Stavros (name)

Stavros

Gender	Masculine
Language	Greek
Name day	14 September
Other gender
Feminine	Stavroula
Origin
Meaning	Christian cross
Other names
Variant form	Stavriani
Derived	σταυρóς 'The Cross'

Stavros ([ˈstavros], Greek Σταύρος) is a Greek name. It comes from σταυρóς, the Christian cross, distinguished from it by having the accent on the first syllable (cf. Christos). It was adopted as a name commemorating the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.

Unlike other names of Greek origin (Alexander, Nicholas, Peter, Stephen) that have been adopted widely, Stavros as a given name is largely confined to Greeks.

Female versions of the name are Stavroula (much more common) and Stavriani (rare).

The nominative form Stavros is not used as a surname in Greek, but is sometimes found as a shortened form of, e.g., Stavropoulos, outside of Greece. The patronymic, in the genitive form Stavrou, is commonly found as a surname.

In English, Stavros is sometimes anglicised as Steve, which actually is the English form of the Greek name Stephanos.

Given name

• Stavros Arnaoutakis (born 1956), Greek and European politician
• Stavros Diamantopoulos (born 1947), Greek footballer
• Stavros Dimas (born 1941), Greek and European politician
• Stavros Ditsios (born 1978), Greek visual artist
• Stavros Foukaris (born 1975), Cypriot footballer
• Stavros Georgiou (born 1972), Greek footballer
• Stavros Giannopoulos (born 1961), Greek water polo player
• Stavros Glouftsis (born 1981), Greek footballer
• Stavros Halkias (born 1989), American comedian
• Stavros Karampelas (born 1973), Greek politician
• Stavros Katsanevas (1953–2022), Greek astroparticle physicist
• Stavros Kazantzidis, Australian writer, director and producer
• Stavros Kontonis (born 1963), Greek lawyer and politician
• Stavros Konstantinou (born 1984), Cypriot singer
• Stavros Kostopoulos (1900–1968), Greek banker and politician
• Stavros Kouyioumtzis (1932–2005), Greek music composer
• Stavros V. Kyriakides (born 1971), Cypriot businessman
• Stavros Labrakis (born 1970), Greek footballer
• Stavros Labriakos (born 1975), Greek footballer
• Stavros Lambrinidis (born 1962), Greek and EU politician
• Stavros G. Livanos (1891–1963), Greek shipping magnate
• Stavros Malas (born 1967), Cypriot politician
• Stavros Mendros, American politician
• Stavros Michaelides (born 1970), Cypriot swimmer
• Stavros Michalakakos (born 1987), Cypriot singer
• Stavros Niarchos (1909–1996), Greek shipping magnate
• Stavros Papastavrou (born 1967), Greek politician
• Stavros Paravas (1935–2008), Greek actor
• Stavros Paskaris (born 1984), American ice hockey player
• Stavros Petavrakis (born 1992, Greek footballer
• Stavros Rigas (died 1921), nom de guerre "Kapetan Kavodoros", officer of the Hellenic Army
• Stavros Sarafis (1950–2022), Greek football player
• Stavros Schizas (born 1989), Greek basketball player
• Stavros Stathakis (born 1987), Greek footballer
• Stavros Theodorakis (born 1963), Greek journalist and politician
• Stavros Thomadakis, Greek economist
• Stavros Toutziarakis (born 1987), Greek basketball player
• Stavros Tsoukalas (born 1988), Greek footballer
• Stavros Tziortziopoulos (born 1978), Greek footballer
• Stavros Tziortzis (born 1948), Cypriot former athlete
• Stavros Vasilantonopoulos (born 1992), Greek footballer
• Stavros Vavouris (1925–2008), Greek poet
• Stavros Xarchakos (born 1939), Greek composer
• Stavros Xenidis (1924–2008), Greek actor
• Stavros Zurukzoglu (1896–1966), Swiss eugenicist

Surname

• Gus Stavros, (1925–2022) American entrepreneur, businessman, and philanthropist
• Jasmin Stavros (Milo Vasić, 1954–2023), Croatian pop musician

Fictional characters

• Stavros, a comic character played by Harry Enfield
• General Stavros, in Command & Conquer: Red Alert
• Detective Demosthenes Stavros, a recurring character on the U.S. television series Kojak portrayed by George Savalas.
• Stavros, a demigod played by Ryan Handley, in Episode 5, season 2 of Percy Jackson and the Olympians
• Stavros Katsopolis, the swarthy doppelgänger cousin of Jesse Katsopolis in the episode Kissing Cousins from the television sitcom Full House.
• Ernst Stavro Blofeld, an antagonist in the James Bond novels and films

Locations

• Stavronikita
• Stavropol
• Stavropol Krai

See also

• Stavro
• Stephen
• Stavros Flatley, a British-Cypriot father–son dance duo from Britain's Got Talent