Given name · Ukrainian
Параска
Параска (Paráska) is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Ukrainian.
UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Paráska.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Ancient Greek Παρασκευή, built from Ukrainian Парасковія + -ка.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Параска’s family of names
In Ukrainian usage, Параска can be written in the Roman alphabet as Paráska. In Ukrainian usage, Параска has a related form in Параско́вія.
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 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Параска
- Paraska Plytka-HorytsvitUkrainian painter, photographer, philosoph, poet, writer (1927-1998)
- Paraska KorolyukUkrainian political activist (1939-2010)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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