Southern Italian names of Greek origin - Society for Creative Anachronism
[Pages:17]Southern Italian Names Of Greek Origin
by Maridonna Benvenuti
? Andrea L. Hicks, 2001, 2014. All rights reserved
Introduction
Southern Italy, which was called Megale Hellas, and Sicily were colonized by the ancient Greeks; one colony North of Naples as far back as c. 750 B.C. The Greeks brought both the Ionian and Dorian dialects with them. Large areas of Greek speakers in Calabria, Apulia, Lucania and Sicily were still around at the end of the Late Middle Ages. There were a few, small areas that remained Greek speaking after the Renaissance era. The near extinct, surviving language of the Greeks in Italy is known as Griko.
These 200+ names were extracted from Gerhard Rohlfs' Dizionario dei Cognomi e Soprannomi in Calabria. A majority of the names in the book are from the three provinces of Calabria: Cosenza, Catanzaro and Reggio-Calabria. Names from other southern regions of Italy, Apulia, Basilicata, Campania and Sicily are also present. The dates of this group of Greek or Greek-derived names range from the 8th to 17th Centuries; most are from the 11th through the 13th centuries.
Spelling and Arrangement
Two special transliteration letters are used: ? = eta, & ? = omega. There are two lists: given names and by-names and include a transliteration. These names are taken from the Table of Names which follows the two groups of given names.
A Greek alpha table can be found here:
Abbreviations and symbols
anc. = ancient ant. = antique, old Byz. = Byzantine Bov. = Bovese C. / c. = century Cal. = Calabrisi, Calabria Cf. = compare CS = Cosenza, province CZ = Catanzaro, province cog. = cognomen com. = comune dial. = dialect dim. = diminutive F = feminine fam. = family GC = Girolamo Caracausi, headwords. gen. - genitive
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Gr. = Greek, Greece hypo. = hypocorism is. = island LGPN = Lexicon of Greek Personal Names Vol. IIIA L. = Latin Lay = Hicks, A. Names of Lay Proprietors in Thessaloniki and Strymon Lid. = Liddell & Scott Greek-English Lexicon, 1883 loc. = location M = masculine mod. = modern orig. = originally, origin PBW = Prosopography of the Byzantine World. PSk = Patricia Skinner, "And Her Name Was...?" Poss. = possibly Sic. =Sicily, Sicilian Syl. = Syllabus graecarum membranarum... top. = toponym tran. = transliteration * = Connection of headword & attested name is Rohlfs' conjecture. [ ] = this author's additions.
Given Names. See page 6, Table of Names, Notes, for more information.
The list is arranged alphabetically with date. Greek Spellings end the list. There was one feminine given name which occurred twice, (Kal?), and Melis F & M.
Aleco
1619
Alexandros
1256
Arkadios
1188
Bartholomaios
1267
Basileios
11 C, 1229
Basilios
1115,1141,1167,1233
Costantino
1139
Epraxis (Eupraxios) Anc.
Eudokimos
1026
Georgios
11 C
Gregorios
1145,1180,1188,1257, 1271
Grigorios
1097
Ioannis
1257
Joannes
1166,1181,1211
Joannis
11 C,12 C, 1131, 1145, 1180,1198,1213, 1232, 1269
Kakuris
1228
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Konstantinos
Konstas Leon
Markos Melis Michael Nikandros, hagios Nikephoros Nikodemos Nikolaos
Pankallos Petros Philippos
11 C,1034,1095,1099, 1115
1097,12 C, 1180,1232 11 C, 1095, 12 C, 1154, 1172, 1179, 1180, 1189, 1194, 1198, 1204, 1242, 1243, 1273
1256 1196 1167 1176 1188 11 C 1050, 1099, 12 C,1106, 1126, 1145, 1159, 1181, 1195, 1211, 1238,1243, 1273,1335
12 C 12 C ,1203, 1211, 1223
1076, 1188,1251,1264
Theodoros Theodotos Thyrsos Vasilios Vitalis [Basileios]
1192 1095 1141 1145 1134 12 C, 1179
1141
[Gl?gorios] [Kal?] ? [Kl?m?s] [Matthaios] [Nik?phoros] [Petros]
1141,1148 11 C 1200
12 C
1165
By-names. See page 6, Table of Names, Notes, for more information.
The list is arranged alphabetically with date. Greek Spellings end the list. Rohlfs added (figlio di) `son of' and (nipotino di) `grandson of' for clarity in some names.
Agrimi Aleco Siviglia [sic] Alektorakis Anania Aniketos Antelia Antilias Apelatis Arcumannos Argyros Arkudios Arkudios Orophylax Askimitzi Atzupos Bantophoros Barbaras Baropodos Barsakios Baslis, -li [sic] Berberis Blammenos Blefari Blepharos Calamita Camarotos Chalkophurnis
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12 C 1619 1099 1628 1123,1180 12 C 11 C 11 C 1077 1180 1095 1110 1185 1213, 1271 11 C 1243 1188 1101 12 C 11 C 12 C 1325 12 C 1572 1050 11 C
Chandakaris
1238
Chiroboskos
12 C
Chrysaphis
1256
Chryselias
1192
Chrysios
11 C
Chrysis
1145
Ciminus (Kuminos)
1211
Ciriaco
1424
Crebattades
1268
Crimata | Chrimatas [sic]
11 C
Damalinos
11 C
Daphnianos
11 C (2)
Dardanos
1130
Dattilo
1550
Diakos
1099
Dibulis
11 C
Punga, dominus
1260
Drongaris
1095,1267
Ejiris () [sic]
11 C
Eraklis
1181
Erebinthios
1121
Furnari
1555
Galatos
1198
Gerokomos (Gerokomios)[sic] 1050
Glaukia
1179
Grikos
1131
Gudilis Gulli Gunnaris Halkeos Ilio Jerakaris Kalabritos Kalabro Kalabros Kalanna Kalannas Kalaphatis Kalistos Kalogeritzis Kalokyris Kamateros Kannabaris Kapulos Karamallos Kardopatos Katasteros Keramidas Kiminos (?) [sic] Klimi Klisuriatis Kokkalos Kombos Kondilos Kondoleon Kondolukas Kondonikitas Kondonikolaos Kondopetros Kondos Koniatis Kontaratos Kordellis Kosmas Kostas Kotzopodos Kremastos Krommida
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1232 1635 1242 11 C 1428 1141 1232 1264 1335 12 C 12 C 1249 11 C 1097 11 C 11 C 11 C 11 C 1095, 1115 1229 11 C 1189 1159 1243 11 C 1192 11 C 1145 1213 1145 11 C 1211 11 C 11 C, 1198 11 C 1204 11 C 11 C 1181 1188 1223 1126
Kuboklisis Kullurdis Kulluriatos Kunduri Kyriakos Kyriampelos Kyritsis Lachanos Lagodaris Lazaros Leandros Leucos Ligros Livas Logoteta Lucanios Majiros Makris Mandakis Mandile Mandilis Mandilo Marraba Matzukos Mavroleon Mazaris Melachrinos Neophotistis Nikandros Nikitis Nikos Nomiksis Pangalos Pankallos Pannakios Peristerena Phagas Pherpheros Phlebotomos Phoka Photios Phukas
1026 12 C 12 C 11 C 11 C 11 C 1283 1211 1257 1200 1257 1180 1233 1097 1335, 1427 11 C 1147 12 C 1167 1606 1213 1139 1631 1233 1172 1180 12 C 1198 1257 1213 1269 1228 1099 1099 1251 12 C 1050 1180 1195 1188 11 C 1154
Phukas Pilokalos Piloplastos Prikones Protokarabos Putera Pyrias Rabda (Ravda) Raptis Rhegites Riginos Romanitzi Romano Sakkas, (il) [sic] Salasis Saluphas Sambatakis Sarafi Sarantaris Sarlo Scupellites Sergios Sguro Sguros Sguros, lo Sikelos Silotaki Skandalis Skepastos Skepestos Skyimmenos Sphondilos Staphida Staropullos Stavrakis Strati Stravotos
11 C 1132 1256 11 C 1194 1516 12 C 1159 1194, 1273 1198 1264 1193 1559 12 C 1188 11 C 1243 1188 11 C 1591 1166 11 C 1625 11 C, 1115 1076 11 C, 1095 1145 1034 1145 1243 12 C 1188 1303 1271 1203 1567 1106
Theophanis
1097
Theoprepii
1613
Theoprepis
1273
Trapezaki
1196
Tripodis
1053
Tzangaris
1196
Tzokalas
1203
Varopodos
1188
Xanthos
1273
Zangaropollos
1133
[Adk?tinos]
1121
[Ask?tinos]
1148, 1188
[Bareis]
11 C
[Boutanos]
1141
[Glauk?]
1050
[Kannatas]
11 C
K [Karakl?s]
1181
[Katanagk?s] 1095
[K?roulas]
11 C
, (figlio di ) [sic] [Kikere]
1134
? [Kl?m?s]
1243
[Koddena] [F]
1052
11 C
[Konddobas?lis]
[Kontarat?s] 1122
[ kouke]
8 C
[ Kr?nit?s]
11 C
[o Kong?s]
12 C
[ o Maleinos] 1167
[o Charos]
12 C
[tou chelanar?] 1050
[t?s Karas]
1165
? [Chl?m?s]
11 C
[Chr?s?l??s] 11 C
[Ch?los]
11 C
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NOTES for the Table of Names: Only Greek and Greek-derived transliterations in the given
name and byname/surname fields are italicized, e.g. Lagodaris. Given names and byname/surnames spelled in Greek, e.g., are not italicized. Names, words & their origins are in Greek or transliterated with accents removed. Many headwords are modern Italian and have been normalized.
Several names were found at the PBW website but space constraints does not allow me to present the full citation information. A name could be a given, 2nd, location and/or occupation. The list is arranged first by century, then by alpha of the headword. You will find Greek K names among names beginning with C and V among the B names.
Table of Names by century
C. Given Surame / Byname Gen Date Headword
Name
der
Notes
Ant. Epraxis (Eupraxios)
08 C
11 C
Alektorakis
11 C
Antilias
11 C
Apelatis
11 C
Arcumanos
11 C
Arkudios
11 C
Bantophoros
11 C
11 C Leon (figlio Basileios di) [sic]
11 C Joannis Berberis
11 C
Camarotos
11 C
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Chalkophurnis
M Ant. Epraxis
Gr. name:
(Eupraxios) [LGPN: ]
8 C Cuce
Gr.: in an 8th C papyrus. [GC:fava]
1099 Alektorakis Dim. of Gr. t/ rooster [little rooster]
11 C Antlia
Cf. Gr. word: / reflection of the sun. [Cf. Lid.: opposite the sun.]
11 C Apelatis
Gr. word: /bandit.[Cf. PBW ]
1077 Arcumannus From Gr. cog. Arkumanis.
1095 Arcudi
Cf. Arkudios. Arkudis is Gr. cog.: / bear-cub. [GC.] [Cf. Lid.: a bear]
11 C Bantophoros Byz, Gr. word: / standard-bearer.
11 C Vari
Cf. Gr.: [heavy] [Cf. PBW]
M 11 C Vasile
Leon (son of) Basileios. Basilis (Vasilis) is a Gr. cog. [PBW; Lay] [LGPN: & ]
M 11 C Berberis
Cf. Berberis a Gr. cog. [LGPN: ; Cf. PBW; Lay: Ioannes]
1050 Camarotos
Cf. Kammartos a Gr. cog. Gr: ?? done at once, proud. [GC; PBW ] [Cf. Lid. ? vaulted, arched]
11 C Chalkophurni From the Gr. *-
s
'/copper oven or
furnace.[PBW]
11 C
Crimata | Chrimatas
[sic]
11 C
Chrysios
11 C
Damalinos
11 C
Daphnianos
11 C
Daphnianos
11 C Nikolaos Diakos (figlio di) [sic]
11 C
Dibulis
11 C Eudokimos (figlio di) Kuboklisis
11 C Theodotos Drongaris (nipotino di) [sic]
11 C
Ejiris ()
11 C
Gerokomos
(Gerokomios)[sic]
11 C
11 C
Halkeos
11 C
Kalistos
11 C
Kalokyris
11 C Grigorios Kalogeritzis
11 C
Kamateros
11 C 11 C
11 C 11 C
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Kannabaris
Kapulos Karamalos
11 C *Crimata 11 C Chrysios
11 C Damalinos 11C Daphnianos 11C *Dafniano M 1099 Diaco
11 C Dibulis M 1026 Docimo
M 1095 Drongaris
11 C Ejiris
1050 Gerokomos 1050 Glaukia
11 C Halkeos 11 C Calisto 11 C Kalokyris M 1097 Kalogeritzis
11 C Kamateros
11 C Kannabaris 11 C Cannata 11 C Kapulos 1095 *Caramallo
?? is a cog. from Pireo, Gr.
Gr.: is a Gr. cog. [Cf. Lid. , , a small isle near Lemnos] [GC]
Cf. Damalas, a Gr. cog. Gr.: ? / heifer.
Daphnianos, ant. Gr. name of a person. [PBW]
Cf. Daphnianos. Orig. from a loc. Dafni; Cf. a top. in Gr. [PBW]
[LGPN:; PBW; Lay] Gr. word: . Gr. di?kos / deacon. [PBW; GC]
Cf. to Gr. word: /doubt.
Gr: Eudokimos (figlio di) Kuboklisis; Gr. dokimos / approved of, estimated. [PBW; LGPN:Eudokimos]
[PBW; LGPN: ] From Gr. word: / group commander. Theodotos (grandson of) Drongaris.
Gr.: - in a doc. of Reggio.[This is a Gr. word `raises', barracade.]
Cf. Gr.: ? / sexton.[Lid. One who takes charge of the temple.]
Gr.: in a doc. of Reggio.[Lid. Poss. meaning gleaming, gray] [LGPN3A as a f. given]
Gr. word: ? / smith, maker. [PBW]
Gr. / best, perfect. Callisto in Sic. [GC ?Callisti]
Gr. word: ? ? / good Sir.[PBW]
Cf. Caloirizzi. Gr. .[PBW; Cf. LGPN: ]
Gr. word: ?? [Cf. Lid.?? ? toilsome, troublesome] [PBW]
Gr.: a Gr. cog.
Gr. vernacular, /maker of clay vessels.
Cf. Kapulas a Gr. cog.
Karamalis is Gr. cog. An ant. cog. in Cal.[PBW]
11 C
11 C Nikolaos
11 C
11 C
11 C
Klisuriatis
11 C
Kombos
11 C
11 C
11 C
Kondonikitas
11 C
Kondopetros
11 C
Kondos
11 C Nikodemos Kondos
11 C Georgios Koniatis
11 C
Kordellis
11 C
Kosmas
11 C
?
11 C
11 C
11 C
Kunduri
11 C
Kyriakos
11 C
Kyriampelos
11 C Konstas Livas
11 C 11 C ?
Lukianos Muletzis, il
11 C
Nikitas
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M 1095 *Catananci Gr.: , an astrologer in Athens [PBW]
M 1050 *Chelandari [LGPN: ; PBW; Lay] Gr.:
11 C Chirulas
Gr.: .
11 C H o los ()
Gr. / lame.
11 C Klisuriatis Gr. word: / closing. Possibly an estate name.
11 C Kombos
Gr. kombos / nodes
F 1052 *Condena
Gr.: , a name of a woman. [Cf. GC. - Condina]
11 C *Condovasilli Gr.: . [The short Bas?lis. Cf. Condoleo, short Leo]
M 11 C Kondonikitas The short Nikitas. [Cf. Condoleo, short Leo]
M 1095 *Condopetro Peter the short. [Cf. Condoleo, short Leo]
11 C Condo
Kondos is a Gr. cog. Kondos/short. [GC-Condo; PBW]
M 11 C Condo
Kondos is a Gr. cog. Kondos/short. [LGPN: ?; PBW][GCCondo; PBW]
M 11 C Koniatis
Cf. Gr. word: / plasterer. [PBW; Lay]
11 C *Cordelli Kordellis is Gr. cog.
11 C Cosma
Gr.: ? is a Gr. cog. [GC; PBW; Lay]
11 C Crimi
Gr.:?. Klimis is a Gr. cog. [GC]
11 C Criniti
Cf. Gr.: / of the font or source. [GC]
11 C *Crisilio
is a Gr. cog.
11 C Kunduri
Kunduri is a fam. name. K?nduros is a cog. in Crete. Gr. konduros / of truncated tail [bobtail].
11 C Ciriaco
Gr. Kyriakos. [Byname: GC; PBW]
11 C *Ciriampelo Cf. Gr.: Kyriampelos. Poss. Gr. ? ? [sic]
M 1097 Livas
Livas is a Gr. cog. From this fam. comes the name of Olivadi, comune in CZ. [PBW]
11 C Luciano
Lukianos is a Gr. cog. [PBW]
M 11 C Muletzis
[LGPN: ?; PBW] Trans. Kl?m?s.
1053 Nicita
Nikitas is a Gr. cog. [Cf. LGPN
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