Theodore



Gender:
Origin: Greek
906 famous people named Theodore found on Wikipedia.
243540 male, 894 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 44-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 30-th in year 1904
Used in: English

Meanings

A male given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift of God.”.


Theodore is a masculine given name. It comes from the Greek name Θεόδωρος (Theodōros) meaning "god-given" (from the Greek words θεός, (theos) "god" and δώρον (dōron) "gift"). The name was borne by several figures in ancient Greece, such as Theodorus of Samos and Theodorus the Atheist, but gained popularity due to the rise of Christianity (its meaning having been adopted to "God-given".)
Cognates: in Armenia, Thoros (Թորոս). In Georgian, Theodore (თევდორე). In French, Théodore as well as Dieudonné, a direct translation of the Greek. In German, Theodor. In Dutch, Theodoor. In Latin, Theodorus. In Hungarian, Teodor. In Spanish, Portuguese and Italian, Teodoro. In Russian, Fyodor (Фёдор). In Belarusian, Фёдар (Łacinka: Fiodar) and Тодар (Łacinka: Todar) or Тэадор (Łacinka: Teador). In Bulgarian, Todor (Тодор), Teodor (Теодор) and Božidar (Божидар). In Romanian, Tudor (which is also a surname) and Teodor. In Irish, Téodóir. In Lithuanian, Teodoras. In Estonian, Tuudor. In Esperanto, Teodoro. In Latvian, Teodors. In Czech, Norwegian, Polish, Catalan, Bulgarian and Slovene, Teodor (Теодор). In Japanese, Seodoa (セオドア). In Serbian, Teodor (Теодор), Todor (Тодор) and Božidar (Божидар). In Croatian, Teodor and Božidar. In Sicilian, Teodoru. In the Scandinavian languages, Theodor. In Finnish, Teuvo. In Arabic, Tawadros (تواضروس). In Ethiopian, Tewodros.
Short forms: in English, Theo, Ted, Teddy. In Dutch Dorus, Teo, Theo. In the Scandinavian languages, Teo or Theo. In Russian, Fedya (Федя). In Bulgarian, Toshko (Тошко) or Tosho (Тошо), and Božo (Божо). In Greek, Theodoros (Θεόδωρος), Thodoros (Θόδωρος), Thodoris (Θοδωρής), Thodorakis (Θοδωράκης) and Doros (Δώρος). In Georgian, Tedo (თედო).
The given names Jonathan, Nathanael, Mattaniah, Matthew, Dosetai, Bogdan (or Bohdan), Ataullah, Adeodatus and Devadatta have similar meanings.
The crimes of serial killer Theodore "Ted" Bundy put the name out of fashion in America for a while. However, in the 21st century it has seen a resurgence in popularity.
The feminine form of Theodore is Theodora. The name Dorothy is derived from the same two Greek roots, in reverse order. Godiva is from an Anglo-Saxon version of "gift of God".

Théodore is the French version of the masculine given name Theodore.


Masc. proper name, from Latin Theodorus, from Greek Theodoros, literally "gift of god," from theos "god" (from PIE root *dhes-, forming words for religious concepts) + doron "gift" (from PIE root *do- "to give"). The fem. form is Theodora.


Gift of God. From theo (god) and doro (present).

Famous People: 906 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell
2 Theodore Roosevelt 1887 Son of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt
3 Theodore Long 1947 American wrestling executive and former referee
4 Theodore Bikel 1924 Actor
5 Theodore Dreiser 1871 Novelist, journalist
6 Theodore Olson 1940 American lawyer
7 Théodore Géricault 1791 French painter
8 Theodore Melfi American film director
9 Jon Theodore 1973 American drummer
10 Theodore J. Forstmann 1940 American businessman and investor
11 Theodore Miller Edison 1898 American inventor
12 Theodore Wilson 1943 Actor
13 Theodore von Kármán 1881 Hungarian-American mathematician, aerospace engineer and physicist
14 Theodore Roosevelt IV 1942 American diplomat
15 Theodore Roosevelt III 1914 World War II Veteran
16 Theodore Sturgeon 1918 American speculative fiction writer
17 Theodore H. White 1915 Historian and author
18 Theodore Dalrymple 1949 English doctor and writer
19 Theodore Hall 1925 American scientist
20 Theodore Roosevelt V 1976 American businessman
21 Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. 1831 American businessman, father of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt
22 José Théodore 1976 Canadian ice hockey player
23 Brother Theodore 1906 German-American monologuist and comedian
24 Theodore Hardeen 1876 American magician
25 Theodore Hesburgh 1917 Congressional Gold Medal recipient
26 Theodore Roethke 1908 American poet
27 Theodore Parker 1810 Abolitionist
28 Theodore Van Kirk 1921 Recipient of the Silver Star
29 Theodore Gilmore Bilbo 1877 American politician
30 Theodore Permadi Rachmat
31 Theodore Komnenos Doukas 1180 Byzantine Emperor
32 Grand Wizzard Theodore 1963 Hip hop DJ
33 Theodore Stephanides 1896 Greek poet
34 Theodore Beza 1519 French theologian
35 Theodore Schurch 1918 British Nazi collaborator
36 Theodore Dwight Weld 1803 American abolitionist
37 Theodore Streleski 1936 American murderer
38 Theodore Levitt 1925 American economist and professor at Harvard Business School
39 Theodore Millon 1928 Psychologist who worked with personality disorders
40 Theodore Postol 1946 American physicist
41 Theodore Zeldin 1933 English academic
42 Theodore I Laskaris 1174 13th-century emperor of Nicaea
43 Theodore Boone
44 Theodore Ts'o 1968 American computer scientist, free software developer
45 Theodore Schultz 1902 American economist
46 Théodore Chassériau 1819 French romantic painter
47 Theodore Roe 1898 American mob boss
48 Theodore Edgar McCarrick 1930 Catholic cardinal
49 Theodore Freeman 1930 American astronaut
50 Théodore Rousseau 1812 French painter (1812-1867)
51 Theodore Judah 1826 American surveyor
52 Theodore Maiman 1927 American physicist/Inventor of first working laser
53 Theodore of Amasea 0300 Anatolian saint
54 Shea Theodore 1995 Canadian ice hockey defenceman
55 Theodore Sedgwick 1746 Delegate, Representative, and United States Senator from Massachusetts
56 Theodore Whitmore 1972 Jamaican footballer
57 Theodore Newman Kaufman 1910 American activist
58 Theodore of Tarsus 0602 Archbishop of Canterbury
59 Jordan Theodore 1989
60 Theodore II Laskaris 1221 13th-century emperor of Nicaea
61 Theodore Frelinghuysen 1787 American politician
62 Theodore Shackley 1927 American spy
63 Theodore of Mopsuestia 0350 Byzantine theologian
64 Sondra Theodore 1956
65 Theodore Shapiro 1971 American composer
66 Theodore Taylor 1921 American children's writer
67 Théodore Sindikubwabo 1928 Rwandan politician
68 Theodore M. Pomeroy 1824 American politician
69 Theodore Gray 1964 American science writer
70 Donna Theodore 1941 American actor-singer
71 Theodore William Richards 1868 United States chemist
72 Theodore D. Chuang 1969 United States District Judge
73 Theodore Robinson 1852 American artist
74 Theodore the Studite 0759 Byzantine saint
75 Théodore Dubois 1837 French composer
76 Theodore Isaac Rubin 1923 American writer
77 Theodore J. Lowi 1931 American academic
78 Théodore Guérin 1798 Catholic saint and nun from France
79 Theodore A. Morde 1911 American ethnologist
80 Theodore E. Burton 1851 Politician
81 Theodore F. Green 1867 American politician
82 Theodore Komisarjevsky 1882 Russian theatre director
83 Theodore Edward Coneys 1882 American murderer
84 Theodore McKeldin 1900 American politician
85 Theodore Newton Vail 1845 United States industrialist
86 Theodore Hook 1788 British writer
87 Theodore M. Davis 1837 American lawyer and egyptologist
88 Theodore Durrant 1871 American murderer
89 Theodore W. Allen 1919 American writer
90 Theodore Annemann 1907 American professional magician
91 Theodore J. Flicker 1930 Playwright, theatrical producer, director, actor, screenwriter, author, and sculptor
92 Theodore Stratelates Eastern Orthodox saint
93 Ali Dee Theodore 1970 American music producer
94 Theodore Douglas Robinson 1883 American politician
95 Théodore Simon 1873 French intelligence researcher
96 Theodore Austin-Sparks 1888 British Christian evangelist/author
97 Theodore Angelopoulos 1943 Greek businessman/shipping magnate/steel magnate
98 Theodore Roberts 1861 Film, Theatre actor
99 Theodore Paraskevakos 1937 Greek inventor and businessman
100 Theodore Romzha 1911 Blessed Martyr, Eparch of Mukacheve
101 Theodore Loblaw 1872 Canadian businessman
102 Theodore of Corsica 1694 German noble
103 Theodore Thomson Flynn 1883 Australian zoologist
104 Theodore Dwight Woolsey 1801 American jurist; President of Yale University
105 Ted Theodore 1884 Australian politician
106 Theodore Katsanevas 1947 Greek academic and politician
107 Theodore Orji 1950 Nigerian politician
108 Theodore Maly 1894 Soviet spy
109 Theodore Kosloff 1882 Russian-American ballet dancer, choreographer, actor
110 Theodore J. Mooney
111 Theodore Svetoslav of Bulgaria Bulgarian emperor
112 Théodore de Banville 1823 French writer
113 Theodore Newcomb 1903 American social psychologist
114 Theodore Trithyrius Byzantine general
115 Theodore Lidz 1910 American researcher
116 Theodore 0610 Brother of Byzantine emperor Heraclius
117 Theodore Case 1888 Physicist, inventor
118 Theodore Gill 1837 American biologist
119 Theodore S. Westhusing 1960 American colonel
120 Theodore Wilbur Anderson 1918 American statistician
121 Théodore Monod 1902 French naturalist and explorer
122 Theodore von Eltz 1893 Actor
123 Theodore Draper 1912 American historian
124 Theodore Ushev 1968 Canadian illustrator
125 Theodore Ayrault Dodge 1842 Union United States Army officer
126 Theodore Rappaport 1960 American engineer
127 Theodore Metochites 1270 Byzantine scholar
128 Theodore Roosevelt McElroy 1901
129 Theodore McKee 1947 American judge
130 Theodore Rinaldo 1944 Businessperson
131 Theodore Jantjies 1983 South African actor
132 Theodore Earl Butler 1861 American painter
133 Théodore Reinach 1860 French archaeologist
134 Theodore Tilton 1835 American newspaper editor
135 Theodore E. Chandler 1894 Recipient of the Purple Heart medal
136 Théodore de Korwin Szymanowski 1846 Polish political writer and poet
137 Theodore I, Marquess of Montferrat 1290 Marquess of Montferrat (1306-1338)
138 Theodore Goddard 1878 Solicitor
139 Théodore Robitaille 1834 Canadian politician
140 Theodore Sider 2000 American philosopher
141 Paris Theodore 1943 American gunsmith
142 Theodore Brameld 1904 American philosopher
143 Theodore Schick American philosopher
144 Théodore Steeg 1868 French politician Prime Minister of France
145 Theodore Wirth 1863 Swiss architect
146 Theodore Ropp 1911 American naval historian
147 Theodore Samuel Motzkin 1908 American mathematician
148 Théodore de Mayerne 1573 Swiss physician
149 Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach 1659 Count Palatine of Sulzbach
150 Theodore Cooper 1839 American civil engineer
151 Theodore Roszak 1907 American artist
152 Theodore Winthrop 1828 Union Army officer
153 Theodore Drange 1934 American philosopher
154 Theodore Garland, Jr. 1956 Biologist
155 Theodore Ziolkowski 1932 Germanist
156 Theodore Lorch 1873 Actor
157 Theodore S. Weiss 1927 American politician
158 Theodore Foster 1752 American politician
159 Theodore Abu-Qurrah 0750 Greek theologian and bishop
160 Theodore Stark Wilkinson 1888 United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
161 Théodore Flournoy 1854 Swiss psychologist & parapsychologist
162 Theodore Fitz Randolph 1826 American politician
163 Theodore Agnew 1961 Norfolk businessman and philanthropist
164 Theodore Curphey 1897 American coroner
165 Theodore S. Wright 1797 African-American abolitionist minister
166 Theodore II Palaiologos, Lord of Morea 1396 Despot of Morea
167 Joseph Davilmar Théodore 1847 President of Haiti
168 Theodore Holmes Bullock 1915 American neuroscientist
169 Theodore Gordon 1854 American fisherman and writer
170 Theodore Oesten 1813 German musician
171 Theodore Kanavas 1961 American politician
172 Theodore Christianson 1883 American politician
173 Theodore Wores 1859 American painter
174 Theodore Zichy 1908 British film director
175 Theodore Schwan 1841 United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
176 Theodore Martin 1816 British writer
177 Theodore Besterman 1904 Polish-English bibliographer and editor of Voltaire
178 Theodore R. Sarbin 1911 American psychologist
179 Theodore H. Schwartz 1965 Neurosurgeon
180 Theodore the Black 1240 Russian saint
181 Theodore Goldsmith Joslin 1890 American politician
182 Theodore Kuchar 1963 Violists and conductor
183 Theodore Baker 1851 American musicologist
184 Theodore R. Davis 1840 American artist
185 Theodore Antoniou 1935 Greek composer/conductor
186 Theodore C. Bestor 1951 Professor of Anthropology and Japanese Studies at Harvard University
187 Theodore Nicolas Gobley 1811 French chemist
188 Theodore Beck 1859 British academic
189 Theodore Modis 1943 Futurologist
190 Theodore Zoli American structural engineer
191 Theodore Runyon 1822 Union United States Army general
192 Theodore A. Parker III 1953 American ornithologist
193 Theodore K. Lawless 1892 American dermatologist
194 Walter Theodore Watts-Dunton 1832 English literary critic and poet
195 Theodore T. Jones 1944 American judge
196 Theodore Link 1850 American architect
197 Theodore G. Ellyson 1885 United States naval aviator
198 Theodore William Moody 1907 Irish historian
199 Theodore Low De Vinne 1828 American printer and typographer
200 Theodore Cogswell 1918 American writer