Teodoro

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Theodore in US United States, FR France, GB United Kingdom and 7 more, Teodor in PL Poland, CZ Czechia, BG Bulgaria, Theodor in DE Germany, AT Austria, SE Sweden and Теодор in UA Ukraine, RU Russia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Teodoro is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name93K records spelled Teodoro4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Venezuela, Brazil, Philippines

  Languages: English, Western Frisian

  Also written Teodoŕo

• Croatian given name672 records spelled Teodoro8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, Croatia, United States, Bulgaria

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian

  Also written Теодоро

63 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Teodoro is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Italian, Dal greco Theódōros, ‘dono di Dio’; equivalente a Teodosio, Doroteo e al latino Adeodatus/Deodatus.

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In Italian, forma ital. de Theodorus

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In Italian, Variante di Teodori

  as a name·Dizionario dei cognomi italiani

• Dono di Dio

  as a name·Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…

• In Cebuano, a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Theodore

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 125 years between 1900–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Theodore II, Marquess of Montferratb. 1364ITnot in their usual nameItalian noble
• Teodoro Cottraub. 1827ITItalian composer, poet and writer (1827–1879)
• Ernesto Teodoro Monetab. 1833ITItalian journalist, revolutionary soldier and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1833–1918)
• Tivadar Sorosb. 1894HUnot in their usual nameHungarian lawyer, author and editor (1894–1968)
• Teodoro Picado Michalskib. 1900CRPresident of Costa Rica (1900-1960)
• Teodoro Fernándezb. 1913PEPeruvian footballer (1913-1996)
• Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naplesb. 1937ITnot in their usual namedisputed Head of the House of Savoy from 1983 to 2024
• Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogob. 1942GQEquatoguinean politician, President of Equatorial Guinea since 1979
• Maxi Iglesiasb. 1991ESnot in their usual nameSpanish actor
• Gabriel Martinellib. 2001BRnot in their usual nameBrazilian footballer (born 2001)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 749 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Teodoro?

We estimate roughly 343 thousand people bear Teodoro (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Teodoro have the most bearers?

Teodoro is most frequently recorded in Peru, where it is most often spelled teodoro.

How common is Teodoro compared with other names?

In Peru, Teodoro is the 211th most common given name of 221,790 given names recorded there.

Is Teodoro a male or female name?

Teodoro is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Teodoro mean?

Recorded meaning: a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Theodore