Behind the Name: Comments for the name Paraskeve

Comments for PARASKEVE:

Means "Friday" in Greek.

-- Anonymous User 1/30/2005

There is also a masculine form, Paraskevas (Pah-rah-ske-VAHS). [noted -ed]

-- Kosta 5/31/2006

If I am not mistaken, in this instance the masculine form derives from the feminine rather than the other way around. The word for "preparation" is Paraskeve (feminine).

-- Kosta 4/6/2007

Pronounced para-skef-ee.

-- SOYSUZA 6/29/2007

The pronunciation should be "paraskeVEE, not "paraskeFEE."

-- Kosta 3/31/2008

It means "holy preparation". Also means the day of the week "Friday" (hence you are preparing for church which starts Saturday).

-- SOYSUZA 6/29/2007

Paraskeve was a saint who was born on Friday and that's how she got her name, because Paraskeve means Friday in Greek. I praise this saint and wouldn't mind having this name. A short way to pronounce it, at least in Greece, would either be "Voula" and Paresa", for a girl, and "Paris", for a boy.

-- Anonymous User 8/10/2009

The Albanian form is Parashqevi. I have read that it is quite common among Albanian Orthodox Christians.

-- overtheclouds 11/12/2012

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