Thaddeus

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Male Name

Usage

Swedish

Origin and Meaning

Latinised form of the Greek name Θαδδαιος (Thaddaios) of uncertain meaning. Theories include:

1) Greek spelling of an Aramaic version of a short form of a Greek name:

1a) Θεοδωρος (Theodoros) (see Theodorus) ^{[1] [2] [3]}
1b) Θεοδοτος (Theodotos) = 'given to god' ^[1]

2) Greek name meaning: 'praise' ^[4]

3) Greek form of an Aramaic name meaning 'brave' ^[5]

4) Greek form of the Aramaic name Thaddai meaning 'heart' ^[3]

Related Names

Taddeus	♂
Thaddeus	♂

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[6]		0	0	5	13
Denmark[7]		0	n.a.	0	n.a
Norway[8]		0	0	0	0
Finland[9]		n.a.	3	n.a	3
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Thaddeus.

Sources: ^{[6] [7] [8] [9]}

References

1. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
2. ↑ Adrian Room: Brewer's Dictionary of Names (1992)
3. ↑ Mike Campbell: Behind the name http://www.behindthename.com
4. ↑ Friedrich Wilhelm Weitershaus: Das große Vornamenlexikon (1998)
5. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
6. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
7. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
8. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
9. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi