The Name Praskovya
Praskovya is a female name of Greek origin meaning “Friday, eve (of a feast)”. Below are the forms of the name, name days in the Orthodox calendar, character by tradition, numerology, the first letter, talismans and compatibility with other names.
Origin and meaning
Praskovya is a female name of Greek origin. Meaning: “Friday, eve of a feast”. The Russian form of the name Paraskeva, from the Greek παρασκευή, “Friday, eve (of a feast)”.
In the church calendar the name is written as Paraskeva: this is the name used at baptism and in church.
Forms of the name
| Full form | Praskovya |
| Church form | Paraskeva |
| Short forms | Pasha, Parasha |
| Affectionate forms | Pashenka, Parashenka |
Name days (angel’s day)
| November 10 | Great Martyr Paraskeva, called Pyatnitsa (“Friday”) |
A name day is the feast of the saint after whom a person was baptised. If several saints share the name, custom is to celebrate the first feast after the birthday. Shown here are the main feasts in the calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church, with civil (Gregorian) dates.
Character by tradition
Name descriptions paint Praskovya as a hard-working, kind and house-proud nature. She is reliable and straightforward. She can be stubborn. Her strength is endurance.
Name numerology
Letters of the name Praskovya («Прасковья») in the Russian 1–9 table: П 8 + Р 9 + А 1 + С 1 + К 3 + О 7 + В 3 + Ь 3 + Я 6 = 41 → 5. The sum is reduced to one digit; the master numbers 11, 22 and 33 are kept.
Name number 5 — freedom and change. Five is the number of movement: curiosity, courage, a taste for the new and for travel. Boredom is worse than hardship for this name; the weak spot is inconstancy.
Vowels give the soul number 5 (freedom and change), consonants the personality number 9 (service and breadth). Inner motive: freedom and change; outer manner: service and breadth. Such a gap is not bad in itself: others see one side, close people know the other.
In Slavic Cyrillic numerals (using the modern spelling of the name): П=80 + Р=100 + А=1 + С=200 + К=20 + О=70 + В=2 = 473, reduced to 5. Letters that had no numeric value are skipped. This is an additional digit, not a second name number: meanings for the Cyrillic numerals were added in the 20th century, modeled on Western numerology.
More: name number with surname, Slavic Cyrillic numerals, number meanings.
First letter and letters of the name
In letter reading — a popular tradition of interpreting letters — the first letter of the name matters most: it sets the main tone of character. The other letters add shades.
П — wealth of ideas. Plenty of plans, attention to appearance and to what others think, a striving for order.
Other letters: Р — confidence and courage; А — beginning and action; С — common sense; К — endurance and strength of spirit; О — depth of feeling; В — sociability and realism; Ь — softness; Я — sense of dignity.
Talismans of the name
Name books usually derive talismans from the name number and its planet; lists differ between authors. Here we follow Cheiro (“Book of Numbers”): number 5 is linked with the planet Mercury.
| Planet | Mercury |
| Stones | diamond |
| Colours | light grey, white, shimmering shades |
| Favourable days | Wednesday, Friday |
Compatibility with other names
In numerology, compatibility of names is judged by their numbers. Number 5 goes most easily with 1 and 3, and has more friction with 2 and 4.
Goes well with: Grigoriy, Denis, Evgeniy, Miron, Platon, Roman, Svyatoslav, Tihon, Trofim, Yakov.
More friction with: Andrey, Anton, Arkadiy, Valentin, Gennadiy, Innokentiy.
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Outcome
The name Praskovya carries the meaning “Friday, eve (of a feast)”. Name number 5 — freedom and change; first letter P — wealth of ideas. Inner wishes (freedom and change) and outer manner (service and breadth) differ: a person with this name needs close people to see more than what is shown. Name days: November 10.