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[Facts] Re: Harry from Greek?
Gosh - that is a stretch! Dino from Constantine and Jimmy from Dimitri (or something close) I'm used to, ando Stan from a name that started with Stam- and that I can't remember. Nice guy, though!When I was growing up in Cape Town a group of Greek businessmen started a football club called, of course, Hellenic. At that time most of the players were of Greek origin, and the crowd used to be in stitches at the announcer's valiant efforts to say their names; it was really fun to watch and listen. Not that I knew better!
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Stam- is most certainly the name Stamatis (or Stamatios), a name derived from the verb "stamato" meaning to stop. A quirky friend has named his twin sons Stamatis (stop) and Gregory (go!) :)
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