Axiotis

Axiotis (Αξιώτης) or Axioti/Axiotou (female equivalent) is a surname, and may refer to;

Axiotis derives from ἄξιος (axios) which means worthy in Greek with the suffix -της. (cf. ἄξιος) It could also come from Ἀξιός (cf. Axius) the river god and the ancient name for the Orontes and Vardar rivers. Axios is Thracian for 'not-shining' related to axšaēna the Avestan word for 'dark-coloured'.


 * Alexandros Axiotis, Greek politician who took part in the Greek War of Independence
 * Alexandros Axiotis (born 1996), Zambian swimmer
 * Dimitrios Axiotis, Greek Paralympian athlete
 * Angelos Axiotis, Greek songwriter
 * Georgios Axiotis (1875-1924), Greek composer, pianist and music critic
 * Diamantis Axiotis (born 1942), Greek poet and prose writer
 * Kyriakos Axiotis (born 1993), Greek medalist in Balkan and International Olympiad in Informatics
 * Kyrillos Axiotis (1908-1991), Greek hierarch, metropolitan of Chaldia, Cheroian and Kerasounta
 * Paul Axiotis (born 1976) Greek biologist, Northern Illinois University
 * Panayiotis Axiotis (1840-1918), Greek writer
 * Stratis Axiotis (1907-1994), Greek hagiographer
 * Melpo Axioti (1905-1973), Greek writer