Pappas

Pappas
Family name
Meaning	priest
Language(s) of origin	greek
Related names	Bibas

Pappas or Papas (Greek: Παππάς, Παπάς) is a Greek surname, which means "priest" (occupational surname). The female version of the name is Pappa or Papa (Greek: Παππά, Παπά). Notable individuals with this surname include:

• Alexis Pappas (1915–2010), Norwegian chemist
• Arthur Pappas, Australian rugby player
• Charilaos Pappas, Greek soccer player
• Deanna Pappas, American TV Personality
• Doug Pappas (1962–2004), American baseball expert
• Emmanouel Pappas (1772–1821), leader in the Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire
• Erik Pappas, American baseball player
• George Pappas, American epistemologist and professor of philosophy
• Irene Papas (born 1926), Greek actress
• Irini Pappas, Australian actress
• Jared Pappas-Kelley, American filmmaker and publisher
• Manolis Pappas, Greek soccer player
• Michael J. Pappas, American politician from New Jersey
• Milt Pappas, American baseball player
• 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
• Tas Pappas, Australian skateboarder
• Tasos Pappas, Greek soccer player
• Theodore Pappas, executive editor of the Encyclopædia Britannica
• Thomas Pappas, United States Army officer involved in the Abu Ghraib scandal
• Tom Pappas, American track and field decathlete

See also

• Pappas Restaurants, American restaurant chain based in Texas
• Pappas Telecasting Companies, broadcasting companies based in California
• Emmanouil Pappas, municipality in the Serres Prefecture, Greece
• Thomas J. Pappas School, schools based in Arizona
• Breakfast at Pappa's, 1998 English punk rock album