Teodozy
Fewer than a dozen men in Poland carry it, so most Poles have never met one. The name comes from Greek, joining *theós*, god, to *dósis*, a giving: given by God.
Teodozy Pronunciation
Teodozy is pronounced te-o-DO-zih (/tɛɔˈdɔzɨ/).
What Teodozy means
Where Teodozy comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Teodozy comes from Greek. It binds theós, meaning god, to dósis, a giving, so the whole reads as given by God, dany od Boga. The same dósis root sits inside Dorota, while the theós half ties Teodozy to Teodor.
The Greek form Theodosios was borne by Theodosius I, the Roman emperor who in 380 made Nicene Christianity the empire's official faith. That is a heavy inheritance for three short syllables.
The name softens as it shrinks. The feminine variant Teodozja opens into Tosia, a diminutive light enough for a nursery. A boy named Teodozy today might be the only one on the class register, his name read slowly by a teacher meeting it for the first time. What stays fixed under every form is the meaning: given by God.
When Teodozy celebrates name day
Teodozy appears 4 times in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 11 January.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Teodozy
1 in 2134619 men in Poland is named Teodozy. 10 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #16660 among male names.
Teodozy as a middle name
Teodozy is a first name for 10 men in Poland and a middle name for another 9, a 53/47 split, almost evenly. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 3421st, between Tarcyzjusz (9) and Thien (9).
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#3419 Tadele9
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#3420 Tarcyzjusz9
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#3421 Teodozy9
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#3422 Thien9
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#3423 Théodore9