Theodora
female given name
Theodora (Greek: Θεοδώρα, Theodōra) is a feminine given name, the feminine version of Theodore, from the Greek θεός theos 'god' + δῶρον doron 'gift'. Theodora is first attested in Mycenaean Greek, written in the Linear B syllabic script, as 𐀳𐀃𐀈𐀨, te-o-do-ra. The name Dorothy (Greek: Δωροθέα, Dōrothea) contains the same word elements in reverse order. It was the name of several saints and queens, including Theodora, a 6th-century Byzantine empress honored as a saint in the early Christian Church. Teodora, a variant, is among the top 10 most popular names for girls born in Serbia between 2003 and 2005.
Feminine variants
Dievodora (Lithuanian)
Bohdana (Ukrainian)
Božidarka (Serbian)
Dora (English, Indonesian, Spanish, Bulgarian)
Théodore (French)
Feodora, Fedora - Феодора, Федора (Russian)
Tea, Teja (Finnish), German, Scandinavian, Slovenian, Croatian
Teddi, Teddie, Teddy (English)
Teodóra (Hungarian)
Feodora, Theodora, Teodora (Indonesian)
Teodora, Theodhora, Dhora (Albanian)
Teodora/Теодора (Bulgarian, Macedonian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Teodora (Polish)
Thea (English, German, Scandinavian)
Theda (German)
Todora/Todorka (Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Θεοδώρα, Δώρα, Ντόρα (Greek)
Tidora (Aramaic/Syriac)
Tedora (in Eritrea)
People
Pre-modern world
Byzantine empresses
Theodora (wife of Justinian I) (c. 500–548), saint by the Orthodox Church
Theodora of Khazaria, 7th-century empress, wife of Justinian II
Theodora (wife of Theophilos), 9th-century empress, saint by the Orthodox Church
Theodora (wife of Romanos I), 10th-century empress
Theodora (daughter of Constantine VII), 10th-century empress, wife of John I Tzimiskes
Theodora Porphyrogenita (c. 980–1056), empress regnant in 1042 and 1055–1056
Theodora Palaiologina (Byzantine empress) (c. 1240–1303), wife of Michael VIII Palaiologos
Trebizonian empresses
Theodora Axuchina, empress consort of Alexios I of Trebizond (c. 1182–1222)
Theodora of Trebizond (before 1253–after 1285), empress regnant from 1284 to 1285
Theodora Kantakouzene (c.
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