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Митрофан
“revealed by the mother”
Митрофан (Mitrofán) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Russian.
Russian and UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Mitrofan.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Митрофан goes back to Ancient Greek Μητροφάνης, meaning “revealed by the mother.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Митрофан’s family of names
In Ukrainian usage, Митрофан has a transliteration in Mitrofan. In Russian usage, Митрофан can be written in the Roman alphabet as Mitrofán. In Russian usage, Митрофан has a conventional equivalent in the French form Métrophane.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Митрофан has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Митрофан
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