Feodora (first name)
Feodora is a female given name .
Origin and meaning
Feodora is the German spelling of the Russian first name Fjodora . This is again a Russian version of Theodora . Theodor or Theodora is made up of the Greek words theos (θεός, “God”) and dōron (δώρον, “gift”). So the name is a theophore .
distribution
The first name Feodora is very rare. A spread can only be determined in German-speaking noble houses. The noble name bearers are predominantly descendants of Princess Feodora zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1807–1873).
name day
As a name day is April 28 and August 29 celebrated.
variants
The masculine form of the given name is Feodor .
Name bearers
First name
- Feodora of Denmark (1910–1975), member of the Danish royal family, by marriage Countess von Castell-Castell
- Feodora zu Leiningen (1807–1872), by marriage Princess zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg and half-sister of the British Queen Victoria
- Feodora zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1839–1872), Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and by marriage Duchess of Saxony-Meiningen
- Feodora von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1874–1910), sister of the last German Empress , writer and namesake of chocolate products that are still sold today
- Feodora von Sachsen-Meiningen (1879–1945), Princess of Sachsen-Meiningen and by marriage Princess Reuss zu Köstritz
- Feodora zu Reuss (1889–1918), Princess of Reuss and by marriage Duchess of Mecklenburg
- Feodora von Sachsen-Meiningen (1890–1972), Princess of Sachsen-Meiningen and by marriage the last Grand Duchess of Saxony
- Jane Baxter (1909–1996; actually Feodora Kathleen Alice Forde), British actress
- Woizlawa-Feodora Princess Reuss (1918–2019), member of the Mecklenburg-Schwerin family
- Feodora zu Solms (later widowed Schenk, married Princess von Auersperg; 1920–2006), German athlete
- Feo Aladağ (* 1972; actually Feodora Aladag, nee Schenk), Austrian actress and director
Intermediate name
- Princess Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore of Great Britain and Ireland (1857–1944), British princess
- Auguste Viktoria (also Victoria) Friederike Luise Feodora Jenny of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1858–1921), wife of Wilhelm II and thus the last German Empress and Queen of Prussia
- Margarethe Beatrice Feodora of Prussia (1872–1954), by marriage Landgravine of Hessen-Kassel
- Ursula Margarete Marie Feodora Grabley (1908–1977), German theater actress
- Sibylla Calma Maria Alice Bathildis Feodora of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1908–1972), Hereditary Princess of Sweden by marriage
- Elisabeth Caroline-Mathilde Alexandrine Helena Olga Thyra Feodora Estrid Margarethe Désirée of Denmark (1935-2018), Danish princess, daughter of Hereditary Prince Knut of Denmark and cousin of Queen Margrethe II
literature
- Rosa Kohlheim, Volker Kohlheim: Feodora . In: Duden - The great first name dictionary . 3. Edition. Bibliographer. Institut AG, Mannheim 2007, ISBN 978-3-411-06083-2 (also Duden - Lexicon of first names . 5th edition. 2007, ISBN 978-3-411-04945-5 .).