Pappas

PappasLanguage(s)| Greek

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Origin
Meaning| Priest
Other names
Variant form(s)| Bibas

Pappas or Papas (Greek: Παππάς, Παπάς) is a Greek surname, which means "priest" (occupational surname). In the United States, it is often a shortened form of a longer surname like Papadopoulos or Papageorgiou.[1] The genitive form, Pappa or Papa (Greek: Παππά, Παπά), is used by women. Notable individuals with this surname include:

* Alexi Pappas (born 1990), Greek-American long-distance runner
* Alexis Pappas (1915–2010), Norwegian chemist
* Arthur Pappas, Australian rugby player
* Athena Papas, American dental science scholar
* Charilaos Pappas (born 1983), Greek soccer player
* Charles H. Papas (1918–2007), American applied physicist and electrical engineer
* Chris Pappas (American politician) (born 1980), U.S. Representative
* Chris Pappas (South African politician) (born 1991), member of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature
* DeAnna Pappas (born 1981), American TV Personality
* Diane Pappas (born 1971), Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives
* Doug Pappas (1962–2004), American baseball expert
* Emmanouel Pappas (1772–1821), leader in the Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire
* Erik Pappas (born 1966), American baseball player
* George Pappas (born 1942), American epistemologist and professor of philosophy
* George Pappas (bowler) (born 1947), American professional bowler
* Gregory Fernando Pappas (born 1960), American philosopher
* Irene Papas (1929–2022), Greek actress and singer
* Jared Pappas-Kelley, American filmmaker and publisher
* Leonidas Pappas (born 1967), Greek wrestler
* Manolis Pappas (born 1951), Greek soccer player
* Marc Pappas, American politician from New Hampshire
* Maria Pappa (born 1971), Swiss politician
* Michael Papas, Greek-Cypriot independent filmmaker
* Michael James Pappas (born 1960), American politician from New Jersey
* Milt Pappas (1939–2016), American baseball player
* Nick Pappas, Australian solicitor (lawyer) active in the South Sydney Rabbitohs Rugby League
* Nikolaos Pappas (1930–2013), Greek admiral
* Nikos Pappas (basketball) (born 1990), Greek basketball player
* Nikos Pappas (politician), Greek politician
* Robin Pappas, American actress
* Sophocles Papas (1893 or 1894–1986), Greek classical guitar pedagogue and music publisher.
* Tas Pappas (born 1975), Australian skateboarder
* Tasos Pappas (born 1984), Greek soccer player
* Theodore Pappas, executive editor of the Encyclopædia Britannica
* Thomas Pappas (born 1959), United States Army officer involved in the Abu Ghraib scandal
* Tom Pappas (born 1976), American track and field decathlete
* William Papas (1927–2000), South African political cartoonist and caricaturist

## See also

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* Pappas Restaurants, American restaurant chain based in Texas
* Pappas Telecasting Companies, broadcasting companies based in California
* Emmanouil Pappas (municipality), municipality in the Serres Prefecture, Greece
* Thomas J. Pappas School, schools based in Arizona
* Breakfast at Pappa's, 1998 English punk rock album

## Notes

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1. ^ Louis Adamic, What's Your Name, 1942, p. 49

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