# Theofanis (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/theofanis/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 10 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Transliteration of Greek Θεοφάνης (Theofánis), a male given name used in (modern) Greece.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 5 | 6,775 |
| 2013 | 5 | 13,858 |

## People named Theofanis

- Theophanes the Confessor, Byzantine aristocrat, monk and historian (c.758/60–c.817/8)
- Theophanes the Greek, Byzantine-Russian artist (c.1340-c.1410)
- Theophanes of Mytilene, 1st century BC Greek historian and friend of Pompey
- Theophanes of Byzantium, Byzantine historian

## 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.