Agafiya

Agafiya (Russian: Ага́фия) is a Russian Christian female first name.[1] Its colloquial forms are Agafya (Ага́фья; which can also be the main form of a related name) and Ogafya (Ога́фья).[1] Like its traditional English form Agatha, it is derived from the Greek word meaning good, kind, noble.[1] [2]

Agafa can also be a variant of the name Agafiya.[3]

People with the first name
  • Agafya (Agafiya) Grushetskaya (1663–1681), Tsaritsa of Russia, wife of Feodor III
  • Agafia Lykova (1944- ), a Russian Old Believer, part of the Lykov family, who has lived alone in the taiga for most of her life.

References

Notes
  1. Superanskaya, pp. 16 and 278
  2. Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 5. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.
  3. Superanskaya, pp. 23 and 278

Sources
  • А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Словарь русских имён" (Dictionary of Russian Names). Издательство Эксмо. Москва, 2005. ISBN 5-699-14090-5
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