Avessalom

Avessalom (Russian: Авессало́м) is a Russian male first name.^[1] It is a colloquial form of Avesalom (Авесало́м), which is used in Biblical context^[2] and is derived from the Biblical Hebrew 'abšālōm, meaning the father of peace.^[1] Another form of the name, Absalon (Абсало́н)—after the Danish archbishop Absalon who imposed Christianity on the Wendish people—was included into various, often handwritten, church calendars throughout the 17th–19th centuries.^[3] It was omitted from the official Synodal Menologium at the end of the 19th century.^[3]

References

Notes

1 2 Superanskaya [2], p. 32
↑ Superanskaya [1], p. 22
1 2 Superanskaya [2], pp. 23 and 30

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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