Iordache is a Romanian

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 ...

; ''Iordăchescu'' and ''

Iordăcheanu Iordăcheanu is a commune in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Iordăcheanu, Mocești, Plavia, Străoști, Valea Cucului, and Vărbila. The commune is situated in the Wallachian Plain, at an altitude of , on the b ...

'' were coined from Iordache. ''Iordache'' is of

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origin, from '' Yeorgakis'' (Γεωργάκης), a patronymic from the Modern Greek first name ''Yiorgos'' (Γιώργος), from Ancient Greek ''Georgios'' (Γεώργιος), both of which are variants of "

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". Antiquated variants include ''Gheorgache'' and ''Iorgache''.

Alexandru Graur Alexandru Graur (; July 9, 1900 – July 9, 1988) was a Romanian linguist. Born into a Jewish family in Botoșani, Graur graduated from the Faculty of Letters of the University of Bucharest and the École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris (19 ...

, ''Nume de persoane'', pp. 60, 64, 67. Bucharest: Editura științifică, 1965.

People with the surname Iordache

* Adrian Iordache (born 1980), Romanian footballer *

Adrian Dragoș Iordache Adrian Iordache (born 13 November 1981) is a retired Romanian Association football, football Striker (football), striker. He made 89 appearances in Liga I and also played in the top division in Greece and in second division in Germany. Honours ...

(born 1981), Romanian footballer *

Ilie Iordache Ilie Iordache (born 23 March 1985 in București) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a midfielder, most recently for German club FC Holzhausen. Career Iordache started his professional career at CSM Reșița in 2003. Iordache was sol ...

(born 1985), Romanian footballer *

Larisa Iordache Larisa Andreea Iordache (; born 19 June 1996) is a Romanians, Romanian former Artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast. She represented Romania at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Romania at the 2012 Olympic Games, winning a bronze medal with the team, a ...

(born 1996), Romanian artistic gymnast * Marin Iorda (born ''Marin Iordache''; 1901–1972), Romanian cartoonist, director, writer and filmmaker * Marius Iordache (born 1978), Romanian footballer * Mihai Iordache (born 1967), Romanian jazz musician and composer * Ștefan Iordache (1941–2008), Romanian actor * Toni Iordache (1942–1988), Romanian traditional musician * Traian Iordache (1911–1999), Romanian football player and manager * Vasile Iordache (born 1950), retired Romanian footballer *

Viorica Iordache Viorica Iordache (born June 18, 1971) is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid-1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she earned her best finish of fourth in the K-4 500 m event at Barcelona in 1992 1992 was designa ...

(born 1971), Romanian sprint canoer

People with the surname Iordache

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