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stavros Name Meaning and History

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.

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Distribution of stavros Families in the US in 1920
Number of stavros families
 6-9
 3-5
 1-2
 0
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