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Опанас
“immortal”
Опанас (Opanás) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Ukrainian.
Russian and UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Opanás.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Ukrainian usage, Опанас developed from Ἀθανάσιος.
Опанас’s family of names
In Ukrainian usage, Опанас shares an earlier linguistic root with Афана́сій. In Ukrainian usage, Опанас has a transliteration in OPANAS. In Ukrainian usage, Опанас can be written in the Roman alphabet as Opanás.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
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 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Опанас
- Opanas SlastionUkrainian painter, graphic artist and ethnographer (1855-1933)
- Opanas ZalyvakhaUkrainian painter (1925-2007)
- Opanas Markovych1822–1867
- Opanas Andriyevskyi1878–1955
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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