Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Evdokia isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Evdokia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 0 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 1976
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 225 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Evdokia’s family of names
In English usage, Evdokia shares an earlier linguistic root with Eudocia. In Greek usage, Evdokia as a surname is a transliteration of Ευδοκία.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
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 Evdokia
- Eudokia MakrembolitissaByzantine Empress from 1059 to 10711021–1096
- Eudokia IngerinaByzantine Empress consort (c. 840 – c. 882)
- Eudokia AngelinaGrand Princess consort of Serbia1173–1211
- Evdokia KadiCypriot singerborn 1981
- Eudokia of HeliopolisSamarian martyr100–107
- Eudokia PalaiologinaEmpress of Trebizond1265–1302
- Eudoxia LaskarinaDaughter of the Niceaen Emperor
- Eudokia of TrebizondByzantine noble1301
- Evdokia GretchichnikovaRussian modern pentathleteborn 1982
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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