Message: "Re: Grecian Surname "Chalikis""

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Re: Grecian Surname "Chalikis"

by irini (guest)

10/3/2005, 10:45 AM

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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- Jim Young (guest) +2

10/6/2005, 6:21 AM

So it seems that there are two names - one beginning with the letter chi (X), and one bginning with TS, but both likely to become Chalikis when written in the Roman script.

- C (guest) +1

10/23/2005, 5:42 AM

Yes :) Greek characters can be tricksy like that. The "Ts" version isn't of my family, but of an island nearby. I've met these people and they're quite nice folks. The "Ch" or "X" version comes from my island, and we don't appear to have any tracable relation. As for the "H" version (Halikis) I mentioned below to inini, I've yet to establish a link to them, but am looking into the possibility.

- Jim Young (guest)

10/29/2005, 4:39 PM

Thanks for the clarification.

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