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 [ 4 syll. (t)heo-do-ra, th-eod-ora ] The girl name Theodora is pronounced THIYahDAORah KEY. Theodora's language of origin is Old Greek. It is predominantly used in English, German, and Greek. The meaning of Theodora is 'gift of god'. Biblical name derived from theos 'god' ; doron 'gift'. An older form of the name is Theodora (Old Greek). This is of the same origin as Dorothea, representing a reverse order of its Greek elements. It was borne by several Byzantine empresses, including the 9th-century Queen Theodora, the wife of the emperor Theophilus the Iconoclast. The name was adopted by English speakers in the 17th century. Theodora is the feminine version of the English Theodore. Theodora has 17 forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. Thedorsha, Thedrica, and Theodra are English forms of Theodora. Other English variants include the short forms Dora (also used in French, German, Italian, and Spanish), Theda (also used in German, and Scandinavian), and Theo, and the pet form Teddy. Forms of the name used in foreign languages include the Russian and Italian Fedora, the Frisian, German, and Russian Fenja, the Russian Feodora, the Russian Feodoriya, the Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Spanish Teodora, the Hungarian Teodóra, the German Theodore, and the Slavic Todorka. The short forms Tea (Finnish, German, Italian, Scandinavian, and Slavic) and Thea (German) are other foreign variants. See also the related forms, the English Dorothy and the Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian Dorothea. Theodora is an uncommon baby girl name. At the height of its usage in 1937, 0.015% of baby girls were named Theodora. It was #508 in rank then. The baby name has fallen from favor since then, and is currently used only on a very modest scale. Within all girl names in its family, Theodora was nevertheless the most regularly used in 2008. Baby names that sound like Theodora include the Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Spanish Teodora, the Hungarian Teodóra, the German Teresia, the Arabic Thurayya, the Arabic Tahira, the English Taraea, the English, Indian, and German Taria, the English Tarreara, the English Tayllor, the Iranian Táhirih, the German Theodore, the English Theodra, the English Tiaira, the English Tiairra, the English Tiara, the English Tiarah, the English Tiarra, the English Toria, the English Torria, and the English Torya. KEY: Pronunciation for Theodora: TH as in "theta (TH.EY.T.AH)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
