Fedir
A Ukrainian name with Slavic roots, meaning "gift of god". Most Poles have never met a Fedir: fewer than 2,000 men carry it, and these days it's given to almost no one.
Fedir Pronunciation
Fedir is pronounced FE-deer (/ˈfɛdir/).
What Fedir means
Where Fedir comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Fedir belongs to Ukraine, a Slavic name in its everyday form, and it means gift of God. Ukrainians have carried it for centuries, in villages and in cities. The meaning is plain. A child is received as something given, and the name says so without decoration.
One well documented bearer was Fedir Vovk, who lived from 1847 to 1918. He was a Ukrainian anthropologist and ethnographer, and he spent his working life studying the folk culture he came from. His name and his subject matched: a man given to his country, recording what that country had made.
On a class register in a Polish school, Fedir now sits among the Franeks and the Filips, a Ukrainian name finding its place in a Polish row of desks. There are no diminutives to soften it, no second version to fall back on. For those who carry it, the name still says what it always said: gift of God.
How many people are named Fedir
1 in 11697 men in Poland is named Fedir. 1,825 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #732 among male names.
Fedir's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.