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Tudor
Say it: TOO-dor
Meaning
A Romanian form of Theodore, from Greek theos 'god' and doron 'gift'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 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
- 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
| English | Theodore |
|---|---|
| Greek | Theodoros |
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.