Given name · Russian
Акакий
“harmless”
Акакий (Akákij) is a masculine given name from Old East Slavic, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Russian.
RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Akákij.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Акакий 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 Ака́кии, from Old Church Slavonic Ака́кии, from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓κᾰ́κῐος.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Акакий’s family of names
In Russian usage, Акакий has a conventional equivalent in the Latin form Acacius. In Russian usage, Акакий can be written in the Roman alphabet as Akákij. In Russian usage, Акакий has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Ακάκιος.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Акакий has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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