Comments on: Christos http://www.greek-names.info/christos/ All Greek names, female and male greek names and Greek name days Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:30:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Katia http://www.greek-names.info/christos/comment-page-1/#comment-1004 Katia Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:40:45 +0000 http://www.greek-names.info/?p=796#comment-1004 Antonis hi, thanks for the comments and participation! Actually we took the information from the Synaxaristis of the Greek Church. Moreover, the Dictionary of Etymology by Mpampiniotis suggests that Christos (with an -i in Greek) comes from the name Christ, which means the anointed one, due to the ascension of the accent - the same way that lamprós became Lámpros, and stavrós became Stávros. Due to the ascension of the accent we have the word χρηστός in Greek, which means good and virtuous, to Χρήστος, but due to the Christian religion Χρήστος became the same as Christos, therefore we celebrate the nameday on Christmas day, December 25th. Antonis hi, thanks for the comments and participation!
Actually we took the information from the Synaxaristis of the Greek Church. Moreover, the Dictionary of Etymology by Mpampiniotis suggests that Christos (with an -i in Greek) comes from the name Christ, which means the anointed one, due to the ascension of the accent – the same way that lamprós became Lámpros, and stavrós became Stávros. Due to the ascension of the accent we have the word χρηστός in Greek, which means good and virtuous, to Χρήστος, but due to the Christian religion Χρήστος became the same as Christos, therefore we celebrate the nameday on Christmas day, December 25th.

]]> By: Antonis http://www.greek-names.info/christos/comment-page-1/#comment-999 Antonis Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:12:54 +0000 http://www.greek-names.info/?p=796#comment-999 Hi, I really appreciate the work that has been done on the website and consider it a very valuable database for Greek names. However, with the name Christos, I am quite confident you have made a mistake. Christos (Χρήστος) has no connection with the other Christos (Χριστός); the former is the name used commonly in Greece whereas the second means Christ - the anointed one, as the root of that word indeed comes from the Greek verb "to anoint". However, the first name has its own distinct meaning, "splendid" or wonderful in ancient Greek. Although the two i's are pronounced similarly in modern Greek, this was not the case in ancient Greek, not to mention the tone. I understand that misunderstandings may occur when translating into the Latin alphabet! Hi, I really appreciate the work that has been done on the website and consider it a very valuable database for Greek names.
However, with the name Christos, I am quite confident you have made a mistake. Christos (Χρήστος) has no connection with the other Christos (Χριστός); the former is the name used commonly in Greece whereas the second means Christ – the anointed one, as the root of that word indeed comes from the Greek verb “to anoint”.
However, the first name has its own distinct meaning, “splendid” or wonderful in ancient Greek. Although the two i’s are pronounced similarly in modern Greek, this was not the case in ancient Greek, not to mention the tone.
I understand that misunderstandings may occur when translating into the Latin alphabet!

]]> By: yannis http://www.greek-names.info/christos/comment-page-1/#comment-83 yannis Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:15:15 +0000 http://www.greek-names.info/?p=796#comment-83 Hi Tina, I think Marios and Panagiotis are your only choices. My nephew's name is Marios and I love this name. Hi Tina,
I think Marios and Panagiotis are your only choices. My nephew’s name is Marios and I love this name.

]]> By: tina pappas rooth http://www.greek-names.info/christos/comment-page-1/#comment-82 tina pappas rooth Sat, 26 Jun 2010 01:05:14 +0000 http://www.greek-names.info/?p=796#comment-82 Hi, I am a Greek American expecting our second child (boy). We are wanting to name the baby after the Virgin Mary and would like some additional information as to baby names. We understand the most popular names are Marios and Panagiotis, but we would like to know if there are additional names we could name the baby that would honor the Virgin Mary. Thank you, Tina Pappas Rooth Hi, I am a Greek American expecting our second child (boy). We are wanting to name the baby after the Virgin Mary and would like some additional information as to baby names. We understand the most popular names are Marios and Panagiotis, but we would like to know if there are additional names we could name the baby that would honor the Virgin Mary.

Thank you,
Tina Pappas Rooth

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