Trifon

Trifon or Trifón (Трифон) is a given name derived from the Τρύφων. An archaic transliteration from Greek is Trufon. It is used by Russians and other peoples of East Orthodox denomination. There is also a surname variant of the word.

In Finnic languages, a variant is Triihpo, which appeared as a result of an f → hp change. Another variant of the word is Ruippo, a surname which was used in Southern Karelia and Eastern Savo before World War II. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

 * Metropolitan Trifon (1861–1934), hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church
 * Trifon Datsinski (born 1953), Bulgarian equestrian
 * Trifón Gómez (1889–1955), Spanish politician
 * Trifon Ivanov (1965–2016), Bulgarian football player
 * Trifon Korobeynikov (16th-century), Moscow merchant and traveller
 * Trifon Shevaldin (1888–1954), Soviet military officer

Surname

 * Nicolas Trifon (1949–2023), Romanian-born academic, editor and linguist in France