Tudor

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Tudor

Say it: TOO-dor

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Meaning

A Romanian form of Theodore, from Greek theos 'god' and doron 'gift'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Blessed

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

024618801900192019401960198020002020Peak 1921per million babies of that sex
  • 69 babies given this name since 1921
  • At its height in 1921, about 1 in 183,600 boys
  • 5 babies in 2020

Through the ages

  1. The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
  2. The Renaissance1400 to 1600
  3. The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
  4. Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
  5. The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

Romanian

The family of the name

EnglishTheodore
GreekTheodoros

Famous bearers

  • Tudor Vladimirescu, leader of the 1821 uprising
  • Tudor Arghezi, poet

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Where this comes from

  • Calendars of saints and name days
  • National birth statistics of European countries source
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.

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.