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Eudoxia (Greek: Ευδοξία, Eudoxía), Eudokia (Ευδοκία, Eudokía, anglicized as Eudocia) or Evdokia is a feminine given name, which originally meant "good deeds" or "she whose deeds are good" in Greek. The Slavic forms of the name are East Slavic: Evdokiya (Russian: Евдокия), Yevdokiya (Ukrainian: Євдокія); South Slavic: Evdokija (Евдокија), Jevdokija (Јевдокија). It was mainly popular in late antiquity and during the Middle Ages, particularly in Eastern Europe. It continues in use today, usually in honor of various saints.

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Eudoxia, Eudokia and Eudocia

The names Eudoxia, Eudokia, and Eudocia are interchangeable in most cases for the Wikipedia search engine.
Listed in chronological order:

Saints

  • 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
  • Byzantine royals

  • Aelia Eudoxia (c. 380–404), Byzantine empress, daughter of Flavius Bauto and wife of Emperor Arcadius
  • Aelia Eudocia/Eudocia Augusta (c. 401–460), Saint Eudocia, Byzantine empress, wife of Theodosius II and daughter-in-law of Aelia Eudoxia
  • Licinia Eudoxia (422–462), Byzantine empress, daughter of Theodosius II and Aelia Eudocia, wife of Emperors Valentinian III and Petronius Maximus
  • Eudocia (daughter of Valentinian III)/Princess Eudocia (439–466/474?), daughter of Emperor Valentinian III and Licinia Eudoxia, wife of Vandal king Huneric
  • Fabia Eudokia/Eudokia (wife of Heraclius) (c. 580–612), Byzantine empress, wife of the Emperor Heraclius
  • Eudoxia Epiphania (b. 611), daughter of Emperor Heraclius and Fabia Eudokia
  • Eudokia (wife of Justinian II) (7th century), Byzantine empress, wife of Justinian II
  • Eudokia Ingerina (c. 840 – c. 882), Byzantine empress, wife of the 10th century Emperor Basil I
  • Eudocia Baiane/Eudokia Baïana (died 901), Byzantine empress, wife of Leo VI the Wise
  • Eudocia Macrembolitissa (1021–1096), Byzantine empress, wife of Emperors Constantine X Doukas and Romanos IV Diogenes, putative author of a dictionary of history and mythology, often referred to as "Eudocia"
  • Eudokia Komnene, daughter of John II Komnenos (1087–1143), wife of Theodore Vatatzes
  • Eudoxia, Byzantine princess, niece and mistress of Andronikos I Komnenos (c. 1118–1185)
  • Eudokia Angelina (d. 1211, or later), Byzantine princess, consort of Stefan the First-Crowned of Serbia
  • Non-Byzantine royals

  • Eudoxia of Moscow or of Suzdal (Yevdokia) (d. 1407), Grand Duchess of Muscovy, wife of Dmitri Donskoi
  • Eudoxia Lopukhina (1669-1731), first wife of Peter the Great
  • Maria Eutokia Toaputeitou (died 1869), queen of Polynesian island of Mangareva, wife of Maputeoa, mother of Joseph Gregorio II
  • Fiction

  • Eudoxia, a fictional character in the Anne Rice novel Blood and Gold
  • Evdokia

    Evdokia, one variant of the Greek name, can stand for:

  • Evdokia Kadi, Cypriot singer
  • Evdokia (film), a 1971 film starring Maria Vassiliou, George Koutouzis, Koula Agagiotou, and Christos Zorbas
  • Zeibekiko of Evdokia, the characteristic zeibekiko song
  • Slavic variants of the Greek name

  • Avdotya, Avdotia - Russian variant of the Greek name
  • Evdokija - Serbian variant of the Greek name
  • Evdokiya - Russian and Bulgarian variant of the Greek name
  • Places

  • Eudocia (Cappadocia), an ancient city of Cappadocia
  • Eudocia (Lycia), an ancient city of Lycia
  • Eudocia (Pamphylia), an ancient city of Pamphylia
  • Eudocia (Phrygia), an ancient city of Phrygia
  • Eudoxias, city and bishopric in Galatia, Asia Minor
  • Ships

  • MV Eudoxia, British cargo ship
  • References

    Eudoxia Wikipedia