Mitrofan

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Pronounced： [ mee-trah-FAHN ]
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Usage：Russian

Meaning & History：

Russian form of METROPHANES.

METROPHANES male Ancient Greek

Derived from Greek μητηρ (meter) "mother" (genitive μητρος) and φανης (phanes) "appearing". Saint Metrophanes was the first bishop of Byzantium (4th century).

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EQUIVALENTS

ANCIENT GREEK: Metrophanes

DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS

RUSSIAN: Mitya

SLOVENE: Mitja