Agapiya Explained

Agapiya
Gender:	Female
Language:	Greek and Russian
Meaning:	loved

Agapiya (Russian: Ага́пия, from Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἀγάπη) is an old and uncommon^[1] Russian Christian female first name.^[2] Its masculine version is Agapy. Its colloquial form is Ogapiya (Russian: Ога́пия).^[3] The substandard colloquial form Agapeya (Russian: Агапе́я) was also used.

The diminutives of "Agapiya" are Agapa (Russian: Ага́па), Gapa (Russian: Га́па), Ganya (Russian: Га́ня), Gasya (Russian: Га́ся), Aga (Russian: А́га), and Agasha (Russian: Ага́ша).

References

Sources

• Н. А. Петровский (N. A. Petrovsky). "Словарь русских личных имён" (Dictionary of Russian First Names). ООО Издательство "АСТ". Москва, 2005.
• [1] 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.
• [2] А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Словарь русских имён" (Dictionary of Russian Names). Издательство Эксмо. Москва, 2005.

Notes and References

1. Petrovsky, p. 37
2. Superanskaya [1], p. 250
3. Superanskaya [2], p. 278