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Updated January 26, 2024

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Girl name origins & meanings

  • Greek : Defender

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Family name origins & meanings

  • Greek : probably an Americanized form of a Greek surname sounding something like the English word ‘hero’, for example Irodotou ‘son of Herodotus’, or Khiras ‘son of the widow’.

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