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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Greek : from a short form of the personal name Polychronis, Polychronios, an omen name meaning ‘(may he be) long lived’ (from poly ‘much’, ‘many’ + chronos ‘time’, ‘year’).

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