Avenir (given name) explained

Avenir (Russian: Авени́р) is a Russian Christian male first name.^[1] Its feminine version is Avenira.^[2] The name is derived from the Biblical Hebrew word abnēr, meaning father (god) is light. Its colloquial variant is Venir (Russian: Вени́р).

The diminutives of "Avenir" are Avenirka (Russian: Авени́рка), Ava (Russian: А́ва), Venya (Russian: Ве́ня), Vena (Russian: Ве́на), Vira (Russian: Ви́ра), and Vera (Russian: Ве́ра).

The patronymics derived from "Avenir" are "Russian: Авени́рович" (Avenirovich; masculine) and its colloquial form "Russian: Авени́рыч" (Avenirych), and "Russian: Авени́ровна" (Avenirovna; feminine).

See also

• Abner (name)

References

Sources

• А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Современный словарь личных имён: Сравнение. Происхождение. Написание" (Modern Dictionary of First Names: Comparison. Origins. Spelling). Айрис-пресс. Москва, 2005.
• Н. А. Петровский (N. A. Petrovsky). "Словарь русских личных имён" (Dictionary of Russian First Names). ООО Издательство "АСТ". Москва, 2005.

Notes and References

1. Superanskaya, p. 22
2. Petrovsky, pp. 33–34