Gift of God
Theodor is the German, Scandinavian, and Romanian form of the Greek name Theodoros. It shares the same etymological roots as the more common English spelling Theodore, combining 'theos' (God) and 'doron' (gift). While the 'e' ending is standard in the US, this version offers a streamlined, European alternative.
Less common today
Theodor isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #1,805 in 2019.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
Beloved children's author known as Dr. Seuss
German classical scholar and Nobel laureate in Literature
Austro-Hungarian journalist and father of modern political Zionism
German philosopher and critical theorist
Nobel Prize-winning surgeon and researcher
German novelist and poet of the realist movement
German writer and poet famous for 'The Rider on the White Horse'
German physiologist who developed cell theory
