The Name Prohor
Prohor is a male name of Greek origin meaning “leader of the chorus”. 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
Prohor is a male name of Greek origin. Meaning: “lead singer, leader of the chorus”. From the Greek Πρόχορος, “leader of the chorus, lead singer”.
Forms of the name
| Full form | Prohor |
| Short forms | Prosha |
| Affectionate forms | Proshenka |
Name days (angel’s day)
| February 23 | Venerable Prochorus of the Kyiv Caves, the Orache-Eater |
| August 10 | Prochorus, Apostle of the Seventy |
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
Prohor, by tradition, is a solid, calm and hard-working man. He knows how to organise others and values order. He can be stubborn. His strength is patience and reliability.
Name numerology
Letters of the name Prohor («Прохор») in the Russian 1–9 table: П 8 + Р 9 + О 7 + Х 5 + О 7 + Р 9 = 45 → 9. The sum is reduced to one digit; the master numbers 11, 22 and 33 are kept.
Name number 9 — service and breadth. Nine is the number of completion: compassion, a broad view, readiness to help. Such a name wants to be useful to many; the weak spot is giving oneself away.
Vowels give the soul number 5 (freedom and change), consonants the personality number 4 (order and work). Inner motive: freedom and change; outer manner: order and work. 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 + О=70 + Х=600 + О=70 + Р=100 = 1020, reduced to 3. 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; О — depth of feeling; Х — independence.
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 9 is linked with the planet Mars.
| Planet | Mars |
| Stones | ruby, garnet, bloodstone |
| Colours | red, crimson, pink |
| Favourable days | Tuesday |
Compatibility with other names
In numerology, compatibility of names is judged by their numbers. Number 9 goes most easily with 3 and 6, and has more friction with 4 and 8.
Goes well with: Antonina, Valentina, Darya, Elizaveta, Karina, Lyubov, Margarita, Olesya, Taisiya, Tatyana.
More friction with: Alina, Alisa, Ekaterina, Mariya, Matrena, Faina.
Check a couple precisely: compatibility by name.
Outcome
The name Prohor carries the meaning “leader of the chorus”. Name number 9 — service and breadth; first letter P — wealth of ideas. Inner wishes (freedom and change) and outer manner (order and work) differ: a person with this name needs close people to see more than what is shown. Name days: February 23, August 10.