Malamas
Malamas is a Greek surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Ilias Malamas Ilias Malamas (born 5 August 1966) is a Greek swimmer. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 198 ... (born 1966), Greek swimmer * Sokratis Malamas (born 1957), Greek singer and songwriter See also * Malama (other), a given name and surname {{surname Greek-language surnames ...
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Sokratis Malamas
Sokratis Malamas (Greek: Σωκράτης Μάλαμας) (born September 29, 1957) is a Greek singer and songwriter. Biography Sokratis Malamas was born on September 29, 1957, in Sykia in Chalkidiki, Greece. His family moved to Stuttgart, Germany for a few years, he later moved to Thessaloniki. There, he sang bouzouki songs and he learned from his father about his music. At age thirteen, he bought his first guitar and practiced for his presentations at school works and when he was seventeen, he followed his guitar studies at the Macedonian Conservatory of Thessaloniki (''Μακεδονικό Ωδείο Θεσσαλονίκης'' = ''Makedoniko Odeio Thessalonikis''). He returned to Germany after he finished school and later went to the Stuttgart Odeon. In one difficult period of his life, he came back to Greece and attended studies at the National Conservatory of Athens (''Εθνικό Ωδείο Αθηνών'' = ''Ethniko Odeio Athinon''). He was taught by Vangelis Assimak ...
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Ilias Malamas
Ilias Malamas (born 5 August 1966) is a Greek swimmer. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October .... References 1966 births Living people Greek male swimmers Olympic swimmers for Greece Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) {{Greece-swimming-bio-stub ...
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Malama (other)
Malama may refer to: People Given name *Malama Katulwende, Zambian author, poet and thinker *Malama Meleisea, Samoan historian *Malama Solomon (born 1951), American politician and member of the Hawaii Senate Surname *Donashano Malama (born 1991), Zambian footballer *Happy Malama (born 1947), Zambian footballer / goalkeeper Other uses * SS ''Malama'', a United States cargo ship that saw service in World War II *''Uroplatus malama'' a species of lizard See also *Malamas Malamas is a Greek surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Ilias Malamas Ilias Malamas (born 5 August 1966) is a Greek swimmer. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), ...

Greek Surname
In the modern world, Greeks names are the personal names among people of Greek language and Greek culture, culture generally consist of a given name and a family name. History Ancient Greek personal names, Ancient Greeks generally had a single name, often qualified with a patronymic, a clan or tribe, or a place of origin. Married women were identified by the name of their husbands, not their fathers. Hereditary family names or surnames began to be used by elites in the Byzantine Empire, Byzantine period. Well into the 9th century, they were rare. But by the 11th and 12th centuries, elite families often used family names. Family names came from placenames, nicknames, or occupations.Patrick Hanks, Richard Coates, Peter McClure, ''The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland'', 2016, , p. lii During the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman period, surnames with Turkish prefixes such as "Hatzi-", "Kara-" and suffixes such as "-(i)lis", "-tzis", and "-oglou" became common, especi ...
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