Glaphyra (or Glafira ; Greek: Γλαφύρα) is a Greek feminine given name. It is derived from Greek γλαφυρός (glaphyros) meaning "hollowed" or "polished, elegant". The Slavic and Italian names Glafira are derived from it.
Given name Glaphyra
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Persons bearing the name include:
* Glaphyra, Cappadocian princess
*Glaphyra (hetaera)
Glaphyra ( el, Γλαφύρα) was a hetaera, a form of courtesan, who lived in the 1st century BC. Glaphyra was famed and celebrated in antiquity for her beauty, charm and seductiveness. Her marriage to Archelaus the elder of Cappadocia gave her ...
, ancient Greek courtesan
*Glafira Alymova
Glafira Ivanovna Alymova (1758–1826) was a Russian Empire lady in waiting and harpist.
Biography
Glafira Alymova was the daughter of Colonel Ivan Akinfievich Alymov. She studied at the Smolny Institute from 1764 to 1776, as one of it ...
, Russian noblewoman and harpist
*Glafira Deomidova
Glafira Vladimirovna Deomidova (russian: Глафира Владимировна Деомидова, b. 1929) is a Russian soprano who sang at the Bolshoi Theatre company from 1956 to 1977.
Deomidova sang the role of Bianca in Zdeněk Chalabala's ...
, Russian soprano
*Glafira Dorosh Glafira Vasilyevna Dorosh ( uk, Глафіра Василівна Дорош; russian: Глафира Васильевна Дорош; 5 January 1921 – 17 September 2015) was a Ukrainian chef from the village of Ulanov, Vinnytsia Oblast, who inven ...
, Ukrainian cook
*Glafira Martinovich
Glafira Martinovich ( be, Глафіра Сяргееўна Марціновіч; Łacinka: ''Hlafira Siarhiejeŭna Marcinovič''; born 4 February 1989) is a Belarusian rhythmic gymnast. She became Belarus' youngest Olympian when she competed at ...
, Belarusian gymnast
* Glafira Tarkhanova, Russian actress
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