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Платон
Платон (Platón) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Russian.
Russian and Ukrainian and unknownWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Plato.
Meaning & origin
Платон’s family of names
In Macedonian usage, Платон has a conventional equivalent in the German form Platon. In Macedonian usage, Платон has a conventional equivalent in the English form Plato. In Russian usage, Платон was borrowed from the Ancient Greek form Πλάτων.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Платон has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Платон comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Платон
- Platon ZubovLover of Catherine the Great1767–1822
- Platon OyunskySakha Soviet writer, linguist, statesman (1893-1939)
- Platon LebedevRussian businessmanborn 1956
- Platon KerzhentsevRussian writer (1881-1940)
- Platon PoretskyRussian mathematician (1846-1907)
- Platon LevshinRussian bishop (1737-1812)
- Platon of Banja LukaSerbian Orthodox bishop of Banja Luka1874–1941
- Platon LechitskyRussian general of infantry (1856-1921)
- Platon IoselianiGeorgian historian (1810–1875)
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