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Avian (given name)

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Avian (Russian: Авиа́н) is a Russian male first name.[1] It was included into various, often handwritten, church calendars throughout the 17th–19th centuries, but was omitted from the official Synodal Menologium at the end of the 19th century.[2]

It is possibly derived from the Greek word meaning not to live as a falsehood.[1] Alternatively, it is possible that it was used as a name wishing someone long life.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c Superanskaya, p. 32
  2. ^ Superanskaya, pp. 23 and 32

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  • А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Словарь русских имён" (Dictionary of Russian Names). Издательство Эксмо. Москва, 2005. ISBN 5-699-14090-5