Given name · Bulgarian
Добриня
“bringer of virtue”
Добриня (Dobrínja) is a masculine given name from Russian, ultimately from Proto-Slavic. It is used in Bulgarian.
BulgarianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Dobrinja.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Добриня goes back to Proto-Slavic *dobryni, meaning “bringer of virtue.”
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Where it comes from
Добриня comes from Russian, and ultimately from Proto-Slavic.
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How it developed
From Russian Добры́ня, from Proto-Slavic *dobryni (“bringer of virtue”), built from Bulgarian до́бър (“good”) + -иня.
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Добриня’s family of names
In Bulgarian usage, Добриня has a transliteration in Dobrinja.
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