Kiriazis Surname Meaning

The Greek surname Kiriazis (Κυριαζής) is a patronymic surname derived from the personal name Kyriakos (Κυριάκος), which means “of the Lord,” from kyriakós (κυριακός), meaning “belonging to the Lord.” The name is closely linked to Kyriakí (Κυριακή), meaning “Sunday,” the Lord’s Day, and it was commonly given to children born on Sunday or as an expression of Orthodox Christian devotion. Through everyday speech and regional pronunciation, Kyriakos produced familiar and dialectal forms that later stabilized as surnames, especially in areas where shortened spoken forms became family identifiers. As surnames became hereditary, the name remained fixed even when its original baptismal context was no longer remembered. Consequently, the surname Kiriazis signifies “the descendant of Kyriakos,” reflecting religious naming tradition and patronymic lineage rather than occupation.