Iordache is a Romanian

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

; ''Iordăchescu'' and ''

Iordăcheanu Iordăcheanu is a commune in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Iordăcheanu, Mocești, Plavia, Străoști, Valea Cucului, and Vărbila. The commune is situated in the Wallachian Plain, at an altitude of , on the b ...

'' were coined from Iordache. ''Iordache'' is of

Greek Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...

origin, from '' Yeorgakis'' (Γεωργάκης), a patronymic from the Modern Greek first name ''Yiorgos'' (Γιώργος), from Ancient Greek ''Georgios'' (Γεώργιος), both of which are variants of "

George George may refer to: Names * George (given name) * George (surname) People * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Papagheorghe, also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Gior ...

". Antiquated variants include ''Gheorgache'' and ''Iorgache''.

Alexandru Graur Alexandru Graur (; July 9, 1900 – July 9, 1988) was a Romanian linguist. Born into a Jewish family in Botoșani, Graur graduated from the Faculty of Letters of the University of Bucharest and the École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris (19 ...

, ''Nume de persoane'', pp. 60, 64, 67. Bucharest: Editura științifică, 1965.

People with the surname Iordache

* Adrian Iordache (born 1980), Romanian footballer *

Adrian Dragoș Iordache Adrian Iordache (born 13 November 1981) is a retired Romanian Association football, football Striker (football), striker. He made 89 appearances in Liga I and also played in the top division in Greece and in second division in Germany. Honours ...

(born 1981), Romanian footballer *

Ilie Iordache Ilie Iordache (born 23 March 1985 in București) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a midfielder, most recently for German club FC Holzhausen. Career Iordache started his professional career at CSM Reșița in 2003. Iordache was sol ...

(born 1985), Romanian footballer *

Larisa Iordache Larisa Andreea Iordache (; born 19 June 1996) is a Romanians, Romanian former Artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast. She represented Romania at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Romania at the 2012 Olympic Games, winning a bronze medal with the team, a ...

(born 1996), Romanian artistic gymnast *

Marin Iorda Marin Iorda, pen name of Marin Iordache (30 August 1901 – 23 June 1972), was a Romanian visual artist, writer, filmmaker, and theatrical director. His beginnings were as a teen-aged cartoonist, employed on Constantin Costa-Foru's magazine for you ...

(born ''Marin Iordache''; 1901–1972), Romanian cartoonist, director, writer and filmmaker * Marius Iordache (born 1978), Romanian footballer * Mihai Iordache (born 1967), Romanian jazz musician and composer *

Ștefan Iordache Ștefan Iordache (; 3 February 1941 – 14 September 2008) was a Romanian actor. Born in Calafat, Dolj County, he spent his childhood there before moving to the Rahova neighborhood of Bucharest. He failed being admitted into medical school, wo ...

(1941–2008), Romanian actor * Toni Iordache (1942–1988), Romanian traditional musician *

Traian Iordache Traian Iordache (10 October 1911 – 3 April 1999) was a Romanian football striker and coach. Honours Club ;Venus București *Liga I Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reas ...

(1911–1999), Romanian football player and manager *

Vasile Iordache Vasile Iordache (born 9 October 1950) is a Romanian former football goalkeeper and coach. Club career Vasile Iordache was born on 5 November 1946 in Iași, Romania and started playing football at the junior center of local club Politehnica und ...

(born 1950), retired Romanian footballer *

Viorica Iordache Viorica Iordache (born June 18, 1971) is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid-1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she earned her best finish of fourth in the K-4 500 m event at Barcelona in 1992 1992 was designa ...

(born 1971), Romanian sprint canoer

People with the surname Iordache

References

See also