Christos Family History
Christos Name Meaning
Greek: from the personal name Christos which is a short form of Christodoulos ‘servant of Christ’ and Christoforos ‘Christ-bearing’ (see Christopher ). In most cases however the surname Christos is an (American) shortened form of patronymics derived from these personal names such as Christakos Christodoulakis Christodoulopoulos Christoforidis and Christopoulos and a shortened form of compound surnames formed with the personal name Christos as for example Christovasilis ‘Basil son of Christos’ Christogeorgis ‘George son of Christos’ Christogiannis ‘John son of Christos’. Compare Chris 1 Christ 3 and Christo
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022