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.
We wish to know the meaning and derivation of this nickname associated with the Fatseas family from which we are descended. Peter and Deanna(nee Psaros/Phacheas) Makarthis See Theodore G.Fatseas in Kythera Cultural Assoc...
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Parachoukalia arise to help differentiate people within a town or island from one another. In a town like Karavas, for example, there may have been 6-7 George Tzortopoulos's living in the village at one time. A system ha...
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Theothosios Souris, had the parachoukli - "o Layos" - "the hare". He married Kanella Vernardos. A photo of Theo can be viewed in the Photography Diaspora - Cafes, Shops and Cinemas section. Alternatively search "Souris"...
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The parachoukli for Dimitri Tzortzopoulos - village of origin, Karavas - who may have been the same Dimitri Tzortzopoulos of Roxy Cafe, Katoomba fame - was "Tsimboukas". I am unaware how the nickname originated. Again, p...
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My father James (Dimitrios) and his younger brother Peter owned the "Niagara" cafe in Katoomba, NSW, during the heyday of the Blue Mountains. Our nickname is Katharos (the clean one!). Even though this appears self expla...
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A second Tzortzopoulos family with the nickname Sihanouli is that of Mr George Tzortzopoulos, who settled in the Blue Mountains district of Sydney. George married Elenie Zantiotis, and she is still alive (March 2004) - a...
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My Nono - Peter Poulos - was born in Karavas, Kythera - and lived his early life in the house above the Church of Ayios Haralambos - at the end of the "murmaro". Upon emigrating to Australia, he lived in Canberra, where...
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The father of John Poulos of Bondi, worked for many years in a cafe in Orange, NSW. His family nickname was "Katsovitha" -"screw". One version as to how the parachoukli derived was that an ancestor was constantly changin...
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The family nick-name of John Poulos, more recently of Karavas, and of Jim Poulos of Sydney is Sihanouli. The derivation of this nickname which was related to me during my last visit to Kythera was that a male ancestor us...
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Peter Poulos, father of Lacky Poulos, of La Nita Liquor fame - had the nickname Papayogigi because he father was a priest.
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The nickname of the Tzortopoulos family - descendants of Minas and Panayoti Tzortzopoulos was/is "Kapetanios". Minas who lived in Molong, NSW, was held in great respect. When he was not being called "Burr-ba", he was kno...
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My Grandfather - Yeoryios Dimitrios Tzortzopoulos` - George James Poulos - was born in Karavas Kythera in the 1860's. His nickname was "Hlihlis". It is a commonly held family myth amongst his descendants - which includes...
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My Grandfather - Yeoryios Dimitrios Tzortzopoulos` - George James Poulos - was born in Karavas Kythera in the 1860's. His nickname was "Hlihlis". It is a commonly held family myth amongst his descendants - which includes...
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My great-grandfather, on my maternal side -Theothosios Coroneos - was also called Belos - the beautiful. Most of the Belos Coroneii, such as those in Australia of Optometry, Internet Assocation, and Travel Agency fame de...
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"Melosofaou" - or "honey-eater" - is also the nickname of the family of Mr James Coroneos, esteemed educator and publisher, past President of the Kytherian Asociation of Australia, and current President of the Karavitiko...
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My late grandfather, Georgios Aronis, who had an oyster saloon in Young in NSW in the early 1900's, changed his surname to Camaris meaning in Greek "well admired" - ie na kamaronis.
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"Katina" Coroneos family from Karavas. Katina Coroneos married Efstrathios Glytsos in Australia. ...shop in Kygolge NSW for many years ...had a son, Con & daughter Sylvia & I'm Con's son. A cousin of mine last year was i...
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