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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.


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submitted by George Poulos on 16.05.2004

"Arapianous" - Coroneos's from Prongi.

Paul Coroneos's submission, from the Guest Book.

Paul Coroneos - Garland, Texas

Family village of origin: Prongi

My father Panagiotis left Kythera, so many years ago and was never forunate to return. I however have visited, and will do so again, and more often.

Our family is of the "Arapianous". we go back to a Ioannis and Nikos Koronaios who were reputed to have arrived from Koroni on an Arab slave ship. Their father must have ...