Given name · Russian
Ефим
Ефим (Jefím) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Russian.
RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Efim.
Meaning & origin
Ефим’s family of names
In Russian usage, Ефим has a conventional equivalent in the German form EFIM. In Russian usage, Ефим has a transliteration in EFIM. In Russian usage, Ефим can be written in the Roman alphabet as Jefím.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ефим has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Ефим comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ефим
- Efim BogoljubowRussian chess player (1889–1952)
- Efim ZelmanovRussian-american mathematicianborn 1955
- Efim GellerSoviet chess player (1925–1998)
- Yukhym ZvyahilskyUkrainian politician (1933–2021)
- Yefim FominSoviet political commissar (1909–1941)
- Efim ShifrinRussian actorborn 1956
- Yefim BronfmanIsraeli-American pianistborn 1958
- Efraim SevelaRussian writer (1928–2010)
- Yefim GolyshevUkrainian artist (1897-1970)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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