Tudor

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 19 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◐

Tudor is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Croatian surname4.4K records spelled Tudor10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, Romania, United States, Bulgaria

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian

  Also written Тудор, Тюдор

73 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●

Tudor 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 English, the Welsh form of Theodore; first attested Tudor 1221 AssSa

  as a name·A Dictionary of English Surnames

• In English, A monarch of the English royal family during the sixteenth century, specifically, King Henry VII and Henry VIII or one of his three children who ascended the throne.

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

• In Romanian, a male given name in Romania, and occasionally also a surname, equivalent to English Theodore

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

• In English, royal family, England, 1485-1603

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In Russian, Tudor. Second Half of 13th Century.

  as a word·A Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

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●

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Henry VII of Englandb. 1457GBnot in their usual nameKing of England from 1485 to 1509
• Arthur Tudorb. 1486GBPrince of Wales, Earl of Chester and Duke of Cornwall
• Margaret Tudorb. 1489GBScottish Queen consort (1489-1541)
• Henry VIIIb. 1491GBnot in their usual nameKing of England from 1509 to 1547 (1491–1547)
• Mary Tudorb. 1496FRQueen of France from 1514 to 1515 (1496-1533)
• Mary Ib. 1516GBnot in their usual nameQueen of England and Ireland from 1553 to 1558 (1516-1558)
• Elizabeth I of Englandb. 1533GBnot in their usual nameQueen of England and Ireland from 1558 to 1603 (1533-1603)
• Edward VI of Englandb. 1537GBnot in their usual nameking of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553
• Igor Tudorb. 1978HRCroatian association football player and manager
• Will Tudorb. 1987GBBritish actor

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 · 169 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Tudor?

We estimate roughly 8.9 thousand people bear Tudor (counting its spellings and scripts) across 17 countries in our records.

In which country does Tudor have the most bearers?

We estimate about 5.9 thousand people bear Tudor in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled tudor.

How common is Tudor compared with other names?

In Romania, Tudor is the 18th most common surname of 67,968 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Tudor mean?

Recorded meaning: From the Welsh personal name Tudur, of unknown ultimate origin and meaning.