Gender Masculine Usage Ancient Greek [1] Scripts Εὔδοξος(Ancient Greek) Meaning & History From Greek εὔδοξος (eudoxos) meaning "of good repute, honoured", itself from εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and δόξα (doxa) meaning "notion, reputation, honour". This was the name of a 4th-century BC Greek mathematician and astronomer.