GREEK ORTHODOX NAME DAYS
In
In the workplace it is
customary for the person who is celebrating their name day to take some sort of
cakes or sweets for their colleagues.
The following dates are the
celebrated name days. Some names feature twice a year, in this case you will
have to find out which date is celebrated.
The Highlighted names
are the most commonly celebrated.
January
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01 |
Vasillis |
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06 |
Theofanis, Fotini and Fotis |
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07 |
Ioannis, Yiannoulla and Prodromos |
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08 |
Theofillos |
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11 |
Theodossis |
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17 |
Antonis, Antonia |
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18 |
Thanasis |
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19 |
Makarios |
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20 |
Themis |
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21 |
Agni and Maximos |
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22 |
Timotheos |
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24 |
Polixeni |
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25 |
Gregoris |
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26 |
Xenophon |
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27 |
Chrysostomos |
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February
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1 |
Trifon |
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5 |
Agathi |
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7 |
Parthenios |
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10 |
Charalambos and Chariklia |
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11 |
Vlassis |
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12 |
Meletios |
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14 |
Valentinos and Valentina |
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15 |
Efsevios |
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19 |
Filothea |
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23 |
Polikarpos |
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25 |
Riginos |
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March
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1 |
Markella and Evthokia |
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10 |
Aspasia |
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17 |
Alexis |
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19 |
Chrysanthos |
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25 |
Vangellis |
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30 |
Lazaros |
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31 |
Vaia |
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April |
Easter |
Anastasios, Lambros, Paschalis |
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12 |
Zoi |
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13 |
Martinos |
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14 |
Thomas |
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23 |
Georgos |
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24 |
Elisavet |
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25 |
Markos |
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27 |
Symeon |
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29 |
Iason |
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May
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4 |
Pelagia |
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5 |
Eirini |
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9 |
Isaaias & Christoforos |
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10 |
Simon |
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13 |
Sergios & Glykeria |
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14 |
Isidora |
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17 |
Andronikos |
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21 |
Constantinos & Eleni |
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June
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2 |
Nikiforos |
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4 |
Martha |
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5 |
Dorotheos |
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11 |
Varnavas & Vartholomeos |
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12 |
Zinon |
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26 |
David |
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29 |
Petros & Pavlos |
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30 |
Apostolos |
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July |
1 |
Argyris |
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4 |
Loukia |
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7 |
Kyriaki |
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8 |
Prokopis |
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11 |
Olga |
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17 |
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18 |
Emilios |
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19 |
Ilias & Iliana |
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22 |
Magdalini |
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25 |
Anna |
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26 |
Paraskevi |
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27 |
Pantelis & Pantelitsa |
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31 |
Iosif |
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August |
6 |
Sotiris |
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12 |
Fotis |
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15 |
Maria, Despina & Panagiotis |
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16 |
Diomidis |
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26 |
Andrianos |
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27 |
Fanourios |
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30 |
Alexandros & Natalia |
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September
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1 |
Athina & Margarita |
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2 |
Mamas |
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3 |
Anthimos |
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5 |
Zaxarias |
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8 |
Maria |
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9 |
Ioakim |
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11 |
Evanthia |
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14 |
Stavros |
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15 |
Nikitas |
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17 |
Agapios, Agapi & Sophia |
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18 |
Anthriani |
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20 |
Stathis |
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24 |
Thekla |
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25 |
Froso |
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27 |
Tatiana |
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29 |
Kyriakos |
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October |
2 |
Kyprianos |
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3 |
Dionysis |
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5 |
Charitini |
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6 |
Thomas |
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8 |
Pelagia |
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10 |
Evlambia |
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15 |
Loukianos |
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18 |
Loukas & Gerasimos |
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20 |
Artemis |
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21 |
Socratis |
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22 |
Averkios |
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23 |
Iakovos |
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26 |
Demetris |
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27 |
Nestoras |
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30 |
Zinovia |
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November |
1 |
Cosmas & Damianos |
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8 |
Michalis, Gavrilis & Angelos |
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9 |
Nektarios |
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11 |
Minas & Victor |
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13 |
Chrysostomos |
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14 |
Philippos |
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16 |
Matheos |
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18 |
Platon |
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21 |
Maria |
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25 |
Katerina |
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26 |
Stelios |
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30 |
Andreas |
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December
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4 |
Varvara |
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5 |
Savvas |
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6 |
Nicolas & Nicoletta |
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9 |
Anna |
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12 |
Spyros |
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13 |
Evgenios |
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15 |
Efstratios |
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17 |
Eleftheria, Lefteris & Sousanna |
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19 |
Aglaia |
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22 |
Anastasia |
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25 |
Christos &
Christina |
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26 |
Manolis |
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27 |
Stefanos |
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31 |
Melani |