Yevgrave

Evgraf (Russian Евграф, Ukrainian Євграф) is a Russian or Ukrainian male given name.

Origin and meaning

The name Jewgraf is derived from the ancient Greek Εὔγραφος Eúgraphos ("writer"). The patron saint was the scribe (his real name may have been different) and Eugraphos , a Christian martyr executed in Alexandria together with Menas Kallikelados and Hermogenes in the 3rd or 4th century .

variants

Jewgraph, Jevgraf, Jevgraph, Evgraf, Evgraph, Ewgraf, Ewgraph, Eugraph, Yevgraf, Yevgraph

Well-known namesake

• Evgraf Vladimirovich Dawydow (1775–1823), Russian general at the time of Napoleon
• Evgraf Stepanowitsch Fjodorow (1853-1919), Russian mineralogist
• Evgraf Maximowitsch Korolenko (1810–1880), Ukrainian philosopher
• Jewgraf Evgrafowitsch Kovalevsky (1905-1970), as Jean-Nectaire Russian Orthodox Bishop in France (1966-1970)
• Evgraf Nikolajewitsch Kruten (1890–1917), Ukrainian military pilot in World War I
• Evgraf Semjonowitsch Sorokin (1821-1892), Russian painter
• Evgraf Dmitrijewitsch Tyurin (ca.1793 - ca.1875), Russian architect

See also

• Alexei Jewgrafowitsch Faworski (1860–1945), Russian chemist
• Nikolai Evgrafowitsch Kotschin (1901–1944), Russian mathematician
• Stanislaw Evgrafowitsch Petrov (1939–2017), Lieutenant Colonel in the Soviet Air Defense Forces
• Mikhail Yevgrafowitsch Saltykow-Shchedrin (1826-1889), Russian writer and satirist
• Wassili Jewgrafowitsch Samarski-Bychowez (1807–1870), Russian mining engineer
• Vladimir Evgrafowitsch Tatlin (1885–1953), Russian artist

Individual evidence

1. ^ Joachim Januschek: Ecumenical calendar of names: Menas, Hermogenes and Eugraphos . Retrieved September 26, 2018.
2. ↑ Joachim Schäfer: Ecumenical Saint Lexicon: Mennas and companions . Retrieved September 26, 2018.