My Greek Surname? Frangedakis/Fragidakis?
Papadopoulos Means "son of the priest" from the Greek word papas Xanthopoulos Means "son of Xanthos". Xanthos is a Greek name meaning "yellow" or "fair hair" Alexiou Andreou Argyros Chatzi Doxiadis Dranias Fotopoulos Halkias Papadopoulos Papaioannou Papakonstantinou Papandreou Stephanopoulos Vassiliadis Venizelos Xanthis Georgiades i really dont have any favourites,i like my surname,its kinda unusual and i wouldnt like to mention it all the names that ends with -poulos,-idis,-akis,-oglou are the most common and usually the most well sound~ http://www.helleniccomserve.com/surnames...
Papadakis surname origin and meaning?
This surname is from Crete (my place!). It means "son of priest", our priests can marry, and traditionally have large families. It is one of the more common names. And yes, it is popular in the Aegean islands too.
Do most Greeks whose surname ends with the -akis suffix come from crete?
Yes, in Crete the patronymic suffix -akis is found in the surnames of up to 95 percent of the population in some districts according to the information at Dictionary of American Family Names.
What does the last name "Galifianakis" mean?
-akis is the patronymic suffix used in Crete; it’s a diminutive, like most patronymics in Greek surnames are.The surname in Greek is Galifianakis Γαλιφιανάκης or Galyfianakis Γαλυφιανάκης; I see the upsilon surname much more frequently online (except with reference to Zach himself). Galifianos means “from Galifa”; there are references online to a Galifian carnival, ΓΑΛΥΦΙΑΝΟ ΚΑΡΝΑΒΑΛΙ 2012. Galifa in turn is a village in Crete near Iraklio: Γαλίφα Ηρακλείου - Βικιπαίδεια. The village is first mentioned in a census from 1538, and has a current population of 250. The village is spelled with both iota and upsilon.I don’t know the etymology of the village name, but the related adjective γαλίφης “flatterer” comes from the Italian gaglioffo. An Italian name makes sense as Crete was under Venetian rule; not sure why a village would be called “female flatterer” though.
What does Taki mean and why is it a nickname for Petros,?
Hello there, Takis, usually is a like a "nickname" for shortening a name. It can fit to different names and it comes like this: Petros->Petrakis->Takis (Petrakis is the nickname of Petros and its something like "small Peter, it derives from petros and Takis derives from Petrakis) Dimitris-Dimitrakis-Takis etc Names that could become Takis are numerous. Here are some: Anestis,Kostas,Dimitris,Petros,Fotis,P... Another nick similar to Takis is Akis,Sakis,Makis,Gakis For example: Giorgos-Giorgakis-Akis Thanasis-Thanasakis-Sakis Mihalis-Mihalakis-Makis
My Greek Surname? Frangedakis/Fragidakis?
The original spelling is Φραγκιαδάκης: the individual letters spell out as Fragkiadákis - the sound "ng" is always written either as γγ (double g) or γκ (gk) in Greek letters, which might explain the confusion about the original spelling. I found the following in another Forum (Question Club) "Frangiadakis is Greek in origin, the island of Crete in specific. It's actually a very common name there. Crete was the birthplace of Zeus, the supreme god in Greek mythology. The noble surname Frangiadakis means 'Little Frangia' or 'Son of Frangia'. The suffix '-akis' is specific to Crete and is the Cretan equivalent to the '-son' surname suffix (Johnson, Richardson, Robertson, etc.) in English. Frangia refers to the Franks. The Franks were the Germanic tribe of which Charlemagne was king and who lent their name to their kingdom: France. They garrisoned in Greece during the Crusades in their battle with the Muslim hordes of the Ottoman Empire. You have an ancestor who was one of these Frankish nobles that fought bravely to protect Europe from Muslim invaders and reclaim the Holy Land from their clutches" The name Seferoglu (original spelling Seferoğlu) is a very common Turkish surname; the "-oğlu" part of it is a very common suffix meaning "son of", "of the family of" (a bit like Scottish or Irish Mac-, or Spanish -ez); Sefer has several meanings, Journey, occasion, warfare, military campaign, expedition, but I am not sure which - if any - of these meanings applies to the name Seferoğlu. I'll leave the other names for someone else to have a go at, as I am all Greeked and Turkished out....
My Greek Surname? Frangedakis/Fragidakis?
Well there is the word "Φράγκος", it sounds like "Frangos", which is how Greeks(I hate that word) called Italian occupants in the 12th-14th century. Search the word "Franks". There is also the word "φράγκο" plural "φράγκα", it sounds like "frango-franga", which comes from the world "franc", which is French money. It is still used as slang term for the word "money" in Greece. I think in your case it comes from the word "Frangos" (Frank). Hope that helps. "Sefer" is turkish and among other things it means "time" or "route", search for it. "Oglou" is also turkish and it means "son of". Paraska is Americanisation of the female Greek surname "Paraskhou". It comes from the ancient greek verb "παρέχω", sounds like "pareho", and in future tense "παράσχω", sounds like "paraskho", "kh" sounding like the "h" in "behind". It means "to offer" or better "to provide". "Lemonia" means "lemon trea". I couldn't find anything on "Rantou" yet, I'm searching and I'll get back to you if I find something.
Is the English name "Acacia" weird?
One doesn't think of Acacia as a person's name because it is the name of a tree, so in that sense it would be a "weird" English name. I think if you really want to be named after a tree but don't want to have to repeat your name a few times for people to get it right and are not after a unique name, you'd want to consider trees that have become mainstream names like Olive/Olivia, Holly, Hazel and (maybe) Willow. I was going to say it's more common to use the names of flowers for girls but when I really thought about it the most common flower names form a very short list i.e. Daisy, Heather, Iris, Jasmine, Lily, Rose, Violet. In the grand scheme of things, though, Acacia is not the worst name one could give oneself. At least it's a real English word. I prefer this to any of the nonsensical 'English' made-up names.
How different are Cypriot names from their Turkish and Greek counterparts?
Greek Cypriot surnames are often patronymics, formed as the genitives of given names. Surnames are quite region-specific in Greek, so you can tell a Greek Cypriot surname: it's the one *without* a suffix, like -opoulos, -akis, -idis, -ellis, -atos, etc.Greek Cypriots use a few more Ancient names than Greece Greeks, and a lot more Old Testament names. For a truly random sampling, there's the current Cypriot cabinet: Nicos AnastasiadesIoannis KasoulidisHarris GeorgiadesSocratis HasikosChristoforos FokaidesCostas KadisMarios DemetriadesGeorgios LakkotrypisNicos KouyialisZeta EmilianidouIonas NicolaouGeorge PamboridisNikos ChristodoulidesConstantinos PetridesNicolaou is "Nicholas"; that's in fact my surname in Greek. (My father is Cypriot, though I haven't spent much time there.) Most of the other surnames are -ides/-ades, the revived ancient Greek patronymic which also got taken up by Pontic Greeks. Ionas is "Jonah"; you'll be hard-pressed to find anyone in Greece called Jonah. There are some Socrates's in Greece, but I think there are rather more in Cyprus. Btw, Marios (Mario) is more common in Cyprus as a name as well.