diff --git a/syntaxes/google.tmLanguage.json b/syntaxes/google.tmLanguage.json
index 8dc180c..8582412 100644
--- a/syntaxes/google.tmLanguage.json
+++ b/syntaxes/google.tmLanguage.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
           "name": "punctuation.definition.tag.end.docstring.python, docstring.variable.end.google.python"
         }
       },
-      "match": "(?:^\\s*)((?:-\\s*)?)((?:\\*\\*|\\*)?[a-zA-Z_]\\w*(?:\\[.*\\])?)((?:\\s\\(.*\\))?:)(?=\\s)",
+      "match": "(?:^\\s*)((?:-\\s*)?)((?:\\*\\*|\\*)?[a-zA-Z_a-zA-Z_\u0370-\u03ff\u1f00-\u1fff]\\w*(?:\\[.*\\])?)((?:\\s\\(.*\\))?:)(?=\\s)",
       "name": "docstring.variable.google.python"
     },
 		{
diff --git a/syntaxes/numpy.tmLanguage.json b/syntaxes/numpy.tmLanguage.json
index 1f24f28..ceaf53a 100644
--- a/syntaxes/numpy.tmLanguage.json
+++ b/syntaxes/numpy.tmLanguage.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
           "name": "punctuation.definition.tag.end.docstring.python, docstring.variable.end.numpy.python"
         }
       },
-      "match": "(?:^\\s*)((?:-\\s*)?)((?:(?:\\*\\*|\\*)?[a-zA-Z_]\\w*(?:\\[.*\\])?(?:\\s*,\\s*(?=[a-zA-Z_]))?)+)((?:\\s+:\\s+.*)?)(?:$)",
+      "match": "(?:^\\s*)((?:-\\s*)?)((?:(?:\\*\\*|\\*)?[a-zA-Z_a-zA-Z_\u0370-\u03ff\u1f00-\u1fff]\\w*(?:\\[.*\\])?(?:\\s*,\\s*(?=[a-zA-Z_a-zA-Z_\u0370-\u03ff\u1f00-\u1fff]))?)+)((?:\\s+:\\s+.*)?)(?:$)",
       "name": "docstring.variable.numpy.python"
     },
 		{