Avvakum (given name)

Avvakum () is a Russian ChristianА. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Современный словарь личных имён: Сравнение. Происхождение. Написание" (Modern Dictionary of First Names: Comparison. Origins. Spelling). Айрис-пресс. Москва, 2005. p. 20 male first name.Н. А. Петровский (N. A. Petrovsky). "Словарь русских личных имён" (Dictionary of Russian First Names). ООО Издательство "АСТ". Москва, 2005. p. 31 It is derived from (Ambakoum), the Koine Greek form, as rendered in the Septuagint, of Habakkuk, a prophet of the Hebrew Bible. The etymology of Habakkuk is opaque, though it has been thought by some to derive from the Hebrew root "embrace", in which case the meaning might be (God's) embrace. Alternately, the name is possibly related to the Akkadian khabbaququ, the name of a fragrant plant. Abakum () is a variant of this first name. Other variants include Old Church Slavonic Amvakum (), literary Ambakum (), and colloquial forms Obakum (), Bakum (), and Bakun ().А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Словарь русских имён" (Dictionary of Russian Names). Издательство Эксмо. Москва, 2005. p. 29 The diminutives of "Avvakum" include Avvakumka () and Avvakusha (), while the diminutives of "Abakum" are Abakumka () and Abasha ().

The patronymics derived from "Avvakum" are "" (Avvakumovich; masculine) and its colloquial form "" (Avvakumych), and "" (Avvakumovna; feminine). The patronymics derived from "Abakum" are "" (Abakumovich; masculine) and its colloquial form "" (Abakumych), and "" (Abakumovna; feminine).

Last names Abakumov, Abakishin, Abakulov, Abakumkin, Abakushin, Abakshin, Abbakumov, Avakumov, Avvakumov, and possibly Bakulin and Bakunin all derive from this first name.И. М. Ганжина (I. M. Ganzhina). "Словарь современных русских фамилий" (Dictionary of Modern Russian Last Names). Москва, 2001. p. 9

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