MEANING & HISTORY
What does Teodoro mean?
Teodoro is a Romance form of Greek Theodoros. The elements are theos, God, and doron, gift.
The name therefore shares its formation with Theodore, while Dorothea reverses the order of closely related elements. The gift gloss is a linguistic and religious construction rather than evidence of how an individual family interpreted a child’s birth.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
Tagalog
- /teoˈdoɾo/Standard-Tagalog
- [t̪ɛ.joˈd̪oː.ɾo]Standard-Tagalog
- /tijoˈdoɾo/Standard-Tagalog
- [t͡ʃoˈd̪oː.ɾo]Standard-Tagalog
- /tijoˈdoɾo/no palatal assimilation
- [t̪joˈd̪oː.ɾo]no palatal assimilation
Te · o · do · ro4 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Spanish
- /teoˈdoɾo/
- [t̪e.oˈð̞o.ɾo]
Te · o · do · ro4 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from Spanish Teodoro, a learned borrowing from Latin Theodōrus, borrowed from Ancient Greek Θεόδωρος (Theódōros), from θεός (theós, “god”) + δῶρον (dôron, “gift”).
a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Theodore
Wiktionary: Teodoro (Tagalog) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
CebuanoEtymology & source
Borrowed from Spanish Teodoro, a learned borrowing from Latin Theodōrus, borrowed from Ancient Greek Θεόδωρος (Theódōros), from θεός (theós, “god”) + δῶρον (dôron, “gift”).
a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Theodore
Wiktionary: Teodoro (Cebuano) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
SpanishEtymology & source
Learned borrowing from Latin Theodōrus, borrowed from Ancient Greek Θεόδωρος (Theódōros), from θεός (theós, “god”) + δῶρον (dôron, “gift”).
a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Theodore
Wiktionary: Teodoro (Spanish) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Teodoro
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Teodoro Agoncillo
Filipino historian (1912–1985)
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Teddy Baguilat
Philippine politician
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
32
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
19
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Teddy Baguilat, Teodoro Agoncillo
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Teodoro in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Teodoro
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Teodora♀Gift of God
- Teodorico♂People and ruler
- Teodosio·God and giving in the Greek Theodosios formation
- Isidoro·Spanish and Italian form of Isidore; gift of Isis
- Teodosia·God and giving in the Greek Theodosios formation
- Teofilo♀Theophilus family: friend of God
- Teófilo♂Loving God or friend of God
- Floro♂Flowery; from Latin Florus
What rhymes with Teodoro?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
Recorded combinations with Teodoro
1 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
Explore combinations →Explore Teodoro further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q15885216 — Teodoro (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Teddy Baguilat (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q15885216 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Teodoro Agoncillo (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q15885216 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Teodoro (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Teodoro (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Teodoro (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Teodoro (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.