Theodore

Theodore

See also: Théodore

English

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Θεόδωρος (Theódōros, “gift of God”). Unrelated to Theodoric.

Proper noun

Theodore

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek; the name of a saint, pope, several emperors, etc.
   • 1820 Leigh Hunt, Names, The Indicator, No. XVIII, February 9th, 1820:

     It is as well certainly not to call a parcel of idle and ragged young rogues by the titles of Augustus, Orlando, and Theodore: nor does it sound very fitting and heroical to hear a father cry out pompously to his little boy, as we did once, - "You, Sir, there, - Maximilian,- come out of the gutter."

   • 2010, Maggie O'Farrell, The Hand That First Held Mine, Headline, →ISBN, page 234:

     'Perfect. What name are we going to give him?'
     'Theo.'
     'Oh.'
     'As in Theodore.'
     'Isn't that rather a...?' He stopped. Smiled at her again. 'Why Theodore?'
     'I like it. And it suits him. Maybe because it contains the sound 'adore'.'

Derived terms

• TR

Related terms

• (pet forms): Ted, Tedd, Teddie, Teddy, Theo
• (feminine forms): Theodora
• (as a calque): Bogdan, Bohdan, Božidar

Translations

male given name

Akkadian: 𒋾𒁺𒊑𒄑 (ti-du-ri-is) Albanian: Todhër m, Todhëri m Arabic: ثِيُودُور‎ m (ṯiyūdūr) Belarusian: Фёдар m (Fjódar) Catalan: Teodor m Chinese: Mandarin: 西奧多／西奥多 (Xī'àoduō) Chuvash: Хӗветӗр (Hĕvet̬ĕr) Coptic: ⲑⲉⲟⲇⲱⲣⲟⲥ (theodōros) Czech: Teodor m Danish: Theodor Dutch: Theodoor (nl) Esperanto: Teodoro Estonian: Tuudor Finnish: Teuvo (fi) French: Théodore (fr) m Gallurese: Diadòru Ge'ez: ቴዎድሮስ (tewodros) Georgian: თევდორე m (tevdore) German: Theodor (de) m Greek: Θεόδωρος (el) m (Theódoros) Ancient: Θεόδωρος m (Theódōros) Hungarian: Tivadar (hu) Irish: Téodóir m Italian: Teodoro (it) Japanese: セオドア (Seodoa) Latvian: Teodors m Ligurian: Tiodöo Lithuanian: Teodoras (lt) m Macedonian: Тодор (mk) m (Todor) Maori: Hioroa, Tioroa, Tiotoa Norwegian: Theodor Polish: Teodor (pl) m Portuguese: Teodoro m Romanian: Teodor m Russian: Фёдор (ru) m (Fjódor), Теодо́р (ru) m (Tɛodór) (transliteration) Sardinian: Tiadòru Shor: Пӧдир Slovene: Teodor Spanish: Teodoro (es) m Swedish: Teodor (sv) Vietnamese: Thêôđorô Welsh: Tewdwr Yakut: Сүөдэр (Süöder)

Noun

Theodore (plural Theodores)

1. (US, regional) A fiador.

Anagrams

• treehood

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Latin

Proper noun

Theodore

1. vocative singular of Theodorus