Theodora (given name)
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Theodora (Template:Langx, Theodōra) is a feminine given name, the feminine version of Theodore, from the Greek Script error: No such module "Lang". theos 'god' + Script error: No such module "Lang". doron 'gift'.[1][2] Theodora is first attested in Mycenaean Greek, written in the Linear B syllabic script, as Script error: No such module "Lang"., te-o-do-ra.[3] The name Dorothy (Greek: Script error: No such module "Lang"., Dōrothea) contains the same word elements in reverse order. It was the name of several saints and queens, including Theodora, a 6th-century Byzantine empress honored as a saint in the early Christian Church. Teodora, a variant, is among the top 10 most popular names for girls born in Serbia between 2003–2005.[4]
Feminine variants
- Dievodora (Lithuanian)
- Bohdana (Ukrainian)
- Božidarka (Serbian)
- Dora (English, Indonesian, Spanish, Bulgarian)
- Théodore (French)
- Feodora, Fedora - Феодора, Федора (Russian)
- Tea, Teja (Finnish), German, Scandinavian, Slovenian, Croatian
- Teddi, Teddie, Teddy (English)
- Teodóra (Hungarian)
- Feodora, Theodora, Teodora (Indonesian)
- Teodora, Theodhora, Dhora (Albanian)
- Teodora/Теодора (Bulgarian, Macedonian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian)
- Teodora (Polish)
- Thea (English, German, Scandinavian)
- Theda (German)
- Todora/Todorka (Bulgarian, Macedonian)
- Script error: No such module "Lang". (Greek)
- Tidora (Aramaic/Syriac)
- Tedora (in Eritrea)
Fictional characters
- Theodora, the Wicked Witch of the West (played by Mila Kunis) in 2013 Disney fantasy adventure film, Oz: The Great and Powerful (2013).
- Theodora Crain (played by Kate Siegel) in 2018 Netflix supernatural horror miniseries, The Haunting of Hill House (2018).
- Theodora Baumgarten, the main character of the 2007 Connie Willis novella D.A..
See also
- Theodora (disambiguation) - list of persons
- Teodora - list of persons
- Theodosia (disambiguation) - list of persons
Notes
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- ↑ Most popular Serbian names
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