Celebration overdrive: A guide to name days in December

Celebration overdrive: A guide to name days in December

Be ready to blurt out Chronia Polla indiscriminately throughout December. Chances are someone is celebrating their name-day! From the Nikolovarvara as the 4,5 and 6th of December is referred to, right upto the manic lead-up to Christmas, there’s an excuse to celebrate every single day!
 

 

Throughout December

1 Dec: Theoklitos, Iakov, Naoum, Filaretos, Areti, Aretoula, Aretousa

2 Dec: Meropi, Solomon, Solon, 

3 Dec. Glykerios, Glykeros

4 Dec: Varvara, Barbara, Roula, Ritsa, Serafim, Serafima

5 Dec: Diogenis, Savvas, Savas, Savvoula

6 Dec: Nikolaos, Nikolas, Nikos, Nick, Nikoleta

7 Dec: Amvrosios, Amvrosia

9 Dec: Anna, Annoula, Annita, Anita, Anneta, Annabella, Annamaria, Annemarie

12 Dec: Spyridon, Spyros, Spyridoula

13 Dec. Aris, Ares, Efstratios, Stratis, Stratos, Efstratia, Efstratoula, Loukas, Loukia

14 Dec. Arrianos, Lefkios, Lefkis, Lefki, Lefkas

15 Dec: Anthi, Anthoula, Eleftherios, Lefteris, Eleftheria, Sylvia, Sossana, Sosanna

17 Dec: Aaron, Adam, Adamas, Diamantis, Adamantia, Diamantoula, David, Danai, Danae, Daniil, Daniel, Daniilos, Daniela, Daniilitsa, Dionysios, Dionysia, Eva, Isaak, Iov, Iovia, Melchis, Rachil, Rachel, Revekka, Rebecca, Roumbini, Rouben, Sarah, Sevastianos, Sevastos, Sevos, Sevi

18 Dec: Floros, Floris, Flora

19 Dec: Aglaia, Aris, Ares

20 Dec: Ignatios, Ignatia

21 Dec: Themistoklis, Themis, Themistoklia

22 Dec: Anastasia

24 Dec: Achmet, Evgenia, Jenny, Evgeniki

25 Dec: Bethleem, Gaspar, Melchior, Baltrazar, Christos, Chris, Christianos, Christina, Christiana, Christa, Krista, Kristi, Chrysi, Chrysa, Chrystalia, Chrysavgi

26 Dec: Emmanouil, Emmanouela, Manouela, Manolis, Manos, Manousos, Manousakis, Manousaki, Panagiotis, Panos, Panousos, Panagis, Panagos, Giotis, Panagiota, Giota, Panagioula, Gioula

27 Dec: Maurice, Mavrikia, Stefanos, Stefania

30 Dec: Iosifina, Josefine, Zozefina, Fileteros, Fileteria

31 Dec: Melania, Melanie