Bibas
Bibas or Peppas (Arabic: بيباص; Greek: πέππας; Hebrew: ביבאס) is a Greek surname derived from the word παππάς or παπάς, and it means priest. the surname is used in Greece and various places in the Mediterranean, like Libya, Israel.
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Language(s) | Greek |
Meaning | Priest |
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Variant form(s) | Pappas |
for Israel, the surname is exists in Jews families of Greek origin where migrated to it.
In Libya and due to the influence of Greek in the local dialect, someone nicknamed with this because of the similarity of his appearance to the "peppas" which is called for the Christian priests, thus it became a surname for extended families from him, residents in Janzur as well as in other places in Libya, also in Tunisia and Algeria.
Also exists in the United States for families of Greek origin.
People with the surname
- Yehuda Bibas
- Stephanos Bibas
- Haim Bibas
- Nicholas A. Peppas
- June Peppas
- Christos Peppas
- James Pipas, American virologist
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