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Teofil

From Greek, the name means "friend of God". A genuinely rare choice: fewer than 2,000 Polish men carry it, always men, so meeting one stays memorable.

Teofil Pronunciation

Teofil is pronounced te-O-feel (/tɛˈɔfil/).

Alive in 2025
1,807
Newborns 2025
15
National rank
#738
Next name day
27 April
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What Teofil means

Where Teofil comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.

Teofil comes from the Greek Theophilos, built from theos, god, and philos, friend or lover. Friend of god. That short meaning sits right on the surface, with nothing hidden underneath.

The Gospel of Luke opens by addressing a certain Theophilos, "most excellent Theophilus," and the book of Acts greets him a second time. Whether he was a Roman official or a stand-in for any reader, the name entered Christian tradition early and stayed legible for a long stretch afterward.

In Poland a small household of forms grew up around it. The feminine variant is Teofila, while daily speech wore the longer name down to Tosia or Fila. On a school class register a Teofil now reads as slightly old, a name with a saint's day and a grandparent's ring to it. Say the meaning again: a friend of god.

When Teofil celebrates name day

Teofil appears 11 times in the Polish name day calendar, 3 of them as a main name, the first on 27 April.

Next name day
27 April
Tuesday in 2027
Next one in 184 days
Name days

The days Polish calendars list this name on. By custom you celebrate one of them, usually the first after your birthday.

Also celebrates

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 Teofil

1 in 11813 men in Poland is named Teofil. 1,807 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #738 among male names.

People with the name Teofil 2019 → 2025
1,807 −541 since 2019
2020 2,299 −49
2021 2,169 −130
2022 2,049 −120
2023 1,958 −91
2024 1,869 −89
2025 1,807 −62

Teofil's popularity over time

15 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #597 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2012.

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15 newborns with the name Teofil in 2025
national rank #597 that year

Where parents choose Teofil

Teofil is most popular in Subcarpathian, 85% above the national average (6 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Lesser Poland (+81%) and Masovian (+68%). It is least common in Lower Silesian and Kuyavian-Pomeranian, 53% and 32% below average respectively.

Chosen most
  • Subcarpathian
    +85%
    1 in 20,094 babies
  • Lesser Poland
    +81%
    1 in 20,629 babies
  • Masovian
    +68%
    1 in 22,142 babies
Chosen least
  • Lower Silesian
    −53%
    1 in 78,567 babies
  • Kuyavian-Pomeranian
    −32%
    1 in 54,690 babies
  • Lublin
    −27%
    1 in 51,338 babies

Teofil as a middle name

Teofil is a first name for 1,807 men in Poland and a middle name for another 3,698, a 33/67 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 142nd, between Olaf (3,699) and Michael (3,643).

As a first name
1,807
As a middle name
3,698
first name 33% middle name 67%
Middle-name ranking men

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