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Latinised form of the Greek name Θαδδαιος (Thaddaios) of uncertain meaning. Theories include:
1) Greek spelling of an Aramaic version of a short form of a Greek name:
1a) Θεοδωρος (Theodoros) (see Theodorus) [1] [2] [3]
1b) Θεοδοτος (Theodotos) = 'given to god' [1]
2) Greek name meaning: 'praise' [4]
3) Greek form of an Aramaic name meaning 'brave' [5]
4) Greek form of the Aramaic name Thaddai meaning 'heart' [3]
Taddeus | ♂ |
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Thaddeus | ♂ |
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See also Tadas (Lithuanian) and Tadeusz (Polish)
- Danish | |
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Nominative: | Thaddeus |
Genitive: | Thaddeus' |
- Swedish | |
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Nominative: | Thaddeus |
Genitive: | Thaddeus' / Thaddeus |
Country | Commonness
Commonness | Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | |||
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| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
Sweden[6] |
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12 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 19 |
Denmark[7] |
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5 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
5 | n.a. |
Finland[8] |
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n.a. |
9 | 0 | 0 | n.a. |
9 |
Norway[9] |
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5 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
5 | n.a. |
Greenland[10] |
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0 | 0 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
#: count of main first name only | |||||||
&: count of both main and additional first names | |||||||
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country. |
No recent statistics trend found in databases for Thaddeus.