Given name · Russian

Агапий

“to love”

Агапий (Agápij) is a masculine given name from Old East Slavic, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Russian.

RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Agápij.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Агапий goes back to a word meaning “to love.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Агапий comes from Old East Slavic, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old East Slavic Ага́пии, from Old Church Slavonic Ага́пии, from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓γᾰ́πῐος.

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Агапий’s family of names

In Russian usage, Агапий has a later derivative in AHVO. In Russian usage, Агапий can be written in the Roman alphabet as Agápij.

Walk Агапий’s family in the name graph

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Spellings & scripts 1

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Across languages 1

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