Given name · also Russian
Afanasy
“undying one”
Afanasy is a masculine given name from Russian, ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Original RussianАфана́сий
Meaning & origin
What it means
Afanasy goes back to Ancient Greek Ἀθανάσιος, meaning “undying one.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Afanasy comes from Russian, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Afanasy developed from Ἀθανάσιος.
Afanasy’s family of names
In English usage, Afanasy shares an earlier linguistic root with ATHANASIOS. In English usage, Afanasy has a conventional equivalent in the Ingrian form Ohvana. In English usage, Afanasy shares an earlier linguistic root with Athanasius.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Afanasy has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Afanasy comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 21
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Afanasy
- Afanasy FetRussian poet (1820-1892)
- Afanasy NikitinRussian explorer1500–1475
- Afanasy BeloborodovSoviet military commander (1903–1990)
- Athanasius of BrestEastern Orthodox saint1596–1648
- Afanasy Ordin-NashchokinRussian politician1605–1680
- Afanasy ShchapovRussian historian (1831-1876)
- Afanasi MatushenkoRussian revolutionary (1879-1907)
- Afanasiy SelishchevSoviet sociolinguist and dialectologist (1886-1942)
- Afanasy ShilinSoviet artilleryman (1924–1982)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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