Sakis is a Greek male

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form of names where the last consonant (consonant preceding the final "S" common in the majority of Greek masculine nouns) is "S", most commonly

Athanasius Athanasius I of Alexandria ( – 2 May 373), also called Athanasius the Great, Athanasius the Confessor, or, among Coptic Christians, Athanasius the Apostolic, was a Christian theologian and the 20th patriarch of Alexandria (as Athanasius ...

or Anastasius, with the addition of the "akis"

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, meaning little. It may refer to: *

Sakis Arnaoutoglou Sakis (Thanasis) Arnaoutoglou ( ''Greek'': Σάκης Αρναούτογλου; born 13 December 1969 in Samos) is a Greek politician who was elected a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for PASOK – Movement for Change in the 2024 European ...

(born 1971), a Greek politician *

Sakis Kouvas Sakis Kouvas or Athanasios Kouvas or Thanasis Kouvas (Σάκης Κουβάς, Αθανάσιος Κουβάς, Θανάσης Κουβάς; born in 1946) is a Greek former footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Kouvas began playing foot ...

(born 1946), a Greek former forward footballer *

Sakis Rouvas Anastasios "Sakis" Rouvas (, ; born 5 January 1972), also known :wikt:mononym, mononymously as Sakis, is a Greeks, Greek singer, actor, businessman and former pole vaulter. Born in Corfu, Rouvas won medals with Greece's U18 and U20 national sp ...

(born 1972), a Greek pop and rock musician, actor, television presenter, fashion designer, businessman, humanitarian, model, and former pole vaulter *

Sakis Tolis Athanasios "Sakis" Tolis (; born 29 June 1972) is a Greek musician best known as the vocalist and rhythm guitarist of Rotting Christ. He is also known as Necromayhem. He has recently produced some of the band's albums and contributed as sessi ...

(born 1972), a Greek musician, vocalist/guitarist of ''Rotting Christ'' *

Sakis Tsiolis Sakis Tsiolis (; born 30 June 1959) is a Greek professional football manager and former player. Playing career As a professional footballer, he played for Anagennisi Karditsa, AEL, Ionikos and Paniliakos. Tsiolis, a great player at his pr ...

(born 1959), a former Greek football player and current manager *

Dionysios "Sakis" Matsikas The name Dionysius (; ''Dionysios'', "of Dionysus"; ) was common in classical and post-classical times. Etymologically it is a nominalized adjective formed with a -ios suffix from the stem Dionys- of the name of the Greek god, Dionysus, parallel ...

, a Greek manufacturer of bouzoukis, guitars and mandolins. Some of these are sold under the brand name Sakis.

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