Trifon Explained

Trifon or Trifón (Russian: Трифон|link=no) is a given name derived from the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Τρύφων|Tryphon|one who lives in luxury.^[1] An archaic transliteration from Greek is . It is used by Russians and other peoples of East Orthodox denomination. There is also a surname variant of the word.

In Finnic languages, a variant is Undetermined: Triihpo, which appeared as a result of an f → hp change.^[2] Another variant of the word is Finnish: Ruippo, a surname which was used in Southern Karelia and Eastern Savo before World War II.^[3] Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Metropolitan Trifon (1861–1934), hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church
• Trifon Datsinski (born 1953), Bulgarian equestrian
• Trifón Gómez (1889–1955), Spanish politician
• Trifon Ivanov (1965–2016), Bulgarian football player
• Trifon Korobeynikov (16th-century), Moscow merchant and traveller
• Trifon Shevaldin (1888–1954), Soviet military officer

Surname

• Nicolas Trifon (1949–2023), Romanian-born academic, editor and linguist in France

See also

• • Trifon Zarezan, Bulgarian custom in honour of Saint Tryphon
• Tryphon (disambiguation), a number of people of the name
• Saint Tryphon (disambiguation), several saints

Notes and References

1. Book: Наука и жизнь No03/2014. ЛитРес. 3-2014. 2017. 978-5-457-55366-8. ru. 100.
2. Book: Denis Kuzmin. Terhi Ainala. Janne Saarikivi. Personal Name System in Finnic and beyond. 2017. Printon. Tallinn. 978-952-5667-90-5. 157. 1 March 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220301195103/https://www.sgr.fi/fi/files/original/19732a0de0336497a8f963cdf9b550fd.pdf. Adaptation of Orthodox personal names in the Karelian language. https://www.sgr.fi/fi/files/original/19732a0de0336497a8f963cdf9b550fd.pdf.
3. Book: Timo Rantakaulio. Terhi Ainala. Janne Saarikivi. Personal Name System in Finnic and beyond. 2017. Printon. Tallinn. 978-952-5667-90-5. 120. 1 March 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220301195103/https://www.sgr.fi/fi/files/original/19732a0de0336497a8f963cdf9b550fd.pdf. Personal name-based place names by Lake Lennus in Savitaipale. https://www.sgr.fi/fi/files/original/19732a0de0336497a8f963cdf9b550fd.pdf.