Theodore Forename
Approximately 269,224 people bear this name
Theodore Forename Definition:
A male name. Greek θεόδορος ‘god’s gift’. There were several saints of this name, which is common in the Eastern Church. In Russia, particularly Fedor or Feodor is a favourite. Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury (6o2?-69o), was a native of Tarsus in Cilicia The name has not otherwise been noted in England before the 17th C and it remained rare until the 19th C when it was favoured by the Tractarians.
Read More About This ForenameTheodore Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 142,877 | 1:2,537 | 462 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 27,712 | 1:2,664 | 409 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 16,178 | 1:1,336 | 268 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 10,152 | 1:1,120 | 240 |
| Burundi | 100% | 10,138 | 1:977 | 312 |
| Benin | 100% | 8,484 | 1:1,247 | 296 |
| Ghana | 100% | 7,866 | 1:3,431 | 494 |
| South Africa | 99% | 6,557 | 1:8,317 | 1,469 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 4,624 | 1:21,099 | 2,739 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 3,930 | 1:6,013 | 1,171 |
| Ivory Coast | 99% | 2,980 | 1:7,744 | 868 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,682 | 1:12,354 | 1,339 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 2,586 | 1:7,107 | 845 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 2,544 | 1:69,797 | 4,513 |
| Greece | 100% | 1,963 | 1:5,570 | 416 |
| England | 100% | 1,752 | 1:31,737 | 1,747 |
| Philippines | 99% | 1,579 | 1:67,137 | 4,344 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,217 | 1:2,369 | 515 |
| Togo | - | 1,154 | 1:6,273 | 988 |
| Chad | 100% | 927 | 1:14,669 | 2,417 |
| France | 98% | 871 | 1:76,315 | 1,912 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 502 | 1:16,240 | 1,615 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 501 | 1:41,515 | 4,680 |
| Haiti | 100% | 481 | 1:22,301 | 1,818 |
| Indonesia | - | 479 | 1:538,546 | 39,706 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 466 | 1:66,121 | 7,124 |
| Belgium | 100% | 463 | 1:24,817 | 1,715 |
| Senegal | 99% | 427 | 1:34,148 | 1,635 |
| Bahamas | - | 360 | 1:1,109 | 282 |
| India | 100% | 332 | 1:3,659,271 | 155,675 |
| Australia | - | 285 | 1:47,921 | 2,312 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 284 | 1:36,730 | 2,763 |
| Thailand | 100% | 265 | 1:264,399 | 15,701 |
| Zimbabwe | 78% | 247 | 1:62,445 | 5,097 |
| Germany | 100% | 243 | 1:397,851 | 4,624 |
| Israel | 94% | 226 | 1:37,181 | 2,649 |
| Guinea | 100% | 223 | 1:53,178 | 1,675 |
| Mali | - | 221 | 1:76,822 | 3,384 |
| Liberia | 99% | 216 | 1:20,426 | 1,405 |
| Malawi | 75% | 212 | 1:80,718 | 4,695 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 204 | 1:6,674 | 1,096 |
| Gabon | 100% | 200 | 1:9,417 | 1,573 |
| Brazil | 100% | 196 | 1:1,093,042 | 27,903 |
| Egypt | 100% | 195 | 1:471,287 | 12,924 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 162 | 1:187,963 | 11,085 |
| French Polynesia | - | 151 | 1:1,840 | 421 |
| Lebanon | 78% | 147 | 1:38,283 | 2,083 |
| Guyana | 100% | 138 | 1:5,531 | 984 |
| Belize | 100% | 130 | 1:2,725 | 625 |
| Barbados | - | 129 | 1:2,246 | 483 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 119 | 1:142,034 | 6,271 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 114 | 1:963 | 192 |
| Japan | - | 106 | 1:1,207,416 | 16,190 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 102 | 1:974 | 170 |
| Uganda | 79% | 95 | 1:431,125 | 10,672 |
| Scotland | 100% | 93 | 1:57,531 | 1,719 |
| Sweden | 96% | 76 | 1:129,709 | 5,185 |
| Saint Lucia | 97% | 75 | 1:2,371 | 440 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 74 | 1:3,651 | 572 |
| Botswana | - | 69 | 1:31,659 | 3,460 |
| New Zealand | - | 64 | 1:70,876 | 3,426 |
| Singapore | 100% | 64 | 1:98,235 | 7,388 |
| Tanzania | 94% | 64 | 1:824,817 | 18,308 |
| Panama | 100% | 55 | 1:71,028 | 4,055 |
| Wales | 100% | 55 | 1:56,260 | 1,840 |
| China | - | 49 | 1:27,878,689 | 60,877 |
| Kuwait | - | 47 | 1:80,538 | 6,521 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 46 | 1:178,554 | 4,373 |
| Guam | - | 45 | 1:3,570 | 683 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 96% | 42 | 1:2,657 | 514 |
| Italy | 97% | 40 | 1:1,526,552 | 11,670 |
| Namibia | - | 40 | 1:60,104 | 3,480 |
| Grenada | 100% | 39 | 1:2,772 | 547 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 39 | 1:1,407 | 321 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 35 | 1:204,343 | 13,030 |
| Czechia | 90% | 33 | 1:322,914 | 2,031 |
| Hong Kong | - | 32 | 1:242,273 | 3,429 |
| South Korea | - | 32 | 1:173,263 | 7,040 |
| Mexico | 100% | 30 | 1:4,138,148 | 17,999 |
| Jordan | 96% | 28 | 1:315,242 | 3,168 |
| Malta | - | 28 | 1:15,334 | 1,292 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 26 | 1:1,202 | 282 |
| Aruba | - | 25 | 1:4,151 | 831 |
| Zambia | - | 24 | 1:660,616 | 13,295 |
| Ecuador | - | 23 | 1:770,736 | 6,723 |
| Cyprus | - | 20 | 1:43,554 | 2,074 |
| Denmark | - | 19 | 1:297,342 | 5,671 |
| Iraq | 100% | 19 | 1:1,843,045 | 11,423 |
| Kenya | - | 17 | 1:2,723,948 | 21,409 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 17 | 1:3,216 | 586 |
| Norway | 100% | 15 | 1:342,155 | 7,099 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 14 | 1:4,378 | 794 |
| Congo | 100% | 14 | 1:357,800 | 7,134 |
| Ireland | 99% | 13 | 1:357,194 | 5,120 |
| Honduras | 100% | 13 | 1:678,267 | 8,995 |
| Russia | 100% | 13 | 1:11,094,900 | 40,853 |
| Spain | 100% | 13 | 1:3,579,228 | 14,309 |
| Qatar | 100% | 10 | 1:236,960 | 22,379 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Bangladesh | - | 9 | 1:17,717,930 | 19,122 |
| Central African Republic | - | 9 | 1:501,710 | 504 |
| Chile | 100% | 9 | 1:1,956,356 | 13,525 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 9 | 1:529,772 | 7,736 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 9 | 1:126,410 | 509 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 9 | 1:64,551 | 3,816 |
| Sudan | - | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 8 | 1:3,775,237 | 55,178 |
| Vietnam | - | 8 | 1:11,577,889 | 4,258 |
| Austria | 100% | 7 | 1:1,216,314 | 8,086 |
| Jersey | - | 7 | 1:14,283 | 1,073 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 7 | 1:7,319 | 1,092 |
| Bermuda | - | 6 | 1:10,804 | 1,174 |
| Montserrat | - | 6 | 1:813 | 112 |
| Afghanistan | - | 5 | 1:6,524,703 | 31,933 |
| Niger | 100% | 5 | 1:3,836,799 | 37,767 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 5 | 1:38,871,536 | 142,270 |
| Syria | - | 5 | 1:3,861,215 | 5,356 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Lesotho | 67% | 4 | 1:509,999 | 25,489 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Saint Martin | - | 4 | 1:8,936 | 133 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 3 | 1:614,382 | 2,910 |
| Bulgaria | - | 3 | 1:2,330,130 | 16,302 |
| Finland | 100% | 3 | 1:1,827,728 | 14,078 |
| Georgia | - | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| Iceland | - | 3 | 1:122,006 | 4,203 |
| Monaco | - | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Peru | 100% | 3 | 1:10,597,151 | 58,549 |
| Anguilla | - | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Belarus | 100% | 2 | 1:4,741,192 | 16,466 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Palestine | 100% | 2 | 1:2,275,029 | 4,783 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 2 | 1:3,618,402 | 11,946 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 2 | 1:11,884,841 | 132,786 |
| Turkey | 100% | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
The alternate forms: Thèodore (18) & Theodoré (8) are calculated separately.
Theodore (42,593) may also be a surname.
Theodore Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Greek θεόδορος ‘god’s gift’. There were several saints of this name, which is common in the Eastern Church. In Russia, particularly Fedor or Feodor is a favourite. Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury (6o2?-69o), was a native of Tarsus in Cilicia The name has not otherwise been noted in England before the 17th C and it remained rare until the 19th C when it was favoured by the Tractarians. But the Welsh Tudor or Tewdwr is said to be of this origin.
Greek Theodoros, Latin Theodorus, Portuguese Theodoro, French Theodore, German Theodor, it means ‘God’s gift’; in Dorothea(-y), the order is reversed to ‘gift of God’ and the Doro- should, etymologically, be Dora- (as, indeed, it is in the uncompounded Dora). There were numerous saints to spread its use and popularity in Europe; in fact, twenty-eight of them, ‘the favourite of the west being he of Heraclea, a young soldier, who (in 318) burnt the temple of Cybele, and was martyred in consequence. The Venetians brought home his legend, and made him their champion and one of their patron saints’ (Yonge).
From the Latin name Theodorus, Greek Θεοδωρος, signifying the gift of God; from θεος God, and δωρος for δωρον. The nicknames are Tid, Tit.
Greek (masculine) - God’s gift.
A Greek name, meaning: Divine gift.
User-submitted Reference
Theodoros or Theodore is a male name, which comes from the Greek word θεόδωρος, meaning 'God's gift'.
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