Given name · also Slavic
Afanasijus
Afanasijus is a masculine given name from Old Church Slavonic, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Lithuanian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Afanasijus comes from Old Church Slavonic, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Lithuanian usage, Afanasijus developed from Ἀθανάσιος.
Afanasijus’s family of names
In Lithuanian usage, Afanasijus has a diminutive in Apanas. In Lithuanian usage, Afanasijus developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἀθανάσιος. In Lithuanian usage, Afanasijus has a related form in Atanazas.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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