Theodor

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Usage

Old Danish Old Danish
Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish
Finland Finnish
Greenland Greenlandic

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Origin and Meaning

Short form (also German) of Theodorus [1] [2] [3] [4]

Related Names

See Theodorus

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Theodorinpoika Finland
Theodorsen Denmark Norway
Theodorson Norway
Theodorssen Norway
Theodorsson Norway Sweden
Theodorssøn Norway
Theodorsøn Norway

Female

Theodordatter Norway
Theodorintytär Finland
Theodorsdatter Denmark Norway
Theodorsdotter Sweden

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Theodor
Genitive: Theodors
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Theodor
Genitive: Theodorin
Partitive: Theodoria
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Theodor
Genitive: Theodors
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Theodor
Genitive: Theodors

Name Day

Denmark Denmark

9 November

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Namesakes

  • Theodor Svedberg, 30 August 1884 – 25 February 1971, Swedish chemist and Nobel laureate NNNobel.png (Chemistry, 1926)

Trivia

  • Sweden: In January 1973, 1400 people were named Theodor (percentage of first or only given name: 9 %) [7]


Gnbox image.png The German pronunciation of Theodor can be found on our sister site www.germannames.de.

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
Sweden Sweden[9]
5928 10317 6 11 5922 10306
Denmark Denmark[10]
2813
n.a.
0
n.a.
2813
n.a.
Finland Finland[11]
n.a.
1043 0 0
n.a.
1043
Greenland Greenland[12]
6 20
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Iceland Iceland[13]
3 4
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[14]
4080
n.a.
4
n.a.
4076
n.a.
  #: 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.

 

Recent Statistics Trend

Name statistics for Theodor (m) Sources: [9][10][14][11]

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Theodor (m) Sources: [15]

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Norwegian historic statistics for Theodor (m)

Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Theodor (m) in Sweden in the year 1880. Swedish Regional Distribution for Theodor (m)


References

  1. Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  2. Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  6. Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
  9. 9.0 9.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  10. 10.0 10.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  11. 11.0 11.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  12. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  13. Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  14. 14.0 14.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  15. details see Name Statistic tables