as a Last Name
- 853
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Stavros
Meaning & Origins
Greek: from a Christian personal name based on the vocabulary word stavros ‘cross’ (classical Greek stauros), originally meaning ‘stake’. The adoption of the word as a personal name is associated with the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (September 14) in the Eastern Church, commemorating Emperor Heraclius’ recovery of the Holy Cross from the Persians in 630.
| 26,580th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 853
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Massachusetts
- has the most people named Stavros per capita
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