Agafon

Agafon (Russian: Агафо́н) is a Russian Christian male first name.[1] The name is derived from the Greek word agathon, meaning kindness, goodness.[1] Variants of this name used by the common people include Agafony (Агафо́ний), Ogafon (Огафо́н), Ogofon (Огофо́н), and Ogafony (Огафо́ний).[2] Other colloquial forms include Gapon (Гапо́н) and Gafon (Гафо́н).[2] The substandard colloquial form Agapon (Агапо́н) was also used.[3]

The diminutives of "Agafon" are Aga (А́га), Gafa (Га́фа), and Gasha (Га́ша),[1] as well as Agafonka (Агафо́нка), Agafonya (Агафо́ня), Afonya (Афо́ня), Fonya (Фо́ня), Agafosha (Агафо́ша), Fosha (Фо́ша), Aganya (Ага́ня), Agasha (Ага́ша), Agaposha (Агапо́ша), Gaposha (Гапо́ша), and Gapa (Га́па).[3] Also used rarely are Gafya (Гафья) and Gafka (Гафка).

The patronymics derived from "Agafon" are "Агафо́нович" (Agafonovich; masculine) and its colloquial form "Агафо́ныч" (Agafonych), and "Агафо́новна" (Agafonovna; feminine).[3]

"Agaton" is the Westernized form of this first name.[4]

Last names derived from this first name include Agafonov[5] and possibly Agin, Agish, and Agishev.[6]

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Superanskaya [1], p. 24
  2. ^ a b Superanskaya [2], p. 35
  3. ^ a b c Petrovsky, p. 38
  4. ^ Superanskaya [2], p. 34
  5. ^ Fedosyuk, entry on "Агафонов" Archived 2014-12-07 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ^ Ganzhina, p. 13

Sources

  • [1] 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. ISBN 5-8112-1399-9
  • [2] А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Словарь русских имён" (Dictionary of Russian Names). Издательство Эксмо. Москва, 2005. ISBN 5-699-14090-5
  • Н. А. Петровский (N. A. Petrovsky). "Словарь русских личных имён" (Dictionary of Russian First Names). ООО Издательство "АСТ". Москва, 2005. ISBN 5-17-002940-3
  • Ю. А. Федосюк (Yu. A. Fedosyuk). "Русские фамилии: популярный этимологический словарь" (Russian Last Names: a Popular Etymological Dictionary). Москва, 2006. ISBN 978-5-89349-216-3
  • И. М. Ганжина (I. M. Ganzhina). "Словарь современных русских фамилий" (Dictionary of Modern Russian Last Names). Москва, 2001. ISBN 5-237-04101-9