Given name · also Russian
Mefodijus
“pursuit of knowledge”
Mefodijus is a masculine given name from Russian, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Lithuanian.
Original RussianМефодий
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mefodijus goes back to Ancient Greek Μεθόδιος, meaning “pursuit of knowledge.”
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Where it comes from
Mefodijus comes from Russian, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Lithuanian usage, Mefodijus developed from Μεθόδιος.
Mefodijus’s family of names
In Lithuanian usage, Mefodijus developed from the Ancient Greek form Μεθόδιος. In Lithuanian usage, Mefodijus was borrowed from the Russian form Мефодий.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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