Panait Explained

Panait is a Romanian name derived from the Greek Panagiotis.^{[1] [2]} It is the equivalent of the Bulgarian name Panayot. Other forms include Panaiot, Panaiote, Panaiut, Panaet, Panaitescu and Panaitache.^[2]

Surname

• Bogdan Panait (born 1983), Romanian football player
• Cristian Panait, Romanian prosecutor for criminal investigation at the Supreme Court of Justice
• Enache Panait (born 1949), Romanian former wrestler and Olympic competitor
• Ion Panait (born 1981), amateur Romanian Greco-Roman wrestler

Given name

• Panait Cerna (1881–1913), Romanian poet, philosopher, literary critic and translator
• Panait S. Dumitru or Perpessicius (1891–1971), Romanian literary historian and critic, poet, essayist and fiction writer
• Panait Istrati (1884–1935), Romanian writer of French and Romanian expression
• Panait Mușoiu (1864–1944), Romanian anarchist and socialist activist, author of the first Romanian translation of The Communist Manifesto

See also

• Panai (disambiguation)
• Panaitan
• Panarit

References

1. Web site: Semnificatia numelui Panait. semnificatia-numelui.ro. 2017-09-06. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140307190853/http://semnificatia-numelui.ro/semnificatia-numelui-panait.html. 2014-03-07.
2. http://www.121.ro/semnificatie_nume/P/Panait/ Semnificatia numelui Panait