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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Greek : from the personal name Phlōros ‘green’ (from classical Greek khlōros), or a nickname from the same word in the sense ‘greenfinch’. In some cases it may also be a shortened form of a derivative of this name, such as Phloropoulos.

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