"Paphnutios", on the other hand, cannot be rescued. It is unfortunate, though, because it is a fantastic name. It was Chebyshev's name, too, by the way.
Chebyshev (or perhaps better transcribed as Chebyshov) was the man who proved that, for any n, there is a prime p such that n < p < 2n. He was also the advisor of Markov.
Anyway! The point remains, the name sounds odd and there's no good way to obscure it with a nickname (unless you want to nickname the kid "antelope").
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Paphnutios is from the Coptic pa-pe-noute, which means "man of God." It might make a nice middle name.
He was also a pretty great saint!
Just think: Alexis Paphnutios. Great combo.
Barsanuphius can also be shortened to "Barf"
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