Släkthistoria för Hatzis
Hatzis Vad efternamn betyder
Greek: variant of Chatzis from the vocabulary word chatzis ‘pilgrim (to Jerusalem)’ from Arabic ḥajjī ‘hadji’ (i.e. ‘pilgrim to Mecca’). Having completed a pilgrimage to the Holy Land was a mark of high social distinction. Often this surname is an American shortened form of a surname with Hatzi- as a prefix to a patronymic naming the ancestor who performed the pilgrimage; e.g. Hatzimarkou ‘son of Mark the Pilgrim’ Hatzioannou ‘son of John the Pilgrim’.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
