Theodore

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈθiː.əˌdɔː/
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• General-American: /ˈθi.əˌdɔɹ/
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• rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: TH IY1 AH0 D AO2 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dheh1- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dhéh1s Proto-Hellenic *thehós Ancient Greek θεός (theós) Proto-Indo-European *deh3- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *dóh3r̥ Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *déh3rom Proto-Hellenic *dṓron Ancient Greek δῶρον (dôron) Ancient Greek Θεόδωρος (Theódōros)bor. Latin Theodōruslbor. English Theodore Learned borrowing from Latin Theodōrus, borrowed from Ancient Greek Θεόδωρος (Theódōros), from θεός (theós, “god”) + δῶρον (dôron, “gift”). The name was popularized in reference to the prominent St Theodore of Amasea. Unrelated to Theodoric.

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Akkadian: 𒋾𒁺𒊑𒄑 (ti-du-ri-is) — male given name
• Albanian: Todhër — male given name
• Albanian: Todhëri — male given name
• Arabic: ثِيُودُور (ṯiyūdūr) — male given name
• Belarusian: Фёдар (Fjódar) — male given name
• Bulgarian: Теодо́р (Teodór) — male given name
• Bulgarian: То́дор (Tódor) — male given name
• Catalan: Teodor — male given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 西奧多 /西奥多 (Xī'àoduō) — male given name
• Chuvash: Хӗветӗр (Hĕvet̬ĕr) — male given name
• Coptic: ⲑⲉⲟⲇⲱⲣⲟⲥ (theodōros) — male given name
• Czech: Teodor — male given name
• Danish: Theodor — male given name
• Dutch: Theodoor — male given name
• Esperanto: Teodoro — male given name
• Estonian: Tuudor — male given name
• Finnish: Teuvo — male given name
• French: Théodore — male given name
• Gallurese: Diadòru — male given name
• Ge'ez: ቴዎድሮስ (tewodros) — male given name
• Georgian: თევდორე (tevdore) — male given name
• German: Theodor — male given name
• Greek: Θεόδωρος (Theódoros) — male given name
• Greek: Θίοτορ (Thíotor) — male given name
• Ancient Greek: Θεόδωρος (Theódōros) — male given name
• Hebrew: תיאודור (tiodor) — male given name
• Hindi: थिओडोर (thioḍor) — male given name
• Hungarian: Tivadar — male given name
• Irish: Téadóir — male given name
• Italian: Teodoro — male given name
• Japanese: セオドア (Seodoa) — male given name
• Korean: 시어도어 (sieodo'eo) — male given name
• Latvian: Teodors — male given name
• Ligurian: Tiodöo — male given name
• Lithuanian: Teodoras — male given name
• Macedonian: Тодор (Todor) — male given name
• Māori: Hioroa — male given name
• Māori: Tioroa — male given name
• Māori: Tiotoa — male given name
• Norwegian: Theodor — male given name
• Polish: Teodor — male given name
• Portuguese: Teodoro — male given name
• Romanian: Teodor — male given name
• Russian: Фёдор (Fjódor) — male given name
• Russian: Теодо́р (Tɛodór) — male given name
• Sardinian: Tiadòru — male given name
• Shor: Пӧдир — male given name
• Sicilian: Tòdaru — male given name
• Slovene: Teodor — male given name
• Spanish: Teodoro — male given name
• Swedish: Teodor — male given name
• Thai: ทีโอดอร์ (tii-oo-dɔɔ) — male given name
• Ukrainian: Теодо́р (Teodór) — male given name
• Vietnamese: Thêôđorô — male given name
• Welsh: Tewdwr — male given name
• Yakut: Сүөдэр (Süöder) — male given name