Kumalungu ekholo lobuGrisi lobu-Orthodox, igama lezinsuku liyisenzakalo esilindeleke kakhulu unyaka ngamunye, ngokugubha kakhulu izinsuku zokuzalwa. Iningi lezingane ezizalwa emindenini yamaGreki e-Orthodox ziyobizwa igama elihambisana negama lamaSulumane aseGreek Orthodox ahlonishwe ngokomthetho. Igama lomkhosi ligujwa ngosuku lwangcwele futhi kuyimbangela yemikhosi efana nosuku lokuzalwa kubandakanya amaswidi, izipho, namaqembu.
Okufana kakhulu nezinsuku zokuzalwa kwamanye amasiko, i-honore iyimenenja, futhi kuyilapho izinsuku eziningi zigujwa ekhaya lapho abangane beza khona ukubiza futhi bafisa i-Χρόνια Πολλά (ebizwa ngokuthi i-HRON-yah poh-LAH, nokuhunyushwa ngokungahambisani, kusho "abaningi abajabulayo iminyaka "), abanye bathatha amaqembu abo emakilabhu, emabhokisini noma ezindaweni zokudlela futhi baphathe wonke umhlangano emcimbini ogcwele injabulo.
Izinsuku zamagama zingenye yezikhathi ezimbalwa lapho amaGreki evame ukunikeza ukudla (amaswidi) njengezipho. Ngokuvamile zithengwa ngesitolo. Ukuze ufunde ukuthi igama lakho lifakwe ohlwini lokugubha, noma ukubona ukuthi usuku lomngane wesiGreki lwenzeka nini, hlola lolu hlu lwamagama ezinsuku ngenyanga:
Izingane zesiGrisi zibizwa ngegama ngogogo nomkhulu (amantombazane ngogogo, abafana nabakhulu). Amasiko wendabuko ngamagama ajwayelekile afaka igama likababa njengegama lomntwana ophakathi - futhi lelo yigama eliphakathi elihlukanisa indawo yengane emndenini.
Ngokwesibonelo, umbhangqwana okuthiwa u-Ioannis (John) noMaria Greeklastname unamadodana amathathu:
- Stamatis,
- I-Dimitris, futhi
- Pavlos.
Ngamunye wamadodana nomkakhe unendodana. Uma kulandelwa isiko, indodana ngayinye yezibulo izobizwa nge-Ioannis, ngenxa kayise kayise; Nokho,
- omunye uzoba u-Ioannis Stamati (indodana kaStamatis) i-Greeklastname,
- omunye uzoba u-Ioannis Dimitriou (indodana kaMiditri) i-Greeklastname, futhi
- Owesithathu uzoba u-Ioannis Pavlou (indodana kaPavlos) isiGreeklastname.
Okufanayo kwenzeka namantombazane okuthiwa ngamakhulu ugogo futhi abe negama likayise njengegama lawo eliphakathi. Njengamanye amasiko, amanye amagama athandwa kakhulu kunabanye eGreece, futhi ngalezo zinsuku izinsuku, imikhosi ayiyona nje kuphela imikhakha eminingi kodwa ingabandakanya ingxenye enkulu yabantu!