Given name & surname
Pimen
“shepherd”
Pimen is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “shepherd.”
Original GreekΠιμέν
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “shepherd.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
Pimen’s family of names
Pimen has an affectionate form in Pima. In Romanian usage, Pimen was borrowed from the Ancient Greek form Ποιμήν. In Greek usage, Pimen as a surname is a transliteration of Πιμέν.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Pimen
- Patriarch Pimen I of MoscowRussian bishop (1910–1990)
- PoemenEgyptian monk and desert father340–450
- Pimien PančankaBelarusian opinion journalist, specialist in literature and translator (1917-1995)
- Pimen, Metropolitan of KievRussian bishop1304–1389
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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