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Theodorus

“god” + “gift”

masculineLatin script

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Dutch

Origin: Ancient Greek
4 language contexts: Dutch Danish Finnish +1 more
Follow the evidence: 9 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Theodorus

Theodorus is a masculine given name documented in Dutch, Danish, Finnish and 1 other language. English Wiktionary traces it to Ancient Greek Θεόδωρος, from the components “god” + “gift”.

Ancient Greek origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “god” + “gift”

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θεόδωρος (Theódōros), from θεός (theós, “god”) + δῶρον (dôron, “gift”). Compare Latin Theodosius, Matthaeus, Deōdatus, Iōnāthās, Nathanael.

Sources for this account (6)

Wiktionary: TheodorusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: TheodorusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: TheodorusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Dutch Wiktionary: TheodorusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: TheodorusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: TheodorusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

02 / Across borders

Where Theodorus is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Theodorus’s connections around the world.

6 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Published statistics

United States, 2025: 5 boys (rank 12008).

Explore United States

4 of 9 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

South Australia

1944–2017 Spelling: THEODORUS

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 1975: 1; births; Rank #460
Peak year: 1962; 2 births

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: Attorney-General's Department, South Australia · South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017

No rounding stated; amounts are integers (valueStatus=observed).

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

THEODORUS in South Australia, boys: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	no value	no value	not covered
1954	1	360	observed
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	1	427	observed
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	2	378	observed
1963	1	563	observed
1964	1	557	observed
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	1	552	observed
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	1	510	observed
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	no value	no value	not covered
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	no value	no value	not covered
1975	1	460	observed
1976	no value	no value	not covered
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	no value	no value	not covered
1979	no value	no value	not covered
1980	no value	no value	not covered
1981	no value	no value	not covered
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	no value	no value	not covered
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	no value	no value	not covered
1988	no value	no value	not covered
1989	no value	no value	not covered
1990	no value	no value	not covered
1991	no value	no value	not covered
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	no value	no value	not covered
1994	no value	no value	not covered
1995	no value	no value	not covered
1996	no value	no value	not covered
1997	no value	no value	not covered
1998	no value	no value	not covered
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “THEODORUS” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: Dataset record, verbatim: « List of male and female baby names in South Australia from 1944 to 2024. The annual data for baby names is published January/February each year. » Files used: the 1944-2013 archive (female_/male_cyYYYY_top.csv) and the 2014-2017 per-year CSVs (2016: the 'amended' files).
Rounding: No rounding stated; amounts are integers (valueStatus=observed).
Suppression: No threshold is stated by the publisher. The lists include names with an Amount of 1 (see notes), i.e. no minimum-count suppression is visible; whether the lists are complete is not stated (the linked metadata document returned an error). Absence of a name is 'not listed', never zero.
Ranking: Position as published, preserved verbatim; never recomputed. A leading '=' marks a tie (stored as the number after '='); see notes for the observed pattern.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0

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04 / Through time

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Theodorus— “divine gift”
There were numerous saints called Theodorus; the favourite of the West being he of Heraclea, a young soldier, who 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, whence Teodoro has prevailed in the city of the Doge; and from a church dedicated to him at Rome the Spaniards must have taken their Teodor, the French their Théodore, and the Germans the similar Theodor,…
Read the full historical passageShow shorter excerpt
There were numerous saints called Theodorus; the favourite of the West being he of Heraclea, a young soldier, who 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, whence Teodoro has prevailed in the city of the Doge; and from a church dedicated to him at Rome the Spaniards must have taken their Teodor, the French their Théodore, and the Germans the similar Theodor, which has always been frequent there.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part III, Chapter V (Christian Greek Names), Section II (Names from Theos) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Theodore I
died 649
pope
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Theodore II
840–897
pope (840-897)
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Theo Van Gogh
1857–1891
Dutch art dealer (1857-1891), brother of painter Vincent van Gogh
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Guido Gezelle
1830–1899
Belgian poet, journalist, teacher, monastery director and priest (1830–1899)
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Theo Jansen
born 1948
Dutch artist (born 1948)
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Theodorus with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms7

Wikidata Q15885228CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: TheodorusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: TheodorusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Dutch Wiktionary: TheodorusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
French Wiktionary: TheodorusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: TheodorusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: TheodorusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:Nl-Theodorus.oggCC-BY-SA-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part III, Chapter V (Christian Greek Names), Section II (Names from Theos)Public domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates8

South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario top baby names, historical archive 1917–2013
Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General) · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Netherlands — SVB newborn names from child-benefit administration, 2017–2025
Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB), Netherlands · Dutch public-sector database reuse assessment; no standard publisher licence stated · retrieved 2026-10-15
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Theodorus

Ancient Greek origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “god” + “gift”

Sources for this account (6)

Wiktionary: TheodorusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: TheodorusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: TheodorusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Dutch Wiktionary: TheodorusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: TheodorusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: TheodorusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Where Theodorus is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Theodorus’s connections around the world.

6 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Published statistics

United States, 2025: 5 boys (rank 12008).

Explore United States

4 of 9 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

South Australia

1944–2017 Spelling: THEODORUS

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 1975: 1; births; Rank #460
Peak year: 1962; 2 births

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: Attorney-General's Department, South Australia · South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017

No rounding stated; amounts are integers (valueStatus=observed).

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

THEODORUS in South Australia, boys: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	no value	no value	not covered
1954	1	360	observed
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	1	427	observed
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	2	378	observed
1963	1	563	observed
1964	1	557	observed
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	1	552	observed
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	1	510	observed
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	no value	no value	not covered
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	no value	no value	not covered
1975	1	460	observed
1976	no value	no value	not covered
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	no value	no value	not covered
1979	no value	no value	not covered
1980	no value	no value	not covered
1981	no value	no value	not covered
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	no value	no value	not covered
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	no value	no value	not covered
1988	no value	no value	not covered
1989	no value	no value	not covered
1990	no value	no value	not covered
1991	no value	no value	not covered
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	no value	no value	not covered
1994	no value	no value	not covered
1995	no value	no value	not covered
1996	no value	no value	not covered
1997	no value	no value	not covered
1998	no value	no value	not covered
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: Dataset record, verbatim: « List of male and female baby names in South Australia from 1944 to 2024. The annual data for baby names is published January/February each year. » Files used: the 1944-2013 archive (female_/male_cyYYYY_top.csv) and the 2014-2017 per-year CSVs (2016: the 'amended' files).
Rounding: No rounding stated; amounts are integers (valueStatus=observed).
Suppression: No threshold is stated by the publisher. The lists include names with an Amount of 1 (see notes), i.e. no minimum-count suppression is visible; whether the lists are complete is not stated (the linked metadata document returned an error). Absence of a name is 'not listed', never zero.
Ranking: Position as published, preserved verbatim; never recomputed. A leading '=' marks a tie (stored as the number after '='); see notes for the observed pattern.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0

Read our methodology

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Theodorus— “divine gift”
There were numerous saints called Theodorus; the favourite of the West being he of Heraclea, a young soldier, who 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, whence Teodoro has prevailed in the city of the Doge; and from a church dedicated to him at Rome the Spaniards must have taken their Teodor, the French their Théodore, and the Germans the similar Theodor,…
Read the full historical passageShow shorter excerpt
There were numerous saints called Theodorus; the favourite of the West being he of Heraclea, a young soldier, who 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, whence Teodoro has prevailed in the city of the Doge; and from a church dedicated to him at Rome the Spaniards must have taken their Teodor, the French their Théodore, and the Germans the similar Theodor, which has always been frequent there.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part III, Chapter V (Christian Greek Names), Section II (Names from Theos) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Theodore I
died 649
pope
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Theodore II
840–897
pope (840-897)
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Theo Van Gogh
1857–1891
Dutch art dealer (1857-1891), brother of painter Vincent van Gogh
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Guido Gezelle
1830–1899
Belgian poet, journalist, teacher, monastery director and priest (1830–1899)
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Theo Jansen
born 1948
Dutch artist (born 1948)
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms7

Wikidata Q15885228CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: TheodorusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: TheodorusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Dutch Wiktionary: TheodorusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
French Wiktionary: TheodorusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: TheodorusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: TheodorusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:Nl-Theodorus.oggCC-BY-SA-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part III, Chapter V (Christian Greek Names), Section II (Names from Theos)Public domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates8

South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario top baby names, historical archive 1917–2013
Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General) · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Netherlands — SVB newborn names from child-benefit administration, 2017–2025
Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB), Netherlands · Dutch public-sector database reuse assessment; no standard publisher licence stated · retrieved 2026-10-15
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

A story to pass on.

About Theodorus

Ancient Greek origin

Where Theodorus is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

South Australia

History

Historical scholarship

Notable bearers

Theodore I

Theodore II

Theo Van Gogh

Guido Gezelle

Theo Jansen

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Theodorus

Ancient Greek origin

Where Theodorus is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

South Australia

History

Historical scholarship

Notable bearers

Theodore I

Theodore II

Theo Van Gogh

Guido Gezelle

Theo Jansen

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page