A baptismal name for a girl· A rare, distinctive name
Eudokia
2 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Eudokia
Venerable Martyr Eudokia of HeliopolisMarch 1Samaritan woman of Heliopolis in Phoenicia, now Baalbek, a martyr put to death around 107.- Right-Believing Eudokia AlexandrovnaJune 23Daughter of Grand Prince Alexander Nevsky and Alexandra Bryachislavna, honored with the Saints of Vladimir; she died around 1262.
Questions
The name day of Eudokia is March 1, the feast of Venerable Martyr Eudokia of Heliopolis. It is also kept on June 23.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 2 saints named Eudokia, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Eudokia is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Venerable Martyr Eudokia of Heliopolis as patron.