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Dictionary of Medieval Names
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Theodore m. Greek Θεός 'God' + Greek δώρον 'gift'.

The name of a number of early saints and martyrs, an 8th C Byzantine saint, an 8th C Coptic pope, a 9th C Byzantine saint, a 9th C pope, a 13th C Russian prince and saint, two 13th Byzantine emperors, and a 16th C tsar of Russia.

Not to be confused with Theodoric.

There exists a Slavic calque, Bogdan.

France
Middle French
● 1563 Théodore RegPCC-1 p. 21
Italy
Latin
● 1179 Theodorus (nom) CartHaut 25
Ukraine
Latin
● 1469 Fedor (nom) AGZ-18 17
Cite as: J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Theodore". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2016/1/name/Theodore.