From παπάδ(ες) (papád(es), “priest, priests”) + -όπουλος (-ópoulos, “son of”).
Παπαδόπουλος • (Papadópoulos) m (feminine Παπαδοπούλου)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | Παπαδόπουλος (Papadópoulos) | Παπαδόπουλοι (Papadópouloi) |
genitive | Παπαδόπουλου (Papadópoulou) Παπαδοπούλου (Papadopoúlou) |
Παπαδόπουλων (Papadópoulon) Παπαδοπούλων (Papadopoúlon) |
accusative | Παπαδόπουλο (Papadópoulo) | Παπαδόπουλους (Papadópoulous) Παπαδοπούλους (Papadopoúlous) |
vocative | Παπαδόπουλε (Papadópoule) | Παπαδόπουλοι (Papadópouloi) |
Second forms are formal. The forms where the stress moves to the penultimate syllable are more formal and/or archaic.