Eudoxia
Sign in to saveEudoxia (, Eudoxía), Eudokia (, Eudokía, anglicized as Eudocia) or Evdokia is a feminine given name, which originally meant "good fame or judgement" or "she whose fame or judgement is good" in Greek. The Slavic forms of the name are East Slavic: Evdokiya (), Yevdokiya (); South Slavic: Evdokija (Евдокија), Jevdokija (Јевдокија). It was mainly popular in late antiquity and during the Middle Ages, particularly in Eastern Europe. It continues to be in use today, usually in honor of various saints.
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- native label
- Eudoxia
- Soundex
- E320
- Cologne phonetics
- 0248
- Caverphone
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- Eudoxia (given name)
- Latvian transcription
- Eudoksja
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- Eudoxia, Eudokia and Eudocia
- Saints
- Byzantine royals
- Non-Byzantine royals
- Fiction
- Evdokia
- Slavic variants of the Greek name
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Eudoxia (, Eudoxía), Eudokia (, Eudokía, anglicized as Eudocia) or Evdokia is a feminine given name, which originally meant "good fame or judgement" or "she whose fame or judgement is good" in Greek. The Slavic forms of the name are East Slavic: Evdokiya (), Yevdokiya (); South Slavic: Evdokija (Евдокија), Jevdokija (Јевдокија). It was mainly popular in late antiquity and during the Middle Ages, particularly in Eastern Europe. It continues to be in use today, usually in honor of various saints.
Eudoxia became the basis for the name Avdotia, which is a popular name for women in Russia.