Given name & surname · Russian
Афанасий
“immortal”
Афанасий (Afanásij) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Russian.
RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Athanasius.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Russian usage, Афанасий developed from Ἀθανάσιος.
Афанасий’s family of names
In Russian usage, Афанасий as a surname has a diminutive in Афанасенко. In Russian usage, Афанасий developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἀθανάσιος. In Russian usage, Афанасий has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Atanasio.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Афанасий has relatives in 25 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Афанасий comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 15
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 30
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Athanasiosequivalent
- AthanasiusGerman, Latin
- Afanasiequivalent
- Athanasiousequivalent
- Afanasyequivalent
- Atanasequivalent
- Աթանասequivalent
- ΑθανάσιοςGreek
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- AtanazyPolish
- AthanaseFrench
- Афана́сийhas masculine form
- AtanášCzech
- AtanasijeCroatian
- Пана́сUkrainian
- Опана́сUkrainian
- AtanázSlovene, Hungarian
- АтанасијеSerbian
- AtanasieRomanian
- AtanásioPortuguese
- АтанасийMacedonian
- AtanazasLithuanian
- AtanasijsLatvian
- AtanasioItalian, Spanish
- Ἀθανάσιοςroot · Ancient Greek
- აფანასიიGeorgian
- АтанасиBulgarian
- АтанасBulgarian
- АпанасBelarusian
- АфанасiйBelarusian
- ԱթենասArmenian
See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Афанасий
- Afanasy FetRussian poet (1820-1892)
- Afanasy NikitinRussian explorer1500–1475
- Afanasy BeloborodovSoviet military commander (1903–1990)
- Athanasius of BrestEastern Orthodox saint1596–1648
- Afanasy Ordin-NashchokinRussian politician1605–1680
- Afanasy ShchapovRussian historian (1831-1876)
- Afanasi MatushenkoRussian revolutionary (1879-1907)
- Afanasiy SelishchevSoviet sociolinguist and dialectologist (1886-1942)
- Afanasy ShilinSoviet artilleryman (1924–1982)
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