Greek/Russian · Girl name
Yevdokiya
“good will, favor”
About the name Yevdokiya
Yevdokiya is the Russian form of the Greek name Eudokia, formed from eu, good, and dokeo, to seem good or to think, and meaning good will or favour. The name was borne by Byzantine empresses such as Aelia Eudocia, wife of Theodosius II. In Russia it was the name of Yevdokiya Lopukhina, first wife of Peter the Great and mother of Tsarevich Alexei. Folk forms include Avdotya and Dunya.
- Meaning
- good will, favor
- Origin
- Greek/Russian
- Gender
- Girl
- Pronunciation
- yeh-vdoh-KEE-yah(4 syl.)
Variants and spellings
No common variant spellings are widely recorded.
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Middle names for Yevdokiya
- Yevdokiya Sofia
- Yevdokiya Elena
- Yevdokiya Nadezhda
- Yevdokiya Tatiana
- Yevdokiya Maria
Questions about Yevdokiya
- What does Yevdokiya mean?
- Yevdokiya is a Greek name meaning "good will, favor".
- How do you pronounce Yevdokiya?
- Yevdokiya is pronounced yeh-vdoh-KEE-yah, with emphasis on the third syllable.
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