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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".

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 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.

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

Sifakakis Greek

Sifounas Greek

Sikelianos Greek
Means the Sicilian in Greek.

Simoglou 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

Spartalis Greek

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

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

Spyriadis Greek

Spyridou Greek

Spyromilio Greek

Spyropoulos Greek

Stais Στάης Greek

Stamatatos Greek

Stamatelos Greek

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

Stamatopoulos Σταματόπουλος Greek
Means "son of Stamatis".

Stamatopoulou Greek

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."

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.

Stefanopoulos Greek
Means "son of Stefan".

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

Stefanoudakis Greek

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.