Avtonom () is a Russian Christian male first name. Its feminine version is Avtonoma. The name is derived from the Greek word autonomous, meaning one living by one's own laws. "Avtonom" continued to be a form used by the Russian Orthodox Church, having replaced an earlier form Autonom ().

Its colloquial variant is Avtomon ().

The diminutives of "Avtonom" are Avtonomka (), Avtom (), Avtoma (), Toma (), Avtya (), and Noma ().

The patronymics derived from "Avtonom" are "" (Avtonomovich; masculine) and its colloquial form "" (Avtonomych), and "" (Avtonomovna; feminine).

Last names derived from this first name include Avtonomov and Antomanov.

People with this first name

Avtonom Golovin (1667–1720), Russian military leader (died 1907), Russian (1876–1952), Romanian priest

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