Boy · Greek
Theodoros
Say it: theh-OH-dho-ros
Meaning
Greek theos 'god' and doron 'gift'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 426 babies given this name since 1967
- At its height in 2016, about 1 in 105,200 boys
- 11 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- Ancient Greece800 BC to 146 BC
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Thodoris, Theo
| English | Theodore |
|---|---|
| Romanian | Tudor |
Famous bearers
- Theodoros Kolokotronis, hero of the War of Independence
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Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- 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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