jan	Antonios, Antonia
18 Jan	Athanasios, Athanasia, Kirillos
19 Jan	Makarios
20 Jan	Efthimios, Efthimia
21 Jan	Agni, Maximos, Neofitos, Patroklos
22 Jan	Anastasios, Timotheos
23 Jan	Agathaggelos
24 Jan	Xeni, Xenia
25 Jan	Grigorios, Grigoria, Margaret, Margarita
26 Jan	Xenofon
27 Jan	Timothy
28 Jan	Haris, Palladios
31 Jan	Evdoxia, Xenia
FEBRUARY
1 Feb	Trifonas
2 Feb	Ipapadi
3 Feb	Simeon, Stamatis, Stamatia, Stamatina, Matina
4 Feb	Isidoros
5 Feb	Agathi
6 Feb	Fotios
7 Feb	Parthenios
8 Feb	Zacharias
10 Feb	Haralambos, Haralambia, Haris, Hariklia
11 Feb	Vlassis, Theodora
14 Feb	Valentinos, Valentini
17 Feb	Theodoros, Theodora
19 Feb	Filothei, Chloe
23 Feb	Polikarpos
26 Feb	Fotini, Sevastianos
27 Feb	Asklipios
MARCH
1 March	Evdokia
2 March	Efthalia
7 March	Evgenios
8 March	Woman’s day
9 March	Lisimahos, Smaragda
11 March	Theodora, Savina
17 March	Alexios, Alexia
19 March	Chrisanthos, Chrisanthi
25 March	Evangelos, Evangelia, Angelo, Angela
APRIL
6 April	Eftichios, Eftichia
9 April	Ermis
10 April	Socrates, Homer, Dimos, Epaminondas, Hercules, Miltiadis, Periklis, Sofoklis
15 April	Lazaros, Leonidas
Palm Sunday	Vaios, Vaia, Galini
21 April	Alexandra
22 April	Nathanail
Orthodox Easter Day	Anastasios, Anastasia, Labros, Labrini, Pashalis
23 April	George, Georgia, Thomas
24 April	Achilles, Achilleas, Elizabeth
25 April	Markos
28 April	Zoi, Pigi
29 April	Iasonas (Jason)
30 April	Thomas, Iakovos
MAY
1 May	Ieremias
5 May	Irini
8 May	Theologos, Theologia
9 May	Isaeas, Christoforos
10 May	Simon
11 May	Methodios, Kirillos
13 May	Glikeria
14 May	Mother’s Day, Aristotelis (Aristotle, Telly)
17 May	Andronikos, Androniki, Iounia
18 May	Ioulia (Julia)
20 May	Lidia
21 May	Konstantinos, Konstantina, Eleni, Elena, Elaine
22 May	Emilios, Emilia, Emily, Emma
29 May	Theodosia
JUNE
2 June	Nikiforos
4 June	Martha
5 June	Dorotheos, Dorothea, Apollon, Korina
8 June	Kalliopi
11 June	Vartholomaios, Varnavas
15 June	Avgoustinos
16 June	Father’s Day
18 June	Agion Pandon Day (For all names that do not have a Saint)
22 June	Efsevios
25 June	Fevronia
29 June	Petros, Pavlos
30 June	Apostolos, Apostolia
JULY
1 July	Anargiros, Argirios, Damianos, Kosmas
7 July	Kiriakos, Kiriaki
8 July	Theofilos, Prokopis
11 July	Efimia, Olga
12 July	Veroniki
14 July	Nikodimos
15 July	Kirikos, Ioulitta
17 July	Marina
18 July	Aimilios, Aimilia
20 July	Ilias, Iliana
22 July	Magdalini, Markella
24 July	Christina
25 July	Olympia
26 July	Paraskevi
27 July	Pantelis, Pandeleimonas
28 July	Chrisovalantis, Valantis
30 July	Andronikos
AUGUST
6 August	Sotiris, Sotiria
8 August	Triantafillos
10 August	Laurentios
15 August	Panagiotis, Panagiota, Maria, Despina
16 August	Alkiviadis, Diomidis, Sarantis, Gerasimos
25 August	Titos
26 August	Adrianos, Natalia
27 August	Fanourios, Fanouria
29 August	Ioannis
30 August	Alexandros, Alexandra
SEPTEMBER
1 Sept	Aphrodite, Cleo, Cleopatra, Aspasia, Antigoni, Athina,
1 Sept	Theano, Marianthi, Erato, Kalliroi
1 Sept	Meletios
3 Sept	Anthimos, Fivos
4 Sept	Ermioni
5 Sept	Zacharias
7 Sept	Sozon
9 Sept	Ioakim
11 Sept	Evanthia
13 Sept	Aristidis, Kornilios
14 Sept	Stavros, Stavroula
15 Sept	Nikitas
16 Sept	Efimia
17 Sept	Sophia, Agapi, Elpida, Pisti
18 Sept	Ariadni, Ariana
20 Sept	Efstathios, Efstathia
23 Sept	Polixeni
24 Sept	Thekla
25 Sept	Efrosini
27 Sept	Zinon
29 Sept	Kiriakos
OCTOBER
2 October	Kiprianos
3 October	Dionisios
4 October	Ierotheos
5 October	Xaritini
7 October	Sergios
8 October	Pelagia
9 October	Abraam
10 October	Evlabios, Evlabia
15 October	Loukianos
18 October	Lukas
20 October	Gerasimos, Artemios
21 October	Socrates, Xristodoulos
23 October	Iakovos, Jacob
26 October	Dimitrios, Dimitra
27 October	Nestoras
30 October	Zinovia, Apollonia
NOVEMBER
1 Nov	Anargiros, Argirios, Damianos, Kosmas
5 Nov	Linos, Silvanos, Silvana
8 Nov	Agelos, Ageliki, Mihail, Gavriil, Stamatis, Stamatia, Taxiarhis
9 Nov	Nektarios, Nektaria
10 Nov	Orestis
11 Nov	Viktoras, Minas
13 Nov	Chrisostomos
14 Nov	Filippos, Phillip
16 Nov	Matheos, Matthew
18 Nov	Platon
21 Nov	Maria, Despina, Soultana, Suzy
22 Nov	Filimon, Valerios, Cecilia
25 Nov	Katerina, Katherine, Kathy, Merkourios
26 Nov	Stilianos, Stiliani, Stella
30 Nov	Andreas, Andriani
DECEMBER
4 Dec	Varvara, Serafim
5 Dec	Savvas, Diogenis
6 Dec	Nikolas, Nikoleta
9 Dec	Anna
12 Dec	Reveka
12 Dec	Spiridon, Spiridoula
13 Dec	Efstratios, Efstratia, Lukia, Aris
14 Dec	Arrianos, Ariani, Ariana
15 Dec	Eleftherios,Eleftheria, Anthi
17 Dec	Daniil, Dionisios,Dionisia
19 Dec	Aglaia
20 Dec	Ignatios
21 Dec	Themistoklis
22 Dec	Anastasia
24 Dec	Evgenia
25 Dec	Christos, Chris, Chrisa, Christina
26 Dec	Emmanuil, Emmanuela
27 Dec	Stefanos, Stefania

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