Teofila
Greek at root, built to mean "friend of god". Only about a thousand Polish women carry it and almost no girls are given it now, so meeting one stays memorable.
Teofila Pronunciation
Teofila is pronounced te-o-FEE-lah (/tɛɔˈfila/).
What Teofila means
Where Teofila comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Teofila comes from Greek. It joins theos, meaning god, with philos, the word for a friend or someone dear. Put together, the name reads as friend of god, or in Polish, miła bogu. The masculine form is Teofil, and Luke opens both his Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles by addressing a certain Theophilus, so the name was already circulating in the first century.
In Polish speech the full form loosens fast. Tosia does the everyday work, while Fila turns up among family and close friends. A girl entered as Teofila on a school register might be signing her tests Tosia by October.
The meaning stays legible in a way many old names do not. Anyone who knows a little Greek can still hear god and friend inside it. The sense was never attached later. The origin says it plainly: friend of god.
When Teofila celebrates name day
Teofila appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar, 1 of them as a main name, the first on 28 December.
The days Polish calendars list this name on. By custom you celebrate one of them, usually the first after your birthday.
How many people are named Teofila
1 in 21908 women in Poland is named Teofila. 1,029 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #948 among female names.
Teofila's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Teofila as a middle name
Teofila is a first name for 1,029 women in Poland and a middle name for another 1,334, a 44/56 split, almost evenly. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 230th, between Sophie (1,336) and Krzysztofa (1,317).
-
#228 Lucja1,356
-
#229 Sophie1,336
-
#230 Teofila1,334
-
#231 Krzysztofa1,317
-
#232 Lilia1,310