'''Avdey''' ({{langx|ru|Авде́й}}) is an uncommon<ref name="Nikonov">Nikonov, p.&nbsp;96</ref> Russian male first name.<ref name="Superanskaya1">Superanskaya [1], p.&nbsp;21</ref> The Russian language borrowed the name from Byzantine Christianity in the form of '''Avdiy''' ({{lang|ru|А́вдий}} or {{lang|ru|Авди́й}}<ref name="Superanskaya2">Superanskaya [2], p.&nbsp;31</ref>), but in the colloquial usage it transformed into "Avdey".<ref name="Nikonov" /> "Avdiy" continued to be a form used by the Russian Orthodox Church, having replaced an earlier form '''Audiy''' ({{lang|ru|Ауди́й}}).<ref name="Superanskaya2" /> The name derives either from the Biblical Hebrew ''o<u>b</u>a<u>d</u>yā'' (''a<u>b</u>diyāhu''), meaning ''god's slave'', ''god's servant'', or from Greek ''audēis'', meaning ''sonorous'', ''melodious''—from the Biblical prophet Obadiah.<ref name="Superanskaya1" />

The diminutives of "Avdey" include '''Ava''' ({{lang|ru|А́ва}}) and '''Deya''' ({{lang|ru|Де́я}}),<ref name="Superanskaya1" /> as well as '''Avdeyka''' ({{lang|ru|Авде́йка}}), '''Avdya''' ({{lang|ru|А́вдя}}), '''Avda''' ({{lang|ru|А́вда}}), '''Avdyukha''' ({{lang|ru|Авдю́ха}}), '''Avdyusha''' ({{lang|ru|Авдю́ша}}), '''Avdasha''' ({{lang|ru|Авда́ша}}), '''Avdyunya''' ({{lang|ru|Авдю́ня}}), '''Avdusya''' ({{lang|ru|Авду́ся}}), '''Avdyusya''' ({{lang|ru|Авдю́ся}}), and '''Adya''' ({{lang|ru|А́дя}}).<ref name="Petrovsky">Petrovsky, p.&nbsp;32</ref>

The patronymics derived from "Avdey" are "{{lang|ru|Авде́евич}}" (''Avdeyevich''; masculine) and its colloquial form "{{lang|ru|Авде́ич}}" (''Avdeich''), and "{{lang|ru|Авде́евна}}" (''Avdeyevna''; feminine).<ref name="Petrovsky" />

Last names Avdonin, Avdokhin, Avdoshin, Avdyunin, and Avdyushin all derive from this first name.<ref name="Fedosyuk">Fedosyuk, [http://slovari.yandex.ru/~%D0%BA%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B8/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B8.%20%D0%A4%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%8E%D0%BA/%D0%90%D0%B2%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD/ entry on "Авдонин"].</ref>

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