Given name & surname · Russian
Авдей
“servant of God”
Авдей (Avdéj) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Russian.
RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Avdei.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Авдей goes back to Hebrew עֹבַדְיָה, meaning “servant of God.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Авдей’s family of names
In Russian usage, Авдей has a conventional equivalent in the German form Abdi. In Russian usage, Авдей has a conventional equivalent in the French form ABDIAS. In Russian usage, Авдей has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Abdiasz.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Авдей has relatives in 15 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Авдей comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Obadiahequivalent
- AbdiasFrench
- AbdiGerman
- Avdiyequivalent
- AbdiaszPolish
- АўдзейBelarusian
- AvdeiFinnish, German
- AvdejusLithuanian
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See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Авдей
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