Theodis
Masculine · “given by God”
Theodis is not a respelling of Theodore. It is a clipping of one of the longer Greek names that share Theodore's first element, cut off at a point Theodore never reaches. The difference matters, because the two names mean different things: one is a gift of God, the other is God-given in a rather grander sense.
How old is the name Theodis?
Theodis first appears in US birth records in 1911 — 114 years ago. The typical Theodis alive today was born around 1955, making them about 70 years old. About 1,400 people named Theodis are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Theodis most popular?
Theodis peaked in 1952, reaching #927 nationally. See the whole 1952 chart.
Where it comes from
From Theodosios to Theodis
The story of Theodis
Theodosius, the fullest of the names behind this one, belonged to the last man to rule the whole Roman Empire. He held both halves together until his death, made Nicene Christianity the state religion, banned the ancient games at Olympia, and then divided the empire between his two sons — one taking the east, one the west — and it was never governed as a single state again. Everything that follows in European history, the split between Latin and Greek Christendom included, runs through that arrangement. It is a large piece of history to have standing behind a name most people meet without recognizing, and it is entirely invisible in the shortened form.
Meaning
given by God
The first element is the Greek word for a god and is common to a large family of names. The rest here is the front of a longer ending, cut short. The sense is inherited from the element rather than assembled from the whole.
How the name formed
- Theodosios
- Theodosius
- Theodis
Related forms: Theodosios · Teodosio · Feodosy
Pronouncing Theodis
thee-OH-dis
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. Some families front the stress and say THEE-oh-dis, and the spelling supports either.
Nicknames for Theodis
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
- 1911
- Most boys named
- 195561 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #927reached in 1952
- Change vs 2014
- +60.0%8 in 2021, 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.
Theodis in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Theodosios in Greek — related form
- Teodosio in Spanish — related form
- Feodosy in Russian — related form
Theodiss among us
people named Theodis 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
Theodis 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 sits inside it as a short form that is entirely current.
- The Greek element behind it is one of the oldest still in ordinary use.
- It is genuinely uncommon while containing no difficult sound.
- It will be assumed to be a variant of Theodore, which it is not.
- The stress placement is not settled and strangers will guess.
- The generation that used it is now elderly and the name carries that.
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Frequently asked
- How many Theodiss are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,400 people named Theodis are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Theodis in 2025?
- Theodis is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Theodis with classmates?
- Theodis will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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