Mitrofan

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title: "Mitrofan" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["given-names-of-greek-language-origin", "romanian-masculine-given-names", "masculine-given-names", "romanian-language-surnames"] topic_path: "general/given-names-of-greek-language-origin" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitrofan" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

Mitrofan is a Slavic name derived from Greek Μητροφάνης : μήτηρ "mother + φαίνω, "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, Ukrainian

The name may refer to:

• 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-Zapol'skiy, a Belarusian historian and ethnographer
• Mitrofan Pyatnitsky, a Russian musician
• Mitrofan Nedelin, Soviet military commander
• Mihai Mitrofan
• Sandu Mitrofan
• Mitrofan Kodić

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