Given name & surname
Christakis
Christakis is used as a given name and a surname.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Christakis is a romanization of Χρηστάκης. Χρηστάκης is a diminutive of Χρήστος. Χρήστος comes from Byzantine Greek, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Explained through its name family
Christakis’s family of names
In Greek usage, Christakis is a transliteration of Χρηστάκης. In Greek usage, Christakis is a transliteration of Χριστάκης.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Christakis
- Stephanos of TallinnEastern Orthodox metropolitan (born 1940)
- Christakis ZografosOttoman empire banker1820–1898
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