Stavros (name)
Stavros is a Greek name. It comes from σταυρóς, the Christian cross, but is distinguished from it by having the accent on the first syllable rather than the second. The word root comes from the verb "ἵστημι" which means "I make something stand", "I stop".
Unlike many other names of Greek origin that have been adopted by many languages, Stavros is used as a given name most commonly by Greeks since it is also a place in Greece. The female versions of the name are Stavroula and Stavriani.
Given name
- Stavros Arnaoutakis, Greek and European politician
- Stavros Diamantopoulos, Greek footballer
- Stavros Dimas, Greek and European politician
- Stavros Ditsios, Greek visual artist
- Stavros Foukaris, Cypriot footballer
- Stavros Georgiou, Greek footballer
- Stavros Giannopoulos, Greek water polo player
- Stavros Glouftsis, Greek footballer
- Stavros Halkias, American comedian
- Stavros Karampelas, Greek politician
- Stavros Katsanevas, Greek astroparticle physicist
- Stavros Kazantzidis, Australian writer, director and producer
- Stavros Kontonis, Greek lawyer and politician
- Stavros Konstantinou, Cypriot singer
- Stavros Kostopoulos, Greek banker and politician
- Stavros Kouyioumtzis, Greek music composer
- Stavros V. Kyriakides, Cypriot businessman
- Stavros Labrakis, Greek footballer
- Stavros Labriakos, Greek footballer
- Stavros Lambrinidis, Greek and EU politician
- Stavros G. Livanos, Greek shipping magnate
- Stavros Malas, Cypriot politician
- Stavros Mendros, American politician
- Stavros Michaelides, Cypriot swimmer
- Stavros Michalakakos, Cypriot singer
- Stavros Niarchos, Greek shipping magnate
- Stavros Papastavrou, Greek politician
- Stavros Paravas, Greek actor
- Stavros Paskaris, American ice hockey player
- Stavros Petavrakis, nom de guerre "Kapetan Kavodoros", officer of the Hellenic Army
- Stavros Sarafis, Greek football player
- Stavros Schizas, Greek basketball player
- Stavros Stathakis, Greek footballer
- Stavros Theodorakis, Greek journalist and politician
- Stavros Thomadakis, Greek economist
- Stavros Toutziarakis, Greek basketball player
- Stavros Tsoukalas, Greek footballer
- Stavros Tziortziopoulos, Greek footballer
- Stavros Tziortzis, Cypriot former athlete
- Stavros Vasilantonopoulos, Greek footballer
- Stavros Vavouris, Greek poet
- Stavros Xarchakos, Greek composer
- Stavros Xenidis, Greek actor
- Stavros Zurukzoglu, Swiss eugenicist
Surname
- Gus Stavros, American entrepreneur, businessman, and philanthropist
- Jasmin Stavros, Croatian pop musician
Fictional characters
- Stavros, a comic character played by Harry Enfield
- General Stavros, in Command & Conquer: Red Alert
- Detective Demosthenes Stavros, a recurring character on the U.S. television series Kojak portrayed by George Savalas.
- Stavros, a demigod played by Ryan Handley, in Episode 5, season 2 of ''Percy Jackson and the Olympians ''