| There is one Greek tradition that is celebrated throughout all of the Greece - the Name day. A person's Name day is celebrated rather than his or her birthday. Great importance is attached to the name given to a child, the choice of which follows strict convention. For example, the eldest son in a family is often called after his paternal grandfather and the oldest daughter after her paternal grandmother.
Names are usually of religious origin hence a person's Name day is the same as the feast day of the Saint after which they were named. Since each island or area of Greece has its own particular collection of Saints, these are the names that the people living in that area are often given. Below, listed by month, are the dates of the feast days of the Saints most commonly used for names.
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| JANUARY |
| Jan 1 |
Agios Basileios, Vassilis (Basil) |
| Jan 6 |
Theofania, Theofanis, Fotis, Fanis, Fotini |
| Jan 7 |
Synaksi Ioannos, Ioannis, Yannis (John) |
| Jan 8 |
Dominikis |
| Jan 10 |
Grigorios Nussis |
| Jan 11 |
Theodosios, Thodoris (Theodore) |
| Jan 17 |
Antonios, Antonis, Antonios (Anthony) |
| Jan 18 |
Athanasios and Kurillos, Thanassis |
| Jan 19 |
Makarios, Makarios |
| Jan 20 |
Eythimios, Thimios |
| Jan 21 |
Maximos, Massimos, Neofytos, Agnis (Agnes) |
| Jan 22 |
Anastasios, Timothetos, Tassos |
| Jan 23 |
Agathagellos |
| Jan 24 |
Xenis, Xeni |
| Jan 25 |
Grigorios Theologos, Margarita, Grigoris, Grigorios (Gregory) |
| Jan 26 |
Xenofontos |
| Jan 29 |
Ignatios |
| Jan 30 |
Trion Ierarxon |
| Jan 31 |
Kyros and Ioannos Aaron |
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| FEBRUARY |
| Feb 1 |
Tryfonos |
| Feb 2 |
Ypapanti tos Sotiros |
| Feb 5 |
Agathis (Agatha) |
| Feb 6 |
Voskolos, Fotios |
| Feb 7 |
Parthenios |
| Feb 8 |
Zaxarios, Theod. Stratilatos |
| Feb 9 |
Nikiforos |
| Feb 10 |
Charalampous, Zinonos, Haralambos, Hara, Hariklia |
| Feb 11 |
Vasios |
| Feb 12 |
Meletios |
| Feb 13 |
Akula and Priskillis (Priscilla) |
| Feb 14 |
Ayxentios, Valentini, St. Valentine |
| Feb 15 |
Eusevios |
| Feb 17 |
Theodoros Tironos, Poulcherias |
| Feb 18 |
Leontos Romis |
| Feb 20 |
Agathonos, Vissarionos |
| Feb 22 |
Anthi (Anthea) |
| Feb 23 |
Polykarpos |
| Feb 23 |
Nestoros |
| Feb 25 |
Tarasios |
| Feb 26 |
Porfurios |
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| MARCH |
| Mar 1 |
Marias Aigyptias, Eudokias, Tis Tyrofagos |
| Mar 2 |
Euthalias |
| Mar 3 |
Kleonikos |
| Mar 5 |
Kononos |
| Mar 7 |
Laurentios (Laurens) |
| Mar 8 |
Theofulaktos |
| Mar 16 |
Xristodoslos |
| Mar 17 |
Alexios, Alexios, Alexis (Alex) |
| Mar 18 |
Kurillos |
| Mar 19 |
Xrysanthos, Chrisantos |
| Mar 21 |
Iakovos |
| Mar 25 |
Euagelismos tis Theotokos, Evagelos, Eva, Vangelis |
| Mar 27 |
Ilarionos, Lydia |
| Mar 31 |
Ypatios |
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| APRIL |
| Apr 6 |
Eutyxios |
| Apr 15 |
Leonidas (Leo) |
| Apr 23 |
Agios Georgios, Giorgos, Yorgos (George) |
| Apr 24 |
Elisabet (Elisabeth, Lisa) |
| Apr 25 |
Marcos (Mark) |
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| MAY |
| May 2 |
Zoodochos Pigis |
| May 3 |
Timotheos (Timothy) |
| May 4 |
Pelagias |
| May 5 |
Eirinis, Irini (Irene) |
| May 6 |
Serafim |
| May 7 |
Akakios |
| May 9 |
Christoforos (Chris) |
| May 10 |
Simonos (Simon) |
| May 11 |
Kurillos and Methodos |
| May 13 |
Sergios, Sergios, Glykerias, Glykeria (Sergio) |
| May 15 |
Paxomios |
| May 17 |
Andronikos |
| May 18 |
Ioulias, Ioulia (Julia, July, Julie) |
| May 19 |
Menandrios |
| May 21 |
Konstantinos and Elenis, Konstantinos, Kostas, Thina, Kostathina, Eleni (Helen) |
| May 27 |
Ioannos Rosos |
| May 28 |
Tis Analipseos |
| May 29 |
Theodosias |
| May 30 |
Isaakios (Isaac) |
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| JUNE |
| Jun 2 |
Nikiforos |
| Jun 4 |
Marthas & Marias, Martha |
| Jun 5 |
Dorotheos (Dorothea, Dorothy) |
| Jun 7 |
Sevastianis (Sebastian) |
| Jun 8 |
Kalliopis |
| Jun 11 |
Vartholomaios, Varnava |
| Jun 22 |
Zinonos |
| Jun 29 |
Petros and Paulos, Petros, Pavlos (Peter, Paul) |
| Jun 30 |
Apostolis, Apostolos |
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| JULY |
| Jul 1 |
Kosma & Damianos (Damian) |
| Jul 3 |
Yakinthos |
| Jul 7 |
Kuriakis, Kiriaki |
| Jul 8 |
Theofilos, Prokopios |
| Jul 9 |
Pagratios |
| Jul 11 |
Eufimias, Olgas |
| Jul 12 |
Veronikis (Veronica) |
| Jul 14 |
Nikodimos |
| Jul 16 |
Athinogenoss |
| Jul 17 |
Marinas, Marina |
| Jul 18 |
Aimilianos (Emile) |
| Jul 20 |
Profiti Elia, Ilias |
| Jul 22 |
Marias Magdalinis, Magdalini, Magda, Magdalena, Lena |
| Jul 26 |
Parakseuis |
| Jul 27 |
Panteleimonos, Pantelis |
| Jul 29 |
Kallinikos |
| Jul 31 |
Iosif Arimatheias, Iosif, Sifi |
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| AUGUST |
| Aug 6 |
Sotiris, Sotiria |
| Aug 7 |
Asterios |
| Aug 15 |
Assumption Day - Koimisis tis Theotokos, Panayotis, Panagiotis, Maria, Despina, Thespina, Marios |
| Aug 24 |
Kosma tos Aitolos |
| Aug 26 |
Andrianos and Natalias, Adrianos, Nathalia, Natalia (Adrian) |
| Aug 27 |
Fanourios |
| Aug 30 |
Alexandros, Alexandros (Alexandra, Sandra, Sander, Alexander) |
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| SEPTEMBER |
| Sep 1 |
Simeon |
| Sep 3 |
Anthimos |
| Sep 4 |
Moisi, Ermionis |
| Sep 5 |
Zaxarios, Zacharias |
| Sep 8 |
Gennisi tis Theotokos |
| Sep 9 |
Ioakeim and Annis |
| Sep 11 |
Evathia (Eve) |
| Sep 13 |
Kornilios, Aristeidos |
| Sep 14 |
Ypsosi tos Timios Stauros, Stavros (Steven) |
| Sep 15 |
Nikita |
| Sep 16 |
Eyfimias |
| Sep 17 |
Sofias, Pisteos, Agapis, Elpidas, Sofia, Agapi, Elpida |
| Sep 18 |
Eumenios, Ariadnis (Ariadne) |
| Sep 20 |
Eustathios, Stathis |
| Sep 22 |
Fokas |
| Sep 23 |
Sullipsi Prodromos |
| Sep 24 |
Theklas |
| Sep 25 |
Eyfrosinis |
| Sep 26 |
Metastasi Ioannos Euaggelistos |
| Sep 27 |
Kallistratos |
| Sep 29 |
Kuriakos, Kiriakos |
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| OCTOBER |
| Oct 1 |
Ananios, Pomanos Melodos |
| Oct 2 |
Kuprianos, Iosstiounis |
| Oct 3 |
Dionisios Aeropagitos, Dionisos |
| Oct 4 |
Ierotheos |
| Oct 5 |
Xaritinis |
| Oct 6 |
Thoma (Thomas, Tom) |
| Oct 7 |
Poluxronios |
| Oct 8 |
Pelagias |
| Oct 9 |
Iakovos (Jakob) |
| Oct 10 |
Eulampios |
| Oct 15 |
Loskianos |
| Oct 18 |
Loska, Loskas (Lucas, Luke) |
| Oct 19 |
Kleopatras |
| Oct 20 |
Artemios, Gerasimos Kefallinias, Yerasimos |
| Oct 21 |
Sokratous, Sokrates, Sokratis |
| Oct 23 |
Iakovos (Jacob) |
| Oct 24 |
Sevastianis (Sebastian) |
| Oct 26 |
Dimitrios Myrovlitos, Dimitris, Dimitrios, Dimitria (Jim, James) |
| Oct 27 |
Nestoros |
| Oct 28 |
Agias Skepis |
| Oct 30 |
Zinovios |
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| NOVEMBER |
| Nov 1 |
Agios Anarron, Kosma and Damianos, Anargiros, Argiris, Kosmas, Damianos (Damian) |
| Nov 8 |
Mixael and Gavriel, Mixalis, Michail, Michali, Angelos, Stamatis, Stamos (Michael, Angelo, Gabriel) |
| Nov 9 |
Nektarios |
| Nov 11 |
Mina, Viktoros (Victor) |
| Nov 13 |
Ioannos Xrysostomos |
| Nov 14 |
Filippos, Philippos (Philip) |
| Nov 16 |
Mathaios (Matthias) |
| Nov18 |
Platonos |
| Nov 21 |
Eisodia tis Theotokos, Despina, Maria (unmarried) |
| Nov 22 |
Filimonos |
| Nov 25 |
Merkourios, Aikaterinis, Katerina (Catherine) |
| Nov 26 |
Stulianos, Stella, Stelios, Stylianos |
| Nov 27 |
Nathanail |
| Nov 30 |
Andrea, Andreas (Andrew) |
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| DECEMBER |
| Dec 1 |
Theoklitos |
| Dec 2 |
Muropis |
| Dec 4 |
Varvaras, Barbara |
| Dec 5 |
Savva, Savas |
| Dec 6 |
Nikolaos, Nikos |
| Dec 7 |
Amvrosios, Ambrosius |
| Dec 9 |
Agias Annis, Anna |
| Dec 12 |
Spuridonos, Spiros |
| Dec 13 |
Eustratios, Loskias, Stratos, Stratis, Lukia |
| Dec 15 |
Eleutherios, Elefterios, Lefteris |
| Dec 17 |
Daniel, Dionysios Zakunthos, Dionysos |
| Dec 18 |
Sevastianos and Zois |
| Dec 19 |
Aglaias |
| Dec 20 |
Ignatios |
| Dec 21 |
Themistokleous, Ioulia, Julia, Julie |
| Dec 22 |
Anastasias, Anastasia |
| Dec 24 |
Eugenias, Evyenia |
| Dec 25 |
Christos, Chrisa, Chrisanthi, Christina |
| Dec 26 |
Emmanouil, Synaksi Theotokos, Manolis, Manuella, Emma |
| Dec 27 |
Stefanos, Stephania (Steven, Stephan, Stefania) |
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