Avdotya

Avdotya (Авдо́тья) or Avdotia is a Russian feminine given name. It is a form of the Greek name Eudoxia/Eudokia/Eudocia, held by several saints honored in the Russian Orthodox Church. It is shared by the following people:
 * Avdotya Chernysheva (1693–1747), Russian noble and lady in waiting
 * Avdotia Istomina (Avdotya Istomina) (1799–1848), Russian ballerina
 * Avdotya Mikhaylova (1746–1807), Russian stage actress and opera singer
 * Avdotya Panaeva (1820–1893), Russian writer
 * Avdotya Romanovna Raskolnikova, character in Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel Crime and Punishment
 * Avdotya Timofeyeva (b. 1739), Russian ballerina