Theodoros
Masculine · “gift of God”
Theodoros is the Greek original of Theodore, and it is a compound that means exactly what it says: the gift of God, in the plainest possible Greek.
How old is the name Theodoros?
Theodoros first appears in US birth records in 1967 — 58 years ago. The typical Theodoros alive today was born around 2005, making them about 20 years old. About 500 people named Theodoros are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Theodoros most popular?
Theodoros peaked in 1972, reaching #2991 nationally. Today it ranks #3757, 766 places below that high. See the whole 1972 chart.
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Where it comes from
From theos doron to Theodoros
The story of Theodoros
Theodoros was a very common Greek name and became a Christian one through a great many saints, above all Theodore of Amasea, a soldier-martyr honored across the Orthodox world. It spread to Russia as Fyodor and to the west as Theodore. Modern Greek keeps Theodoros with its everyday form Thodoris, and it reaches American records with Greek families.
Meaning
gift of God
From Greek theos, God, and doron, a gift; the same two elements in the other order give Dorothea, so Theodore and Dorothy mean identically the same thing and nobody notices.
How the name formed
- theos doron
- Theodoros
Related forms: Theodore · Fyodor · Teodoro · Teodoro
Pronouncing Theodoros
theh-OH-thor-os
Four syllables with the stress on the second; modern Greek gives both th sounds as in this. Americans say thee-oh-DOR-os.
Nicknames for Theodoros
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
- 1967
- Most boys named
- 202429 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2991reached in 1972
- Change vs 2024
- 0.0%29 in 2025, from 29
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.
Theodoros in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Theodore in English — same name
- Fyodor in Russian — same name
- Teodoro in Spanish — same name
- Teodoro in Italian — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, California.
Theodoross among us
people named Theodoros are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 58,899 born in 2025 was named Theodoros
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 Leven test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Theodoros's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Leven climbed just as high around 1945, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Leven's path sketches the road Theodoros is walking now.
Theodoros 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 Theodoros is headed
Theodoros looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 31% 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.
Theodoros beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Theodoros in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning that is entirely transparent once explained.
- Theo and Teddy are both ready short forms with international currency.
- Extremely well used in Greece, so it has a very large community behind it.
- Nine letters and four syllables is a great deal for American forms.
- Theodore is the English form and will be assumed and written.
- The Greek and American pronunciations differ at several sounds.
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Frequently asked
- How many Theodoross are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Theodoros are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Theodoros in 2025?
- Theodoros ranks #3757 among US boy names in 2025, with 29 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Theodoros?
- About 1 in every 58,899 US boys born in 2025 was named Theodoros — 29 in all.
- Will my child share the name Theodoros with classmates?
- Theodoros will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Theodoros
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