Given name · Russian
Мелентий
Мелентий (Meléntij) is a masculine given name, possibly from Ancient Greek. It is used in Russian.
RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Meléntij.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Мелентий possibly comes from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Russian usage, Мелентий developed from Μελέτιος.
Мелентий’s family of names
In Russian usage, Мелентий developed from the Ancient Greek form Μελέτιος. In Russian usage, Мелентий can be written in the Roman alphabet as Meléntij. In Russian usage, Мелентий has a related form in Мелентије.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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