Here are some of the name days we celebrate in May! 🇬🇷 Scroll down for each date’s featured names—there are 85 in total this month.
May 1
Filosofos, Isidora, Ieremia, Panaretos, Tamara
On this day we honour several early martyrs and teachers of the faith, including Saint Isidora, known for her piety and humility.
May 2
Avgerinos, Esperos, Matrona
May 3
Rodopi
May 4
Melia, Taxiarchis (Archangel Michael of Mantamados), Myrofora (Myrrh-Bearing Woman)
May 5
Efraim, Efrem, Eirinaios, Irini
May 6
Iov (Job), Seraphim
May 8
Melios, Theologos
May 9
Christopher, Essaias
May 10
Simon
May 11
Argyris, Armodios, Bathsheba, Dioskouridis, Methodios, Mother’s Day, Olympia
May 12
Epifaneios, Theodoros
May 13
Glykeria
May 14
May 14: Aristotele, Isidoros, Therapon
May 15
- May 15: Achillios, Kali, Pahomios
May 17
- May 17: Adronikos, Junia, Solon
- May 18: Faeini, Galateia, Julia, Photini
- May 19: Magdalini, Marylena, Memory of Greek Pontios Genocide, Menandros, Patrick, Theognostos, Theoktistos Home (GR)
May 20–24
- May 20: Leeda, Lidia, Lito
- May 21: Constantin, Constantina, Helen, Nantia
- May 22: Emilios, Kodros
- May 24: Christian, Markiani, Palladia, Photini Home (GR)
May 25–31
- May 26: Alfaios, Karpos, Sinesios
- May 27: Alypios, Ioannis Rossos
- May 28: Dimitrios, Dioskouridis
- May 29: Ipomoni, Memory of the Fall of Constantinople, Nefeli, Olivianos, Theodosia
Name days are often celebrated more enthusiastically than birthdays in Greece, with friends and family gathering over coffee, sweets, or a home-cooked meal.
