Avian (given name)

Avian (Russian: Авиа́н) is a Russian male first name.[1] It was included into various, often handwritten, church calendars throughout the 17th–19th centuries, but was omitted from the official Synodal Menologium at the end of the 19th century.[2]

It is possibly derived from the Greek word meaning not to live as a falsehood.[1] Alternatively, it is possible that it was used as a name wishing someone long life.[1]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Superanskaya, p. 32
  2. Superanskaya, pp. 23 and 32

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