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01 / Meaning & origin
Mitrofan is a masculine given name documented in French and Romanian. English Wiktionary traces it to Ancient Greek Μητροφάνης.
From Ancient Greek Μητροφάνης (Mētrophánēs).
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04 / Through time
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MITROFAN— “fire glory (?)”
The fire god was Znitch; and though he does not show any direct namesakes, yet there are sundry fire-names in his honour, such as the Slovak Vatroslav and Illyrian Ognoslav, both signifying fire glory. Possibly, too, the Russian Mitrofan may be connected with the old Persian _mithras_, or sacred fire; though in history it figures in Greek ecclesiastical guise, as the Patriarch Metrophanes.[150]
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VII (Names From The Slavonic), Section II (Slavonian Mythology) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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06 / Behind the facts
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