Entry № 10538 · Greek origin

Theophano Theophano — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ thee-OF-ah-noh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Manifestation of God (Byzantine empress to Otto II)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Greek)

A name that means "manifestation of god (byzantine empress to otto ii)".

Theophano (c. 955-991) was the Byzantine princess who married Holy Roman Emperor Otto II in 972 — bringing Eastern Roman court culture to the Ottonian dynasty.

Featured in the Lothar Cross iconography.

Manifestation of God.

The name in its native script.

Θεοφανώ
Transliteration
Theophanṓ
Pronunciation
/ θiˈɒf.ə.noʊ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Theophano stands.

Theophano 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.

Theophanos before her.

Real people
Theophano
Byzantine-Ottonian Empress.
c. 955 – 991
In fiction
Theophano
Featured in Ottonian historical novels.

Names connected to Theophano.

The number behind Theophano.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Theophano reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.