Fyodor

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A few things about Fyodor you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Fyodor

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Russian novelist (1821–1881)

Choose Fyodor and your child shares a first name with Fyodor Dostoyevsky, a Russian novelist. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Fyodor, like who?” Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Wikipedia article is available in 256 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 285,714 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Fyodor, 6 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Fyodor would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryFyodor first shows up in US birth records in 2003, the first year at least 5 babies got it. That makes it a fairly new name, younger than many of today's parents.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 2020, when it reached #7,502.
• ✨New on the sceneFyodor wasn't given to enough babies to be counted in 2000. It only took off after 2003.
• 🍂TrendFyodor has slipped 3,193 places over the last five years and now sits at #10,695. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 💬MeaningFyodor is a Russian form of Theodore, which means “gift of God”.

About the name Fyodor

Fyodor is a boy name meaning “gift of God”. It has 6 letters and 2 syllables, starting with F and ending in “-dor”. US birth records list Fyodor for boys from 2003 to 2025, in 15 of those 23 years. Its best year was 2020, when it ranked #7,502 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #10,695, with 6 babies.