Theodore

Origin

From the Ancient Greek Θεόδωρος (Theodoros, "gift of god").

Proper noun

1. ; the name of a saint, pope, several emperors and a president.
• 1820 Leigh Hunt, Names, The Indicator, No. XVIII, February 9th, 1820:It is as well certainly not to call a parcel of idle and ragged young rogues by the titles of Augustus, Orlando, and Theodore: nor does it sound very fitting and heroical to hear a father cry out pompously to his little boy, as we did once, - "You, Sir, there, - Maximilian,- come out of the gutter."

Related terms

• (pet forms) Ted, Teddy, Theo
• (feminine forms) Theodora
• (as a calque) Bogdan, Bohdan