Avtonom

For the Avtonom magazine, see list of anarchist periodicals.

Avtonom (Russian: Автоно́м) is a Russian Christian male first name.[1] Its feminine version is Avtonoma.[2] The name is derived from the Greek word autonomous, meaning one living by one's own laws.[1] "Avtonom" continued to be a form used by the Russian Orthodox Church, having replaced an earlier form Autonom (Аутоно́м).[3]

Its colloquial variant is Avtomon (Автомо́н).[3]

The diminutives of "Avtonom" are Avtonomka (Автоно́мка), Avtom (Авто́м), Avtoma (Авто́ма), Toma (То́ма), Avtya (А́втя),[4] and Noma (Но́ма).[1]

The patronymics derived from "Avtonom" are "Автоно́мович" (Avtonomovich; masculine) and its colloquial form "Автоно́мыч" (Avtonomych), and "Автоно́мовна" (Avtonomovna; feminine).[4]

Last names derived from this first name include Avtonomov and Antomanov.[5]

## People with this first name[edit]

* Avtonom Golovin (1667–1720), Russian military leader

## References[edit]

### Notes[edit]

1. ^ a b c Superanskaya, p. 23
2. ^ Superanskaya [2], p. 278
3. ^ a b Superanskaya [2], p. 34
4. ^ a b Petrovsky, p. 36
5. ^ Ganzhina, p. 12

### Additional reading[edit]

* [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
* Н. А. Петровский (N. A. Petrovsky). "Словарь русских личных имён" (Dictionary of Russian First Names). ООО Издательство "АСТ". Москва, 2005. ISBN 5-17-002940-3
* И. М. Ганжина (I. M. Ganzhina). "Словарь современных русских фамилий" (Dictionary of Modern Russian Last Names). Москва, 2001. ISBN 5-237-04101-9

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