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Greek-language female forms of surnames (34 P) Pages in category "Greek-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 511 total.
History. Ancient Greeks generally had a single name, often qualified with a patronymic, a clan or tribe, or a place of origin. Married women were identified by the name of their husbands, not their fathers. Hereditary family names or surnames began to be used by elites in the Byzantine period. Well into the 9th century, they were rare.
Papadopoulos (Greek: Παπαδόπουλος, IPA: [papaˈðopulos]; meaning "son of a priest") is the most common Greek surname. It is used in Greece, Cyprus and countries of the Greek diaspora as well, such as the USA, United Kingdom, Australia and Scandinavian countries. Its female version corresponds to the masculine genitive Papadopoulou ...
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The study of ancient Greek personal names is a branch of onomastics, the study of names, [1] and more specifically of anthroponomastics, the study of names of persons.There are hundreds of thousands and even millions of individuals whose Greek name are on record; they are thus an important resource for any general study of naming, as well as for the study of ancient Greece itself.
As a Greek name, Spiro may also be spelled Spyro.It comes from the Greek Spiros/Spyros/Speros (Greek: Σπύρος, Greek pronunciation:), a shortened form of the archaic-sounding Spyridon (Greek: Σπυρίδων, Greek pronunciation: [spiˈriðon]), which means "basket used to carry seeds" (from σπυρί, grain, seed) in ancient Greek.
Greek-language surnames (1 C, 500 P) Pages in category "Surnames of Greek origin" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total.
Panagakos (Greek: Παναγάκος) is a Greek surname that is commonly derived from Mani, Greece. In Greek, its literal translation means 'front – lead', however the interpretation of the entire surname is 'lead from the front'. There is no record to point to the origins of the surname but, taking into account the definition of the two ...