Greek Name Days - Sfakia, Crete

JANUARY

1 - New Year's Day - Agios Basileios, Vassilis (Basil) 6 - Theofania, Theofanis, Fotis, Fanis, Fotini 7 - Synaksi Ioannos, Ioannis, Yannis, Giannis (John), Gianna, Janna, Jana 8 - Dominikis (Dominique) 10 - Grigorios Nussis 11 - Theodosios, Thodoris (Theodore) 17 - Antonios, Antonia, Antonis (Anthony) 18 - Athanasios & Kurillos, Thanassis 19 - Makarios 20 - Eythimios, Thimios 21 - Maximos, Massimos/ Neofytos / Agnis (Agnes) 22 - Anastasios / Timothetos, Tassos 23 - Agathagellos 24 - Xenis, Xeni 25 - Grigorios Theologos / Margarita, Grigoris, Grigorios (Gregory) 26 - Xenofontos 29 - Ignatios 30 - Trion Ierarxon 31 - Kyros & Ioannos Aaron

FEBRUARY

1 - Tryfonos 2 - Ypapanti tos Sotiros, Sotiri 5 - Agathis (Agatha) 6 - Voskolos / Fotios 7 - Parthenios 8 - Zaxarios / Theod. Stratilatos 9 - Nikiforos 10 - Haralampous, Zinonos, Haralambos, Hara, Hariklia, Haroula 11 - Vasios 12 - Meletios 13 - Akula & Priskillis (Priscilla) 14 - Ayxentios, Valentini, St. Valentine 15 - Eusevios, Eusebios 17 - Theodoros Tironos / Poulcherias 18 - Leontos Romis 20 - Agathonos / Vissarionos 22 - Anthi (Anthea) 23 - Polykarpos 23 - Nestoros 25 - Tarasios 26 - Porfyros, Sevastianos (Sebastian), Fotini

MARCH

1 - Marias Aigyptias, Efdokias / Tis Tyrofagos 2 - Efthalias 3 - Kleonikos 5 - Kononos 7 - Laurentios (Laurens, Laura) 8 - Theofylaktos 16 - Xristodosios 17 - Alexios, Alexia, Alexis (Alex) 18 - Kyrillos 19 - Xrysanthos, Chrisantos 21 - Iakovos (Jacob) 25 - Evagelismos tis Theotokos, Evagelos, Eva, Vangelis 27 - Ilarionos, Lydia 31 - Ypatios

APRIL

6 - Eftyxios 15 - Leonidas (Leo) 23 - Ag. Georgios, Giorgos, Giorgis, Yorgos (George) ## 24 - Elisabet (Elisabeth, Lisa, Lies) 25 - Marcos (Mark) 28 - Panayotis, Panagiotis, Panos, Panagiota, Pigi*

## Giorgos' nameday is on 23 April, unless this is Greek Easter Sunday, or in the week before it. Then it is celebrated on the first Monday after Easter Sunday. Zoi nameday is 1 week after Easter.

MAY

2 - Zoodochos Pigis 3 - Timotheos (Timothy, Tim) 5 - Eirinis, Irini (Irene) 6 - Serafim 7 - Akakios 9 - Christoforos (Chris) 10 - Simonos (Simon) 11 - Kyrillos & Methodos 13 - Sergios, Glykerias, Glykeria (Sergio) 15 - Paxomios 17 - Andronikos 18 - Ioulias, Ioulia (Julia, , Julie) 19 - Menandrios 21 - Konstantinos & Elenis, Konstantinos, Kostas, Thina, Kostathina, Eleni (Helen, Tina, Dina) 27 - Ioannos Rosos 28 - Tis Analipseos 29 - Theodosias 30 - Isaakios (Isaac)

JUNE

2 - Nikiforos 4 - Marthas & Marias, Martha 5 - Dorotheos (Dorothea, Dorothy) 7 - Sevastianis (Sebastian) 8 - Kalliopis, Kalliopi 11 - Vartholomaios, Varnava (Barbara) 19 - Paisios 22 - Zinonos 29 - Petros & Paulos, Petros, Pavlos (Peter, Paul, Pavel) 30 - Synaksi ton 12 Apostolon, Apostolis, Apostolos

JULY

1 - Kosma & Damianos (Damian) 3 - Yakinthos 7 - Kuriakis, Kiriaki 8 - Theofilos, Prokopios 9 - Pagratios 11 - Eufimias, Olgas (Olga) 12 - Veronikis (Veronica) 14 - Nikodimos 16 - Athinogenoss 17 - Marinas, Marina 18 - Aimilianos (Emile, Emilie) 20 - Profiti Elia, Ilias 22 - Marias Magdalinis, Magdalini, Magda, Magdalena, Lena 26 - Paraskevis 27 - Panteleimonos, Pantelis 29 - Kallinikos 31 - Iosif Arimatheias, Iosif, Sifi (Joseph, Jozef, Joost)

AUGUST

6 - Sotiris, Sotiria 7 - Asterios, Asteria 15 - Assumption Day - Koimisis tis Theotokos, Maria, Despina, Thespina, Marios, Panagiotis, Panagiota, Parthena 24 - Kosma tos Aitolos 26 - Andrianos & Natalias, Adrianos, Nathalia, Natalia, Natasha, Adrian 27 - Fanourios, Fanouria 30 - Alexandros, Alexandra (Alexandra, Sandra, Sander, Alexander, Alex)

SEPTEMBER

1 - Simeon 3 - Anthimos 4 - Moisi, Ermionis 5 - Zaxarios, Zacharias 8 - Gennisi tis Theotokos 9 - Ioakeim & Annis (Joachim, Anna) 11 - Evathia (Eve, Eva, Evi) 13 - Kornilios, Aristeidos, Kornilia 14 - Ypsosi tos Timios Stauros, Stavros (Steven), Stavroula 15 - Nikita 16 - Eyfimias 17 - Sofias, Pisteos, Agapis, Elpidas, Sofia, Agapi, Elpida 18 - Eumenios, Ariadnis (Ariadne) 20 - Eustathios, Stathis 22 - Fokas 23 - Sullipsi Prodromos 24 - Theklas, Thekla 25 - Eyfrosinis 26 - Metastasi Ioannos Euaggelistos 27 - Kallistratos 29 - Kuriakos, Kiriakos

OCTOBER

1 - Ananios / Pomanos Melodos 2 - Kuprianos / Iosstiounis 3 - Dionisios Aeropagitos, Dionisos 4 - Ierotheos 5 - Xaritinis 6 - Thoma (Thomas, Tom) 7 - Poluxronios 8 - Pelagias, Pelagia 9 - Iakovos (Jakob) 10 - Eulampios 15 - Loskianos 18 - Loska, Loskas (Lucas, Luke) 19 - Kleopatras 20 - Artemios / Gerasimos Kefallinias, Yerasimos 21 - Sokratous, Sokrates, Sokratis 23 - Iakovos (Jacob) 24 - Sevastianis (Sebastian) 26 - Dimitrios Myrovlitos, Dimitris, Dimitrios, Dimitria (Jim, James) 27 - Nestoros 28 - Agias Skepis 30 - Zinovios

NOVEMBER

1 - Ag. Anarron/ Kosma & Damianos, Anargiros, Argiris, Kosmas, Damianos (Damian) 8 - Mixael & Gavriel, Mixalis, Michail, Michali, Michalis, Mike, Angelos, Angela, Stamatis, Stamos, Stratis (Michael, Angelo, Gabriel, Rafael) 9 - Nektarios 11 - Mina / Viktoros (Victor, Vic) 13 - Ioannos Xrysostomos 14 - Filippos, Philippos (Philip) 16 - Mathaios, Mateos(Matthias, Mat) 18 - Platonos 21 - Eisodia tis Theotokos, Despina, Maria (unmarried) 22 - Filimonos (Filemon) 25 - Merkourios / Aikaterinis, Katerina (Catherine, Cathy, Kathy, Kate, Cait, Karin) 26 - Stulianos, Stella, Stelios, Stylianos 27 - Nathanail 30 - Andrea, Andreas (Andrew, André)

DECEMBER

1 - Theoklitos 2 - Muropis 4 - Varvaras, Barbara 5 - Savva, Savas, Diogenes 6 - Nikolaos, Nikos (Nicolas, Nick, Niek) 7 - Amvrosios, Ambrosius 9 - Agias Annis, Anna 12 - Spuridonos, Spiros 13 - Eustratios / Loskias, Stratos, Lukia 15 - Eleutherios, Elefterios, Lefteris 17 - Daniel / Dionysios Zakunthos, Dionysos 18 - Sevastianos & Zois (Sebastian) 19 - Aglaias 20 - Ignatios 21 - Themistokleous, Ioulia, Julia, Julie 22 - Anastasias, Anastasia 24 - Eugenias, Evyenia, Efgeni, Jefgeni, Yefgeni 25 - Christmas Day, Christos, Chrisa, Chrisanthi, Christina 26 - Emmanouil / Synaksi Theotokos, Manolis, Manuella, Emma 27 - Stefanos, Stephania (Steven, Stephan, Stefania)