Eleftherios

Eleftherios ( Greek Ελευθέριος) is a Greek given name. It means "the free one". His name day is on December 15th .

In Greek there are also the variants Leftheris (Λευθέρης), Lefteris (Λευτέρης), Lefteris (Λεφτέρης), the feminine form is Eleftheria (Ελευθερία) . The abbreviation most frequently used in German is Lefti (Λεφτη) .

Name bearer

• Eleftherios Venizelos (1864–1936), former Prime Minister of Greece
• Lakis (Eleftherios) Iordanopoulos (* 1953), Greek musician
• Eleftherios Neofitidis , Greek football player
• Eleftherios Fafalis (* 1976), Greek cross-country skier and biathlete
• Eleftherios Petrounias (* 1990), Greek gymnast