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'''Eudoxia''' ({{langx|grc|Εὐδοξία}}, ''Eudoxía''), '''Eudokia''' ({{lang|grc|Εὐδοκία}}, ''Eudokía'', anglicized as '''Eudocia''') or '''Evdokia''' is a [[feminine name|feminine]] [[given name]], which originally meant "good fame or judgement" or "she whose fame or judgement is good" in [[Ancient Greek|Greek]]. The Slavic forms of the name are [[East Slavic languages|East Slavic]]: [[Evdokiya]] ({{langx|ru|Евдокия}}), Yevdokiya ({{langx|uk|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 to be in use today, usually in honor of various [[saint]]s.{{Citation needed|date=January 2017}}

Eudoxia became the basis for the name [[Avdotia]], which is a popular name for women in Russia.

==Eudoxia, Eudokia and Eudocia==
The names '''Eudoxia''', '''Eudokia''', and '''Eudocia''' are '''interchangeable''' in most cases for the Wikipedia search engine.<br/>

===Saints===
*[[Eudoxia of Heliopolis]] (d.&nbsp;120), early Christian saint and martyr
*[[St. Eudoxia at Canopus|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), Western Roman 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]] (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 (wife of Constantine V)]] (8th century), Byzantine empress, wife of [[Constantine V]]
* [[Eudokia Ingerina]] (c. 840 – c. 882), Byzantine empress, wife of the 10th century Emperor [[Basil I]]
* [[Eudokia Dekapolitissa]] (fl. 855–867), Byzantine empress, wife of [[Michael III]]
* [[Eudokia Baïana]] (died 901), Byzantine empress, wife of [[Leo VI the Wise]]
* [[Eudokia Makrembolitissa]] (1021&ndash;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]]
* [[Eudokia Komnene (daughter of Alexios I)]] (1094 – c. 1129), daughter of [[Alexios I Komnenos]]
* Eudoxia, Byzantine princess, niece and mistress of [[Andronikos I Komnenos]] (c. 1118–1185)
* [[Eudokia Komnene, Lady of Montpellier]] (c. 1160 – c. 1203), wife of [[William VIII of Montpellier]]
* [[Eudokia Angelina]] (d. 1211, or later), Byzantine princess, consort of [[Stefan the First-Crowned]] of Serbia
* [[Eudokia Palaiologina]] (1265-1302), daughter of [[Michael VIII Palaiologos]] and his wife [[Theodora Palaiologina (Byzantine empress)|Theodora]]

===Non-Byzantine royals===
* [[Eudoxia of Moscow]] or of Suzdal (Yevdokia) (d.&nbsp;1407), Grand Duchess of the [[Grand Duchy of Moscow]], wife of [[Dmitry Donskoy]]
* [[Eudoxia Lopukhina]] (1669–1731), first wife of [[Peter the Great]]
* [[Maria Eutokia Toaputeitou]] (d. 1869), queen of the 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]]''
* Eudoxia, one of [[Italo Calvino]]'s ''[[Invisible Cities]]''
* Eudoxia, one of the colony worlds in The Expanse (''[[Babylon’s Ashes]]'')
* Eudoxia Vatatzes, mainspring character in [[Patrick White]]’s novel The Twyborn Affair
* Eudoxia Prade, a fictional character from The Immortals by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell

==Evdokia==
'''Evdokia''', one variant of the Greek name, can stand for:
*[[Evdokia Bobyleva]] (1919–2017), Russian teacher
*[[Evdokia Gaer]] (1934–2019), Russian educator, politician and human rights activist
*[[Evdokia Kadi]], Cypriot singer
*[[Evdokia (film)]], a 1971 film starring Maria Vassiliou, George Koutouzis, Koula Agagiotou, and Christos Zorbas
*[[Zeibekiko]] of [[Evdokia (film)|''Evdokia'' (film)]], 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
*[[Eudocias (Pamphylia)]], an ancient city of Pamphylia
*[[Eudocia (Phrygia)]], an ancient city of Phrygia
*[[Eudoxias]], city and bishopric in Galatia, Anatolia
*Eudocia, former name of [[Tokat]], Anatolia

==Ships==
*{{MV|Eudoxia}}, British cargo ship{{Citation needed|date=January 2017}}

==See also==
'''Eudoxus''' and '''Eudoxius''' are male versions of the name.
*[[Eudoxus (disambiguation)]]
*'''Eudoxius''' can refer to (chronologically):
**[[St. Eudoxius of Armenia]], 2nd-century Roman soldier and Christian martyr from the time of Emperor Trajan
**[[September 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)|Holy Martyrs Eudoxius, Zeno, Macarius, and Companions]] (martyred 311–312); relevant here: [[St. Eudoxius of Melitene]]
**[[St. Eudoxius of Sebaste]], Christian martyr from the time of Emperor Licinius, martyred in 315 at Sebaste together with other Roman Christian soldiers - see [[Agapius, Atticus, Carterius, Styriacus, Tobias, Eudoxius, Nictopolion, and Companions]]
**[[Eudoxius of Antioch]] (died 370), Arian bishop of Antioch and later of Constantinople
**[[AD 442|AD 442, Year of the Consulship of Dioscorus and Eudoxius]]
**[[Eudoxius (jurist)]], professor and one of the 5th-century "Ecumenical Masters" at the [[Law school of Berytus]]
*[[List of Byzantine emperors]]
*[[List of Roman and Byzantine Empresses]]

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