Theophilus


Gender:
Origin: Greek
105 famous people named Theophilus found on Wikipedia.
2064 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 2603-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 1048-th in year 1901
Used in: Biblical, Ancient-Greek

Meanings

Theophilus is a male given name with a range of alternative spellings. Its origin is the Greek word Θεόφιλος from θεός (God) and φιλία (love or affection) can be translated as "Love of God" or "Friend of God", i.e., it is a theophoric name, synonymous with the name Amadeus which originates from Latin.

Masc. proper name, Latinized form of Greek Theophilos, literally "dear to God; loved by the gods," from theos "god" (from PIE root *dhes-, forming words for religious concepts) + philos "loved, beloved" (see -phile).

Friend of God, loved by god. From theos (god) and philos (friend).

Famous People: 105 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Theophilus London 1987 American rapper
2 Theophilus Danjuma 1938 Nigerian soldier and politician
3 Theophilus Carter 1824 British inventor
4 Theophilus of Antioch 0200 Patriarch of Antioch
5 Theophilus of Adana Byzantine saint
6 Theophilus Presbyter 1070 Monk and writer
7 Theophilus H. Holmes 1804 United States Army officer
8 Theophilus Shepstone 1817 British South African statesman
9 Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk 1584 English Earl
10 Theophilus Van Kannel 1841 American engineer
11 Theophilus Riesinger 1868 German-American Capuchin friar and priest
12 Theophilus Eaton 1590 Founder of New Haven, Connecticut, first governor of the New Haven Colony
13 Theophilus Painter 1889 American zoologist
14 Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon 1650 English politician
15 Theophilus ben Ananus High Priest of Israel
16 Theophilus Hastings, 9th Earl of Huntingdon 1696 English noble
17 Theophilus Cibber 1703 English writer
18 Theophilus Lindsey 1723 English theologian and clergyman
19 Theophilus Beckford 1935 Jamaican pianist
20 Theophilus Bradbury 1739 American politician and judge
21 Theophilus Brown 1919 American artist
22 Solomon Theophilus 1996 Nigerian footballer
23 Mattathias ben Theophilus Roman clergy
24 Theophilus Gould Steward 1843 American author, educator, clergyman
25 Theophilus Harris Davies 1833 British businessman
26 Theophilus Bamigboye 1951 Nigerian politician and army officer
27 Theophilus de Garencières 1610 French apothecary
28 Theophilus Adam Wylie 1810 President of Indiana University
29 Theophilus Evans 1693 Welsh historian
30 Theophilus Oglethorpe 1650 English politician
31 Theophilus Cazenove 1740 Dutch businessman
32 Theophilus T. Garrard 1812 Union army general
33 Theophilus of Edessa 0695 Greek astrologer
34 Theophilus Waldmeier 1832 Swiss Quaker missionary
35 Theophilus Clinton, 4th Earl of Lincoln 1600 English noble
36 Theophilus Parsons 1797 American law professor
37 Theophilus Annorbaah 1987 Ghanaian professional footballer
38 Theophilus C. Abbot 1826 Academic administrator
39 Theophilus John McKee 1880
40 Theophilus C. Callicot 1826 American politician
41 Theophilus Siegfried Bayer 1694 German sinologst
42 Theophilus Gale 1628 British theologian
43 Theophilus Feild 1574 English bishop
44 Theophilus Weeks 1708 Early American settler
45 Theophilus Francis Rodenbough 1838 United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
46 Theophilus W. Smith 1784 Illinois Supreme Court Justice
47 Theophilus Protospatharius
48 Theophilus Pinches 1856 Assyriologist
49 Theophilus Lyle Dickey 1811 American judge
50 Theophilus John Levett 1829 British politician
51 Theophilus Adeleke Akinyele 1932 Nigerian business consultant
52 Theophilus Leigh Academic administrator
53 Theophilus Lowe 1708 English priest
54 Theophilus Harrington 1762 American politician
55 Mutyala Theophilus 1895
56 Theophilus Pashkovsky 1874
57 Theophilus Bird 1608 British actor
58 Theophilus Parsons Chandler, Jr. 1845 US architect, architecture professor
59 Theophilus Blakeney 1730 Irish politician
60 Theophilus Jacobäer 1591 German pharmacist
61 Theophilus Danzy 1930 American football coach
62 Theophilus Johnson 1836 English naturalist, artist, and publisher
63 Theophilus Swift 1746 Irish writer and poet
64 Theophilus Lewis 1891 American theatre critic and magazine editor
65 Theophilus Parsons Pugh 1831 Australian politician
66 Theophilus Brabourne 1590 English writer
67 Theophilus Wilson 1870 English cricketer
68 Theophilus Browne 1763 British minister
69 Theophilus Bolton 1678 Bishop of Clonfert, then Archbishop of Cashel
70 Theophilus Higgons 1578 English divine
71 Theophilus Redwood 1806 British pharmacist
72 Theophilus Grabener 1685 German educator
73 Theophilus Campbell 1811 Dean of Dromore
74 Theophilus Dorrington 1654 English priest
75 Theophilus Levett 1693 British local government official
76 Theophilus Hamutumbangela 1917
77 Theophilus Clarke 1776 English painter
78 Theophilus Thompson 1807 English physician
79 Theophilus Coelestinus Piper 1745 German author, translator and theologian
80 Theophilus Lobb 1678 English physician and nonconformist minister
81 Theophilus
82 Theophilus Ochang Minister of Health of South Sudan and military leader
83 Theophilus Dillingham 1613 English academic
84 Theophilus Wilhelm Freese 1696 German sculptor
85 Theophilus Oglethorpe, Jr. 1684 British politician
86 T. Albert Willy 1845 American politician
87 Theophilus Blakely Irish dean
88 Theophilus Buckworth
89 Theophilus Andrews 1623 English politician
90 Theophilus Daniel 1817 New Zealand politician
91 Theophilus Little American politician
92 Theophilus Heale 1816 New Zealand politician
93 Theophilus Scholes 1858 Jamaican medical practitioner and political commentator
94 Theophilus Jones 1666 Member of the Parliament of Ireland
95 Theophilus Metcalfe English stenographer
96 Theophilus Polwheile English Independent minister
97 Theophilus Momolu Gardiner 1870
98 Theophilus Cooper 1827
99 Theophilus Robin
100 Theophilus Houlbrooke British minister and botanist
101 Theophilus Arthur Allen
102 Theophilus Laan
103 Odagme Theophilus 1974
104 Theophilus Greatorex
105 Theophilus Müller