Feodot as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Feodot

What is the meaning of the name Feodot ?

The baby name Feodot is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced feh-OH-dot.

Feodot is Greek in Origin.

Feodot is a Slavic Orthodox given name derived from Greek Theódotos (Θεόδοτος), Latinized as Theodotus, meaning “given by God” or “God‑given.” It entered East Slavic usage through Byzantine Christian influence and appears in medieval church calendars and chronicles. Russian forms include Feodot (Феодот) and the shortened/colloquial variant Fedot (Федот); related equivalents are Greek Theodotos, Ukrainian Feodot/Fedot, and Romanian Teodot. The feminine counterpart is Feodota/Theodota.

The name was borne by several early Christian martyrs and bishops, notably Saint Theodotus of Ancyra and Theodotus of Heraclea, which sustained its liturgical presence across the Orthodox world. In Muscovite and imperial Russia it was moderately used, especially in rural communities, but it waned in the 19th–20th centuries and is now rare, sometimes chosen for traditional or ecclesiastical resonance. Not to be confused with Fyodor/Theodore (from Theódoros), Feodot shares the “divine gift” sense but comes from a different Greek root.

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