Given name
Tryphon
Tryphon is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Latin.
Meaning & origin
Tryphon’s family of names
In Latin usage, Tryphon has a related form in Triphōn. In English usage, Tryphon has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Τρύφων. In French usage, Tryphon has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Τρύφωνας.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Tryphon has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Tryphon
- Tryphon of Campsada3rd-century Christian saint232–250
- Tryphon of ConstantinoplePatriarch of Constantinople
- Tryphon of PechengaRussian saint1495–1583
- Trifon GrekovMacedonian emigrant political activist1893–1973
- Tryphon of VyatkaRussian abbot and saint1546–1612
- Tryphon TurkestanovEastern Orthodox archbishop (1861–1934)
- Tryphon Kin-Kiey MulumbaCongolese politicianborn 1949
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“war, battle”
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“good”
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