Agafonov
Agafonov (Russian: Агафо́нов; masculine) or Agafonova (Агафо́нова; feminine) is a Russian surname. It derives from the given name Agafon, borrowed from Greek, where it meant kindness, goodness.
The following people share this surname:
- Aleksandr Agafonov (born 1975), Uzbekistani Olympic swimmer
- Alexandra Agafonova, Russian swimmer, silver medalist at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships – Women's 50 meter backstroke
- Alisa Agafonova (born 1991), Ukrainian figure skater
- Andrey Agafonov (born 1979), Russian association football player
- Kseniya Agafonova (born 1983), Russian long-distance runner
- Maria Agafonova (born 2005), Russian artistic gymnast
- Mikhail Agafonov, Russian operatic tenor
- Nikolai Agafonov (born 1947), Soviet and Russian association football player and coach
- Polina Agafonova (born 1996), Russian figure skater
See also
References
- Notes
- 1 2 Fedosyuk, entry on "Агафонов" Archived 2014-12-07 at the Wayback Machine.
- Sources
- Ю. А. Федосюк (Yu. A. Fedosyuk). "Русские фамилии: популярный этимологический словарь" (Russian Last Names: a Popular Etymological Dictionary). Москва, 2006. ISBN 978-5-89349-216-3
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