Trifon or Trifón () is a given name derived from the . An archaic transliteration from Greek is . It is used by Russians and other peoples of

East Orthodox Eastern Orthodoxy, otherwise known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity or Byzantine Christianity, is one of the three main Branches of Christianity, branches of Chalcedonian Christianity, alongside Catholic Church, Catholicism and Protestantism ...

denomination. There is also a surname variant of the word. In

Finnic languages The Finnic or Baltic Finnic languages constitute a branch of the Uralic language family spoken around the Baltic Sea by the Baltic Finnic peoples. There are around 7 million speakers, who live mainly in Finland and Estonia. Traditionally, ...

, a variant is , which appeared as a result of an ''f'' → ''hp'' change. Another variant of the word is , a surname which was used in Southern

Karelia Karelia (; Karelian language, Karelian and ; , historically Коре́ла, ''Korela'' []; ) is an area in Northern Europe of historical significance for Russia (including the Soviet Union, Soviet era), Finland, and Sweden. It is currentl ...

and Savo dialect, Eastern Savo before

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Metropolitan Trifon Metropolitan Tryphon (; born Prince Boris Petrovich Turkestanov (Борис Петрович Туркестанов) November 29, 1861, Moscow — June 14, 1934) is a revered hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church. In 1901 he became the Bishop ...

(1861–1934), hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church * Trifon Datsinski (born 1953), Bulgarian equestrian *

Trifón Gómez Trifón Gómez (1889–1955) was a Spanish socialist politician who served at the Parliament and was one of the leaders of the Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). Early life and education Gómez was born in Zaratán near Valladolid on 3 July 1889. ...

(1889–1955), Spanish politician *

Trifon Ivanov Trifon Marinov Ivanov (; 27 July 1965 – 13 February 2016) was a Bulgarian professional footballer who played as a defender. Ivanov made his debut for Bulgaria in 1988, earning 76 caps and scoring 6 goals over a ten-year international career. ...

(1965–2016), Bulgarian football player *

Trifon Korobeynikov Trifon Korobeynikov (; died after 1594) was a 16th-century merchant and traveller from History of Moscow#Tsardom, Moscow. Korobeynikov made two visits to Palestine, Mount Athos and İstanbul, in 1582-84 and 1594-94 on assignments of tsars Ivan IV ...

(16th-century), Moscow merchant and traveller *

Trifon Shevaldin Trifon Ivanovich Shevaldin (, Pristan, Krasnoufimsky Uyezd, Perm Governorate, 1 February 1888 – Samara, 2 July 1954) was a Soviet Lieutenant-General (1940). Biography Shevaldin participated in the First World War and the Russian Civil War. H ...

(1888–1954), Soviet military officer

Surname

Nicolas Trifon Nicolas Trifon (born Sorin Cătălin Edmond Nicolae Dumnorix Mihai Trifon; 29 May 1949 – 18 August 2023) was a Romanian-born academic, editor and linguist in France of partial Aromanian descent. Born in Bucharest and having studied at the Uni ...

(1949–2023), Romanian-born academic, editor and linguist in France

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