Théophane
given name · Latin script
Meaning: a male given name from Ancient Greek
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 6 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
/te.ɔ.fan/(recorded in a dictionary) French · from Wiktionary
Théophane is a male given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Congo - Kinshasa than in any other country.
- RERéunion≈1 in 34K(inferred from the name graph)
- FRFrance≈1 in 110K
- ISIceland1 in 351K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Congo - Kinshasa (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 157 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 21K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,000 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Benin, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Theophane in FR France, US United States, CM Cameroon and 2 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)a male given name from Ancient Greek
Cited for this meaning 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Théophane counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | — | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 55K | listed | Theophane | 3 |
| BJ Benin | #891 | ≈670 est. | ≈1 in 21K | — | Theophane | 6 |
| FR France | — | ≈610 est. | ≈1 in 112K | 990 | Theophane | 157 |
| CM Cameroon | — | ≈480 est. | ≈1 in 61K | — | Theophane | 7 |
| US United States | — | ≈54 est. | ≈1 in 6.3M | 5 | Theophane | 54 |
| RE Réunion | — | ≈23 est. | ≈1 in 34K | 5 | — | 2 |
| PL Poland | — | 2 | 1 in 19M | 2 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 974 (Réunion); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Théophane is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, Du grec theophanes, « manifestation de Dieu »; fête de saint Théophane.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In French, Du grec Theophanês, « manifestation de Dieu ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Theophanes of Mytileneb. 100GRnot in their usual name1st century BC Greek historian and friend of Pompey
- Theophanes of Byzantiumb. 600not in their usual nameByzantine historian
- Theophanes the Confessorb. 759TRnot in their usual nameByzantine aristocrat, monk and historian (c.758/60–c.817/8)
- Theophanes the Brandedb. 775ILnot in their usual nameByzantine monk and composer (775-845)
- Theophanesb. 801not in their usual nameByzantine admiral and diplomat
- Theophanes Kerameusb. 1050not in their usual nameItalian bishop
- Theophanes the Greekb. 1340TRnot in their usual nameByzantine-Russian artist (c.1340-c.1410)
- Theophanes the Cretanb. 1490GRnot in their usual nameIcon painter from Crete (died 1559)
- Theofanis Kakridesb. 1869GRnot in their usual nameGreek writer, philologist and university teacher (1869-1929)
- Theofanis Kakridisb. 1933GRnot in their usual nameGreek classical philologist, columnist, and university professor (1933–2019)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence
(measured from records)8 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 2 | #40,799 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 2 | #43,906 |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Théophane a male or female name?
- Théophane is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Théophane mean, and where does it come from?
- a male given name from Ancient Greek Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Théophane?
- In French /te.ɔ.fan/ (Wiktionary).
- In which country does Théophane have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.0 thousand people named Théophane in Congo - Kinshasa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled theophane.
- How common is the name Théophane?
- In Poland, the national register counted 2 people named Théophane in 2026, about 1 in 19 million residents.
- How common is Théophane compared with other names?
- In Benin, Théophane is the 891st most common given name of 2,017 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Théophane?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/th%C3%A9ophaneThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Théophane” — the 891st most common given name in Benin. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.