Potap (name)

Potap is a Slavic masculine given name. It originated from Greek Πατάπιος, Patapios. Archaic / Old Church Slavonic variants: Потапий, Патапий, Potapiy/Potapy, Patapiy. It produced patronymic surnames Potapenko, Potapchuk and Potapov. The East Slavic patronymic derived from the name, Potapovich or Potapych, is used in reference to a bear in Russian folklore: Пoтaпыч, Михайло Потапыч, Михайло Потапыч Топтыгин, Potapych, Mikhaylo Potapych, Mikhaylo Potapych Toptygin, etc, because to say the real name of the animal was a taboo.

Notable people with the name include:

See also

References

  1. ↑ Н. А. Петровский. , Словарь русских личных имен, 2011.
  2. ↑ МИХАЙЛО ПОТАПЫЧ, In: В.Н. Тришин, Словарь синонимов, 2013
  3. ↑ Хозяин леса разгневался: как в древности могли успокоить яростного медведя, 20 October 2026
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