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Fedora
How to Pronounce Fedora
Pronounced fuh-DOHR-uh /fəˈdɔr.ə/Medium
Meaning: Fedora is the Russian form of Theodora, from the Greek 'theos' (God) and 'doron' (gift), meaning 'gift of God.' The same name gave English the word 'fedora,' the soft brimmed hat, after Victorien Sardou's 1882 play 'Fedora,' whose heroine wore one; the name itself is far older than the hat.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Fedora is the Russian counterpart of Theodora, built from the Greek for 'gift of God.' It carried a quiet Old-World dignity among Russian and Eastern European families. The name is also the source of the hat called a fedora, after the heroine of Victorien Sardou's 1882 play, but the given name long predates that theatrical fashion, which we note as a bit of history rather than its meaning.
Fedora was never common in the United States, given to only about twenty girls a year at its faint peak around 1916, largely in immigrant families. A woman named Fedora then would be well past a hundred now.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Fedora mean?
It is the Russian form of Theodora, from the Greek for 'gift of God.' The fedora hat was later named after an 1882 play, not the other way around.
How do you pronounce Fedora?
It is said fuh-DOHR-uh /fəˈdɔr.ə/, three syllables with the stress on the second.
Is Fedora a boy or girl name?
Fedora is used here as a girl's name.
How popular is Fedora?
It has always been rare in the United States, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak in the mid-nineteen-tens.