Meaning of the nameTeodoro

Male
Greek origin
Te-o-do-ro

Teodoro is a masculine name of Greek origin meaning 'gift of god', from theós, 'god', and dôron, 'gift', which reached Portuguese through the Latin Theodōrus.

Meaning

“gift of god”

Source: Wiktionary: Teodoro · Behind the Name: Theodore

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People (2022): 11,288
Rank in Brazil: #1,560
Median age: 20 years
2010 Census: 9,412; people

Teodoro in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Teodoro, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022 (3,813 people).

99 women 11,189 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Teodoro is most common

States with the highest share of people named Teodoro in the population, in the 2022 Census.

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	2,451	0.006%
Paraná	950	0.008%
Rio Grande do Sul	937	0.009%
Minas Gerais	920	0.005%
Bahia	699	0.005%
Santa Catarina	648	0.009%
Maranhão	555	0.008%
Rio de Janeiro	513	0.003%
Goiás	466	0.007%
Pará	455	0.006%
Mato Grosso do Sul	320	0.012%
Mato Grosso	313	0.009%
Ceará	282	0.003%
Piauí	277	0.009%
Espírito Santo	253	0.007%
Amazonas	233	0.006%
Pernambuco	204	0.002%
Distrito Federal	198	0.007%
Tocantins	117	0.008%
Rio Grande do Norte	102	0.003%
Rondônia	99	0.006%
Paraíba	83	0.002%
Roraima	52	0.008%
Sergipe	51	0.002%
Alagoas	49	0.002%
Amapá	40	0.006%
Acre	21	0.003%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Teodoro

Wiktionary records Teodoro as a learned borrowing from the Latin Theodōrus, which came from the Greek Θεόδωρος (Theódōros), formed from θεός (theós), 'god', and δῶρον (dôron), 'gift'; Behind the Name gives the Greek name the sense of 'gift of god'. Behind the Name also presents it as the Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Theodoros, with Téo as a Portuguese diminutive. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 11,288 people named Teodoro, with a median age of 20. Theodoro, with TH, is the spelling from before the spelling reform.

This is the current and most recorded spelling in the group, without the TH of the old form.

Other spellings of Teodoro

Spelling	People (2022)
Teodoro	11,288
Theodoro	6,965

Sources

Wiktionary: Teodoro · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Theodore · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Teodoro · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: Theodoro · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Teodoro

What does the name Teodoro mean?

Teodoro means “gift of god”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Teodoro in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 11,288 people with the first name Teodoro, which ranks it number 1,560 among the country's names. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022.

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

Teodoro is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 99 women and 11,189 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Teodoro?

Teodoro is a name of Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Teodoro most common?

Proportionally, in Mato Grosso do Sul: 0.012% of the state's population is named Teodoro (320 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Teodoro?

Theodoro. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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