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Trifon or Trifón (Russian: Трифон) is a given name derived from Greek Τρύφων, Tryphon literally meaning "one who lives in luxury".[1] An archaic transliteration from Greek is Trufon. It is used by Russians and other peoples of East Orthodox denomination.
In Finnic languges, a variant is Triihpo, appeared as a result of an f → hp change.[2] Another variant of the word is Ruippo, a surname which was used in Southern Karelia and Eastern Savo before World War II.[3]
Notable people with the name include:
- Metropolitan Trifon (1861–1934), hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church
- Saint Tryphon of Vyatka
- Saint Tryphon of Pechenga
- Trifón Gómez (1889–1955), Spanish politician
- Trifon Ivanov (1965–2016), Bulgarian footballer
- Trifon Korobeynikov (16th-century), Moscow merchant and traveller
- Trifon Shevaldin (1888–1954), Soviet military officer
See also
- All pages with titles containing Trifon
- Tryphon (disambiguation)
- Saint Tryphon (disambiguation)
- Trifon Zarezan, Bulgarian custom
References
- ^ "From the History of Surnames", Nauka i Zhizn, p. 100
- ^ Denis Kuzmin (2017). "Adaptation of Orthodox personal names in the Karelian language". In Terhi Ainala; Janne Saarikivi (eds.). Personal Name System in Finnic and beyond (PDF). Tallinn: Printon. p. 157. ISBN 978-952-5667-90-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 March 2022.
- ^ Timo Rantakaulio (2017). "Personal name-based place names by Lake Lennus in Savitaipale". In Terhi Ainala; Janne Saarikivi (eds.). Personal Name System in Finnic and beyond (PDF). Tallinn: Printon. p. 120. ISBN 978-952-5667-90-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 March 2022.