Because Kythera was settled in such a way that a few dozen original families spawned the majority of present-day Kytherians, almost every branch of every family had a "nickname" to distinguish it from that of others with the same surname.
The nicknames were sometimes simply the genitive form of a christian name (e.g. "Dimitrelou") or derived from the profession of an ancestor (e.g. "Miliotis" = "Miller") or even describe a physical attribute (e.g. "Koutsaftis" or "Tarzan").
This is the section of the website where you can view the island's nicknames and read about which surnames they are associated with and hopefully where they came from as well.
You can submit to the section by clicking on add to nicknames at the top right.
The nickname “Kaponas” is often found appended to the family name of the Megalokonomos family of Agia Pelagia. The followng is the story of how that came about was related to me by Polychronis Paloyannidis in 2022. Anton...
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"Delei" - Harris / Bambakaris / Vamvakaris - Vamvakarathika
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mpotolis-my grandfather evagelos mavrogiorgis had this nickname,i dont know the reason but all the family in caravas they call us mpotolis-mpotolina-and mpotolakia,if u can find something please inform me to let me know,...
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Kanellis is my grandfather's Nickname He was from the island Elafonisos, married and Olga Georgeopoulos (a widow ) from Karavas He was well known for his bouzouki playing and lived in Karavas till his death
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[[picture:"P7110393 - Small.JPG" ID:18463]] The nickname Xeros refers to a part of the Kasimatis family that lived in Skoulianika. In the past, that area was named Katouni, due to an area nearby called Omonimis. The chur...
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The paratsoukli 'Mavros' has been a part of my family for at least 4 generations. My paternal great-grandfather was known as 'mavronikolaki'. I'm not sure whether the Mavros paratsoukli stuck after a stroke of bad luck (...
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My mothers maiden name was Trifyllis. She came from a small area outside Trifillianika called Trevethianika. Her family paritsookli was Litathoros.
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This is a document that I have posted on behalf of Manuel Samios
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I was talking to one of my relatives who was born and raised in Kythera and she was saying that my Grandfather's nickname was :Fotogannis" Not Boukiouros as I previously thought. I am not sure now which one is correct??...
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All Greeks whose names have been altered from their orginal Greek name, for what ever reason may fairly claim to have this nickname. 'Σκουλανδρις' aka Peter McCarthy Ινβερελλ Αυστραλια
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One of my uncles told me that one of the reasons we have the "trelos" nickname was because there is a "disease" in the family which turns siblings against each other once the parents have died (sounds like a world-wide t...
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The "paratsukli" of the descendants of Efrocene Venardos (1830-1935) and Haralambos Chlentzos from Christoforianika was "Yiortomelis" We don't know the origin of this nickname and would appreciate information that others...
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My maternal grandfather came from Aroniadika and was called Emmanuel Bey because his father had the carriage of a Turkish ruler whose title was "bey". His real parachoulki was Moustakas. He married Gariflayia Mastroyiann...
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Valentis - Kalokerinos, Yianni and Kyriaki (Parents of Petros, Maria, Dimitris, Valerios and Kaity (Katerina))
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Mary Andrew Theodore Palavros Comino mother Malamatania, Father Minas Comino Perligianika Kythera Marys children, Anna Coronios, Scone, Helen Coronios, Kensington, Victor Mavramatis, Perliggianika Kythera [deceased] Andr...
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Generally credited as being the first Greek to migrate to South Australia in 1842, Georgios Tramountanas showed true pioneering spirit when he moved to the sparsely-populated Eyre Peninsula in the late 1850s. According t...
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A comprehensive list of 105 names from the town of Karavas, Kythera - with paratsouklia (nicknames). KARAVITIKA PARATSOKULIA excel.xls This list has been collated over many years. Photograph of Poulaki, with wife Aliki,...
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From, Catching the Dying Light of Kythera, The Monthly Chronicle, Sydney, Vol 2, No 3, May/June, 1996. pp, 22-23 MICHAEL GEORGE SMITH talks to photographer JAMES PRINEAS about his 1996 exhibition of photographs at the Bo...
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