Mitrofan or Mytrofan () is a Slavic masculine given name and a Romanian surname derived from Greek : 'mother' + , 'appear, shine'. Its English equivalent is Metrophanes.
Derived names: Mitrokha/Mitroha/Mitroshka, Russian diminutive; Mitrofanushka, Russian hypocoristic.
Derived patronymics: Mitrofanovich (masculine), Mitrofanovna (feminine).
Derived surnames: Mitrofanov/Mitrofanova, Russian; Mitrokhin/Mitrokhina, Russian; Mitrofanenko/Mytrofanenko, Ukrainian; Mitrofanenkov
In Russian culture, the name "Mitrofanushka" may refer to an uneducated and ill-mannered young man, who refuses to improve himself, after the protagonist of the 1872 comedy The Minor by Denis Fonvizin.
Notable people with the name include:
Given name
Mitrophan of Voronezh, an Orthodox Saint and bishop
Mitrofan Ban, Montenegrin bishop Mitrofan Cioban, a Moldovan mathematician Mitrofan Belyayev, a Russian music publisher, founder of the Glinka prize Mitrofan Dovnar-Zapolsky, a Belarusian historian and ethnographer Mitrofan Grekov Mitrofan Grodzitsky Mitrofan Kodić Mitrofan Lodyzhensky Mitrofan Moskalenko Mitrofan Nadein Mitrofan Nedelin, Soviet military commander Mitrofan Pyatnitsky, a Russian musician Mitrofan Tchaikovsky Mytrofan Yavdas, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox protoiereus (archpriest) and religious author Surname (1929-2002), Romanian archaeologist and historian Mihai Mitrofan Sandu Mitrofan
Fictional characters Mitrofanushka, the central character of the 1782 Russian comedy play The Minor by Fonvizin
See also