Teodora
From Greek, meaning "gift of god". Most Poles have never met a Teodora: only a couple of newborn girls got the name last year, and it sits toward the far end of the top thousand.
Teodora Pronunciation
Teodora is pronounced te-o-DO-rah (/tɛɔˈdɔra/).
What Teodora means
Where Teodora comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Teodora comes from Greek. It joins theos, meaning god, with doron, meaning gift, so the name reads as gift of god straight from its parts. The variant Dorota holds the same two pieces in reverse order, while the short form Dora keeps only the ending.
The best documented bearer is the Byzantine empress Teodora, who ruled beside Justinian in the sixth century. She began as an actress and rose to shape the laws of an empire. Her name was old already.
In a Polish class register today a Teodora sits among the Zofias and Julias, and once a year the imieniny calendar gives her a date of her own. Whatever a girl grows into, the two Greek words behind her name still say the same thing: gift of god.
How many people are named Teodora
1 in 6221 women in Poland is named Teodora. 3,624 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #551 among female names.
Teodora's popularity over time
2 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #1843 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2023. Still the #551 name among living women, even as it slips to #1843 among newborns.
Where Teodora is most popular
Teodora is most popular in Masovian, 510% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025).
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Masovian2 girls born+510%
Teodora as a middle name
Teodora is a first name for 3,624 women in Poland and a middle name for another 2,397, a 60/40 split — almost evenly. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 184th, between Kalina (2,421) and Tatiana (2,349).
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182
2,423Arleta
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183
2,421Kalina
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1842,397Teodora
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185
2,349Tatiana
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186
2,347Albina