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in reply to a message by Jim Young
i think that the possibility that the origin of the name tsalikis is albanian is not off-target because there are many people in Greece who have albanian originated surnames. and by the way there are people in Greece called chalikis(meaning peeble).
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Thanks for the input!
I know it may hold water in certain cases that a Greek name be Albanian derived, but I'm positive in the fact that it isn't in this one as the location had absolutely no Albanian immigrants, colonies, etc., and this form of the name "Chalikis" seems to be isolated to this one island location betwixt Greece and Turkey where the only contact had been that of the Greeks and Turkish peoples. It might be Turkish derived, this is a possibility, but Albanian? Not likely.
As for the name Chalikis, I've scoured phone books in Greece and have come up with very little bareers. The only people I've met with a connection to it have all been relatives. The only known derritive spellings are Tsalikis and Halikis, and these seem to be even rarer. Pebble as a meaning might be likely given the island location and having met people with Grecian surnames meaning shell and sand it wouldn't seem too insane. The other likely possibility is that of "thorn"/"thorny" from my research.
I know it may hold water in certain cases that a Greek name be Albanian derived, but I'm positive in the fact that it isn't in this one as the location had absolutely no Albanian immigrants, colonies, etc., and this form of the name "Chalikis" seems to be isolated to this one island location betwixt Greece and Turkey where the only contact had been that of the Greeks and Turkish peoples. It might be Turkish derived, this is a possibility, but Albanian? Not likely.
As for the name Chalikis, I've scoured phone books in Greece and have come up with very little bareers. The only people I've met with a connection to it have all been relatives. The only known derritive spellings are Tsalikis and Halikis, and these seem to be even rarer. Pebble as a meaning might be likely given the island location and having met people with Grecian surnames meaning shell and sand it wouldn't seem too insane. The other likely possibility is that of "thorn"/"thorny" from my research.
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