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Teodor

A name on a sharp upswing: more boys got it last year than in any year before, and it now sits just inside Poland's top 400. From Greek, it means "gift of god," and it goes only to boys.

Teodor Pronunciation

Teodor is pronounced te-O-dor (/tɛˈɔdɔr/).

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Theodora Dora
Alive in 2025
9,129
Newborns 2025
1,221
National rank
#374
Next name day
29 October
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What Teodor means

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

The name Teodor comes from the Greek Theodoros, built from theos, meaning god, and doron, meaning gift. Put together, the parts read as gift of god, in Polish dar boga. The variant Theodor, spelled with an h, travels through much of Europe, while Polish keeps the plainer form.

Poland has handed the name to real people. Teodor Axentowicz, born in 1859, painted portraits and Hutsul scenes and later led the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. His first name stated plainly what the Greek roots had meant.

A child called Teodor meets the name early, on a class register between the Tomeks and the Wojteks. Later there is the imieniny to mark. Polish calendars set a name-day for Teodor in November, a day for cake and a few good wishes. At home the name shrinks to Teoś. Whatever the years add, the two Greek roots stay put: god, and gift.

When Teodor celebrates name day

Teodor appears 37 times in the Polish name day calendar, 6 of them as a main name, the first on 7 February.

Next name day
29 October
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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 Teodor

1 in 2338 men in Poland is named Teodor. 9,129 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #374 among male names.

People with the name Teodor 2019 → 2025
9,129 +2,824 since 2019
2020 6,435 +130
2021 6,736 +301
2022 7,090 +354
2023 7,646 +556
2024 8,277 +631
2025 9,129 +852

Teodor's popularity over time

1,221 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #58 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2000.

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1,221 newborns with the name Teodor in 2025
national rank #58 that year

Where parents choose Teodor

Teodor is most popular in Pomeranian, 40% above the national average (472 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Greater Poland (+20%) and Masovian (+17%). It is least common in Holy Cross and Lublin, 49% and 45% below average respectively.

Chosen most
  • Pomeranian
    +40%
    1 in 312 babies
  • Greater Poland
    +20%
    1 in 364 babies
  • Masovian
    +17%
    1 in 373 babies
Chosen least
  • Holy Cross
    −49%
    1 in 853 babies
  • Lublin
    −45%
    1 in 796 babies
  • Podlaskie
    −40%
    1 in 731 babies

Teodor as a middle name

Teodor is a first name for 9,129 men in Poland and a middle name for another 8,218, a 53/47 split, almost evenly. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 107th, between Walenty (9,384) and Eryk (8,159).

As a first name
9,129
As a middle name
8,218
first name 53% middle name 47%
Middle-name ranking men

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