Meaning & origin
What it means
Theofilos is a romanization of Θεόφιλος. Θεόφιλος is built from elements meaning “God” and “friend”.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Theofilos through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 10 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 5 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 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 107 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Theofilos’s family of names
In Greek usage, Theofilos is a transliteration of Θεόφιλος.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 17
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Theofilos
- Theophilos KairisGreek priest and revolutionary (1784-1853)
- Theophilos HatzimihailGreek artist (c.1870-1934)
- Phil XCanadian rock guitaristborn 1966
- Theophilus Antecessorlaw teacher, collaborator to the Codex Iustinianus
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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