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.
submitted by Jim Comino on 06.04.2007
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] Andrew Comino Wee Waa, wife Georgina, Daughters Maria and ? Theo Comino Merriwa, wife Hazel, daughters Martina ,Narelle, Ellanie, sons Michael, Leslie.
submitted by Vaggeli Contoleon on 22.09.2005
This is the nickname for my mothers family, they are from perlegianika.
submitted by Robert Kass on 10.05.2005
Additional information, which may be of interest to Komninoi, is that all original branches of the family that migrated from the two original Komninos towns of Kythera, that is, Perlegianika & Dourianika, can be traced via their nicknames. I only know of a few. Some of them are: Andretsinis, Bahas, Byzinis, Douris, Koumessos, Midos, Palathros, Palavras, Panayotelis, Psilos, Roussos, Skordilis, Skouzes, Spetsotes, Yalakatos, Yalanis, Yanoufis, and Ynafeas... In approx the 1870's the Spetsostes ...
submitted by Peter Comino on 28.10.2003
Psilos, with the stress on the first "i", means flea. The reason my grandfather Evangelos Comino got the nickname flea was because he was so handy with his hands he could make a bridle for a flea.
submitted by Eleni Malanos on 25.08.2003
Galacatou was the nickname of the family of my maternal grandmother Maria Mavromati (nee Comino). I don't know where it comes from.
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