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Afanasi - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Afanasi

[ syll. a-fa-na-si, af-an-asi ] The boy name Afanasi is pronounced as AEFahNEYSiy KEY. Afanasi is used predominantly in Russian and it is derived from Old Greek origins. Afanasi is a variant form of the name Athanasios (Greek). Afonya (pet form in Russian) is a variant of the name.

Afanasi is not often used as a baby boy name. It is not listed within the top 1000.

Baby names that sound like Afanasi include Afanasii (Russian), Afanasiy (Russian), Affonso (Portuguese), Afonso (Galician and Portuguese), and Avinash (Indian).

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Afanasi: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"


 
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