Male name
When is Achilleas’ name day?
Αχιλλέας · Αχίλλειος · Achilleas
Main name day
Saint Achillius of Larissa
The Greek name Αχιλλέας (Achilleas, formally Αχίλλειος) is celebrated on 15 May.
Also celebrated
The saints behind the name day
- Saint Achillius of Larissa4th centuryBishop and patron saint of Larissa; according to tradition he took part in the First Ecumenical Council.Achillius came from Cappadocia and lived in the time of Constantine the Great. He travelled to the Holy Land and to Rome, preaching Christianity in towns and villages, and later became bishop of Larissa.Read more
- Saints Achilleus and EutexiusMartyrs whose memory is recorded in the calendar of the Church of Greece, although no details of their lives have survived.Read more
Variants and other forms
- Formal (church) form
- Αχίλλειος
- In Latin letters
- Achilleas, Achilles, Ahilleas
- English equivalents
- Achilles
- In Greek
- Αχιλλέας