Theda - Meaning of Theda

What does Theda mean?

[ 1 syll. (t)he-da, th-eda ] The baby girl name Theda is pronounced as -TH-D-aa- †. Theda is used predominantly in the English, German, and Scandinavian languages. Its origin is Old Greek.

Theda is a contraction (English, German, and Scandinavian) of the name Dorothea (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian) as well as a variation (English, German, and Scandinavian) of the name Dorothy (English).

Theda is also a contraction (English, German, and Scandinavian) of the name Theodora (English, German, and Greek).

Theda is also a contraction (English, German, and Scandinavian) of the name Theodosia (English and Greek).

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Theda is unusual as a baby girl name. Its usage peaked modestly in 1919 with 0.030% of baby girls being given the name Theda. It had a ranking of #338 then. The baby name has substantially declined in popularity since then, and is currently of infrequent use. In 2018, among the family of girl names directly linked to Theda, Dorothy was the most widely used.

Baby names that sound like Theda include Taet, Taete, Tai, Tait, Taite, Taiye, Tao, Tate, Taye, Tayt, Tayte, Tee, Tete, Teutë, Thi, Thu, Thuye, Thuyy, Thuyye, and Thwayaa.

† Pronunciation for Theda: TH as in "theme (TH.IY.M)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)"

A famous person named Theda is Theda Bara, Actress, born Theodosia Burr Goodman July 29, 1885 - April 13, 1955, Cincinnati, Ohio.



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