Thedore
Masculine · “Gift of God”
Thedore drops the o that carries the first half of the compound. Theodore is two Greek words joined at that vowel, God and gift; removing it welds the halves together and makes the join impossible to see, which is a lot of work for one letter.
How old is the name Thedore?
Thedore first appears in US birth records in 1902 — 123 years ago. The typical Thedore alive today was born around 1935, making them about 90 years old. About 400 people named Thedore are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Thedore most popular?
Thedore peaked in 1903, reaching #734 nationally. See the whole 1903 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Theodoros to Thedore
The story of Thedore
The American president of this name loathed the short form. Theodore Roosevelt is on record several times objecting to Teddy, which he considered undignified and which his family did not use; his wife called him Theodore and close friends called him T. R. Everybody else called him Teddy for the whole of his public life, and after a hunting trip on which he refused to shoot a tethered bear, a cartoonist drew it, a shopkeeper made a stuffed one, and the toy took the nickname he disliked and made it permanent in every language on earth.
Meaning
Gift of God
Greek theos, God, and doron, a gift, in that order. The joining vowel between them is the o that this spelling removes, and it is there because Greek compounds need one. Dorothea is the same two words the other way round, which is one of the neatest facts in European naming.
How the name formed
- Theodoros
- Theodore
- Thedore
Related forms: Theodoros · Fyodor · Teodoro
Pronouncing Thedore
THEE-uh-dor
Three syllables with the stress at the front. The missing o is supplied by the reader, since the consonants left behind cannot be said together; the spelling is shorter and the name is not.
Nicknames for Thedore
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
- 1902
- Most boys named
- 192934 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #734reached in 1903
- Change vs 1985
- +20.0%6 in 2022, from 5
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.
Thedore in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Theodoros in Greek — transliteration
- Fyodor in Russian — same name
- Teodoro in Spanish — same name
Thedores among us
people named Thedore are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
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Fashion outlook
Thedore sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Theo and Ted are two short forms that are both entirely current.
- The meaning is transparent, positive and easy to give a child.
- The name is recognizable across Greek, Russian and Spanish use.
- Theodore is the standard spelling and this one will be corrected constantly.
- The missing letter makes the compound invisible, so the meaning has to be explained.
- It is strongly dated to the turn of the last century in American records.
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Frequently asked
- How many Thedores are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Thedore are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Thedore in 2025?
- Thedore is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Thedore with classmates?
- Thedore will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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