Greek Submitted Surnames

Gyros Γύρος Greek (Cypriot)

Gyzis Greek

Hadjópulos Greek (Hispanicized, Expatriate), Mexican (Rare)
Spanish form of Greek Χατζόπουλος (see Chatzopoulos).

Hallas Greek
Given to one who is exempted

Hantzi Greek
Variant of Hatzis.

Harizopolous Χαριζόπολους Greek

Hasapis Greek
Hasapi is the word, "butcher" in the Greek language. The last name Hasapis is most probably from immigrants traveling to the new world

Hasiótis Χασιώτης Greek

Hatzi Χατζής Greek
A Greek rendering of حاج‎ (ḥājj), denoting one who has successfully completed a pilgrimage. In a Christian context, the title designates a person who has visited Jerusalem and the Holy Land and was baptised in the Jordan River... [more]

Hatzidakis Χατζηδάκης, Χατζιδάκις Greek
Diminutive of Hatzis.

Hatzigeorgiou Χατζηγεωργίου Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Χατζηγεωργίου (see Chatzigeorgiou).

Hatzipapas Greek

Hatzis Greek
Hatzis is the modern form of the Greek khatzis 'a pilgrim to Jerusalem' (either Christian or Muslim), considered a high social distinction. The Greek term is Semitic in origin and is cognate with Arabic hajj 'pilgrimage (to Mecca).'

Hatzispyridis Greek

Hatzispyros Greek

Hatzopoulos Χατζόπουλος Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Χατζόπουλος (see Chatzopoulos).

Heros Greek

Hrisomallídis Χρυσομαλλίδης Greek

Hrisomállis Χρυσομάλλης Greek

Iacovou Ιακώβου Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Greek Ιακώβου (see Iakovou) chiefly used in Cyprus.

Iakovidis Ιακωβίδης Greek
Means "son of Iakovos".

Iakovou Ιακώβου Greek (Cypriot)
Means "son of Iakovos".

Iassites Greek

Iatridis Ιατρίδης Greek
Derived from the Greek word ιατρός (iatros) meaning "doctor".

Iatrou Ιατρού Greek

Iliopoulos Ηλιόπουλος Greek
Means "son of Ilias".

Ioannides Ιωαννίδης Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Ioannidis chiefly used in Cyprus.

Ioannidou Ιωαννίδου Greek
Feminine transcription of Greek Ιωαννίδης (see Ioannidis).

Ioannoglou Greek

Ioannou Ιωάννου Greek
Means "son of Ioannis".

Ionides Greek

Iosifidis Greek

Iraklidis Ηρακλίδης Greek (Rare)
Means "son of Herakles", it is also a modern form of the first name Herakleides.

Kafetzis Greek
Means "coffee shop owner" in Greek, derived from the Ottoman Turkish word قهوه‌جی‎ (kahveci), equivalent to Greek καφές (kafés) both meaning “coffee” and‎ the Greek suffix -τζής (-tzís), from Ottoman Turkish قهوه‎ (kahve) and Ottoman Turkish ـجی‎ (-ci) respectively... [more]

Kafkalas Greek

Kakoulidis Greek

Kakousis Κακούσης Greek

Kalafatis Greek

Kalantzakis Greek
Crete

Kallergis Greek
The surname is composed of the Greek words kalon (=beautiful) and ergon(from ergo "work, task, deed, accomplishment, or purpose")

Kallifronas Greek

Kalligeros Greek

Kallimachis Greek

Kallimogiannis Greek

Kalogeras Greek
From the Greek word καλόγερος (kalogeros), meaning monk.

Kalogeropoulos Καλογερόπουλος Greek
Means "son of the monk" in Greek, derived from Greek καλόγερος (kalógeros) "monk, friar".

Kalogiannis Καλογιάννης Greek

Kaloudes Greek

Kalpakidis Greek

Kamateros Greek

Kambos Κάμπος Greek (Anglicized), English (American), English (Australian)
Anglicized form of Kampos.

Kambosos Κάμποςος Greek (Anglicized), English (American), English (Australian)
Anglicized form of Kamposos.

Kampos Κάμπος Greek
From Greek meaning "plain, lowlands".

Kamposos Κάμποςος Greek
Diminutive of Kampos.

Kandiotis Greek

Kanellopoulos Greek
Feminine version is Kanellopoulou

Kangelaris Greek
Etymologically it goes back to the Latin cancellarius, which means chief secretary or chancellor.

Kantakouzenos Greek
One of the noble Byzantine families, the surname is connected to the locality of Kouzenas, a name for the southern part of Mount Sipylus near Smyrna (Izmir).

Kapetanakis Greek

Kapodistrias Greek
This surname is a greek version of Capo d'Istria

Kapos Greek

Kapsokolis Greek

Karabastos Καραμπαστός, Καραπάστος Greek
Uncommon Greek surname.

Karabourniotis Καραβουρνιώτης Greek (Rare)

Karagiannakis Greek

Karagiannis Καραγιάννης Greek
Means "black John" from Greek καρα (kara) meaning "black" (of Turkish origin) and the given name Giannis.

Karagiannopoulos Καραγιαννοπουλος Greek

Karakalos Καράκαλος Greek

Karakatsanis Καρακατσάνης Greek
Variant of Sarakatsanis.

Karakitsos Greek

Karakostas Greek

Karantinos Greek

Karasevdas Καρασεβδάς Greek
Possibly from the Turkish word kara meaning "black, dark" and the given name Sevda literally meaning "passion, strong love" in Turkish.

Karatarakis Καραταράκης Greek

Karatzas Greek

Karras Greek
Means "dark" in Greek. Feminine form is Karra.

Karvelas Καρβελάς Greek

Karvellas Greek

Karyotakis Greek

Kasdaglis Κάσδαγλης Greek

Kasoutas Greek

Kassavetis Greek

Kastamonites Greek
Someone from Kastamoni (Kastamonu).

Kastoriades Greek

Katerinas Κατερίνας Greek

Katerinopoulos Greek
Descendant or son of Katerina.

Katopodis Greek
It cames only from the greek island lefkada, its by the word meaning is "Downfoot" nut actually it means The guy who run away

Katravas Κατραβάς Greek

Katsarakis Κατσαράκης Greek

Katsaridis Κατσαρίδης Greek

Katsaris Κατσαρής Greek

Katsias Κατσιας Greek

Katsidis Greek

Katsigialos Greek

Katsika Κατσικά Greek

Katsiouras Greek

Katsoulis Greek

Katsouras Κατσούρας Greek
Variant of Katsaros.

Kavafis Greek

Kavallaris Greek

Kazan Καζάν Greek
Reduced form of Kazandis which is an occupational surname for a maker of cauldrons or someone who uses a cauldron for the distillation of ouzo or raki... [more]

Kazantzakis Greek

Kefalas Κεφαλάς Greek
Nickname for a big-headed or obstinate person, derived from Greek κεφάλι (kefali) meaning "head".

Khatzis Χατζις Greek

Kikidis Greek
(Greek background) not very common surname and comes from Greece

Kithara Greek

Kleanthous Κλεάνθους Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Greek Κλεάνθους (see Cleanthous).

Kogos Greek

Koletis Κολέτης Greek

Kolettis Greek
The Greek version of the Italian surname Coletti. A significant person with that name was Ioannis Kolettis, prime minister of Greece.

Kolokotronis Κολοκοτρώνης Greek
Notable bearer of this name is ... [more]

Komnenos Greek
From the village Komne in Thrace. The surname of one of the imperial families of Byzantium.

Komninos Κομνηνός Greek

Konofagos Greek
Shortened form of the word, εικονοφάγος means 'icon eater'. Remnant of the iconoclastic years during the Byzantine empire.

Konstantinakos Greek
Probably meaning little or the son of Konstantinos.

Konstantinidis Κωνσταντινίδης Greek
Means "son of Konstantinos".

Konstantinopolites Greek
Given to someone from Constantinople.

Konstantinou Κωνσταντινου Greek
From the given name Konstantinos.

Kontakos Greek

Kontaratos Greek

Kontes Greek

Kontoníkou Greek

Kontostephanos Greek
The surname means short (κοντός) Stefanos.

Kontrafouris Greek
A surname of Italian origin, from the Italian words 'contra' meaning against, and 'furo' meaning thief. Common in Greece and among the Greek diaspora.

Koressios Greek

Kornaros Greek
The Greek version of the surname Cornaro.

Korniaktos Greek

Kornili Κορνηλη Greek (Rare)

Kosmas Κοσμᾶς German, Greek
From the given name Kosmas.

Kostakis Greek

Kostas Κώστας Greek
From the given name Kostas.

Kostis Κωστής Greek
From the given name Kostis.

Kostopoulos Κωστόπουλος Greek
Means "son of Kostas".

Kouknas Κούκνας Greek

Koukos Greek

Koukoudakis Κουκουδάκις Greek

Koukoulis Greek

Kourakos Κουράκος Greek

Kouri Κουρή Greek
Variant of Kouris.

Kouris Κουρής Greek
Topographic surname for someone who lived in a forest, ultimately from Turkish koru meaning "small forest, grove".

Kourkoulas Κουρκούλας Greek

Kourkoulis Greek

Kourkoulos Greek

Kourlitis κουρλίτης Greek (Modern)
Of unknown origin, bearing the locational suffix -tis, "of, from". Potentially related to κουρλί, "tendril of hair", kouros, "noble boy, youth", or a location such as Koursaroi.

Kripotos Greek

Kritikos Κρητικός Greek
Means "Cretan" in Greek, from Κρήτη (Kriti) referring to the island of Crete.

Kurian Greek
Originated from the name Quriaqos (ܩܘܪܝܩܘܣ) or the Greek Kyrios or kurios (Ancient Greek: κύριος) meaning Lord, master, power or authority, and is very popular among Kerala Christians both as a first name and as a surname.

Kyprianou Κυπριανού Greek (Cypriot)
Means "son of Kyprianos".

Kyriacou Κυριάκου Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Kyriakou chiefly used in Cyprus.

Kyriakos Κυριάκος Greek
From the given name Kyriakos.

Kyriakou Κυριάκου Greek (Cypriot)
Means "son of Kyriakos".

Kyvelos Κύβελος Greek

Lábrou Λάμπρου Greek

Láfis Λάφης Greek

Lagios Greek

Lagoudakis Λαγουδάκης Greek
Derived from the Greek word λαγουδάκι (lagoudáki), diminutive of λαγός (lagós) meaning "bunny".

Lakios Λακιος Greek

Lales Greek

Lambrakis Greek

Lambros Λάμπρος Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Λαμπρος (see Lampros), derived from Greek λαμπρός (lampros) meaning "bright, shining, brilliant". This is also related to the Greek word Λαμπρή (Lampri) "Easter".

Lambrou Λάμπρου Greek (Cypriot)
Means "son of Lambros".

Lamprakis Λαμπράκις Greek

Langakis Λαγγάκης Greek

Laskaridis Λασκαρίδις Greek

Laskaris Greek
From ancient and medieval Greek laskaris, a kind of soldier, from Persian laeshkaer "army". This is the same word as Urdu lascar "sailor" and Arabic el-askari "the army", "the troops".

Lavrentis Greek
Derived from the Greek given name Lavrentis.

Lazaros Λάζαρος Greek
From the given name Lazaros.

Lazarou Λαζάρου Greek
Means "son of Lazaros".

Lazos Greek
Either from the short version of the name Lazaros or meaning the Laz, an ethnic group in Pontus related to the Georgians.

Lekkas Greek
Feminine form is Lekka

Lempesis Greek

Leos Greek
From the personal name Leos, pet form of Leon.

Lerias Λερίας Greek

Levidis Λευιδης Greek
Means "son of Levi" in Greek.

Liaros Greek

Lignos Greek

Limnios Λημνιός Greek
From Greek λημνι (limni) meaning "lake".

Logothetis Greek

Loizos Λοΐζος Greek
Greek variation of the name Louis.

Loizou Λοΐζου Greek (Cypriot)
Means "son of Loizos".

Loris Greek

Louganis Λουγκάνις Greek
Variant of Loukanis. A famous bearer is American former olympic diver Greg Louganis (1960-).

Louis Λούης Greek

Loukanis Λουκάνης Greek
Means "sausage" in Greek, nickname for a butcher or sausage maker.

Loukas Λουκάς Greek
From the given name Loukas.

Loukidis Greek

Loundras Λούνδρας Greek

Loungitsas Λουγκιτσας Greek

Louridas Λουριδας Greek

Loverdos Λοβέρδος Greek

Lykaios Greek (Rare)
Derived from the Greek word "Lykos" meaning wolf.

Lykoudis Λυκούδης Greek
Lykoudis (Greek: Λυκούδης) is a Greek surname, derived from the Greek word for wolf (Greek: λύκος, lykos). It may also have been used for individuals from the village of Lykoudi in Greece.

Magdalena Μαγδαλένα Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Occitan, Italian, Sicilian, Romanian, Greek, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Croatian, Slovene
From the given name Magdalena.

Makri Μακρή Greek
Female equivalent of Makris.

Makris Μακρής Greek
Means 'long' in Greek.

Makriyannis Μακρυγιάννης Greek
Notable bearer of this name is General Yannis Makriyannis (1797-1864), was a Greek merchant, military officer, politician and author.

Makrynoris Greek

Malatestas Greek
Means "bad head" in Italian, from the Italian surname Malatesta, also found in Greece.

Malokinis Μαλοκίνης Greek

Manakos Greek

Mandrapilias Greek
This surname is found in Sparta, Greece.... [more]

Mangourakis Μαγγουρακις Greek

Manikas Greek
Occupational name for a maker of handles (e.g. of knives), from medieval Greek manikion "sleeve", "handle", from Latin manicae "sleeve, manacle".

Maniotis Greek (?)

Manioudakis Greek

Manolas Μανώλας Greek
Derived from the word "magnolia" denoting a flower named after French botanist Pierre Magnol.

Manos Greek
From the name Manos.

Manouilidis Μανουηλίδης Greek
Means "son of Manouil" in Greek.

Manousos Μανούσος Greek
Surname associated with the name Manouel in Crete. Another possible origin is a Hellenized version of the Venetian surname Manuzio.

Manoussakis Greek

Mantalos Μάνταλος Greek
From Greek μάνταλο (mantalo) "latch".

Mantis Greek (Cypriot)

Maragkoudakis Greek

Maravellias Greek

Maraziotis Greek

Marcou Μάρκου Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Greek Μάρκου (see Markou).

Margaritis Μαργαρίτης Greek
From given name Margaritis.

Marinou Μαρίνου Greek (Cypriot)
Means "son of Marinos".

Marioglou Μαριογλου Greek
Means "son of Marios" in Greek.

Mariolis Greek

Markides Greek (Cypriot)

Markopoulos Μαρκόπουλος Greek
Means "son of Markos".

Markoras Greek
The Greek version of the Italian surname Marcoran.

Markos Μάρκος Greek
From the given name Markos.

Markou Μάρκου Greek
Means "son of Markos".

Marnezos Μαρνεζος Greek

Marougkas Greek

Martinis Μαρτίνης Greek, Italian
Greek form of Martini. Also used in Italy.

Martinos Greek
Derived from the given name Martinos which is Martin in English.

Masalis Μασαλισ Greek (Cypriot)
Cypriot surname, often used in rural parts of Cyprus. Died out in Greece, there are no more living people with it anymore.

Masouras Μασούρας Greek

Masouris Μασούρης Greek

Massara Italian, Greek
Either a feminine form of Massaro or from the equivalent occupational or status name in medieval Greek, (massaras meaning ‘peasant’ or ‘share cropper’) which is from the word massaria meaning ‘small farm’.

Mastorakos Greek

Matsouka Ματσούκα Greek (Cypriot)
Means "Bat" from Latin maxuca.

Matthaiou Ματθαίου Greek
Means "son of Matthaios".

Mattheou Ματθαίου Greek
Variant of Matthaiou.

Matthias German, Dutch, English, Welsh, Greek
German and Dutch: from the personal name Matthias (see Matthew).... [more]

Matthiou Ματθιου Greek
Means "son of Matthias".

Mavridis Μαυρίδης Greek
Means "son of Mavros.

Mavrikiou Μαυρικίου Greek (Cypriot)
Means "son of Mavrikios".

Mavris Greek
From the Greek word mavros (black).

Mavrogiannis Μαυρογιάννης Greek
Literally means "black Giannis", derived from Greek μαύρος (mavros) "black, Moorish" and Giannis.

Mavrokordatos Μαυροκορδάτος Greek
Means "black Kodratos".

Mavromichalis Μαυρομιχάλης Greek
Means "black Michalis (Michael)" in Greek. In Mani, it is said to derive from an orphan named Μιχάλης (Michalis). Because of the dark clothing worn during times of mourning, orphans were often called μαύρος (mavros) meaning "black".

Mavropanos Μαυροπάνος Greek
Literally means "black cloth", derived from Greek μαύρος (mavros) "black, Moorish" and πανί (pani) "cloth".

Mavros Μαύρος Greek
Means "black, dark" in Greek, originally used as a nickname for a person with a dark complexion.

Mavrothalassitis Greek

Mazoukas Μαζουκας Greek

Megas Greek
It means great in Greek.

Melas Greek
Possibly from the names of several characters in Greek mythology, including a son of Poseidon who the Nile River was originally named after.

Melissenos Greek
Surname associated with the greek word melissa (μέλισσα), which means bee, perhaps a beekeeper.

Mentis Greek
From the ancient greek name Mentios.

Merkati Μερκάτης Greek

Merkouris Μερκούρης Greek
Possibly a Greek cognate of Italian Mercurio, which is ultimately derived from Latin Mercurius.

Metalos Greek

Metoikidis Greek

Michaelides Μιχαηλίδης 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.

Michailidis Μιχαηλίδης Greek
From the given name Michail.

Michalidis Μιχαλιδης Greek
Means "Son of Michael".

Michalopoulos Μιχαλόπουλος Greek
Means "son of Michail".

Micheletos Μιχελέτος Greek
Derived from the given name Michail.

Mikhailidis Μιχαηλίδης Greek

Mikhalopoulos Μιχαλωπουλος 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 Μηλιώτης 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 Μητρόπουλος Greek
Means "son of Mitros".

Mitsakis Greek

Moises Μωυσης 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 Μωράκης Greek

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

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

Moustakopoulos Μουστακόπουλος Greek

Mylonas Greek

Myrotis Greek

Nantsios Greek (Rare)

Nastos Νάστος Greek

Neofytou Νεοφύτου Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Neophytou.

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

Nephus Greek
A Gods son who will become God