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Theadora

Gender
Girl
Say it
thee-a-DOR-a
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#812 for girls
US rank, 2025
#2,153 for girls

Theadora is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “gift of God”. In 2025 it ranked 812th for girls in the UK (48 babies) and 2,153rd for girls in the US (86 babies).

What does Theadora mean?

Greek: spelling of Theodora

“gift of God”

A variant spelling of Theodora, from Greek theos, god, and doron, gift.

Is Theadora a girl's or a boy's name?

Theadora is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 48 girls in the UK and 86 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Theadora in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#812among girls
Babies in 2025
48about 1 in 5,800 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 11% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 48 girls in the UK were named Theadora, making it the 812th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 707th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 65 girls.

Half of all the girls named Theadora in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 169 girls in the UK were given Theadora or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #306, up from #812 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 763rd in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 65 in 20192025
Theadora in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202548#812
202451#795
202347#827
202256#716
202155#745
202057#707
201965#651
201842#942
201727#1,326
201633#1,133
201534#1,108
201432#1,149
201320#1,617
20129#2,887
20115#4,244
201012#2,234
20099#2,695
200810#2,454
20079#2,543
20067#2,940
20057#2,806
20045#3,356
20034#3,768
20027#2,436
20013#4,156
20005#2,907
19995#2,912
19986#2,535
19974#3,345
19967#2,201

How popular is Theadora in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,153among girls
Babies in 2025
86about 1 in 19,000 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 46% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 86 girls in the US were named Theadora, making it the 2,153rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,468th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 106 girls. It first appears in the records in 1906.

Half of all the girls named Theadora in the US since 1880 were born between 1956 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 470 girls in the US were given Theadora or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #621, up from #2,153 for this spelling alone.

1906Busiest: 106 in 20242025
Theadora in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202586#2,153
2024106#1,884
202376#2,379
202285#2,208
202190#2,103
202070#2,468
201973#2,428
201841#3,676
201741#3,696
201632#4,422
201531#4,487
201414#8,050
201315#7,744
201220#6,338
201111#9,719
20109#11,240
20096#15,236
200814#8,525
200714#8,516
20068#12,415
200513#8,325
20049#10,684
200317#6,571
200211#8,831
200115#6,951
200011#8,527
199917#5,890
19987#11,132
19979#9,012
199611#7,569
199519#5,014
199421#4,682
199315#5,949
19926#11,730
19917#10,263
19906#11,403
19898#8,755
19885#11,792
19878#7,982
19866#9,540
198510#6,455
19840–
19830–
19826#9,235
19810–
19808#7,417
19790–
19780–
19770–
19760–
19750–
19740–
19730–
19720–
19710–
19708#5,817
19690–
19686#6,244
19677#5,456
19667#5,272
19650–
19646#6,008
19635#6,591
19620–
19610–
19600–
19590–
19580–
19570–
19566#5,324
19550–
19540–
19530–
19529#3,795
195111#3,283
195012#3,051
19497#4,234
194810#3,349
194712#3,060
19460–
19458#3,386
194411#2,761
194312#2,694
194214#2,415
194112#2,531
19407#3,501
193913#2,300
193813#2,340
193711#2,569
193610#2,688
19355#4,202
19349#2,922
19338#3,108
19328#3,272
19310–
19306#4,045
19299#3,135
19288#3,434
192715#2,338
192610#3,045
192513#2,616
192412#2,808
192310#3,124
192212#2,778
192112#2,762
19205#4,973
19198#3,450
19180–
19179#3,090
191610#2,832
191512#2,383
19146#3,187
19136#2,825
19120–
19110–
19100–
19090–
19085#2,101
19070–
19065#1,951

Nicknames for Theadora

Names like Theadora

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Theadora

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Theadora: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/theadora, updated 20 October 2026.