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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Greek : from the personal name Fotos, a pet form of Fotis (formally Phōtios), a derivative of Greek phōs ‘light’. It may also be shortened form of patronymic surnames based on Fotis, such as Fotopoulos,

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