Theodore (name)

Theodore

Saint Theodore Tyro
Pronunciation	English: /ˈθiːədɔːr/
Gender	Male
Name day	9 November Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Slovakia and Sweden Alternative dates 7 March: Bulgaria 12 May: Greece 23 October: Czech Republic
Origin
Word/name	Greek
Meaning	"giftGod"
Other names
Related names	Theodora, Theodorus, Dorothy

Theodore is a masculine given name. It comes from the Ancient Greek name Θεόδωρος (Theódoros) meaning "gift of God" (from the Ancient Greek words θεός, (theós) "God" and δῶρον (dṓron) "gift").^[1] The name was borne by several figures in ancient Greece, such as Theodorus of Samos and Theodorus of Byzantium, but gained popularity due to the rise of Christendom.

In any form, it means "God-given", or "gift of God": as do the given names Jonathan, Nathaniel, Matthew, Ataullah, Devadatta, Dosetai, Bogdan, and Adeodatus.

The feminine form of Theodore is Theodora. The names Dorothy and Godiva also mean "gift of God". In German, Theodore is the feminine form and the masculine form is Theodor.

Although similar to, and probably influenced by it, the germanic name Theodoric (and variants Theodoricus, Dietrich, Thierry…) has a separate origin.

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Diminutives[]

Hypocorisms or calling names/ nicknames derived from Theodore can be:

People named Theodore[]

Ancient world[]

Ordered chronologically

• Theodore Stratelates (died 319), Byzantine martyr and Warrior Saint
• Theodore of Mopsuestia (c. 350 – 428), Byzantine bishop
• Theodore of Enaton, 5th-century Syrian Christian monk
• Theodore of Pherme, 4th-century Egyptian Christian monk
• Theodore of Tarsus (602–690), Archbishop of Canterbury
• Theodore (brother of Heraclius) (fl. c. 610–636), Byzantine general
• Theodore Trithyrius (died 636), Byzantine treasurer and military commander
• Pope Theodore I, Pope from 642 to 649
• Theodore I Calliopas, Exarch of Ravenna (643 – c. 645 and 653 – before 666)
• Theodore Abu Qurrah (c. 750 – c. 823), Christian Arab theologian
• Theodore the Studite (759–826), Byzantine Greek monk and abbot
• Pope Theodore II (840–897), Pope in 897
• Theodore Prodromos (c. 1100 – c. 1165), Byzantine writer and poet
• Theodore II Laskaris (c. 1222 – 1258), Emperor of Nicaea
• Theodore Svetoslav of Bulgaria, Tsar of Bulgaria from 1300 to 1322
• Theodore I Palaiologos (c. 1355 – 1407), Byzantine despot
• Theodore II Palaiologos (c. 1396 – 1448), Byzantine despot
• Theodore Komnenos Doukas (died c. 1253), Emperor of Thessalonica

Modern world[]

Ordered by last name, where available; otherwise chronologically

• Theodore I of Corsica (1694–1756), German adventurer who was briefly King of Corsica
• Theodore I Laskaris (c. 1174 – c. 1222), first Emperor of Nicaea
• Pope Theodoros II of Alexandria (born 1952), leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
• Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria (born 1954), Eastern Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa
• Theodore Beza (1519–1605), French Protestant theologian and scholar
• Theodore Bibliander (1509–1564), Swiss Orientalist, publisher and linguist
• Theodore Bikel (1924–2015), Austrian-American actor, folksinger, composer and unionist
• Teddy Bridgewater (born 1992), American football player
• Theodore Bundy (1946-1989), prolific American serial killer, rapist, kidnapper, and necrophile
• Theodore Dreiser (1871–1945), American novelist
• Theodore Freeman (1930–1964), American aeronautical engineer, test pilot and NASA astronaut
• Theodore Frelinghuysen (1787–1862), American politician
• Theodore Fyfe (1875–1945), Scottish architect
• Théodore Géricault (1791-1824), French Romantic painter
• Theodore Gill (1837–1914), American zoologist and librarian
• Theodore Hall (1925–1999), American physicist and atomic spy for the Soviet Union
• Theodore Kaczynski (born 1942), American letter bomber
• Theodore von Kármán (1881–1963), Hungarian-American mathematician, aerospace engineer and physicist
• Theodore Katsanevas (1947–2021), Greek academic and politician
• Theodoros Kolokotronis (1770-1843) Greek General and pre-eminent leader of the Greek War of Independence (1821-1829) against the Ottoman Empire.
• Theodore Levitt (1925–2006), American economist
• Theodore Long (born 1947), American professional wrestling personality
• Theodore Lyman (1874–1954), American physicist and spectroscopist
• Theodore Harold Maiman (1927–2007), American engineer and physicist, inventor of the laser
• Theodore Edgar McCarrick (born 1930), American Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
• Theodore Metochites (1270–1332), Byzantine statesman, author and philosopher
• Ted Nugent (born 1948), American rock musician and gun advocate
• Theodore Parker (1810–1860), American Transcendentalist and reforming minister of the Unitarian church
• Theodore Duncan Perera, Sri Lankan Sinhala civil servant
• Theodore William Richards (1868–1928), American physical chemist
• Theodore Roberts (1861–1928), American film and stage actor
• Theodore Robinson (1852–1896), American Impressionist painter
• Theodore Roethke (1908–1963), American poet
• Theodore Romzha (1911–1947), Ukrainian Ruthenian Catholic bishop
• Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919), 26th President of the United States
• Theodore Roosevelt Sr. (1831-1878), American businessman and philanthropist
• Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1887–1944), American government, business and military leader
• Theodore Roosevelt III (1914-2001), American banker
• Theodore Roosevelt IV (born 1945), American investment banker
• Theodore Roszak (scholar) (1933–2011), American historian, sociologist and novelist
• Ted Sampley (1946–2009) American POW/MIA activist
• Theodore Schultz (1902–1998), American economist
• Theodore Shapiro (born 1971), American film composer
• Theodore Sorensen (1928–2010), American lawyer, writer, and presidential adviser
• Ted Stevens, American former Senator from Alaska
• Theodore Sturgeon (1918–1985), American science fiction author
• Theodore Thomas (conductor) (1835–1905), American violinist and conductor
• Theodore Van Kirk (1921–2014), American navigator of the Enola Gay
• Theodore Wheeler (born 1981), American novelist
• Ted Williams (1918–2002), American baseball player
• Teddy Wilson (1912–1986), American jazz pianist
• Theodore H. Winters Jr. (1913–2008), American flying ace during World War II
• Guy Theodore Sebastian, Malaysian-Australian singer
• Theodore Taylor (1921-2006), American writer

See also[]

• All pages with titles beginning with Theodore
• All pages with titles containing Theodore
• Saint Theodore (disambiguation)
• Théodore (disambiguation)
• Theodor, a list of people with the given name
• Theodora (disambiguation)
• Theodore (surname)
• Theodoric
• Theodoros, a list of people with the given name Theodoros or Theodorus
• Teodorico, a list of people with the given name Teodorico or Theodorico
• Teodor
• Theodoor
• Fyodor
• Tawadros (disambiguation)
• Tewodros (disambiguation)
• Tudor (disambiguation)

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