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Unusual Cypriot name,s male/female
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2019 10:42 am
by memory man
I know many Cypriots with names such as.............
Andreas, Costas, Nicholas, Giorgos, Panayiotis, Dimos, Christina,
Georgia. Maria, Elena, Katerina, and several more.
BUT,
I only know 1 of each of these.................
Evdokias, Kleopatra, Olympiada & David.
All are Cypriot whom I know well.
Are there any more unusual names?
Re: Unusual Cypriot name,s male/female
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2019 11:12 am
by manxie
Byron ,efftokis, jourdani,lazerus you find a lot of the older generation have biblical names one that makes me smile is nickname for giorgos is kokos or koko not sure if spelling correctly, Daphne crysanthe ,cryssouls Odysseus lots of ladies named after flowers
Re: Unusual Cypriot name,s male/female
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2019 11:27 am
by WHL
The guy in the periptero is called Iraklis, ( Hercules)... My wife's hairdresser is Cleopatra , .... Cleopatra was of Greek heritage, and Cyprus was under her rule at one time.
Re: Unusual Cypriot name,s male/female
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2019 8:18 am
by PW in Polemi
Androula
Stamatis (which gives me a wry smile because "stammata" means "stop"
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Re: Unusual Cypriot name,s male/female
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2019 8:53 am
by cyprusmax47
PW in Polemi wrote: ↑Thu Aug 08, 2019 8:18 am
Stamatis (which gives me a wry smile because "stammata" means "stop"
)
it also means: shut up!
Max
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