Evdokia
Eudoxia, Eudokia 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.
Meaning & Origin of Evdokia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Eudoxia, Eudokia 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.
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The Story of Evdokia
Evdokia first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1976, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1976: 5 births, good for #9,284 nationwide. About 50% of every Evdokia on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Evdokia last appeared in the published SSA data in 2012, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 10 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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Notable people named Evdokia
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- Eudoxia of Heliopolis (d. 120), early Christian saint and martyr
- Virgin Martyr Eudoxia at Canopus in Egypt - died 311 with sisters Theodota and Theoctiste, mother Athanasia, Saints Cyrus and John
- Saint Eudocia: see below under Aelia Eudocia
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About the name Evdokia
Evdokia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1976 and has accumulated 10 births in the dataset. Evdokia's peak popularity came in 1976 when it ranked #9,284. Use the chart and map above to compare Evdokia's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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