Theadora
Feminine · “gift of God”
Theadora respells Theodora — gift of God — and the empress who carried it began as an actress and ended co-ruling the Roman Empire.
How old is the name Theadora?
Theadora first appears in US birth records in 1906 — 119 years ago. The typical Theadora alive today was born around 2012, making them about 13 years old. About 1,200 people named Theadora are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Theadora most popular?
Theadora peaked in 2024, reaching #1884 nationally. Today it ranks #2153, 269 places below that high. See the whole 2024 chart.
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Where it comes from
From theos doron to Theadora
The story of Theadora
Theodora was an actress and, according to a hostile historian, a good deal else before she married Justinian and ruled beside him; when a riot nearly toppled the throne she is said to have refused to flee, and the regime survived. Theodora appears in mosaic at Ravenna. The name is in current American use.
Meaning
gift of God
From the Greek theos, 'god', and doron, 'gift' — the feminine of Theodore. Both elements are ordinary Greek and the compound is transparent. It translates the Hebrew Mattityahu exactly. The Thea- respelling is a modern English variation.
How the name formed
- theos doron
- Theodora
- Theadora
Related forms: Theodora · Θεοδώρα · Feodora
Pronouncing Theadora
thee-uh-DOR-uh
Four syllables, stress on the third. Theadora and Theodora are said identically.
Nicknames for Theadora
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1906
- Most girls named
- 202190 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1884reached in 2024
- Change vs 2023
- +13.2%86 in 2025, from 76
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Theadora in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Theodora in English — spelling variant
- Θεοδώρα in Greek — transliteration
- Feodora in Russian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, California, Michigan.
Theadoras among us
people named Theadora are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 18,689 born in 2025 was named Theadora
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Karsen test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Theadora's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Karsen climbed just as high around 2000, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Karsen's path sketches the road Theadora is walking now.
Theadora sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Theadora is headed
Theadora looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 17% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Theadora beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Theadora in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The gift-of-God meaning is transparent and about as good as meanings get.
- Thea and Dora are two short forms, both real names in their own right.
- An empress who refused to flee a riot is a first-rate bearer.
- Theodora is the standard spelling.
- Four syllables make it long for everyday use.
- The respelling will be corrected by other people constantly.
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Feminine · #2153 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Theadoras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,200 people named Theadora are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Theadora in 2025?
- Theadora ranks #2153 among US girl names in 2025, with 86 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Theadora?
- About 1 in every 18,689 US girls born in 2025 was named Theadora — 86 in all.
- Will my child share the name Theadora with classmates?
- Theadora will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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