Pappas or Papas ( el, Παππάς, ) is a

Greek surname In the modern world, Greeks names are the personal names among people of Greek language and culture generally consist of a given name and a family name. History Ancient Greeks generally had a single name, often qualified with a patronymic, a c ...

, which means "priest" (

occupational surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

). In the United States, it is often a shortened form of a longer surname like ''Papadopoulos'' or ''Papageorgiou''.Louis Adamic, ''What's Your Name'', 1942, p. 49 The genitive form, Pappa or Papa ( el, Παππά, ), is used by women. Notable individuals with this surname include: *

Alexi Pappas Alexi Pappas or Alexia Pappa (Greek Αλεξία Παππά; born 28 March 1990) is a Greek-American runner, filmmaker, actor, and writer. Pappas was an NCAA All-American athlete at both Dartmouth College and the University of Oregon. She repre ...

(born 1990), Greek American long-distance runner *

Alexis Pappas Alexis Constantin Georg Pappas (16 October 1915 – 12 February 2010) was a Norway, Norwegian chemist. Born in London to Greeks, Greek expatriates in 1915, he moved to Norway a few years later together with his parents. He specialized in nuclear ch ...

(1915–2010), Norwegian chemist *

Arthur Pappas Arthur Pappas (born in Sutherland, New South Wales) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and South Sydney Rabbitohs clubs in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership The New So ...

, Australian rugby player *

Athena Papas Athena Papas is an American dental science scholar, who as of 2017 was the Johansen Distinguished Professor of Dental Research at Tufts University. She is a co-author of several books on dentistry as well as numerous articles. In 2001 she was a re ...

, American dental science scholar * Charilaos Pappas (born 1983), Greek soccer player * Charles Herach Papas (1918–2007), American applied physicist and electrical engineer *

Chris Pappas (politician) Christopher Charles Pappas ( ; born June 4, 1980) is an American politician who has been the U.S. representative from New Hampshire's 1st congressional district since 2019. From 2013 to 2019, he represented the 4th district on the New Hampshire ...

, U.S. Representative * Christopher Pappas, South African politician and member of the

KwaZulu-Natal Legislature The KwaZulu-Natal Legislature is the primary legislative body of the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal. It is unicameral in its composition and elects the premier and the provincial cabinet from among the leading party or coalition members i ...

DeAnna Pappas DeAnna Marie Stagliano (née Pappas, born November 20, 1981) is a TV personality best known for her participation in season 11 of the ABC reality television show '' The Bachelor'', and season 4 of '' The Bachelorette''. Early life Pappas, of ...

(born 1981), American TV Personality * Diane Pappas (born 1971), Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives *

Doug Pappas Doug Pappas (1961–2004) was a baseball writer and researcher who was considered a foremost expert on the business of baseball. Pappas was a graduate of the University of Chicago (1982) and the University of Michigan Law School (1985), where he ha ...

(1962–2004), American baseball expert * Emmanouel Pappas (1772–1821), leader in the Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire * Erik Pappas (born 1966), American baseball player * George Pappas (born 1942), American epistemologist and professor of philosophy * George Pappas (bowler) (born 1947), American professional bowler * Gregory Fernando Pappas (born 1960), American philosopher *

Irene Papas Irene Papas or Irene Pappas ( el, Ειρήνη Παππά, Eiríni Pappá, ; born Eirini Lelekou ( el, Ειρήνη Λελέκου, Eiríni Lelékou, link=no); 3 September 1929 – 14 September 2022) was a Greek actress and singer who starred ...

(1929-2022), Greek actress and singer *Jared Pappas-Kelley, American filmmaker and publisher *Leonidas Pappas (born 1967), Greek wrestler *Manolis Pappas (born 1951), Greek soccer player *Michael Papas, Greek-Cypriot independent filmmaker *Michael James Pappas (born 1960), American politician from New Jersey *Milt Pappas (1939–2016), American baseball player *Natalia Pappas, Scientist, Psychologist *Nick Pappas, Australian solicitor (lawyer) active in the South Sydney Rabbitohs Rugby League *Nikolaos Pappas (1930–2013), Greek admiral *Nikos Pappas (basketball) (born 1990), Greek basketball player *Nikos Pappas (politician), Greek politician and the current Minister of State. *Robin Pappas, American actress *Sophocles Papas (1893 or 1894–1986), Greek classical guitar pedagogue and music publisher. *Tas Pappas (born 1975), Australian skateboarder *Tasos Pappas (born 1984), Greek soccer player *Theodore Pappas, executive editor of the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' *Thomas Pappas (born 1959), United States Army officer involved in the Abu Ghraib scandal *Tom Pappas (born 1976), American track and field decathlete *William Papas, William "Bill" Papas (1927–2000), South African political cartoonist and caricaturist

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