Agat (given name)

For other uses, see Agat (disambiguation).

Agat (Russian: Ага́т) is a Russian male first name.^[1] While "Agat" is simply a Russification of certain Western European names (all of which derive from the Greek word agathos, which means good, kind^[1]), it was also one of the newly created names documented in the 1920s and 1930s, given after agate, a semi-precious stone.^[2]

References

Notes

1 2 Superanskaya [1], p. 24
↑ Superanskaya [2], pp. 22 and 34

Sources

[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. ISBN 5-8112-1399-9
[2] А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Словарь русских имён" (Dictionary of Russian Names). Издательство Эксмо. Москва, 2005. ISBN 5-699-14090-5

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