When is Kyrana’s name day?

Kyrana can be celebrated on 2 feasts in the Orthodox calendar. People keep the feast of the saint they were named for, or the one their family has always kept.

Every feast on which Kyrana is celebrated

The saints behind the name

• Kyranna the New Martyr

  January 8, Holy Woman, Κυράννα

  St. Kyranna was a young woman from the village of Avysoka near Thessaloniki. In 1751, having refused the advances of a Turkish officer and the demand that she change her faith, she was imprisoned and beaten to death.

  Name days: Kyranna, Kyrana, Kyranne

• Kyranna of Ossa

  February 28, Holy Woman, Κυράννα

  St. Kyranna was born in the village of Avyssoka, the present-day Ossa near Thessaloniki, to devout parents, and was renowned for her beauty. A janissary tax collector who desired her tried with gifts, flattery and threats to make her renounce her faith and marry him.

  Name days: Kyranna, Kyrana, Kiranna

Also celebrating with Kyrana

These names share the feast, many of them other forms of the same name:

Kyranna, Kyranne, Kiranna

What to say on a name day

The Greek wish is Χρόνια Πολλά (Chronia Polla), “many years.” A call or a short message on the day is what people remember. See name day wishes you can send and what a name day is.