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Vassilis
Yiannis, Yianna
Antonis, Antonia
Theodoros, Theo
Alexis, Alexios
Evangelos, Vangelis, Evangelia, Eva
Eftyxis, Eftyxia
Georgos, Yiorgos
Irini
Konstandinos, Kostas , Eleni
Petros, Pavlos
Apostolis, Tolis
Josef , Syphi
Maria, Panayiotis
Alexandros
Sofia, Agapi
Kiriakos,
Demetris
Angelos
Katerina
Andreas
Nikos
Anna
Christos, Manolis, Manolia
Manolis, Manolia
Stephanos, Stephania
Yiannis, Yianna
Antonis, Antonia
Theodoros, Theo
Alexis, Alexios
Evangelos, Vangelis, Evangelia, Eva
Eftyxis, Eftyxia
Georgos, Yiorgos
Irini
Konstandinos, Kostas , Eleni
Petros, Pavlos
Apostolis, Tolis
Josef , Syphi
Maria, Panayiotis
Alexandros
Sofia, Agapi
Kiriakos,
Demetris
Angelos
Katerina
Andreas
Nikos
Anna
Christos, Manolis, Manolia
Manolis, Manolia
Stephanos, Stephania
| Name Days in Greece for some of the popular Greek Names: |
| Greek Name Days |
Name Days are celebrated in Crete and Greece, as opposed to birthdays.
Orthodox Greek name days are the feast days of saints. Children are usually
named after one of the Christian saints and so celebrate their nameday on
their namesake's saints day.
It is the custom for the person celebrating their Name Day to host a party or
dinner, and treat his friends and family. Take note - if it's your birthday don't
expect Greek friends to treat you to a drink , it is the custom for you to treat
them!
Villages also celebrate their church's Name Day. For example a St. Mary's
church (Maria) will have a Name Day on 15th August - the village festival
(Panayiri) will usually start on the eve of the Name Day, in this case the 14th
August, and run for 2 nights with food and drink, live music and dancing in the
village square or taverna.
Orthodox Greek name days are the feast days of saints. Children are usually
named after one of the Christian saints and so celebrate their nameday on
their namesake's saints day.
It is the custom for the person celebrating their Name Day to host a party or
dinner, and treat his friends and family. Take note - if it's your birthday don't
expect Greek friends to treat you to a drink , it is the custom for you to treat
them!
Villages also celebrate their church's Name Day. For example a St. Mary's
church (Maria) will have a Name Day on 15th August - the village festival
(Panayiri) will usually start on the eve of the Name Day, in this case the 14th
August, and run for 2 nights with food and drink, live music and dancing in the
village square or taverna.
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