Feodor
Fyodor, Fedor or Feodor is the Russian-language form of the Greek-language name Theodoros meaning "God's gift" or "god-given". Fedora (Федора) is the feminine form. "Fyodor" and "Fedor" are two English transliterations of the same Russian name. It may also be a surname.
- Russian
Meaning & Origin of Feodor
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Fyodor, Fedor or Feodor is the Russian-language form of the Greek-language name Theodoros meaning "God's gift" or "god-given". Fedora (Федора) is the feminine form. "Fyodor" and "Fedor" are two English transliterations of the same Russian name. It may also be a surname.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Russian
The Story of Feodor
Feodor first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1999, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1999: 5 births, good for #9,912 nationwide. Feodor last appeared in the published SSA data in 1999, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 5 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Feodor
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About the name Feodor
Feodor is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1999 and has accumulated 5 births in the dataset. Feodor's peak popularity came in 1999 when it ranked #9,912. Use the chart and map above to compare Feodor'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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