Theodora (given name)
Teodora (Greek: Θεοδώρα, Teodōra) is a feminine given name, the feminine version of Teodore, which derives from the Greek words θεός, theos, "god" and δῶρον, doron, "gift".[1][2] Theodora is first attested in Mycenaean Greek, written in the Linear B syllabic script, as 𐀳𐀃𐀈𐀨, te-o-do-ra.[3] The name Dorothy (Greek: Δωροθέα, Dōrothea) contains the same word elements in reverse order. It was the name of several saints and queens, including Theodora, a 6th-century Byzantine empress honored as a saint in the early Christian Church. Teodora, a variant, is among the top 10 most popular names for girls born in Serbia between 2003-2005.[4]
 The sixth century Byzantine empress Teodora is one famous bearer of the name. | |
| Gender | female |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Greek |
| Meaning | "gift of God" |
| Other names | |
| Nickname(s) | Dora |
| Related names | Teodore, Dorothy |
Feminine variants
- Bohdana (Ukrainian)
- Dora (English, Spanish, Bulgarian)
- Théodore (French)
- Feodora, Fedora - Феодора, Федора (Russian)
- Tea, Teja (Finnish), German, Scandinavian, Slovenian
- Teddi, Teddie, Teddy (English)
- Teodóra (Hungarian)
- Teodora/Теодора (Bulgarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, Serbian, Macedonian)
- Teodora (Polish)
- Thea (English, German, Scandinavian)
- Theda (German)
- Todora/Todorka (Bulgarian)
- Θεοδώρα, Δώρα, Ντόρα (Greek)
- Tidora (Assyrian)
- Tedora (in Eritrea)
gollark: > paper
gollark: Explicitly-graph-structured stuff is quite popular now. There's one big SaaS product, Roam Research, various opensource projects doing similar stuff, and also TiddlyWiki which has been around for ages and is some sort of crazy HTML/JS quine-type thing which happens to be able to store notes, and now has extensions for that.
gollark: I have notes (on academic topics) because I can *generally* remember stuff fine but sometimes forget a thing and require some information on it rapidly || 🐝.
gollark: That is not how "extensively" works.
gollark: (and then just caching that after parsing it on save, obviously)
See also
- Theodora (disambiguation) - list of persons
- Teodora - list of persons
- Theodosia (disambiguation) - list of persons
Notes
- Behind the Name
- δῶρον, θεός. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project.
- "te-o-do-ra-qe". Minoan Linear A & Mycenaean Linear B. Deaditerranean.
- Most popular Serbian names
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