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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 25.02.2005

"Sandamayis" - Sandaman.

Nick Feros from Dorrigo, brought his nephew, Nick Frilingos from Kythera to Australia, under the parachoukli "Sandamayis".

Nick adopted a variation of his parachoukli - Sandaman, as his "Australian" surname.

This story was conveyed to me by Nicks widow, Violet Sandaman.

This is reminiscient of the manner in which the Miller family adopted their parachoukli "Miliotis" as their surname.

People > Nicknames

submitted by George Poulos on 05.11.2004

"Katsavias" - George Proto(Psaltis) - originally from Bingara.

George (Proto)Psaltis

Born in Friligianika, Kythera.(c1900 - c1970s).

Parachoukli - Katsavias

He built a number of buildings in Bingara. The impact of building the Roxy Theatre on the town of Bingara has been chronciled by Kevin Cork in his Ph.D Thesis. [Search internally, under Cork, or Bingara.]

In 1938 he moved to Sydney.
He opened a restaurant at Kings X called the Q Cafe - Q for "quickness", and "quality" and a number of other ...