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Θεόδωρος
“gift”
Θεόδωρος (Theódōros) is a masculine given name from Proto-Hellenic, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Greek and Ancient Greek.
Ancient Greek and GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Theodore.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Θεόδωρος goes back to Proto-Indo-European *déh₃rom, meaning “gift.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Θεόδωρος comes from Proto-Hellenic, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Proto-Hellenic *dṓron, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃rom (“gift”), built from Proto-Indo-European *dóh₃r̥ + *-os.
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Θεόδωρος’s family of names
In Greek usage, Θεόδωρος has a diminutive in Θεοδωράκης. In Ancient Greek usage, Θεόδωρος shares a linguistic root with the English form Bogdan. In Greek usage, Θεόδωρος has a conventional equivalent in the English form Theodore.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Θεόδωρος has relatives in 22 languages.
30 related names in 22 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 35
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- TheodoreEnglish
- TeodoroPortuguese, Spanish
- Theodoroequivalent
- Teodorderivative · Swedish, Serbo-Croatian
- Bogdancognate · English
- Theodorosborrowing · English
- Fedorequivalent
- Fyodorequivalent
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- Theadorederivative · English
- Tudorderivative · Romanian
- Theodorusequivalent
- Dorosequivalent
- ФеодорRussian
- ТеодорRussian
- Ѳеодоръborrowing · cu
- Ѳедореderivative · zle-ono
- ܬܐܘܕܘܪܘܣderivative · aii
- Todhërborrowing · Albanian
- ⲧⲉϫⲓderivative · Coptic
- ⲑⲉⲟⲇⲱⲣⲟⲥderivative · Coptic
- Фёдарderivative · Belarusian
- Θεοδώραdescendant · Greek
- Θόδωροςdescendant · Greek
- ThéodoreFrench
- Deodoroderivative · Portuguese
- Þeodorusderivative · Old English
- Tódorderivative · Hungarian
- Teuvoderivative · Finnish
- BožidarUpper Sorbian
- Thodorosequivalent
- Άκηςequivalent
- Δώροςequivalent
- Akisequivalent
- ФёдорRussian
- ቴዎድሮስAmharic
People named Θεόδωρος
- Theodore II LaskarisEmperor of Nicaea from 1254 to 12581221–1258
- Theodore I Laskaris13th-century emperor of Nicaea1174–1221
- Theodoros KolokotronisGreek general (1770–1843)
- Theodore the StuditeByzantine saint759–826
- Theodore of MopsuestiaChristian theologian350–428
- Theodore TironAnatolian saint300–306
- Theodorus the Atheistancient Greek philosopher (ca. 340–250 BCE)339 BC–249 BC
- Theodore MetochitesByzantine scholar (1270-1332)
- Theodore Komnenos DoukasEmperor of Thessalonica1180–1230
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