Eudora

yoo-DAWR-uh

Greek

"generous gift"

Eudora Origin and Meaning

The name Eudora is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "generous gift".

Eudora is the name of five minor goddesses of Greek mythology and a major goddess (in the person of Pulitzer Prize-winning Eudora Welty) of modern American literature. Eudora is pleasant and euphoneous and a possibility for rejuvenation.

In Greek myth, Eudora was one of the Hyades, a set of sisters transformed into the star cluster that bears their name.

In Disney's The Princess and the Frog, Eudora was the name of Princess Tiana's mother, who was voiced by Oprah Winfrey, and of Mia Farrow's character in Zelig. Eudora is also a character in Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom, and was chosen by actress Marcia Gay Hardin for her daughter back in 1998.

Eudora Rank in US Top 1000

# 986 in the US

Eudora Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1242 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Eudora

• 1242 Nameberry 2025

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Famous People Named Eudora

• Eudora Alice Welty American author

The name Eudora in Pop Culture

• Eudora character in Disney's "The Princess and the Frog"
• Eudora character in the Peanuts comic strip gang, the last major character to be added
• Eudora McVeigh character played by Jean Simmons in an episode of "Murder, She Wrote"
• Eudora character in the Princess and the Frog
• Eudora Patch character on Netflix's "The Umbrella Academy"