Agafa

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Agafa (Russian: Ага́фа) is an old and rare Russian female first name.^[1] It is derived from the Greek word agathē, meaning kind, good.^[1] It can also be a variant of the name Agafiya.^[2] The name was included into various, often handwritten, church calendars throughout the 17th–19th centuries, but was omitted from the official Synodal Menologium at the end of the 19th century.^[2]

The diminutives of "Agafa" are Agafochka (Ага́фочка), Gafa (Га́фа), and Aga (А́га).^[1]

References

Notes

1 2 3 Petrovsky, p. 38
1 2 Superanskaya, pp. 23 and 278

Sources

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
А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Словарь русских имён" (Dictionary of Russian Names). Издательство Эксмо. Москва, 2005. ISBN 5-699-14090-5

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