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Kiki
Kiki is a female Greek name deriving from the name Kiriaki. Kiki is the most common diminutive of Kiriaki, and used to be quite common in the past, when Greek women were using nicknames and diminutives. Today it is not that much in use.
Sound of name Kiki: Kee-keé
Male Version of Kiki: N/A
Nameday of Kiki: July [...]
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Kiriaki or Kyriaki
Kiriaki or Kyriaki is a female Greek name which is still rather common, especially in the Greek mainland or some islands of the Eastern Aegean Sea. Kiriaki is a name which refers to the seventh day of creation, Sunday, since the Greek name for Sunday is Kiriaki (Kyriaki).
Sound of name Kiriaki: Kee-ree-ah-keé
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Kiriakos or Kyriakos
Kiriakos is a male Greek name, the male respective of name Kiriaki. Kiriakos is not a word that means something in Greek, it is a name formed by the female name. Name Kiriakos is alternatively spelled Kyriakos.
Sound of name Kiriakos: Kee-ree-á-kos
Male Version of name Kiriakos: Kiriaki
Nameday of Kiriakos: July 7th
Origin of name Kiriakos – Agia [...]
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Kaiti
Kaiti is a female Greek name, commonly used in the past. It is a nickname deriving from the name Aikaterini, but it’s not very popular nowadays among younger women. You will find, though, many older women named Kaiti.
Name Kaiti is the Greek respective of name Katie in English.
Sound of name Kaiti: Ké – tee
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Katina
Katina is a female Greek name, deriving from the main name Aikaterini. Katina used to be more common in the past, but it was somehow associated with some negative characteristics of a nosey, all into gossip woman, and took a completely negative nuance. In some cases, when you want to refer to a woman who [...]
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Katia
Katia is a female name in Greece, deriving from the name Ekaterini or Aikaterini. It is a common name in Greece, although its roots come from the Slavic languages and more particularly the Russian language, where it is spelled slightly differently, Katya.
Sound of name Katia: Ka’-tia
Male version of name Katia: N/A
Nameday of name Katia: November [...]
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Konstantina
Konstantina is a female Greek name, the respective version of name Konstantinos, which is much more common in this male version. Konstantina is a word-name whose origins can be found in the latin word constans, which means constant.
Sound of name Konstantina: Kon-sta-nti’-na
Male version of name Konstantina: Konstantinos
Nameday of name Konstantina: 21st of May
Origin of name [...]
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Katerina
Katerina is a common Greek female name, deriving from the name Ekaterini. The history and etymology of the name is a subject of debate, as there are several options: The most common and popular is that name Katerina comes from the ancient Greek word katharsis which means “to purge” and “to cleanse”. According to other [...]
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Kostas
Kostas is a male Greek name, one of the most common names given to Greek men. It is the most common nickname deriving from the name Konstantinos (Constantine) and it comes from the Latin word “constans” meaning constant and steadfast.
Sound of name Kostas: Ko’-stas
Nameday of Name Kostas: May 21st
Female version of name Kostas: Konstantina
Origin of [...]