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[ syll. ev-do-kia, evd-ok-ia ] The girl name Evdokia is pronounced EHVDAAKiyah †. Evdokia is of Old Greek origin and it is predominantly used in the Greek language. The name's meaning is 'pleasure, delight, to seem well'. Derived from eudokia meaning 'pleasure, delight' ; eu meaning 'good, well' ; dokein meaning 'to seem'. Eudocia (Latin) and Eudokia (Old Greek) are original forms of Evdokia. The name was borne by Saint Eudocia (98-117), a Samaritan maryred in Syria. Variations of Evdokia include Avdotya (Russian), Avdunya (Russian), Dunya (Russian), Dunyasha (Russian), Eudocia (Italian), Evdokiya (Russian and Slavic), and Jevdokija (Russian). Dunja (Slavic pet form) is another variant of Evdokia. Evdokia is an infrequently used baby name for girls. It is not listed in the top 1000 names. A baby name that sounds like Evdokia is Evdokiya (Russian and Slavic).
† approx English pronunciation for Evdokia: EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; V as in "vee (V.IY)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
