Message: "Greek surname" - Behind the Name

Greek surname

by Eric (guest)

2/3/2006, 2:51 PM

I've found a very interesting surname from Greece: Ypsilantis. What does it mean, and where in Greece does this surname originally come from?

- Jim Young (guest)

2/4/2006, 5:44 AM

It might be from a place-name. ypsela, pronounced ipseelA, means "high up". Then again I suppose it could refer to someone's status.

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