Avgar (Russian: Авга́рь) is an old and rare Russian male first name.[1] Included into various, often handwritten, church calendars throughout the 17th–19th centuries, it was omitted from the official Synodal Menologium at the end of the 19th century.[2] It is derived from the name of several rulers of Osroene (Edessa) in upper Mesopotamia.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Superanskaya, p. 31
  2. ^ Superanskaya, pp. 23 and 31

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  • А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Словарь русских имён" (Dictionary of Russian Names). Издательство Эксмо. Москва, 2005. ISBN 5-699-14090-5