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Theodora
Say it: thee-oh-DOR-uh
Meaning
Greek, 'gift of God' (theos 'god' and dōron 'gift').
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Common in the Byzantine world and revived in English in the 21st century.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 1900s
In the United States
- 10,787 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1908, about 1 in 6,400 girls
- 325 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- Ancient Greece800 BC to 146 BC
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
Early ChristianGreekEnglishItalianRussianBulgarianAncient GreekSerbian
The family of the name
Other spellings: Feodora, Dora
| French | Théodora |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Teodora |
| Italian | Teodora |
| Polish | Teodora |
| Russian | Feodora |
| Greek | Theodora |
| Russian | Fyodora |
| Russian | Fedora |
Famous bearers
- Theodora, 6th-century Byzantine empress and wife of Justinian
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Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- Royal and noble genealogies
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- Ancient Greek inscriptions
- Calendars of saints and name days
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.