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 [ syll. (t)heo-do-sia, th-eodos-ia ] The girl name Theodosia is pronounced -THIYahDAASiyah KEY. Theodosia's language of origin is Old Greek. It is predominantly used in English and Greek. The name Theodosia means 'giving to god'. Derived from theos 'god' ; dosis 'giving'. An older form of the name is Theodosia (Old Greek). The name was borne by various early saints and martyrs. In literature, the name has appeared in the William Makepeace Thackeray novel The Virginians (1857-1859). Theodosia is the feminine equivalent of the Greek Theodosios. Forms of Theodosia include the Russian Fedosya, the Polish Teodozja, and the Polish Teodozji. The short forms Docia (English), Dosia (English), Thea (German), and Theda (English, German, and Scandinavian) are other variants of the name. Theodosia is an uncommon baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. Baby names that sound like Theodosia include the Polish Teodozja, the Polish Teodozji, the English Takisha, the English Tessia, the English Tezia, the English Tiaisha, the English Tichia, the German and Italian Tizia, the Japanese Toshiko, the English Tyisha, the English Tacey, the English Taci, the English Tacy, the English Taetia, the English Taisha, the Indian Taja, the name Taka, the name Taki, the Greek Tasa, and the English, Russian, and Spanish Tasha. A famous person named Theodosia is Actress, Theda Bara, born Theodosia Burr Goodman July 29, 1885 - April 13, 1955, Cincinnati, Ohio. KEY: approx pronunciation for Theodosia: 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)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
