Given name & surname

Dukakis

Dukakis is a surname from Greek.

Original GreekΔουκάκης

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Dukakis comes from Greek.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Greek Δουκάκης.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Dukakis’s family of names

In English usage, Dukakis as a surname was borrowed from the Greek form Δουκάκης.

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DukakisΔουκάκης

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