the etymology and history of surnames
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| Antoniou |
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Usage: Greek
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| A patronymic from the given name Antonios, Antonios being a Greek variant of Anthony. |
| Areleous |
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Usage: Greek
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| Possibly a cognate of Aurelius. |
| Argyris |
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Usage: Greek
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| Means "silver" in Greek. |
| Colonomos |
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Usage: Greek
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| Originally Kalonimos meaning "good name" in Greek. |
| Demetriou |
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Usage: Greek
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Dimitriou. |
| Dimitriou |
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Usage: Greek
Extra: Statistics |
| A patronymic of Dimitris. |
| Floros |
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Usage: Greek
Extra: Statistics |
| 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 |
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Usage: Greek
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Ioannis" in Greek. |
| Iordanou |
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Usage: Greek
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| Means "son of Jordan" in Greek. |
| Katsaros |
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Usage: Greek
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| Means "curly-haired" in Greek. |
| Kokinos |
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Usage: Greek
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| It comes from a nickname meaning "red". |
| Marinos |
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Usage: Greek
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "a descendant of Marinos", Marinos being a modern Greek form of Marinus. |
| Megalos |
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Usage: Greek
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| From megalos meaning "great" in Greek. |
| Metaxas |
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Usage: Greek
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| Derived from Greek metaxi "silk", and most likely referred to a silk merchant or another occupation that dealt with silk. |
| Pachis |
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Usage: Greek
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| From Greek pachis that means "fat". |
| Papadopoulos |
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Usage: Greek
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of the priest" from the Greek word papas. |
| Raptis |
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Usage: Greek
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| Means "tailor" in Greek. |
| Sanna (3) |
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Usage: Greek
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "hay seller" from the Greek sano meaning "hay". |
| Simonides |
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Usage: Greek
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| Means "son of Simon". |
| Spiros |
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Usage: Greek
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| From the given name Spiro. |
| Stavros |
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Usage: Greek
Extra: Statistics |
| From the first name Stavros. |
| Stephanidis |
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Usage: Greek
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| Means "son of Stephanos" in Greek. |
| Xanthopoulos |
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Usage: Greek
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| Means "son of Xanthos". Xanthos is a Greek name meaning "yellow" or "fair hair". |
| Xylander |
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Usage: Greek
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| 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 |
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Usage: Greek
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| Probably means "dweller by the shallow water" from the Greek zabatos, diabatos meaning "fordable, crossable". |
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