Theodora
Theodora is a girl name of Greek origin, meaning Gift of God.
What Theodora means
Gift of God.
Theodora sits at 8 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room. Its 4 vowels give it a flowing rhythm.
Where Theodora comes from
Greek names often reach back to mythology, philosophy, or the early Church. They tend to be transparently meaningful in the original: many are compounds you can still take apart into their two halves.
Theodora is recorded as Greek in origin. Browse other Greek names.
How popular is Theodora?
In the girl name rankings we track, Theodora falls outside the top 100. That puts it in the broad middle ground where most names live: familiar to those who know it, uncommon enough to still feel like a choice.
The character of Theodora
Two ideas meet in Theodora: Gift and faith. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Theodora
These share Theodora's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Theodosia — Gift of God.
- Dorothy — Gift of God.
- Donatella — Given by God.
- Ayaan — Gift of God; speed.
- Mads — Gift of God.
- Matej — Gift of God.
- Mateus — Gift of God.
- Mathieu — Gift of God.
- Matias — Gift of God.
- Agatha — Good and honourable.
- Agnes — Pure and holy.
- Ariadne — Most holy and pure.