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Трифон
Трифон (Trífon) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Russian.
Bulgarian and Russian and UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Trifon.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Russian usage, Трифон developed from Τρύφων.
Трифон’s family of names
In Russian usage, Трифон has a diminutive in Три́шка. In Russian usage, Трифон developed from the Ancient Greek form Τρύφων. In Ukrainian usage, Трифон has a transliteration in Trifon.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Трифон has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Трифон comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
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 Трифон
- Tryphon of Campsada3rd-century Christian saint232–250
- Tryphon of ConstantinoplePatriarch of Constantinople
- Tryphon of PechengaRussian saint1495–1583
- Trifon GrekovMacedonian emigrant political activist1893–1973
- Tryphon of VyatkaRussian abbot and saint1546–1612
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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