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Theodora

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Theodora is a Greek name meaning “gift of God,” the feminine form of Theodore, with Teddy, Theda, and Feodora as related forms. Theodora has a weighty feel balanced by the playful short form Theo, and it was expected to grow in use. The name recalls Empress Theodora, a former stage performer who married Justinian I and became perhaps the most powerful woman in Byzantine history.

Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Badass Baby Names

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Usage of Theodora in different languages / cultures

The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Theodora against each list of names.

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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Theodora is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.

Theodora in official name statistics

United States

In 2025, 384 girls were named Theodora, making it the #725 girls' name in the US. Since 1880, 12,654 girls have been named Theodora, with the most (426) in 2022. It is most common, relative to births, in Maine, Nebraska and Nevada.

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Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.

Other countries

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Austria #344 girls 15 Statistik Austria, 2025
Canada (Quebec) #775 girls 5 Retraite Québec (via Données Québec), 2025
England and Wales #353 girls 121 Office for National Statistics (ONS), 2025
Iceland (as Theodóra) #163 girls 3 Registers Iceland (Þjóðskrá Íslands), 2025
Iceland (as Theódóra) #291 girls 1 Registers Iceland (Þjóðskrá Íslands), 2025
Ireland #608 girls 5 Central Statistics Office (CSO), 2025
Sweden #558 girls 10 Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket), 2025
Switzerland (German-speaking) #577 girls 11 Federal Statistical Office (BFS/OFS), BEVNAT, 2025
Switzerland (Italian-speaking) #183 girls 1 Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO/BFS/UST), 2025
Cyprus #31 girls (all ages) 2,090 Statistical Service of Cyprus (CYSTAT), 2011
Sweden #981 girls (all ages) 770 Statistics Sweden (SCB), 2020

Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.

Theodora in other languages

Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Theodora songs

4 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Theodora in their title. The best known:

  1. Theodora – George Frideric Handel
  2. A donzela Theodora – Abdon Milanez
  3. THEODORA (Handel)
  4. THEODORA (Legge)

Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.

Theodora as a pet name

FurryName has found 18 dogs named Theodora in public pet registers, making it the #4,716 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Toronto (3), Cambridge (2), Worcester (1). Theodora as a dog name →

Names popular for both babies and dogs

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