Agafon (russian: Агафо́н) is a Russian Christian male
first name
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.
[Superanskaya p. 24] The name is derived from the
Greek word ''agathon'', meaning ''kindness'', ''goodness''.
Variants of this name used by the common people include Agafony (), Ogafon (), Ogofon (), and Ogafony ().
[Superanskaya p. 35] Other colloquial forms include Gapon () and Gafon ().
The substandard colloquial form Agapon () was also used.
[Petrovsky, p. 38]
The
diminutive
A diminutive is a root word that has been modified to convey a slighter degree of its root meaning, either to convey the smallness of the object or quality named, or to convey a sense of intimacy or endearment. A (abbreviated ) is a word-formati ...
s of "Agafon" are Aga (), Gafa (), and Gasha (),
as well as Agafonka (), Agafonya (), Afonya (), Fonya (), Agafosha (), Fosha (), Aganya (), Agasha (), Agaposha (), Gaposha (), and Gapa ().
The
patronymics derived from "Agafon" are "" (''Agafonovich''; masculine) and its colloquial form "" (''Agafonych''), and "" (''Agafonovna''; feminine).
"
Agaton" is the Westernized form of this first name.
[Superanskaya p. 34]
Last names derived from this first name include
Agafonov
Agafonov (russian: Агафо́нов; masculine) or Agafonova (; feminine) is a Russian surname.Fedosyukentry on "Агафонов". It derives from the given name Agafon, borrowed from Greek, where it meant ''kindness'', ''goodness''.
The foll ...
[Fedosyuk]
entry on "Агафонов"
. and possibly
Agin Agin may refer to:
* Ağın, a town in Turkey
*Agin, alternative name of Aghin, a town in Armenia
*Agin (surname)
Agin (russian: А́гин; masculine) or Agina (; feminine) is a Russian last name.Ganzhina, p. 13 In general, it can be either ...
,
Agish Agish (russian: Аги́ш) is a Russian last name, a variant of Ageyev.Ganzhina, p. 13 It is also possible that it derived from the first name Agapy or Agafon.
;People with the last name
*Sagit Agish
Sagit Agish (1904–1973) was a Bashki ...
, and
Agishev.
[Ganzhina, p. 13]
References
Notes
Sources
*
А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Современный словарь личных имён: Сравнение. Происхождение. Написание" (''Modern Dictionary of First Names: Comparison. Origins. Spelling''). Айрис-пресс. Москва, 2005.
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А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Словарь русских имён" (''Dictionary of Russian Names''). Издательство Эксмо. Москва, 2005.
*Н. А. Петровский (N. A. Petrovsky). "Словарь русских личных имён" (''Dictionary of Russian First Names''). ООО Издательство "АСТ". Москва, 2005.
*Ю. А. Федосюк (Yu. A. Fedosyuk). "Русские фамилии: популярный этимологический словарь" (''Russian Last Names: a Popular Etymological Dictionary''). Москва, 2006.
*И. М. Ганжина (I. M. Ganzhina). "Словарь современных русских фамилий" (''Dictionary of Modern Russian Last Names''). Москва, 2001.
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