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

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

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[Superanskaya1-1] Superanskaya [1], p. 24

[Superanskaya2-2] Superanskaya [2], p. 35

[Petrovsky-3] Petrovsky, p. 38

[Superanskaya2a-4] Superanskaya [2], p. 34

[Fedosyuk-5] Fedosyuk, entry on "Агафонов" Archived 2014-12-07 at the Wayback Machine.

[Ganzhina-6] Ganzhina, p. 13

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