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Зенон
“a gift of Zeus”
Зенон (Zenón) is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Russian and Serbo-Croatian.
Russian and Serbo-Croatian and UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Zeno.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Зенон is Zenon written in Cyrillic. Zenon is a variant of Zeno. One Greek interpretation is “a gift of Zeus.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Зенон comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Russian usage, Зенон developed from Ζήνων.
Зенон’s family of names
In Russian usage, Зенон developed from the Ancient Greek form Ζήνων. In Russian usage, Зенон has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Zenon. In Serbo-Croatian usage, Зенон can be written in the Roman alphabet as Zenon.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Зенон has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Зенон comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
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 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Зенон
- Zynoviy KovalykUkrainian priest and martyr (1903–1941)
- Zenon KuzeliaUkrainian historian, journalist, linguist (1882–1952)
- Zenon KossakUkrainian activist1907–1939
- Zenon Snylyksoccer player (1933-2002)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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