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Around the globe, Afanasi (Афанасий , Afanasi , Афанаси ) is quite a common male forename. The first name Afanasi is habitual in Moldova, where it is quite a common boy's name, Kazakhstan, where it is quite a rare boy's name, and Russia. Much less frequently, Afanasi is the last name as well as the forename.
Afanasi is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Jacques Vingtras , character in Le Bachelier; Afanassi Iwanowitsch , the operatic character in the opera Der Jahrmarkt von Sorotschinzy, The Fair at Sorochyntsi; Afanassi Iwanowitsch Totzki , the operatic character in the opera Der Idiot (Weinberg), The Idiot and Afanassi Iwanowitsch Barabaschkin , the operatic character in the opera Moskau, Tscherjomuschki, Moscow, Cheryomushki.