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date: 14 December 2024

Greek Family Names 

Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names
Author(s):
Nick NicholasNick Nicholas

In antiquity, free male Greeks were identified by a proper name, a patronymic, and sometimes by their tribe or native region. A free married woman was identified by the name of her husband rather than that of her father. For example, an Athenian man might be identified as Sokratēs, the son of Sophroniskos of the deme (district) of Alopēkē, or an Athenian woman as Alkimachē wife of Kallimakhos of Anagyrous. The Roman practice of taking cognomens and surnames (... ...

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