Christos Family History

Some characteristic forenames: Greek Constantine, Dinos, Spero.

Greek: from the personal name Christos, which is a short form of Christodoulos ‘servant of Christ’ and Christoforos ‘Christ-bearing’ (see Christopher ). In most cases, however, the surname Christos is an (American) shortened form of patronymics derived from these personal names, such as Christakos , Christodoulakis, Christodoulopoulos, Christoforidis, and Christopoulos , and a shortened form of compound surnames formed with the personal name Christos, as for example Christovasilis ‘Basil, son of Christos’, Christogeorgis ‘George, son of Christos’, Christogiannis ‘John, son of Christos’. Compare Chris 1, Christ 3, and Christo 1.