December Name Days in the Greek Orthodox Faith

December 01 Theoklitos
December 02 Myropis
December 04 Varvaras, Barbara
December 05 Savva, Savas
December 06 Nikolaos, Nikos (Nicholas, Nick)
December 07 Amvrosios, Ambrosius (Ambrose)
December 09 Agias Annis, Anna
December 12 Spyridonos, Spyros
December 13 Efstratios / Loskias, Stratos, Stratis, Lucia
December 15 Eleftherios, Eleftheria, Lefteris
December 17 Daniel / Dionysios Zakunthos, Dionysos
December 18 Sevastianos & Zois
December 19 Aglaias
December 20 Ignatios (Ignatius)
December 21 Themistokleous, Ioulia, Julia, Julie
December 22 Anastasias, Anastasia (name alternatively may be celebrated at Easter, Anastasi, meaning "resurrection")
December 24 Evgenias, Evyenia
December 25 Christmas Day, Christos, Chrissa, Chrisanthi, Christina
December 26 Emmanouil / Synaxi Theotokos, Manolis, Manuella, Emma (Emmanuel, Manny)
December 27 Stefanos, Stephania (Steven, Stephen, Stefan, Stephanie)

November Name Days in the Greek Orthodox Faith

November 01 Ag. Anarron/ Kosma & Damianos, Anargiros, Argiris, Kosmas, Damianos (Damian)
November 08 Michail & Gavriel, Michalis, Michail, Michali, Angelos, Stamatis, Stamos (Michael, Angelo, Gabriel)
November 09 Nektarios
November 11 Mina / Viktoros (Victor)
November 13 Ioannos Chrysostomos
November 14 Filippos, Philippos (Philip)
November 16 Mathaios (Matthias, Matthew)
November 18 Platonos
November 21 Eisodia tis Theotokos, Despina, Maria
November 22 Filimonos
November 25 Merkourios / Aikaterinis, Katerina (Catherine, Kate)
November 26 Stylianos, Stella, Stelios
November 27 Nathanail (Nate, Nathaniel)
November 30 Andrea, Andreas (Andrew, Andre)

October Name Days in the Greek Orthodox Faith

October 01 Ananios / Pomanos Melodos
October 02 Kyprianos / Iostiounis
October 03 Dionisios Aeropagitos, Dionisos, Dionysus
October 04 Ierotheos
October 05 Xaritinis
October 06 Thoma (Thomas, Tom)
October 07 Polychronios
October 08 Pelagias, Pelagia
October 09 Iakovos (Jacob)
October 10 Eflampios
October 15 Loskianos
October 18 Loska, Loskas (Lucas, Luke)
October 19 Kleopatras (Cleo)
October 20 Artemios / Gerasimos Kefallinias, Yerasimos
October 21 Sokratous, Sokrates, Sokratis
October 23 Iakovos (Jacob)
October 24 Sevastianis (Sebastian)
October 26 Dimitrios Myrovlitos, Dimitris, Dimitrios, Dimitria (Jim, James)
October 27 Nestoros
October 28 Agias Skepis
October 30 Zinovios

September Name Days in the Greek Orthodox Faith

September 01 Simeon
September 03 Anthimos
September 04 Moisi/Ermionis
September 05 Zaxarios, Zacharias (Zachary)
September 08 Gennisi tis Theotokos
September 09 Ioakeim & Annis (Joachim, Anne)
September 11 Euphrosynos the Cook (Efrosinos), Evathia (Eve)
September 13 Kornilios / Aristeidos, Kornilia (Cornelius, Cornelia)
September 14 Ypsosi tos Timios Stauros, Stavros (Steven)
September 15 Nikita
September 16 Eyfimias
September 17 Sofias, Pisteos, Agapis, Elpidas, Sofia, Agapi, Elpida
September 18 Eymenios / Ariadnis (Ariadne)
September 20 Efstathios, Stathis
September 22 Fokas
September 23 Syllipsi Prodromos
September 24 Theklas, Thekla
September 25 Eyfrosinis
September 26 Metastasi Ioannos Evaggelistos
September 27 Kallistratos
September 29 Kyriakos, Kyriaki

August Name Days in the Greek Orthodox Faith

August 06 Sotiris, Sotiria
August 07 Asterios, Asteria
August 15 Assumption Day - Koimisis tis Theotokos, Maria, Despina, Thespina, Marios (Mary, Marie), also often celebrated for Panayiota, Panayiotis (Peter)
August 24 Kosma tos Aitolos
August 26 Andrianos & Natalias, Adrianos, Nathalia, Natalia (Adrian, Natalie)
August 27 Fanourios, Fanouria
August 30 Alexandros, Alexandra (Alexandra, Sandra, Sander, Alexander)

July Name Days in the Greek Orthodox Faith

July 1 Kosma & Damianos (Damian)
July 3 Yakinthos (Hyacinth)
July 7 Kyriakis, Kyriaki
July 8 Theofilos / Prokopios
July 9 Pagratios
July 11 Eyfimias / Olgas
uly 12 Veronikis (Veronica)
July 14 Nikodimos
July 16 Athinogenoss
July 17 Marinas, Marina
July 18 Aimilianos (Emile, Emily)
July 20 Profiti Elia, Ilias (Elias, Elijah, Eli)
July 22 Marias Magdalinis, Magdalini, Magda, Magdalena, Lena
July 26 Paraksevis
July 27 Panteleimonos, Pantelis
July 29 Kallinikos
July 31 Iosif Arimatheias, Iosif, Sifi

June Name Days in the Greek Orthodox Faith

June 2 Nikiforos
June 4 Marthas & Marias, Martha
June 5 Dorotheos (Dorothea, Dorothy)
June 7 Sevastianis (Sebastian)
June 8 Kalliopis (Calliope)
June 11 Vartholomaios (Bartholomew, Bart) / Varnava
June 19 Paisios
June 22 Zinonos
June 29 Petros & Paulos, Petros, Pavlos (Peter, Paul, Pavel)
June 30 Synaxi ton 12 Apostolon, Apostolis, Apostolos

May Name Days in the Greek Orthodox Faith

May 02 Zoodochos Pigis
May 03 Timotheos (Timothy)
May 05 Eirinis, Irini (Irene)
May 06 Serafim
May 07 Akakios
May 09 Christoforos (Christopher)
May 10 Simonos (Simon)
May 11 Kyrillos & Methodos
May 13 Sergios, Sergios / Glykerias, Glykeria (Sergio)
May 15 Paxomios
May 17 Andronikos
May 18 Ioulias, Ioulia (Julia, Julie)
May 19 Menandrios
May 21 Konstantinos & Elenis, Konstantine, Kostas, Tina, Kostantina, Eleni (Helen)
May 27 Ioannos Rosos
May 28 Tis Analipseos
May 29 Theodosias
May 30 Isaakios (Isaac)

April Name Days in the Greek Orthodox Faith

April 06 Eftyxios
April 15 Leonidas (Leo, Leonard, Leon)
April 23 Georgios, Giorgos, Yorgos (George)
April 24 Elisabet (Elisabeth, Lisa)
April 25 Marcos (Mark)
April 28 Panayotis, Panagiotis, Panos, Panagiota, Peter, Pigi* (see also August 15)

March Name Days in the Greek Orthodox Faith

March 01 Marias Aigyptias, Evdokias / Tis Tyrofagos
March 02 Evthalias
March 03 Kleonikos
March 05 Kononos
March 07 Laurentios (Laurence)
March 08 Theofylaktos
March 16 Xristodosios
March 17 Alexios, Alexios, Alexis (Alex)
March 18 Kyrillos (Cyril)
March 19 Xrysanthos, Chrisantos
March 21 Iakovos (Jacob)
March 25 Evangelismos / Evangelos, Eva, Litsa, Lia, Vangelis
March 27 Ilarionos, Lydia
March 31 Ypatios

February Name Days in the Greek Orthodox Faith

February 01 Tryfonos
February 02 Ypapanti tos Sotiros
February 05 Agathis (Agatha)
February 06 Voskolos / Fotios
February 07 Parthenios, Parthena
February 08 Zaxarios / Theod. Stratilatos
February 09 Nikiforos, Nikofora
February 10 Charalambos, Zinonos, Haralambos (Harold), Hara, Hariklia (Harriet)
February 11 Vasios
February 12 Meletios
February 13 Akula & Priskillis (Priscilla)
February 14 Ayxentios, Valentini
February 15 Eusevios
February 17 Theodoros Tironos / Poulcherias
February 18 Leontos Romis
February 20 Agathonos / Vissarionos
February 22 Anthi (Anthea)
February 23 Polykarpos
February 23 Nestoros
February 25 Tarasios
February 26 Porfurios

January Name Days in the Greek Orthodox Faith

January 01 Basileios, Vassilis (Basil), Vassiliki
January 06 Theofania, Theofanis, Fotis, Fanis, Fotini
January 07 Ioannis, Yannis, Giannis (John, Ian, Jan)
January 08 Dominikis, Dominick
January 10 Grigorios Nussis
January 11 Theodosios, Thodoris (Theodore), Theodora
January 17 Antonios, Antonis, Antonios (Anthony, Adonis)
January 18 Athanasios & Kyrillos (Cyril), Thanassis
January 19 Makarios, Makaria
January 20 Eythimios, Thimios
January 21 Maximos, Massimos/ Neofytos / Agnis (Agnes)
January 22 Anastasios (name may alternatively be celebrated at Easter, Anastasi, meaning "resurrection") / Timothetos, Tassos
January 23 Agathagellos
January 24 Xenis, Xenia, Xeni
January 25 Grigorios, Grigoris (Gregory), Theologos, Margarita
January 26 Xenofontos
January 29 Ignatios (Ignatius)
January 30 Trion Ierarxon
January 31 Kyros & Ioannos Aaron

Greek Orthodox Name Days

According to the Greek Orthodox tradition, nearly every day of the year is dedicated to a Christian saint or Martyr. When someone is named after one of those saints, that day becomes their "name day" and, traditionally, is celebrated.