Avdey (russian: Авде́й) is an uncommon
[Nikonov, p. 96] Russian male
first name
First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one (#1).
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.
[Superanskaya p. 21] The Russian language borrowed the name from
Byzantine
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Christianity in the form of Avdiy ( or
[Superanskaya p. 31]), but in the colloquial usage it transformed into "Avdey".
"Avdiy" continued to be a form used by the
Russian Orthodox Church
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, having replaced an earlier form Audiy ().
The name derives either from the
Biblical Hebrew ''o
ba
dyā'' (''a
bdiyāhu''), meaning ''god's slave'', ''god's servant'', or from
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
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 ...
''audēis'', meaning ''sonorous'', ''melodious''—from the
Biblical prophet
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Obadiah
Obadiah (; he, עֹבַדְיָה – ''ʿŌḇaḏyā'' or – ''ʿŌḇaḏyāhū''; "servant of Yah", or "Slave of Yah HVH) is a biblical prophet. The authorship of the Book of Obadiah is traditionally attributed to the prophet ...
.
The
diminutive
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s of "Avdey" include Ava () and Deya (),
as well as Avdeyka (), Avdya (), Avda (), Avdyukha (), Avdyusha (), Avdasha (), Avdyunya (), Avdusya (), Avdyusya (), and Adya ().
[Petrovsky, p. 32]
The
patronymic
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Patronymics are still in use, including mandatory use, in many countries worldwide, al ...
s derived from "Avdey" are "" (''Avdeyevich''; masculine) and its colloquial form "" (''Avdeich''), and "" (''Avdeyevna''; feminine).
, Avdokhin, Avdoshin,
Avdyunin, and Avdyushin all derive from this first name.
[Fedosyuk]
entry on "Авдонин"
References
Notes
Sources
*Н. А. Петровский (N. A. Petrovsky). "Словарь русских личных имён" (''Dictionary of Russian First Names''). ООО Издательство "АСТ". Москва, 2005.
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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.
*И. М. Ганжина (I. M. Ganzhina). "Словарь современных русских фамилий" (''Dictionary of Modern Russian Last Names''). Москва, 2001.
*Ю. А. Федосюк (Yu. A. Fedosyuk). "Русские фамилии: популярный этимологический словарь" (''Russian Last Names: a Popular Etymological Dictionary''). Москва, 2006.
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