Greek Submitted Surnames

Michaelides Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Michailidis chiefly used in Cyprus.

Michail Greek
A common last name in Greece. Probably from the Archangel Michael who appeared to the Virgin Mary with a lily.

Michalentzakis Greek

Michalidis Greek
Means "Son of Michael".

Michalopoulos Greek
Means "son of Michail".

Micheletos Greek
Derived from the given name Michail.

Mikhailidis Greek

Mikhalopoulos Greek

Mikos Polish, Hungarian, Greek
From a derivative of a personal name equivalent to Nicholas: Polish Mikolaj, Slovenian Miklavž, or Hungarian Miklós.... [more]

Mikroulakis Greek

Miliaras Greek

Milios Greek

Miliotis Greek

Mintzias Greek

Mires Greek
good, honest

Misirlou Greek
Misirlou (Μισιρλού), due to the suffix "ou", is the feminine form (in Greek) of Misirlis (Μισιρλής- a surname) which comes from the Turkish word Mısırlı, which is formed by combining Mısır ("Egypt" in Turkish, borrowed from Arabic مِصر‎ Miṣr) with the Turkish -lı suffix, literally meaning "Egyptian".

Mitrakis Greek

Mitropoulos Greek
Means "son of Mitros".

Mitsakis Greek

Moises Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Greek, Jewish
From the given name Moisés.

Monomachos Greek
Meaning gladiator or 'the one that fights alone.' A surname of a Byzantine family from Nicomedia (Izmit).

Morakis Greek

Moralis Greek
Meaning unknown, possibly a Greek form of the Spanish surname Morales.

Morells Greek
One meaning/explanation of the surname Morells is it's an Americanization of the Greek name surname Mariolis.

Morfas Greek

Moscha Greek

Mouchtaridis Greek

Mouchtaris Greek
Greek form of Mukhtar, from Arabic mukhtar (مختار) meaning "the chosen".

Mouratis Greek
Possibly a patronymic from the Turkish given name Murat.

Mourouzis Greek
Belonged to an important Greek family of Pontic origin.

Mourtzakis Greek

Mourtzis Greek

Mousouros Greek

Moustakas Greek

Moustaki Greek
Moustaki is Derived from the Greek word for ‘moustache’, μουστάκι.

Moustakopoulos Greek

Myrotis Greek

Nantsios Greek (Rare)

Nastos Greek

Neofytou Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Neophytou.

Neophytou Greek (Cypriot)
Means "son of Neophytos".

Nephus Greek
A Gods son who will become God

Neroutsos Greek

Nestongos Greek

Nicodemou Greek (Cypriot)
Variant transcription of Νικοδήμου (see Nikodimou), a patronymic from the genitive form of Nikodimos... [more]

Nicolaides Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Greek Νικολαΐδης (see Nikolaidis) chiefly used in Cyprus.

Nikiforou Greek (Cypriot)
Means "son of Nikiforos".

Nikolas English, Greek
From the given name Nikolas.

Nikolopoulos Greek
Means "son of Nikolaos".

Nikolopoulou Greek
Feminine transcription of Greek Νικολόπουλος (see Nikolopoulos).

Nomikos Greek
A Greek surname which means "relating to law" (see first name Nomiki).

Notaras Greek
From the Latin word 'notarius'.

Ntanias Greek

Ntenta Greek

Ntislis Greek

Oikonomos Greek
Means "housekeeper, steward" from the Greek word οἰκόνομος (oikonomos), derived from οἶκος (oikos) "house, household" and νόμος (nomos) "law, custom"... [more]

Olympiou Greek (Cypriot)
Means "son of Olympios". A famous bearer is the Greek Cypriot singer Despina Olympiou.

Onasis Greek
From Turkish oynas which means "Lover".

Onassis Greek (Modern)

Orologas Greek
Means "watchmaker" in Greek.

Orphanidis Greek

Othonos Greek (Cypriot)
Comes from Όθων meaning "Otto" in Greek.

Padgiotis Greek

Pagourtzis Greek
Derived from Greek Παγούρι (Pagouri) meaning "flask, canteen", a vessel containing (usually) water.

Palaiologos Greek
From the Greek words palaios logos, lit. "old word", most likely signifying an "antique collector".The surname of the last ruling Byzantine family.

Paleshi Greek (Cypriot)
Translates roughly to "dirty poet".

Palimeris Greek
Derived from the Italian palmiere meaning "pilgrim".

Panagiotidis Greek
From given name Panagiotis.

Panagiotou Greek
Means "son of Panagiotis".

Panagopoulos Greek
Derived from the given name Panagos (a short form of Panagiotis) and the patronymic suffix -πουλος (-poulos)... [more]

Panagos Greek
From a short form of the personal name Panagiotis ‘All Holy’ (an epithet of the Virgin Mary).

Panaritis Greek
Occupational name for a baker, from Latin panarium ‘bread basket’.

Panas Greek

Panayi Greek (Cypriot)
From the given name Panayis, a short form of Panayiotis.

Panayiótis Greek

Panayiotou Greek (Cypriot)
Means "son of Panayiotis".

Panou Greek
Means "son of Panos". A famous bearer is the Greek composer Akis Panou (1933-2000)

Pantazi Greek
Variant of Pantazis.

Pantazidis Greek

Pantazis Greek
Derived from the Greek wish: πάντα να ζει! (panta na zei!) or πάντα ζεις! (panta zeis!) meaning "live forever!", from the Greek πάντα (panta) meaning "always" and ζεις (zeis) meaning "live"... [more]

Panteli Greek
From the given name Pantelis.

Pantzos Greek

Papa Tagalog, Italian, Albanian, Romanian, Greek, Spanish, Portuguese
Means "pope, priest" in various languages.

Papachristodoulopoulos Greek
Means "descendant of the priest and servant of Christ" in Greek.

Papacostas Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Greek Παπακώστας (see Papakostas) chiefly used in Cyprus.

Papademetriou Greek
Alternate transcription of Papadimitriou.

Papademos Greek
Likely derived from Greek papas, meaning "pope".

Papadiamantopoulos Greek
Means "descendant of the diamond priest" in Greek. A notable bearer of this surname is Ioannis Papadiamantopoulos, a Greek revolutionary leader.

Papagelis Greek

Papageorgopoulos Greek

Papahronis English, Greek

Papakonstantinos Greek

Papakostas Greek
Means "son of Kostas the priest", from Greek πάπας (papas) combined with the given name Kostas.

Papamichael Greek, English (Rare)
Means "son of priest Michael".

Papas Greek
From Greek meaning "pope, priest".

Papasideris Greek

Papastamatopoulou Greek

Papastathopoulos Greek
Meaning "you are the priest" in Greek.

Papasymeon Greek

Papatheodorou Greek

Papatonis Greek
Means "son of priest Antonis".

Papazoglou Greek
Means "son of the priest", derived from the Greek παπάς (papás) meaning "priest" combined with the Turkish oğlu or oğul meaning "son, descendant".

Papoulias Greek

Paraskevopoulos m Greek
Means "son of Paraskevas".

Paraskevopoulou f Greek
Feminine form of Paraskevopoulos.

Partalis Greek

Parthenis Greek
Derives from the Greek word for 'virgin.'

Parthenopoulos Greek
Descendant or son of the virgin, or someone with the name Parthenis

Paschalidou Greek

Paschos Greek

Pashos Greek

Paspatis Greek

Patrikios Greek

Patsalidis Greek

Patsouris Greek

Pavlides Greek
Means "Son of Pavlos".

Pavlidis Greek

Pavlopoulos Greek
Means "son of Pavlos".

Pavlou Greek
Means "son of Pavlos".

Pelekanos Greek
Means woodpecker" from Greek pelekanos "green woodpecker" (cognate with pelekan "pelican"; both come from pelekys "axe" the pelican because its beak is shaped like an axe the woodpecker because it uses its beak like an axe).

Pelendritou Greek (Cypriot)

Pelkas Greek

Pentaras Greek (Cypriot)

Pepanos Greek

Perdikis Greek
A surname derived from the Greek word "πέρδικα", meaning partridge or grouse. It appeared first time in the Byzantine Empire during the 11th century.

Perdikogiannis Greek
Means "partridge John" in Greek, from πέρδικα (perdika) "partridge" combined with the given name Giannis.

Perdikouris Greek

Persakis Greek
Possibly related to περσικός (persikos), itself from the Ancient Greek Περσίς (Persís) meaning “Persia (today Iran)”.

Persopoulos Greek
Means "descendant of a Persian" in Greek.

Pertsis Greek

Petmezas Greek

Petrakis Greek
Patronymic form of the Greek given name Petros (see Peter).

Petraliphas Greek
The surname is composed of the name Petros and the city Alifa in Campania, Italy. The surname was held by a Byzantine-Italian family in Epirus.

Petrides Greek
Alternate transcription of Petridis.

Petridis Greek
Means "son of Petros".

Petrokokkinos Greek

Petropoulos Greek
Means "son of Petros" in Greek.

Petropoulou Greek

Petrou Greek
Means "son of Petros".

Philippou Greek
Alternate transcription of Filippou chiefly used in Cyprus.

Phokas Greek

Pierrakos Greek

Pikrammenos Greek
From Greek πικρός (pikrós) meaning "bitter, acrid, embittered". A famous bearer is the Greek judge and politician Panagiotis Pikrammenos (1945-), who was Deputy Prime Minister of Greece... [more]

Pikrammenou Greek
Feminine form of Pikrammenos.

Pilafas Greek

Pilastrete Greek

Pipiles Greek

Pistario Greek, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Pistario is a surname, mainly used in the Greek, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese languages.

Pitis Greek

Pitsiningos Greek

Planoudes Greek

Plantzos Greek

Platis Greek

Ploumas Greek
From the Latin word for ornament, 'pluma'.

Ploumides Greek
Descendant or son of the ornamented, from the Latin word 'pluma', for ornament.

Pogonatos Greek
Means bearded in medieval Greek.

Poimenidou Greek

Politis Greek
Politis derives from the Greek word polis, which means 'city'. Therefore Politis means 'citizen'. According to some historians people with this surname have ancestors who came from Constantinople, which was commonly called Polis in the Byzantine era.

Polychronakis Greek
The suffix 'akis' indicates that this name comes from the island of Crete. The precise meaning is unknown, though it is theorised that, as 'poly' means "many" or "much" and 'chron' might be supposed to come from the same root as 'Chronos' meaning "time", the name means "much time" or "long time".

Polychronidis Greek

Polydouris Greek
From the Greek name Polydoros.

Pontikakis Greek (Rare)

Popinako Greek (?), Russian (?)

Portokali Greek
From Greek meaning "orange".

Portokalos Greek
From the Greek word πορτοκάλι (portokáli), which means "orange." The name could refer either to farmers who maintained an orange orchard / grove or someone who had an orange aspect to their appearance or demeanor.

Pothitos Greek

Poulos Greek
Denotes kinship. Derived from the Latin pullus, meaning "offspring, chick"

Prasinos Greek
From Greek meaning "green".

Prastitis Greek

Prevedoros Greek
From the Italian rank of provveditore "he who sees to things" (overseer) was the style of various local district governors in the extensive, mainly maritime empire of the Republic of Venice.

Prinos Greek

Prodromou Greek (Cypriot)
Means "son of Prodromos".

Prontzos Greek
Originally cattle breeders located in the Parnon mountains, the name derives from its original form, Prountzos, which means red faced ancestor, or bronzed face. It eventually got its current form as the centuries went by.

Prontzou f Greek
Female version of Prontzos

Prosalentis Greek

Psaki Greek (Americanized)
Derived from the Greek surname Ψάκης (Psakis), of uncertain etymology.

Psarakis Greek

Psaras Greek, Asturian
Means "fisherman" or "angler" in Greek.... [more]

Psarros Greek

Psellos Greek

Psychogios Greek
From the Greek words for soul (ψυχή) and son (γιός), usually means godson.

Psychos Greek

Psyllos Greek
Means "flea" in Greek.

Psyroukis Greek

Pyrgos Greek
Means "tower" in Greek. Pyrgos is a city in the northwestern Peloponnese, Greece, capital of the regional unit of Elis.

Pyromallis Greek
The redhaired, from the words, πύρ fire/reddish and μαλλί for hair.

Radenos Greek

Rafail Greek, Russian
From the given name Rafail.

Rallis Greek
A surname held by the descendants of a Frankish-Byzantine noble named Raoul. The Rallis family (also spelled Ralli, Ralles or Rallet in Romanian) is the name of an old Greek Phanariote family, whose members played important political role in the history of modern Greece, Danubian Principalities and later in the United Kingdom... [more]

Rangavis Greek

Remis Greek, Dutch, German, Asturian
Greek from a medieval Greek personal name, Remis, a vernacular form of the personal name Remigius (see French Remy)... [more]

Rigas Greek
From the Latin word for king, 'rex'.

Rimenas Greek

Ritsos Greek
The Greek version of the Italian surname Rizzo.

Róhas Greek

Roides Greek

Rokkos Greek

Romantzas Greek

Romas Greek
Meaning the Roman, held by a family originating from the Greek community of Sicily.

Rosi Greek, Italian
Greek: Metronymic from the female personal name Rosa 1, or alternatively a variant of Rosso.... [more]

Rossis Greek

Rousopoulos Greek
Meaning "of Russian descent".

Roussos Greek
Originally a nickname for a red-haired or blond person, derived from Greek ρούσος (roúsos) "red".

Sakellarios Greek
Feminine form is Sakellariou

Sallas Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, Galician, Portuguese, Aragonese, Asturian, Romanian, Greek
Either a variant of Salas or Sala, or else a nickname from Arabic, Turkish, or Persian salli meaning "broad, wide, large, tall".

Salouros Greek

Saltakoukos Greek

Salti Greek, Armenian

Salvaridis Greek

Samara Greek
Variant of Samaras.

Sanidis Greek

Santanis Greek

Sarakatsanis Greek
Derived from the Greek Σαρακατσάνοι (Sarakatsanoi) referred to an ethnic Greek population subgroup who were traditionally transhumant shepherds, native to Greece, with a smaller presence in neighbouring Bulgaria, southern Albania, and North Macedonia... [more]

Sarakinos Greek
Means pirate or Arab, from the medieval word and name Saracen

Sardelis Greek

Sarris Greek
Derived from Turkish sari meaning "blond, fair-haired".

Savas Greek
From the personal name Sav(v)as, New Testament Greek Sabbas, a derivative of Sabbaton "Sabbath", "Saturday".

Savva Greek (Cypriot)
From the given name Savvas.

Savvides Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Greek Σαββίδης (see Savvidis) chiefly used in Cyprus.

Savvidis Greek
Means "son of Savvas".

Sedaris Greek
David Sedaris, author of Calypso and others, and Amy Sedaris, actress and comedienne, are two well-known siblings with the surname.

Seitis Greek

Selinofoto Greek
A surname which means "Moonlight" in Greek.

Serapin Filipino, Tagalog, Greek, Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Serbian, Macedonian, Latvian, Lithuanian
From the given name Seraphim.

Serettis Greek
From the Italian surname Seretti.

Sermilakis Greek

Servopoulos Greek
Means "descendant of a Serb" in Greek.

Sevastos Greek
From the same Greek word that means respected, also an aristocratic title during the Byzantine Empire.

Sfiroudis Greek

Sgardelis Greek

Sgouros Greek
The surname means "curly-haired" in medieval Greek. According to Adamantios Korais the etymology is from the Greek word gyros (round).

Shelesh Greek (?)

Siderakis Greek

Sideris Greek
Greek reduced and altered form of the personal name Isidoros (see Isadore), altered by folk etymology as if derived from sidero ‘iron’ (classical Greek sideron), and hence regarded as an omen name: ‘may the child grow up to be as strong as iron’.

Sidiropoulos Greek
Means "son of a blacksmith worker" in Greek.

Sifakakis Greek

Sifounas Greek

Sikelianos Greek
Means the Sicilian in Greek.

Simoglou Greek

Simonidis Greek
Variant of Simonides.

Simou Greek (Cypriot, Rare)
Means "son of Simos (or Simon)".

Siopis Greek
From Greek σιωπή (siopi) "silence". Usually a nickname for someone who is always silent, basically the quiet kid.

Sivitanidis Greek
From the Latin word (civitanus)

Skalidakis Greek

Skaltsogiannis Greek

Skaramangas Greek

Skarlatos Greek
Occupational name for a dyer, or as a nickname for someone who habitually wore scarlet or who had bright red hair, cognate to the Italian surname Scarlato.

Skleros Greek
Means strong/ harsh in Greek, and also the name of an old Byzantine family.

Skordoulis Greek

Solomos Greek
From the name Solomon

Sommaripas Greek

Soteriou Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Greek Σωτηρίου (see Sotiriou) chiefly used in Cyprus.

Sotiriou Greek (Cypriot)
Means "son of Sotirios".

Soultanopoulos Greek
From Greek Σουλτανοπούλος (Soultanopoulos) meaning “descendant of a Sultan"

Soutzos Greek
The surname belonged to a Phanariot family of Aromanian descent. The name of the family derives from the Turkish word "sütçü".

Spandonidis Greek

Spartalis Greek

Sphrantzes Greek (Latinized, Rare), History (Rare)
Possibly a Latinized form of Frantzis. George Sphrantzes was a late Byzantine Greek historian and Imperial courtier.

Spourgitis m Greek (Rare)
Nickname from Greek meaning "sparrow".

Spyriadis Greek

Spyridou Greek

Spyromilio Greek

Spyropoulos Greek

Stais Greek

Stamatatos Greek

Stamatelos Greek

Stamatiou Greek (Cypriot)
Means "son of Stamatios".

Stamatopoulos Greek
Means "son of Stamatis".

Stamatopoulou Greek

Stamos Greek
Pet form of the given name Stamatis.

Stamou Greek
Derived from the given name Stamatis.

Stathakis Greek

Stathopoulos Greek
Means "son of Stathis".

Stavropoulos Greek
Means "son of Stavros."

Stefanakos Greek
It is associated with the name Stefanos, perhaps meaning son of Stefanos or little Stefanos. Origin from the Mani peninsula.

Stefanides Greek
Variant of Stefanidis.

Stefanopoulos Greek
Means "son of Stefan".

Stefanou Greek (Cypriot)
Means "son of Stefanos".

Stefanoudakis Greek

Stephanopoulos Greek
Means "son of Stephanos".

Stergiou Greek (Cypriot)
Means "son of Stergios".

Stournaras Greek

Stratigos Greek
Deriving from the Greek title for a general. Feminine form is Stratigo.

Stratou Greek (Cypriot)
Means "son of Stratos".

Stylianou Greek (Cypriot)
Means "son of Stylianos".

Symeonidis Greek
Means "son of Symeon".

Symferi Greek

Symferis Greek

Symfoniki Greek

Symforidou Greek

Synadenos Greek
From the city of Synnada in ancient Anatolia.

Taptiklis Greek
Greek name.... [more]

Taratsas Greek

Tarchaneiotes Greek
(1) Either from the village of Tarchaneion in Thrace, (2) from Mongol word targan, for "smith",(3) from the Khazar noble title tarkhan, ultimately of Sogdian/Saka origin.

Tasiadis Greek

Tatopoulos Greek
Surname of dancer and actress Zoï Tatopoulos, and of her father, Patrick Tatopoulos, production designer and director

Tavoularis Greek
Meaning 'secretary or literary assistant'

Tavros Greek (Cypriot)

Terzakis Greek

Terzis Greek
From the Italian surname Terzi 1 ultimately from the Italian given name Terzo, meaning the third given usually name to the third child.