Theodor - Meaning of Theodor

What does Theodor mean?

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Theodor

[ 3 syll. (t)heo-dor, th-eod-or ] The baby boy name Theodor is pronounced as -DHIY-owDaoer †. Theodor is used mostly in Czech, English, German, Romanian, and Scandinavian. Its language of origin is Old Greek. Theodor is a derivative of the English, French, and Greek name Theodore.

Derivatives of the name include the German shortening Teo and the Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian shortening Theo.

See also the related categories, romanian, greek, czech, german, and scandinavian.

Theodor is not popular as a baby boy name. It is not in the top 1000 names. In 2018, within the family of boy names directly related to Theodor, Theodore was the most frequently used.

Baby names that sound like Theodor include Theodoor, Theodore, Dario, Deodarr, DeRay, Derori, Diderot, Diether, Diorre, Druree, Drurey, Dyorre, Dyry, Dattatreya, Deandrea, Deorre, Theirry, D'Or, Daire, and Dar.

† Pronunciation for Theodor: DH as in "they (DH.EY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; OW as in "oak (OW.K)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)"

Details of famous persons named Theodor:
Author Theodor Geisel, born Theodor Geisel 2 March 1904 - 24 September 1991, Springfield, Massachusetts.
Author E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann, born Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann 24 January 1776 - 25 June 1822, Königsberg, East Prussia, Germany.