# Theoderic (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/theoderic/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “people”, “king”, “theodore”, “gift of god” |
| Pronunciation | /θiˈɑd.əɹ.ɪk/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Theodoric |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Late Latin Theodericus, Theodoricus, from a Germanic origin, likely via Gothic *𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (*þiudareiks) from Proto-Germanic *Þeudōrīks, from *þeudō (“people”) + *rīks (“king”); thus cognate with German Dietrich. Etymologically unrelated to English Theodore from Koine Greek Θεόδωρος (Theódōros, “Theodore”, literally “gift of God”), although medieval conflation of the Germanic and Hellenic names may have given rise to variant spelling Theodoric.

## What it means

Theoderic is grouped under gift, god and king.

## In other languages

- Catalan: Teodoric
- Danish: Teoderik
- Dutch: Diederik
- Esperanto: Teoderiko
- Estonian: Theoderich
- Finnish: Teoderik, Theoderik
- French: Théodoric, Thierry
- German: Theoderich, Dietrich
- Greek: Θευδέριχος, Θεοδώριχος
- Italian: Teodorico, Teoderico
- Latin: Theodericus, Theodoricus
- Norwegian: Teoderik, Diderik
- Polish: Teodoryk
- Portuguese: Teodorico
- Romanian: Theodoric
- Russian: Теодо́рих
- Slovene: Teoderik
- Spanish: Teodorico
- Swedish: Theoderik
- Ukrainian: Теодо́ріх

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.