Bibas or Peppas (; ; ) is a Greek

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

derived from the word παππάς or παπάς, meaning

priest A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deity, deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in parti ...

. The surname is used in Greece and various places in the Mediterranean, such as in Libya and in Israel. In Israel, the surname exists with Jewish families of Greek origin. In Libya, due to the influence of Greek in the local dialect, persons are sometimes nicknamed ''Bibas'', owing largely to their similarity in appearance to the "peppas," the so-called Christian priests. The name has, therefore, become a surname used by extended families, including by some residents in

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, as also used in other places in Libya, as well as in Tunisia and Algeria. A community of expatriates with the surname currently reside in the United States.

People with the surname

Notable people with the surname include: *

Christos Peppas Christos Peppas (; born 1899, date of death unknown) was a Greek football player. He was born in Piraeus. He played for the club Piraikos Podosfairikos Omilos. He was one of the founding members of Ethnikos Piraeus. He was member of the Greek t ...

Haim Bibas Haim Bibas (; born 1 December 1969) is the third mayor of Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, an Israeli city, in office since 2008. Bibas has lived there with his wife and three children since 1997. He is the head of The Federation of Local Authorities in ...

James Pipas James M. Pipas is an American molecular virologist. He currently holds the Herbert W. and Grace Boyer Chair in Molecular Biology at the University of Pittsburgh. Pipas is a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi, and completed his Ph ...

, American virologist *

June Peppas June Peppas (June 16, 1929 – March 14, 2016) was a first basewoman and pitcher who played from 1948 through 1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at , , she batted and threw left-handed. Early life Peppas was bor ...

* Nicholas A. Peppas *

Stephanos Bibas Stephanos Bibas (born June 18, 1969) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He was appointed to the bench in 2017 by President Donald Trump. Before his appoi ...

Yehuda Bibas Rabbi Dr. Yehuda Aryeh Leon Bibas (or Judah Bibas) () ( – April 6, 1852) was a Sephardic rabbi, best known as one of the most prominent forerunners of the of modern Zionist movement. He also served as the Chief Rabbi of Corfu, Greece Biograp ...

Bibas family Bibas or Peppas (; ; ) is a Greek surname derived from the word παππάς or παπάς, meaning priest. The surname is used in Greece and various places in the Mediterranean, such as in Libya and in Israel. In Israel, the surname exists with ...

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