Given name · Ukrainian
Євдокія
“goodwill, will, wish”
Євдокія (Jevdokíja) is a feminine given name from Old Ruthenian, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Ukrainian.
UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Êvdokìâ.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Євдокія goes back to Ancient Greek Εὐδοκια, meaning “goodwill, will, wish.”
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Where it comes from
Євдокія comes from Old Ruthenian, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old Ruthenian Євдокї́ꙗ, from Old Church Slavonic Еѵдок҄и́ꙗ, from Ancient Greek Εὐδοκια (“goodwill, will, wish”).
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Євдокія’s family of names
In Ukrainian usage, Євдокія has a diminutive in Вівдя. In Ukrainian usage, Євдокія can be written in the Roman alphabet as Jevdokíja. In Ukrainian usage, Євдокія has a transliteration in Êvdokìâ.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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.
People named Євдокія
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