Greek Submitted Surnames

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

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

Nicolaou Νικολάου Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Nikolaou chiefly used in Cyprus.

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

Nikolaidis Νικολαΐδης Greek
Means "son of Nikolaos".

Nikolaou Νικολάου Greek
Means "son of Nikolaos".

Nikolas Νικόλας English, Greek
From the given name Nikolas.

Nikolopoulos Νικολόπουλος Greek
Means "son of Nikolaos".

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

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

Notaras Greek
From the Latin word 'notarius'.

Ntanias Greek

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

Oikonomou Οικονόμου Greek
Derived from Greek οικονόμος (oikonomos) meaning "housekeeper, steward".

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

Onasis Ωνάσης Greek
From Turkish oynas which means "Lover".

Onassis Greek (Modern)

Orologas Ωρολογάς Greek
Means "watchmaker" in Greek.

Orphanidis Ορφανίδης Greek

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

Padgiotis Greek

Pagourtzis Παγουρτζής 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.

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

Panagiotidis Παναγιωτίδης Greek
From given name Panagiotis.

Panagiotou Παναγιώτου Greek
Means "son of Panagiotis".

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

Panayiótis Παναγιώτης Greek

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

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

Pantazi Πανταζή Greek
Variant of Pantazis.

Pantazidis Πανταζίδης Greek

Pantazis πανταζής 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 Παντελή Greek
From the given name Pantelis.

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

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

Papademetriou Παπαδημητρίου Greek
Alternate transcription of Papadimitriou.

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

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

Papadopoulou Παπαδοπούλου Greek
Feminine form of Papadopoulos.

Papageorgopoulos Greek

Papahronis English, Greek

Papakonstantinos Greek

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

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

Papanikolaou Παπανικολάου Greek
Means "son of priest Nikolaos".

Papasideris Παπασιδέρης Greek

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

Papasymeon Παπασυμεών Greek

Papatheodorou Greek

Papatonis Παπατωνησ Greek
Means "son of priest Antonis".

Papazoglou Παπάζογλου 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 Παπούλιας Greek

Pappas Παππάς Greek
Means "priest" in Greek.

Paraskevopoulos Παρασκευόπουλος Greek
Means "son of Paraskevas".

Paraskevopoulou Παρασκευοπούλου Greek
Feminine form of Paraskevopoulos.

Partalis Παρτάλης Greek

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

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

Paspatis Πασπάτης Greek

Patrikios Greek

Patsalidis Greek

Patsouris Πατσούρης Greek

Pavlides Παυλιδης Greek
Means "Son of Pavlos".

Pavlidis Παυλίδης Greek

Pavlopoulos Παυλόπουλος Greek
Means "son of Pavlos".

Pavlou Παύλου 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).

Pelkas Πέλκας Greek

Pepanos Πέπανος Greek

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

Perdikouris Greek

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

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

Petmezas Πετμεζάς Greek

Petrakis Πετράκης 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 Πετρίδης Greek
Alternate transcription of Petridis.

Petridis Πετρίδης Greek
Means "son of Petros".

Petrokokkinos Πετροκόκκινος Greek

Petropoulos Πετρόπουλος Greek
Means "son of Petros" in Greek.

Petropoulou Greek

Petrou Πέτρου Greek
Means "son of Petros".

Philippou Φιλίππου Greek
Alternate transcription of Filippou chiefly used in Cyprus.

Phokas Greek

Pierrakos Πιερράκος Greek

Pilafas Greek

Pipiles Πιπιλης Greek

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

Pitsiningos Greek

Planoudes Greek

Plantzos Greek

Platis Πλατής 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.

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".

Polydouris Greek
From the Greek name Polydoros.

Pontikakis Greek (Rare)

Portokali Πορτοκάλι Greek
From Greek meaning "orange".

Portokalos πορτοκάλοσ 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 Ποθιτος Greek

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

Prasinos Πράσινος Greek
From Greek meaning "green".

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

Prosalentis Greek

Psaki Greek
"lying canine", "pack of small dogs"

Psarakis Greek

Psellos Greek

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

Psychos Greek

Psyllos Ψύλλος Greek
Means "flea" in Greek.

Psyroukis Ψυρούκης Greek

Pyrgos Πύργος 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 Ραφαήλ Greek, Russian
From the given name Rafail.

Rallis Ράλλης 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'.

Rikke English, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Scottish, Irish, Japanese, Korean, Greek, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Yiddish, Spanish, Hebrew, Russian, Arabic, Arabic (Egyptian), Old Celtic, African, Romanian, Serbian, Croatian, Estonian, Slovak, Slovene, Latvian, Portuguese, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Hindi, Persian, Turkish, Swahili
From given name Rikke

Rimenas Greek

Ritsos Greek
The Greek version of the Italian surname Rizzo.

Róhas Ρόχας Greek

Roides Greek

Rokkos Ρόκκος Greek

Romantzas Ρομαντζας 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, or alternatively a variant of Rosso.... [more]

Rousopoulos Greek
Meaning "of Russian descent".

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

Sakellarios Greek
Feminine form is Sakellariou

Sallas Σάλλας 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 Σαλουρος Greek

Saltakoukos Greek

Salti Greek, Armenian

Salvaridis Greek

Samara Σαμαρά Greek
Variant of Samaras.

Sanidis Σανίδης Greek

Santanis Σάντανις Greek

Sarakatsanis Σαρακατσάνης 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 Σαρρής 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 Σάββα Greek (Cypriot)
From the given name Savvas.

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

Savvidis Σαββίδης Greek
Means "son of Savvas".

Scala Italian, Greek
Habitational or topographic name from any of various places named with scala, "ladder", "steps", "wharf".

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

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

Serapin Σεραπίνη 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 Σερβόπουλος 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.

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).

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

Sifakakis Greek

Sifounas Greek

Sikelianos Greek
Means the Sicilian in Greek.

Simonidis Σιμωνιδης Greek
Variant of Simonides.

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

Siopis Σιώπης 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 Σκαλτσογιάννης Greek

Skaramangas Greek

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

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

Soultanopoulos Σουλτανοπούλος 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

Spanos Σπανός Greek
Means "hairless, beardless" in Greek, ultimately from σπάνιος (spanios) meaning "scarce, rare".

Spartalis Greek

Spirou Σπύρου Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Greek Σπύρου (see Spyrou).

Spyriadis Greek

Spyropoulos Greek

Spyrou Σπύρου Greek
Means "son of Spyros".

Stais Στάης Greek

Stamatatos Greek

Stamatelos Greek

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

Stamatopoulos Σταματόπουλος Greek
Means "son of Stamatis".

Stamos Στάμος Greek
Pet form of the given name Stamatis.

Stamou Στάμου Greek
Derived from the given name Stamatis.

Stathakis Greek

Stathopoulos Σταθόπουλος Greek
Means "son of Stathis".

Stavropoulos Σταυρόπουλος Greek
Means "son of Stavros."

Stavrou Σταύρου 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 Στεφανίδης Greek
Variant of Stefanidis.

Stefanidou Στεφανίδου Greek
Feminine transcription of Greek Στεφανίδης (see Stefanidis).

Stefanopoulos Greek
Means "son of Stefan".

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

Stephanopoulos Στεφανόπουλος Greek
Means "son of Stephanos".

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

Stournaras Στουρνάρας Greek

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

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

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

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

Tavoularis Ταβουλάρη Greek
Meaning 'secretary or literary assistant'

Tavros Greek (Cypriot)

Terzakis Greek

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

Thais Greek (Modern)
from the given name Thais, meaning "beloved, bandage"

Thalassis Θαλάσσης Greek (Rare)

Thalassitis Greek

Thanos Greek
From a short form of the personal name Athanasios, literally "immortal". This was the name of several saints venerated in the Greek Orthodox Church, the most important of them being Athanasios the Great (293–373), theologian and patriarch of Alexandria in Egypt.

Thanou Θάνου Greek

Theodoratos Greek

Theodoridis Θεοδωρίδης Greek
Means "son of Theodoros".

Theodoropoulos Θεοδωρόπουλος Greek
Means "son of Theodoros".

Theodorou Θεοδώρου Greek
Means "son of Theodoros".

Theodosiou Θεοδοσίου Greek
Means "son of Theodosios".

Theofanous Θεοφάνους Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Greek Θεοφάνους (see Theophanous).

Theofilakis Θεοφιλάκης Greek

Theofilopoulos Greek

Theofilopoulou Greek

Theologou Θεολόγου Greek (Cypriot, Rare)
Means "son of Theologos".

Theophanous Θεοφάνους Greek (Cypriot)
From the given name Theophanes.

Theotokis Greek

Thymianos Greek

Timotheou Τιμοθέου Greek
Means "son of Timotheos" in Greek.

Tiriliomis τιριλιόμις Greek
Tirilomis is the masc variation, Tiriliomi the fem.

Tombrof Τομπρωφ Greek, South Slavic

Tombros Greek
From the Slavic word (dobr), good, honest.

Tonje Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Italian, Greek, Russian, Polish, Czech, Icelandic, Slovak, Croatian, Nepali, Estonian
From given name Tonje

Toros Greek
From Latin taurus "bull", Greek version of the Italian surname Toro.

Touferis Τουφερής Greek
Greek transcription of Tuffère and Tuffèri.

Triantafyllidis Τριανταφυλλίδης Greek
Means "son of Triantafyllos".

Triantafyllidou Τριανταφυλλίδου Greek
Patronymic from the genitive form of Triantafyllos.

Trikoupis Τρικούπης Greek

Tripiaris Τριπλαρις Greek

Tryfiatis Τρυφλατις Greek

Tsakalis Greek

Tsakiris Τσακίρης Greek
Means "crock" in Greek, a nickname for a feeble person. It could also be derived from the Turkish word çakır meaning "gray eyed" or "blue eyed".

Tsakos Greek
a shortened version of the name Anastasios.

Tsaldaris Greek
Feminine version is Tsaldari

Tsangaris Τσαγγάρης Greek, Greek (Cypriot)
From Greek τσαγκάρης (tsagkáris) meaning “shoemaker”.

Tsaoussis Τσαουσης Greek (Anglicized, Modern, Rare)
From the Greek meaning "peacock"

Tsavalos Greek

Tsavdaridis Greek

Tserkezos Greek
Means the Circassian.

Tsiantos Greek
A shortened version of Alexandros. (Aromanian?)

Tsikalas Greek
The Greek version of the Italian surname Cikala.

Tsiklitiras Τσικλητήρας Greek

Tsimikas Τσιμίκας Greek
Occupational name for a chemist.

Tsitak Greek
God

Tsitas Τσίτας Greek

Tsitsipas Greek

Typaldos Greek

Tzirtzilakis Greek

Tzoudas Greek

Valakakis Μπαλακάκης Greek

Valetsiotis Βαλετσιοτις Greek

Vamkaitis Βαμκαϊτης Greek

Vanesis Greek

Vareli Βαρέλι Greek
Means "barrel" in Greek.

Vasilakis Βασιλάκης Greek
Means "son of Vasilis".

Vasilakos Βασιλάκος Greek
Patronymic from the Greek given name Vasilios and the suffix άκος (-akos) which is particularly associated with the Mani Peninsula in southwestern Peloponnese.

Vasiliou Βασιλείου Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Vassiliou.

Vassilakis Βασιλάκης Greek
Variant of Vasilakis.

Vassiliou Βασιλείου Greek (Cypriot)
Means "son of Vasilios".

Vatatzis Greek
This surname is a diminutive form of the word βάτος, "bramble, briar", perhaps signifying a harsh character. Another possible origin is βατάκι, "ray fish".

Vatistas Greek
From the Latin Batista which means "baptist", originally deriving from Greek βάπτω (bapto) meaning "to dip".

Vavis Βάβης Greek

Veloulis Βελούλης Greek

Venieris Greek
The Greek version of the Venetian surname Venier attested in Kythera, where the Venier family ruled on behalf of the Republic of Venice. Originally is thought that the surname derives from Venus.

Venizelos Βενιζέλος Greek
From the baptismal name Benizelos, which is already in existence since the 16th century in Athens. Uncertain etymology, most likely to be of Italian origin, (Bene + angelo, the good angel, ie Evangelos)... [more]

Ventouras Greek

Vergitsis Greek
From the Greek word for rod (verga).

Versis Βερσής Greek