first name
First most commonly refers to:
* First, the ordinal form of the number 1
First or 1st may also refer to:
Acronyms
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.Superanskaya p. 24 The name is derived from the
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...
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 word obtained by modifying a root word 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, and sometimes to belittle s ...
s of "Agafon" are Aga (), Gafa (), and Gasha (), as well as Agafonka (), Agafonya (), Afonya (), Fonya (), Agafosha (), Fosha (), Aganya (), Agasha (), Agaposha (), Gaposha (), and Gapa (). Also used rarely are Gafya () and Gafka ().
The
patronymic
A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (more specifically an avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. It is the male equivalent of a matronymic.
Patronymics are used, b ...
s 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. 34Last names derived from this first name include AgafonovFedosyuk entry on "Агафонов" . and possibly
Agin Agin may refer to:
*Ağın
Ağın is a town of Elazığ Province of Turkey. It is the seat of Ağın District.Agish, 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.
* 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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Masculine given names