Theodore Variations & Nicknames
Honor Theodore with a different spelling, a familiar short form, or a form used in another language. Each choice below identifies its connection to the name family and has its own U.S. popularity history.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A related Greek-rooted name with the gift and God elements in the reverse order. | 743#421 | Up 114 rank positions in five years | 1924 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Theodore. | 13,355#4 | Up 19 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the Theodore family. | 75#2,388 | Up 11 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Theodore. | 37#3,228 | Up 31 rank positions in five years | 1958 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Theodore. | 3,945#82 | Up 90 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
A related Greek-rooted name with the gift and God elements in the reverse order. | 113#1,782 | Up 1,008 rank positions in five years | 1920 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Theodore. | 301#823 | Up 511 rank positions in five years | 1949 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the Theodore family. | 867#353 | Down 50 rank positions in five years | 2018 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the Theodore family. | 384#726 | Up 110 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
A familiar short form of the related name Dorothy. | 158#1,385 | Up 922 rank positions in five years | 1943 | ||
An international form or spelling of Theodore. | 47#2,752 | Down 28 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
An international form or spelling of Theodore. | 76#2,004 | Down 112 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
A related Greek-rooted name formed from the God and gift vocabulary. | 35#4,158 | Up 1,901 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the Theodore family. | 86#2,170 | Up 328 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
A familiar short form of the related name Dorothy. | 11#9,015 | Up 3,476 rank positions in five years | 1935 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the Theodore family. | 20#6,090 | Down 441 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
An international form or spelling of Theodore. | 40#3,083 | Up 477 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
A related Greek-rooted name with the gift and God elements in the reverse order. | —Unranked | — | 1921 | ||
An international form or spelling of Theodore. | 8#9,167 | Down 2,422 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
A related Greek-rooted name with the gift and God elements in the reverse order. | —Unranked | — | 1922 | ||
An international form or spelling of Theodore. | 6#11,111 | Down 3,414 rank positions in five years | 2020 | ||
An international form or spelling of Theodore. | 5#13,685 | Down 3,201 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
An international form or spelling of Theodore. | —Unranked | — | 1999 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.