Toda

Girl · Medieval Navarrese, uncertain

Toda

Say it: TOH-dah

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Meaning

Uncertain. Possibly a short form of a longer name such as Teodora, or of Basque origin; no explanation is settled.

Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.

Borne by Navarrese and Aragonese noblewomen in the 10th to 12th centuries.

Its wave through time

No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.

Through the ages

Used by

Spanish Basque

Famous bearers

Toda Aznárez, queen of Pamplona

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Where this comes from

Royal and noble genealogies
Medieval Spanish and Portuguese chronicles and charters

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