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Pages in category "Greek masculine given names" The following 141 pages are in this category, out of 141 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Acamas;
The name Marianthi comes from the names Maria which is the name of the Virgin Mary and means Strong, Fertile and from the name Anthi which comes from the Ancient Greek word Anthos which means Flower. In the Church it is heard as two separate names but also as a whole between them.
Pages in category "Greek-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 514 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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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.
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The usual noun and adjective in English is patronymic, but as a noun this exists in free variation alongside patronym. [a] The first part of the word patronym comes from Greek πατήρ patēr 'father' (GEN πατρός patros whence the combining form πατρο- patro-); [3] the second part comes from Greek ὄνυμα onyma, a variant form of ὄνομα onoma 'name'. [4]
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.