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]

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

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