Theofilos
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Theofilos is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- GRGreece≈1 in 100Kas Θεόφιλος(inferred from the name graph)
- CYCyprus1 in 6.3Kas Θεοφιλος
- GYGuyana1 in 17Kas Theophilus
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 Theofilos 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)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 94 (measured from records)
- 1 in 6.3K (inferred from the name graph)
1,790 named Theophilus, 2020
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Cyprus, as Θεοφιλος
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
2 other spellings are counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Θεοφιλος 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.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Theofilos 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 | — | 1,790as Theophilus | 1 in 186K | 1.8K | Theofilos | 83 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 420as Theophilus | 1 in 41K | 397 | Theofilos | 8 |
| CY Cyprus | — | 201as Θεοφιλος | 1 in 6.3K | 201 | Theofilos | 16 |
| GR Greece | #827 | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 100K | 29 | Θεοφιλος | 94 |
| GY Guyana | — | 44as Theophilus | 1 in 17K | 44 | — | — |
| IS Iceland | — | 3as Theophilus | 1 in 117K | 3 | — | — |
1,790 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020, counting the spelling theophilus. 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; Διαύγεια — directory of signing officials (organization → signers); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); CYSTAT — Name frequency (2011 Population Census); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025; Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Theophilus ben Ananusb. 50not in their usual name1st century CE High Priest of Israel
- Theophilus of Antiochb. 200TRnot in their usual namePatriarch of Antioch from c.169 to c.183
- Theophilus of Edessab. 695TRnot in their usual nameGreek astrologer
- Theophilos Kourkouasb. 901not in their usual name10th-century Byzantine general
- Theophilos Kairisb. 1784GRnot in their usual nameGreek priest and revolutionary (1784-1853)
- Theofilosb. 1870GRGreek artist (c.1870-1934)
- Theofilos Voreasb. 1873GRGreek university professor (1873–1954)
- Phil Xb. 1966CAnot in their usual nameCanadian rock guitarist
- Pope Theophilus of AlexandriaEGnot in their usual namePatriarch of Alexandria from 384 to 412
- Theophilos Erotikosnot in their usual name11th-century Byzantine general, governor, and rebel
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 18 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 106 | #52,462 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2017 | 5 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1979 | 5 | — |
| IS Iceland | Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry) | 2026 | 1 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1 | #52,462 |
Reference works 3
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- 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 Theofilos a male or female name?
- Theofilos 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 are other forms of the name Theofilos?
- In the etymology graph, Teofilo, Theophilus and Théophile are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Theofilos have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 1.8 thousand people named Theophilus, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Theofilos most common?
- No national register we hold counts the spelling Theofilos itself. The densest figure for its family of spellings is Cyprus's: the national register counts about 1 in 6.3 thousand people named Θεοφιλος.
- How common is the name Theofilos?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,790 people named Theophilus in 2020, about 1 in 186 thousand residents.
- How common is Theofilos compared with other names?
- In Greece, Theofilos is the 827th most common given name of 24,546 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Theofilos?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/theofilosThe 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, “Theofilos” — the 827th most common given name in Greece. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.