Trifon or Trifón (Russian: Трифон) is a given name derived from the Ancient Greek: Τρύφων, romanizedTryphon, lit.'one who lives in luxury'.[1] An archaic transliteration from Greek is Trufon. It is used by Russians and other peoples of East Orthodox denomination. There is also a surname variant of the word.

In Finnic languages, a variant is Triihpo, which appeared as a result of an fhp change.[2] Another variant of the word is Ruippo, a surname which was used in Southern Karelia and Eastern Savo before World War II.[3] Notable people with the name include:

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  • Nicolas Trifon (1949–2023), Romanian-born academic, editor and linguist in France

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  1. ^ Наука и жизнь No03/2014 (in Russian). ЛитРес. 2017. p. 100. ISBN 978-5-457-55366-8.
  2. ^ Denis Kuzmin (2017). "Adaptation of Orthodox personal names in the Karelian language" (PDF). In Terhi Ainala; Janne Saarikivi (eds.). Personal Name System in Finnic and beyond. Tallinn: Printon. p. 157. ISBN 978-952-5667-90-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 March 2022.
  3. ^ Timo Rantakaulio (2017). "Personal name-based place names by Lake Lennus in Savitaipale" (PDF). In Terhi Ainala; Janne Saarikivi (eds.). Personal Name System in Finnic and beyond. Tallinn: Printon. p. 120. ISBN 978-952-5667-90-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 March 2022.