Agafonov (russian: Агафо́нов; masculine) or Agafonova (; feminine) is a Russian surname.
[Fedosyuk]
entry on "Агафонов"
. It derives from the
given name
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Agafon, borrowed from Greek, where it meant ''kindness'', ''goodness''.
The following people share this surname:
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Aleksandr Agafonov (born 1975), Uzbekistani Olympic swimmer
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Alexandra Agafonova, Russian swimmer, silver medalist at the
2014 IPC Swimming European Championships – Women's 50 meter backstroke
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Alisa Agafonova
Alisa Alexandrovna Agafonova (married name: Besseghier, uk, Аліса Олександрівна Агафо́нова, born 15 January 1991) is a former competitive ice dancer. She is best known for her partnership with Alper Uçar. Representin ...
(born 1991), Ukrainian figure skater
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Andrey Agafonov (born 1979), Russian association football player
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Kseniya Agafonova (born 1983), Russian long-distance runner
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Mikhail Agafonov, Russian operatic tenor
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Nikolai Agafonov (born 1947), Soviet and Russian association football player and coach
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Pavel Agafonov (born 1907), Russian expert pilot during World War II
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Polina Agafonova (born 1996), Russian figure skater
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Igor Agafonov (born 1995),
Russian guy
See also
*Agafonova, alternative name of the rural locality (a village) of
Agafonovo in Odintsovsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia
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Agafonovo, several rural localities in Russia
References
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*Ю. А. Федосюк (Yu. A. Fedosyuk). "Русские фамилии: популярный этимологический словарь" (''Russian Last Names: a Popular Etymological Dictionary''). Москва, 2006.
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