Théodore
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Greek theodoros, from theos « god » + dōron « gift » (Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education))
A male name· listed as male by the registers that count names by sex
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 20 countries · latest register: SCB, 2020
/te.ɔ.dɔʁ/(recorded in a dictionary) French · from Wiktionary
Théodore is a male given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country: 141,175 people, counted by the Census Bureau in 2020. In Jamaica it is the 22nd most common given name. Théodore is also written Θεοδωρος in Greek, ธโอดอร in Thai and 시어도어 in Korean (Hangul).
- JMJamaica≈1 in 1.4K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 2.4K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 2.7K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Théodore itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- #842 (measured from records)
- 4 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 533 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.4K (inferred from the name graph)
141,175 people, 2020
of 15M given names, spellings grouped
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Jamaica, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Théodore in other scripts: Greek, Thai and Korean (Hangul)
(measured from records)Locally spelled Theodore in US United States, GB United Kingdom, JM Jamaica, Theodor in DE Germany, NO Norway, SE Sweden, Theodorus in NL Netherlands and Θεοδωρος in GR Greece.
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.
How to pronounce Théodore
- French:/te.ɔ.dɔʁ/(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Greek theodoros, from theos « god » + dōron « gift ».
Cited for this meaning 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Théodore 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #342 | 141,175 | 1 in 2.4K | 141K | Theodore | 533 |
| NL Netherlands | #568 | 131,561as Theodorus | 1 in 131 | 131K | Theodorus | 80 |
| DE Germany | #374 | ≈28,000 est. | ≈1 in 3K | 2 | Theodor | 160 |
| GB United Kingdom | #425 | ≈26,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.7K | 2.8K | Theodore | 202 |
| GR Greece | #122 | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 660 | 473 | Θεοδωρος | 154 |
| SE Sweden | #992 | 12,377as Theodor | 1 in 824 | 12K | Theodor | 54 |
| NO Norway | — | 5,460as Theodor | 1 in 1K | 20K | Theodor | 33 |
| CY Cyprus | #143 | 2,672as Θεοδωρος | 1 in 474 | 2.7K | Theodoros | 71 |
| JM Jamaica | #22 | ≈2,100 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | — | Theodore | 12 |
141,175 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. 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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024); the de-duesseldorf-vornamen register; Διαύγεια — directory of signing officials (organization → signers); SSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); CYSTAT — Name frequency (2011 Population Census). 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)Théodore is also recorded in 4 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 theos « Dieu » + dōron « don » : « don de Dieu ». Fêté notamment le 9 novembre (saint Théodore).
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In French, Du grec theodoros, « don de Dieu »; fête de saint Théodore.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In French, Du nom grec Theodoros, de theos « Dieu » et dōron « don »; « don de Dieu ».
as a nameDictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition
In French, Du grec Theodôros, « don 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)- Théodore Géricaultb. 1791FRFrench painter (1791–1824)
- Théodore Rousseaub. 1812FRFrench painter (1812–1867)
- Albert II of Belgiumb. 1934BEnot in their usual namesixth king of the Belgians
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)30 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 20 countries.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Théodore?
- In French /te.ɔ.dɔʁ/ (Wiktionary).
- What does the name Théodore mean, and where does it come from?
- Greek theodoros, from theos « god » + dōron « gift ». Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
- What are other forms of the name Théodore?
- In the etymology graph, Ted, Teodoro and Theo are forms of the same name in other languages; Théo is a recorded short or pet form.
- How common is the name Théodore?
- In the United States, the national register counted 141,175 people named Théodore in 2020, about 1 in 2.4 thousand residents.
- How common is Théodore compared with other names?
- In the United States, Théodore is the 342nd most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.
- Is Théodore a male or female name?
- Théodore is a male name. National registers that list it by sex list it as male: France (INSEE, 2024) and Netherlands (Meertens NVB).
- Which countries have the most people named Théodore?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 141 thousand people named Théodore, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled theodore. After it come Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom and Greece; the country table on this page ranks them.
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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%A9odoreThe 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, “Théodore” — ranked 400th in the United States (Census Bureau, 2020). Data snapshot 2026-10-13.