Given name & surname · Greek
Χριστάκης
Χριστάκης (Christákis) is a masculine given name. It is used in Greek.
GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Christákis.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Χριστάκης is a diminutive of Χρίστος. Χρίστος comes from Byzantine Greek, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
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How it developed
In Greek usage, Χριστάκης is a diminutive of Χρίστος. In Greek usage, Χριστάκης is a diminutive of Χρηστάκης.
Χριστάκης’s family of names
In Aromanian usage, Χριστάκης has a diminutive in HRISTA. In Greek usage, Χριστάκης has a conventional equivalent in KRISTAQ. In Greek usage, Χριστάκης is a diminutive of Χρίστος.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Χριστάκης has relatives in 5 languages.
9 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Chrisequivalent
- Christosequivalent
- Hristacheborrowing · Romanian
- Cristacheborrowing · Romanian
- Τάκηςequivalent
- Takisequivalent
- Χρήστοςequivalent
- Hristachiroa-rup
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People named Χριστάκης
- Stephanos of TallinnEastern Orthodox metropolitan (born 1940)
- Christakis ZografosOttoman empire banker1820–1898
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