Given name
Progon
“ancestor”
Progon is a masculine given name, probably from Byzantine Greek and perhaps meaning “ancestor.” It is used in Albanian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Progon probably comes from Byzantine Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
Probably from Byzantine Greek πρόγονος (“ancestor”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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