Given name & surname
Tewodros
“a gift from God”·“God”·“gift”
Tewodros is a form of Theodore. Theodore combines “God” and “gift,” giving the meaning “gift of God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In African use, Tewodros carries the interpretation “a gift from God.” Tewodros is a form of Theodore. Theodore combines “God” and “gift,” giving the meaning “gift of God.”
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Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
How it developed
Tewodros is used as a form of Theodore. Tewodros is a form of Theodore. The shared background comes through Theodore: Theodore’s Greek elements are theos, meaning “god,” and doron, meaning “gift.” French forms provided the route into English.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2017. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Tewodros is a form of Theodore. The history of Theodore gives this family its wider story. Theodore was popular among early Christians and was borne by several saints. That religious history helps explain the name’s spread into different European forms.
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Tewodros through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 29
- 29 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 2017. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 734 as a first name in 2020; 372 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tewodros’s family of names
Tewodros is a form of Theodore. In Amharic usage, Tewodros is a Roman-alphabet rendering of ቴዎድሮስ. In Amharic usage, Tewodros is a transliteration of ቴዎድሮስ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Tewodros
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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