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Name Karamanlis
Type Surname (from location)
Gender Masculine
Usage Greek
Scripts Καραμανλής(Greek)
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Meaning & History
Originally indicated a person who came from Karaman, a city located in south-central Turkey, itself is derived from Karaman Bey, a Turkoman chieftain who ruled the Karamanids in the 13th century. This is the name of a political family in Greece including the former prime minister and president of the Third Hellenic Republic Konstantinos Karamanlis (1907-1998).