Given name & surname · Greek
Παρασκευή
“day of preparation”
Παρασκευή (Paraskeví) is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek, meaning “day of preparation.” It is used in Greek.
GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Paraskeví.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Ancient Greek Πᾰρᾰσκευή (“day of preparation”), built from Greek παρα + σκευή.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Παρασκευή’s family of names
In Greek usage, Παρασκευή has a diminutive in Βούλα. In Greek usage, Παρασκευή has a transliteration in Paraskeví.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Eviequivalent
- Voulaequivalent
- Paraskevaequivalent
- Εύηequivalent
- Praskoviaequivalent
- Параскеваequivalent
- Skeviequivalent
- Σκεύηequivalent
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People named Παρασκευή
- Voula PatoulidouGreek former athleteborn 1965
- Paraskevi of IconiumChristian martyr200–300
- Paraskevi KantzaGreek Paralympianborn 1976
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