Feofan as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Feofan

What is the meaning of the name Feofan ?

The baby name Feofan is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced feh-OH-fahn.

Feofan is Greek in Origin.

Feofan is the East Slavic form of Theophanes, from Greek Theophanēs (theos “god” + phainō “to appear”), conveying “manifestation of God” or “God appearing.” The name entered Russian and Ukrainian via Church Slavonic and remains tied to Eastern Orthodox tradition. Spelled Феофан in Cyrillic, it is related to the feast of Theophany/Epiphany in meaning rather than practice.

Documented bearers include Theophanes the Confessor, a 9th‑century Byzantine chronicler; Theophanes the Greek (Feofan Grek), the celebrated 14th‑century icon painter in Novgorod and Moscow; and Feofan Prokopovich (1681–1736), archbishop and reformer under Peter the Great. Variants across languages include Theophanes (Greek/Latin), Theofan (English transliteration), Teofan (Bulgarian, Serbian, Romanian), and rarely Teofanes/Teófanes in Romance contexts; the feminine counterpart is Theophania/Feofaniia (source of English Tiffany). Today Feofan is uncommon in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus, used mostly in ecclesiastical or tradition‑minded families.

⚙ Feofan is about as rare as a name gets. We hold just 6 recorded uses of it, from 1 country.