Actually, when a Greek immigrant gives the name William, very often their original name is Vasili or a variant of Vasili/Basil. It's very typical for Greek immigrants to adopt an "Anglo" name for civil purposes. Constantine often becomes Charles, Athanasius becomes Arthur, Panagiotes becomes Peter, Meletios becomes Michael, etc. Linda On 4/6/2017 12:34 PM, Mary Douglass wrote: > One of my grandson's ancestors came from Greece. He used William John as his given name on his naturalization papers. His surname was Yianakopolus. What is the Greek equivalent of William? Mary Clement DouglassTranscribing & publishing Kansas genealogical records > "If you can’t get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you’d best teach it to dance." – George Bernard Shaw > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message