Agafiya (russian: Ага́фия) is a Russian Christian female

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.Superanskaya, pp. 16 and 278 Its colloquial forms are Agafya (; which can also be the main form of a related name) and Ogafya (). Like its traditional

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form Agatha, it is derived from the Greek word meaning ''good'', ''kind'', ''noble''.

Agafa Agafa (russian: Ага́фа) is an old and uncommon Russian female first name.Petrovsky, p. 38 It is derived from the Greek word ''agathē'', meaning ''kind'', ''good''. It can also be a variant of the name Agafiya.Superanskaya, pp. 23 ...

can also be a variant of the name Agafiya.Superanskaya, pp. 23 and 278 ;People with the first name * Agafya (Agafiya) Grushetskaya (1663–1681), Tsaritsa of Russia, wife of Feodor III

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*А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Словарь русских имён" (''Dictionary of Russian Names''). Издательство Эксмо. Москва, 2005. {{Given name, cat=Russian feminine given names __NOTOC__ Given names of Greek language origin