Personal Names of the Aristocracy in the Roman Empire During the Later Byzantine Era

Family Names

The names on this list are hereditary surnames. Some of them are patronyms, attributives, and descriptives which have been converted into family names. Where such are known, they are noted. Other notes are commentary from the listed source. The dates listed are the earliest reference to that item as a family name, as given in the listed source. This does not necessarily mean that it is the earliest possible date for that name, just that it is the earliest date given in that particular source.

Name	Date	Source	Name	Date	Source
Aboures (Avouris)	1436	DN	Adrianos	1392	DP
Agallon	1280	DP	Akropolites	10^th century	DP, ODB
Angelos	1110	DP	Aoinos ("drinking no wine")		ODB
Apokaukos	10^th century	DP	Aprenos	1258	DP
Arbantenos	11^th century	ODB	Arianites	1000	DP
Argyros		DN	Asanes	1278	DP
Atrapes (rare)	1423	DP	Balsamon	1190	DP
Batatzes	10^th century	DP	Botaneiates	571, 9^th century	ODB
Boumbalis	1300	DP	Bourtzes	10^th century	ODB
Branas	1315	DP	Bryennios	717	DP
Chandrenos (not common)	1172	DP	Choniates		ODB
Choumnos	11^th century	DP	Chrysaphes (rare)	1453	DP
Chrysoloras	15^th century	DN	Dalassenos	11^th century	DP, ODB
Dermokaites	940	DN	Diasorenos	1388	DP
Dokeianos	11^th century	ODB	Doukas	1020	DP, ODB
Doux (a fore-runner of Doukas)	855	DP	Eirenikos ("peaceful")		ODB
Exazenos (rare)	12^th century	DP	Gabras	11^th century, 979	DN, DP
Glabas	977	DP	Iagaris	14^th century	DP
Kabakes		DN	Kabasilas (cited as ancient)	14^th century	DP
Kalamanos	12^th century	DP	Kaloethes ("of good character")		ODB
Kalothetos	1357	DP	Kamateros	9^th century	DP
Kantakouzenos	1100	DN	Katrares	1446	DP
Kaukadenos	12^th century	DP	Komnenos	10^th century	DP
Kontostephanos	1080	ODB	Koresses	12^th century	DP
Kourtikes, Kourtikios	913	DP	Kourkouas	923	ODB
Laskaris	12^th century	DP	Limpidares	1308	DP
Machoneos	1376	DP	Makrembolites	1040	ODB
Malakes	13^th century	DP	Maliasenos	13^th century	DP
Mamalis	1185	DP	Mandromenos	1453	DP
Manouelites		ODB	Melachrinos	1272	DP
Mourtzouphlos	1313	DP	Mouzakios	11^th century	DP
Mouzalon	11^th century	DP	Neokaisareites	13^th century	DP
Nestongos	1136	DP	Palaiologos	1080	DP
Pantechnes		ODB	Paraspondylos	11^th century	DP
Petraliphas	12^th century	DP	Petzikopoulos	1327	DP
Philanthropenos	1158	DP	Phokas	(10^th century)	ODB
Pleustes		DN	Prasomales (unusual; "leek haired")	1421	DP
Prinkips	1275	DP	Psellos	11^th century	DP, ODB
Radenos (common)	10^th century	DP	Raoul (Norman origin)	12^th century	DP
Rossatas (Rossotas)	?15^th century	DN	Sarantenos	1322	DP
Sebastopoulos	1407	DP	Sgouropoulos	14^th century	DP
Sgouros (popular; "curly")	1088	DP	Skleros	10^th century	DN, ODB
Spartenos	1246	DP	Sphrantzes	1348	DP
Strabomytes	11^th century	DP	Synadenos	11^th century	DP
Syraneres	1345	DP	Syropoulos	12^th century	DP
Tagaris	14^th century	DN	Tarchaneiotes	11^th century	DP
Tornikes (Tornikios)	10^th century	DP	Trichas	1197	DP
Tsaphas	1361	DP	Tzamplakon	14^th century	DN
Tzykandeles	11^th century	DP	Zarides	1295	DP

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