Given name · Russian
Фёдор
“god”·“gift”
Фёдор (Fjódor) is a masculine given name from Old Church Slavonic, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Russian.
RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Theodore.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Фёдор is built from elements meaning “god” and “gift”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Фёдор 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”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Фёдор’s family of names
In Russian usage, Фёдор has a short form in Федя. In Italian usage, Фёдор has a feminine form in Fedora. In Russian usage, Фёдор has a conventional equivalent in the English form Theodore.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Фёдор has relatives in 11 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
15 related names in 11 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 9
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
- Fedorromanization
- Feodorromanization
- フョードルromanization
- Ѳёдоръspelling
- Fjodorromanization
- Fiódorromanization
- Fjodorsromanization
- Fёdorin another script · Russian
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Across languages 21
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Фёдор
- Fyodor DostoevskyRussian novelist (1821–1881)
- Fyodor TyutchevRussian poet (1803–1873)
- Feodor I of RussiaTsar of Russia (1584–1598)1557–1598
- Feodor III of RussiaTsar of Russia (1676–1682)1661–1682
- Feodor ChaliapinRussian opera singer and actor (1873-1938)
- Fedor EmelianenkoRussian mixed martial arts fighterborn 1976
- Fyodor SmolovRussian footballerborn 1990
- Fyodor UshakovRussian Saint and Admiral (1745-1817)
- Fyodor TolbukhinSoviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union (1894-1949)
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