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
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- 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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