Trifon

Trifon or Trifón () is a given name derived from the . An archaic transliteration from Greek is . It is used by Russians and other peoples of East Orthodox denomination. There is also a surname variant of the word.

In Finnic languages, a variant is , which appeared as a result of an f → hp change. Another variant of the word is , a surname which was used in Southern Karelia and Eastern Savo before World War II. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Metropolitan Trifon (1861–1934), hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church
• Trifon Datsinski (born 1953), Bulgarian equestrian
• Trifón Gómez (1889–1955), Spanish politician
• Trifon Ivanov (1965–2016), Bulgarian football player
• Trifon Korobeynikov (16th-century), Moscow merchant and traveller
• Trifon Shevaldin (1888–1954), Soviet military officer

Surname

• Nicolas Trifon (1949–2023), Romanian-born academic, editor and linguist in France

See also

• Trifon Zarezan, Bulgarian custom in honour of Saint Tryphon
• Tryphon (disambiguation), a number of people of the name
• Saint Tryphon (disambiguation), several saints
• Rabbi Tarfon or Tarphon, Hebrew: רבי טרפון (between 70 and 135 CE), member of the third generation of the Mishnah sages

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