Posted by Sotirios Tourtounis --Previous Message--
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on 8/28/2007, 5:33 pm, in reply to "Re: Greek Surname"
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Despinidis ia greek surname very common in greece-it comes from the greek adjective despina which is used to described the holy presence of Virgin Mary!
The suffix -idis is for the greek population lived in greek communities to the Minor Asia (today West Turkey).
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: Hey,
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: My surname is Despinidis, or Despinidic, i
: believe it orioganlly derived from the name
: "georgic".... am interested if
: anyone has heard of this name before? Please
: email me if so.. or if anyone has this last
: name.. i have not been able to find many ppl
: and it is most likey that we are all
: related.
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: Thanks
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: JD
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