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Antoniou
Usage: Greek
A patronymic from the given name Antonios, Antonios being a Greek variant of Anthony.

Areleous
Usage: Greek
Possibly a cognate of Aurelius.

Argyris
Usage: Greek
Means "silver" in Greek.

Colonomos
Usage: Greek
Originally Kalonimos meaning "good name" in Greek.

Demetriou
Usage: Greek
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Variant of Dimitriou.

Dimitriou
Usage: Greek
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A patronymic of Dimitris.

Floros
Usage: Greek
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From the personal name Φλωρος (Phlōros) "green" (from classical Greek Χλωρος (khlōros)), or a nickname from the same word in the sense "greenfinch". In some cases it may also be a shortened form of a derivative of this name, such as Phloropoulos.

Ioannidis
Usage: Greek
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Means "son of Ioannis" in Greek.

Iordanou
Usage: Greek
Means "son of Jordan" in Greek.

Katsaros
Usage: Greek
Means "curly-haired" in Greek.

Kokinos
Usage: Greek
It comes from a nickname meaning "red".

Marinos
Usage: Greek
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Means "a descendant of Marinos", Marinos being a modern Greek form of Marinus.

Megalos
Usage: Greek
From megalos meaning "great" in Greek.

Metaxas
Usage: Greek
Derived from Greek metaxi "silk", and most likely referred to a silk merchant or another occupation that dealt with silk.

Pachis
Usage: Greek
From Greek pachis that means "fat".

Papadopoulos
Usage: Greek
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Means "son of the priest" from the Greek word papas.

Raptis
Usage: Greek
Means "tailor" in Greek.

Sanna (3)
Usage: Greek
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Means "hay seller" from the Greek sano meaning "hay".

Simonides
Usage: Greek
Means "son of Simon".

Spiros
Usage: Greek
From the given name Spiro.

Stavros
Usage: Greek
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From the first name Stavros.

Stephanidis
Usage: Greek
Means "son of Stephanos" in Greek.

Xanthopoulos
Usage: Greek
Means "son of Xanthos". Xanthos is a Greek name meaning "yellow" or "fair hair".

Xylander
Usage: Greek
From Greek xylon, which meant "wood" or "forest", and andros, which meant "man". This surname is the Greek translation of the Dutch surname Houtman. People used to translate their surnames to a foreign language in the 14th to 16th century. And in this case, a person with the surname Houtman translated his/her name into Greek: Xylander.

Zabat
Usage: Greek
Probably means "dweller by the shallow water" from the Greek zabatos, diabatos meaning "fordable, crossable".

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