Nicknames / Hora

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.

People > Nicknames

submitted by Spyro Calocerinos on 19.02.2005

Valentis -Calocerinos(Kalokairinos)-

The name is a very old Kytherian name and at one stage all the residents in Alexandrades were named Kalokairinos (according to Kytherian Surnames by Emmanuel Kalligeros). Our family's parachoukli is VALENTIS and goes back a long time. My grandfather Yiannis Kalokairinos was born in Alexandrades but moved to Hora after my father was born. Our family is the only VALENTIS Kalokairinos in Hora.