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.
My father Nicholas Cassimaty who came from Kato Livathi migrated to Australia in 1922. He had a brother George who lived in New York, Spiro, Emmanuel and Panayioti (who lived in Australia), sisters, Maria Callegeros and...
Jim Samios' (NSW politician) parents were Milton and Constantina. A Samios married to a Samios. On his mothers side, the family parachoukli was "Koupeli" - because his maternal grandfather was a consumate dancer.
Jim Samios' (NSW politician) parents were Milton and Constantina. A Samios married to a Samios. On his fathers side, his grandfather was a trader, operating in Smyrna. His parachoukli derives from that addition to the Tu...
Theothora is the grandmother of Peter Samios (Auburn, born in Moree, 1933). Her parachoukli was "Firopolina". Peter is unsure of the derivation of this parachoukli. Can anyone provide information as to the origin of this...
