Meanings
proper noun
- A female given name from Ancient Greek, most famously borne by two empresses of Byzantium.
Peter Mathias and the baby, a tiny girl with a ridiculous name, had gathered around their mother. What was her name, something barbaric, an empress, not Cleopatra - Theodora.
1971, John Updike, Marry Me, Knopf, published 1976, →ISBN, page 126
Origin
From the Ancient Greek feminine form of Theodore.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic ثيودورة
- ثيودورةfemale given name
Bulgarian Теодора
- Теодора (Teodora)female given name
Catalan Teodora
- Teodorafemale given name
Danish Theodora
- Theodorafemale given name
French Théodora
- Théodorafemale given name
German Theda, Theodora
- Thedafemale given name
- Theodorafemale given name
Greek Θεοδώρα
- Θεοδώρα (Theodóra)female given name
Hungarian Teodóra
- Teodórafemale given name
Italian Teodora
- Teodorafemale given name
Japanese テオドラ
- テオドラfemale given name
Polish Teodora
- Teodorafemale given name
Portuguese Teodora
- Teodorafemale given name
Romanian Teodora
- Teodorafemale given name
Russian Теодора
- Теодора (Teodora)female given name
Spanish Teodora
- Teodorafemale given name
Swedish Teodora
- Teodorafemale given name
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Theodora
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All rhymes →Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
Theodora. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Theodora
MLA
“Theodora.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Theodora. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Theodora,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Theodora.
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