Origin and Meaning of Khater. According to a user from Georgia, United States, the name Khater is of Arabic origin and means “Stake”.
Tanios is an Aramaic ancient name of St. Anthony originated from the ancient land of Cedars, Lebanon
Well, they’re not hillbillies.
Maybe their families own a Lebanese restaurant. I remember after 9/11, reading a story about a popular Middle Eastern restaurant in North Carolina, near an army base, that army personnel used to eat at, called “Osama’s”