Тихон

• Тѵ́хонъ (Tíxon) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Through Old East Slavic [Term?] from Old Church Slavonic Тѵхѡнъ (Tüxonŭ), from Ancient Greek Τύχων (Túkhōn, “male name, originally an epithet of Hermes”) (whence also Latin Tycho), akin to τύχον (túkhon, “lucky”), from τύχη (túkhē, “fortune”) (whence Τῠ́χη (Tŭ́khē, “Tyche, Fortuna, Lady Luck”)) and τυγχάνω (tunkhánō), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ-.

• IPA^(key): [ˈtʲixən]

Ти́хон • (Tíxon) m anim (genitive Ти́хона, nominative plural Ти́хоны, genitive plural Ти́хонов, diminutive Тихо́ня or Ти́ша or Ти́шка)

1. a male given name, Tikhon

• (Patronymics): Ти́хонович (Tíxonovič), Ти́хоновна (Tíxonovna)
• (Surnames): Ти́хонов (Tíxonov)

• (Tyche): Тю́хе (Tjúxe), Тихе́я (Tixéja), Тихе (Tixe), Тиха (Tixa), Тихэ (Tixɛ)
• (Tycho): Ти́хо (Tíxo)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “Тихон”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

• хито́н (xitón)

• Ти́хін (Týxin)

From Old East Slavic Тухонъ (Tuxonŭ), through Old Church Slavonic Тѵхѡнъ (Tüxonŭ), from Ancient Greek Τύχων (Túkhōn), from τυχών (tukhṓn, “he who has succeeded”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɪxɔn]

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Ти́хон • (Týxon) m pers (genitive Ти́хона, nominative plural Ти́хони, genitive plural Ти́хонів)

1. a male given name, Tykhon

• Ти́хонович (Týxonovyč) (male patronymic)
• Ти́хонівна (Týxonivna) (female patronymic)

• “Тихон”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)