Girl · Greek
Teodora
Say it: teh-oh-DOH-rah
Meaning
From Greek theos 'god' and doron 'gift'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
An Orthodox saint's name and a Serbian royal name, popular again in Serbia in the 2000s.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 1,224 babies given this name since 1893
- At its height in 1907, about 1 in 31,900 girls
- 22 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Теодора
| Greek | Theodora |
|---|---|
| Russian | Feodora |
| Polish | Teodora |
Famous bearers
- Theodora of Serbia, wife of Stefan Dečanski
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Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- Royal and noble genealogies
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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