Given name · Ukrainian
Федір
“god”·“gift”
Федір (Fédir) is a masculine given name from Old Church Slavonic, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Ukrainian.
UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Fyodor.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Федір is built from elements meaning “god” and “gift”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Федір comes from Old Church Slavonic, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old Church Slavonic Ѳеодоръ, from Ancient Greek Θεόδωρος, built from Ancient Greek θεός (“god”) + δῶρον (“gift”).
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Федір’s family of names
In Ukrainian usage, Федір has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Teodor. In Ukrainian usage, Федір has a transliteration in Fedìr. In Ukrainian usage, Федір has a conventional equivalent in the English form Fyodor.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Федір has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Федір
- Fedir BohatyrchukUkrainian chess player (1892–1984)
- Fedir KrychevskyUkrainian painter (1879-1947)
- Fedir ShchusUkrainian anarchist (1893–1921)
- Fedir Lashchonovvolleyball playerborn 1950
- Fedir LyzohubUkrainian and Russian statesman and displomat (1851–1928)
- Fedir VovkUkrainian anthropologist (1847-1918)
- Fedir YakymenkoUkrainian composer and pianist (1876–1945)
- Fedir Szczerbynapolitician (1849-1936)
- Fedir ShandorUkrainian philosopher, sociologist and full professorborn 1975
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