Thaddeus
Thaddeus (Greek Θαδδαῖος, Thaddaios, from Aramaic תדי, Taddai / Aday) is a male given name. It means a heart or courageous heart.[2][3][4]
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| Pronunciation | /θæˈdiːəs, ˈθædi-/ |
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| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | Aramaic |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | "courageous heart" or "courageous" (Greek)[1] "one who praises" (Latin)[1] |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Thaddaeus |
| Nickname(s) | Thad Thady Thad Tad Ted Teddy Todd Toddy See hypocorisms for more |
| Related names | Tadeusz Tadeo Taddeo Tadas Tadzio |
As of the 1990 Census, 'Thaddeus' was the 611th most popular male name in the United States, while 'Thad', its diminutive version, was the 846th most popular.[5]
Alternate forms
- Tadeu (ind. Tade) – Albanian
- Թադէոս ("Tadeos"), Թադևոս ("Tadevos"), Թաթոս ("Tatos") – Armenian
- Tadija – Croatian
- Tadeáš – Czech
- Thaddée – French
- თადეოზი (tadeozi) Georgian
- Thaddäus – German
- Tádé – Hungarian
- Tadáias (Biblical), Tadhg (given name) – Irish
- Taddeo, Tadzio – Italian
- Tadejs – Latvian
- Tadas – Lithuanian
- Thadhewoos – Malayalam
- Tadeusz – Polish
- Tadeu – Portuguese
- Тадэвуш ("Tadevush") – Belarusian
- Фаддей ("Faddey") or Фадей ("Fadey") – Russian
- Фадей ("Fadey") – Ukrainian
- Тадеј (Tadej), Тадија (Tadija) – Serbian
- Tadej – Slovenian
- Tadeo – Spanish
- Tadewos – Amharic
- Other variations: Taddeus, Thaddeus, Tadeus
Biblical figures
- Thaddaeus, usually identified as Jude the Apostle, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus
- Thaddeus of Edessa, one of the Seventy Disciples
People
- Thaddeus Bullard, American professional wrestler better known as Titus O'Neil
- Thaddeus Cahill, inventor of the telharmonium
- Thaddeus P. Dryja, American ophthalmologist and geneticist
- Thaddeus Grauer, Austrian art dealer
- Thaddeus B. Hurd, American architect and amateur historian
- Thad Jones (1923–1986), American jazz trumpeter and bandleader
- Thaddeus Kosciuszko, Polish general in the American Revolution.
- Thaddeus Moss (born 1998), American football player
- Thad Lewis (born 1987), American National Football League quarterback
- Thaddeus S. C. Lowe (1831–1913), American Civil War scientist and inventor
- Thad Luckinbill, American actor on the soap opera The Young and the Restless
- Thaddeus McCotter (born 1965), American politician
- Ari Thaddeus Pilichowski, linguist and conference interpreter, better known as Teddy Pilley
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound (1833–1914), Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin and grandfather of Ezra Pound
- Thaddeus Stevens (1792–1868), leader of the Radical Republicans during the American Civil War and Reconstruction
- Thaddeus Young, American basketball player for the Indiana Pacers
- Thad Starner, American computer scientist, professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology College of Computing, technical lead of Google Glass
- Thaddeus William Harris (1795-1856) American entomologist, botonist and Librarian
Fictional characters
- Comics:
- General Thaddeus E. "Thunderbolt" Ross, Marvel comics character, mainly an antagonist of Hulk
- Doctor Thaddeus Bodog Sivana, DC comics character, an antagonist of Captain Marvel
- Novels:
- Thaddeus Sholto, character in "The Sign of the Four" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Tadzio, character in novel Death in Venice
- Moving-image works:
- "The Chief" in the CONTROL spy agency in Get Smart
- Thaddeus Thatch, paternal grandfather of Milo James Thatch in Atlantis
- Thad Castle, on television series Blue Mountain State
- Thaddeus "Rusty" Venture, on the animated series The Venture Bros.
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See also
- Taddei
- Tadeo Gomez, an American musician
References
- King, Laura; King, Geoff (8 April 2010). "Brilliant Baby Names". Pearson UK – via Google Books.
- "Thaddeus | meaning of Thaddeus | name Thaddeus". Thinkbabynames.com. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
- "Thaddeus (meaning and origin)". I-am-pregnant.com. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
- Mike Campbell. "Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Thaddeus". Behind the Name. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-01-21. Retrieved 2011-01-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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