Entry № 8279 · Russian origin

Praskovya Praskovya — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ prah-SKOH-vyah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Russian
Meaning
"Friday / Preparation (Russian Orthodox tradition)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "friday / preparation (russian orthodox tradition)".

Praskovya is the Russian form of the Greek Paraskeve (preparation; specifically Friday — the day of preparation for the Sabbath). Saint Paraskeva Pyatnitsa (Paraskeva of Iconium, 3rd century) — early Christian virgin-martyr; one of the most-venerated female saints in Eastern Orthodox Christianity; her name ("Friday" in Greek) caused her to become the patron of Friday — a major fast day in Eastern Orthodoxy; her cult is particularly strong in Russia, Bulgaria, Romania, and Greece; her relics are preserved at Iași in Romania; her feast day October 14 is one of the major Orthodox holidays.

Friday / Preparation.

The name in its native script.

Прасковья
Transliteration
Praskovya
Pronunciation
/ prɑːˈskoʊ.vjə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Praskovya stands.

Praskovya does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Praskovyas before her.

Real people
Praskovya Zhemchugova
First serf-origin Russian opera star.
1768 – 1803
Saint Paraskeva
Orthodox virgin-martyr.
3rd c.
In fiction
Praskovya
Russian Orthodox heritage.

Names connected to Praskovya.

The number behind Praskovya.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Praskovya reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.