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This was the name of a major character in Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment. He is a magistrate who plays mind games with Raskolnikov and eventually manages to pressure him to confess (though Sonya arguably played a bigger role in his confession).
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Gender: Masculine
Usages: Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian
Transcription: Порфирий(Bulgarian, Russian) Порфирій(Ukrainian)
Meaning: Bulgarian, Russian and Ukrainian form of Porphyrios (see PORFIRIO).
(Information from name #185758 originally submitted by user Lucille)
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Usages: Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian
Transcription: Порфирий(Bulgarian, Russian) Порфирій(Ukrainian)
Meaning: Bulgarian, Russian and Ukrainian form of Porphyrios (see PORFIRIO).
(Information from name #185758 originally submitted by user Lucille)
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