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] It is derived from the Greek word meaning good, kind, noble.[1]

Agafa can also be a variant of the name Agafiya.[2]

People with the first name

Agafya (Agafiya) Grushetskaya (1663–1681), Tsaritsa of Russia, wife of Feodor III

References

Notes

Superanskaya, pp. 16 and 278
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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