Given name · Russian
Евдокия
“goodwill, kindness”
Евдокия (Jevdokíja) is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek, meaning “goodwill, kindness.” It is used in Russian.
RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Eudocia.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Ancient Greek εὐδοκία (“goodwill, kindness”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Евдокия’s family of names
In Russian usage, Евдокия has a later derivative in Oto. In Russian usage, Евдокия has a conventional equivalent in the English form Eudocia. In Russian usage, Евдокия has a conventional equivalent in the French form Eudocie.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Евдокия has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Евдокия comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Otoderivative · izh
- Evdokiaequivalent
- Eudóxiaequivalent
- Eudoxiaequivalent
- EudocieFrench
- ΕυδοκίαGreek
- EudociaEnglish
- Yevdokiyaequivalent
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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 Евдокия
- Eudoxia Lopukhinarussian Tsarina as the first wife of Peter I1669–1731
- Yevdokiya BershanskayaCommander of the "Night Witches" (1913–1982)
- Princess Eudoxia of BulgariaBulgarian princess (1898-1985)
- Eudoxia StreshnevaTsarina consort of Russia1608–1645
- Yevdokiya PaskoSoviet WWII aviator and Heroine of the Soviet Union (1919–2017)
- Yevdokiya NikulinaSoviet WWII pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union (1917–1993)
- Eudoxia of MoscowGrand Duchess of Muscovy1353–1407
- Yevdokiya YusupovaDuchess of Courland (1743-1780)
- Evdokiya RostopchinaRussian noble and poet (1812-1858)
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