Avdey

Avdey (Russian: Авде́й) is a rare[1] Russian male first name.[2] The Russian language borrowed the name from Byzantine Christianity in the form of Avdiy (А́вдий or Авди́й[3]), but in the colloquial usage it transformed into "Avdey".[1] "Avdiy" continued to be a form used by the Russian Orthodox Church, having replaced an earlier form Audiy (Ауди́й).[3] The name derives either from the Biblical Hebrew obadyā (abdiyāhu), meaning god's slave, god's servant, or from Greek audēis, meaning sonorous, melodious—from the Biblical prophet Obadiah.[2]

The diminutives of "Avdey" include Ava (А́ва) and Deya (Де́я),[2] as well as Avdeyka (Авде́йка), Avdya (А́вдя), Avda (А́вда), Avdyukha (Авдю́ха), Avdyusha (Авдю́ша), Avdasha (Авда́ша), Avdyunya (Авдю́ня), Avdusya (Авду́ся), Avdyusya (Авдю́ся), and Adya (А́дя).[4]

The patronymics derived from "Avdey" are "Авде́евич" (Avdeyevich; masculine) and its colloquial form "Авде́ич" (Avdeich), and "Авде́евна" (Avdeyevna; feminine).[4]

Last names Avdonin, Avdokhin, Avdoshin, Avdyunin, and Avdyushin all derive from this first name.[5]

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Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nikonov, p. 96
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Superanskaya [1], p. 21
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Superanskaya [2], p. 31
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Petrovsky, p. 32
  5. ↑ Fedosyuk, entry on "Авдонин".

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