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Paraskevi
Say it: pa-ras-keh-VEE
Meaning
Greek paraskeuē, 'preparation', the Greek name for Friday, the day of preparation before the Sabbath.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Very common in Greece and formerly in Russia as Praskovya.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 254 babies given this name since 1968
- At its height in 1976, about 1 in 133,200 girls
- 5 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Paraskeva, Voula, Evi
| Romanian | Parascheva |
|---|---|
| Russian | Praskovya |
| Bulgarian | Paraskeva |
| Serbian | Paraskeva |
| Serbian | Petka |
| Romanian | Paraschiva |
Famous bearers
- Paraskevi of Rome, 2nd-century martyr
- Parascheva of the Balkans, 11th-century saint
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Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- Calendars of saints and name days
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.