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Агафангел
“one who brings good news”
Агафангел (Agafángel) is a masculine given name from Old East Slavic, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Russian.
Russian and UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Agafangel.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Агафангел goes back to a word meaning “one who brings good news.”
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Where it comes from
Агафангел 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 Агаѳа́нгелъ, from Old Church Slavonic Агаѳа́нгелъ, from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓γᾰθᾰ́γγελος.
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Агафангел’s family of names
In Ukrainian usage, Агафангел has a transliteration in AGAFANGEL. In Russian usage, Агафангел can be written in the Roman alphabet as Agafángel.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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