Entry № 3121 · Greek origin

Eudocia Eudocia — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ yoo-DOH-shee-ah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Greek

Meaning

"Goodwill (Athenian philosopher-poet who became Empress)"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient (Greek)

The meaning

A name that means "goodwill (athenian philosopher-poet who became empress)".

Featured in Socrates Scholasticus's Ecclesiastical History.

Goodwill (Athenian philosopher-poet who became Empress) — a Greek name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

Εὐδοκία

Transliteration: Eudokía
Pronunciation: / juːˈdoʊ.ʃi.ə /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Eudocia stands.

Eudocia does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Namesakes

Eudocias before her.

Real people

Aelia Eudocia

Eastern Roman empress, philosopher-poet.

c. 400 – 460

In fiction

Eudocia

Homeric centones tradition.

Names connected to Eudocia.

Numerology

The number behind Eudocia.

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Eudocia reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.