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It should only contain pages that are Greek-language female forms of surnames or lists of Greek-language female forms of surnames, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories). Topics about Greek-language female forms of surnames in general should be placed in relevant topic categories.
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 514 total.
Pages in category "Greek feminine given names" The following 125 pages are in this category, out of 125 total. ... Evi (given name) F. Fotini; G. Georgia (name ...
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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. But by the 11th and 12th centuries, elite families often used family names.
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.
Ioannidis or Ioannides (Greek: Ιωαννίδης) is a Greek surname. The female version of the name is Ioannidou or Ioannides. Ioannidis or Ioannides is a patronymic surname which literally means "the son of Ioannis (Yiannis)", thus making it equivalent to English Johnson. Notable people with surname Ioannidis or Ioannides include:
For ease of use, the [i] in front of the last name, and the ending _ve, were dropped. If the last name ends in [a], then removing the [j] would give the name of the patriarch or the place, as in, Grudaj - j = Gruda (place in MM). Otherwise, removing the whole ending [aj] yields the name of founder or place of origin, as in Lekaj - aj = Lek(ë).