Entry № 10459 · Greek origin

Teodora Teodora — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ teh-oh-DOH-rah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Gift of God (Empress Theodora)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "gift of god (empress theodora)".

Teodora is from the Greek Theodōra.

Gift of God (Empress Theodora) — a Greek name.

The name in its native script.

Θεοδώρα
Transliteration
Theodōra
Pronunciation
/ tɛ.oʊˈdoʊ.rə /
Root
Grammatical form

What Teodora is built from.

Teodora is a compound name. Its parts are dōron — each an attested element with a recorded meaning of its own.

dōron
Greek
“gift”

Where Teodora stands.

Teodora does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Teodoras before her.

Real people

In fiction
Empress Theodora of Byzantium
Empress Theodora ~500-548 + wife of Justinian I + co-ruler Byzantine Empire + supported womens rights + opposed Nika riots 532 + San Vitale Ravenna mosaic
Byzantine

Names connected to Teodora.

The number behind Teodora.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Teodora reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.