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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Greek : patronymic from the Greek personal name Khristos (see Christos). The common Greek patronymic suffix -poulos is derived from Latin pullus ‘chick’, ‘nestling’; it is found mainly in the Peloponnese.

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