Fedir

Fedir (Ukrainian: Федір /ˈfɛdjir/ FEHD-ihr) is a masculine Ukrainian name meaning "gift of God" or "God-given" derived from the Ancient Greek name Theodoros.

Pronunciation of Fedir in Ukrainian

Common anglicised variants of the name include Teddy and Ted, which are diminutives of Theodore. Common patronymic surnames (from Eastern Slavic naming customs) include Fedoriv, Fedorovych, and Fedorenko for men, as well as Fedorivna for women. Common diminuitive nicknames include Fed, Fedya, Fedko, Fedchyk and Fedunchyk.

People

Fedir Androshchuk (born 1970), Ukrainian archaeologist
Fedir Bohatyrchuk (1892–1984), Canadian-Ukrainian chess player
Fedir Danylak (born 1955), Ukrainian dancer, balletmaster and choreographer
Fedir Dyachenko (1917–1995), Ukrainian soldier, Hero of the Soviet Union
Fedir Khodakov (born 1999), Ukrainian drummer
Fedir Koriatovych (?–1414; r. 1389–1393), Lithuanian prince, ruler of Podolia (in present-day Ukraine)
Fedir Krychevsky (1879–1947), Ukrainian early modernist painter
Fedir Kulish (born 2005), Ukrainian figure skater
Fedir Lashchonov (born 1950), Ukrainian volleyball player
Fedir Lyzohub (1851–1928), Ukrainian politician
Fedir Manailo (1910–1978), Ukrainian-Hungarian-Rusyn painter
Fedir Pirotskyy (1845–1898, Ukrainian-Russian engineer and inventor
Fedir Rubanov (born 1971), Ukrainian politician
Fedir Samoilov (born 1998), Ukrainian rock climber
Fedir Serdiuk (born 1995), Ukrainian entrepreneur
Fedir Shchus (1893–1921), Ukrainian military commander
Fedir Shvets (1882–1940), Ukrainian geologist and revolutionary figure
Fedir Tereshchenko (1888–1950), Ukrainian aircraft designer and industrialist
Fedir Tetianych (1942–2007), Ukrainian underground artist
Fedir Vovk (1847–1918), Ukrainian archeologist and anthropologist
Fedir Zharko (1914–1986), Ukrainian duma singer, Merited Artist of Ukraine