Meaning of the nameTheodoro

Male
Greek origin
The-o-do-ro

Theodoro is a spelling of the name Teodoro, which means “gift of god”.

Meaning

“gift of god”

Meaning of the name Teodoro, of which Theodoro is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Teodoro · Behind the Name: Theodore

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People (2022): 6,965
Rank in Brazil: #2,174
Median age: 3 years
2010 Census: 1,014; people

Theodoro in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Theodoro, 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 (4,170 people).

56 women 6,909 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 Theodoro is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	2,168	0.005%
Rio Grande do Sul	889	0.008%
Paraná	617	0.005%
Rio de Janeiro	541	0.003%
Santa Catarina	495	0.007%
Minas Gerais	450	0.002%
Espírito Santo	207	0.005%
Bahia	154	0.001%
Goiás	153	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	146	0.005%
Ceará	140	0.002%
Mato Grosso	129	0.004%
Amazonas	119	0.003%
Pará	109	0.001%
Distrito Federal	107	0.004%
Pernambuco	102	0.001%
Maranhão	102	0.002%
Rondônia	65	0.004%
Rio Grande do Norte	49	0.002%
Paraíba	48	0.001%
Piauí	34	0.001%
Tocantins	29	0.002%
Alagoas	28	0.001%
Sergipe	25	0.001%
Amapá	24	0.003%
Roraima	21	0.003%

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

The spelling Theodoro

It keeps the TH that Wiktionary classifies as a spelling from before the spelling reform; most of the people recorded with it were born in the 2010s and 2020s.

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.

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 Theodoro

What does the name Theodoro mean?

Theodoro means “gift of god”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Teodoro, of which Theodoro is a spelling.

How many people are named Theodoro in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 6,965 people with the first name Theodoro, which ranks it number 2,174 among the country's names. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022.

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

Theodoro is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 56 women and 6,909 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Theodoro?

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

In which Brazilian state is Theodoro most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.008% of the state's population is named Theodoro (889 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Theodoro?

Teodoro. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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