Theodoric
Theodoric is a Germanic given name. First attested as a Gothic name in the 5th century, it became widespread in the Germanic-speaking world, not least due to its most famous bearer, Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths.
- Gothic
Meaning & Origin of Theodoric
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Theodoric is a Germanic given name. First attested as a Gothic name in the 5th century, it became widespread in the Germanic-speaking world, not least due to its most famous bearer, Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Gothic
The Story of Theodoric
Theodoric first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1969, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1969: 8 births, good for #3,315 nationwide. About 48% of every Theodoric on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Theodoric last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 60 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Theodoric
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Theodoric. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Theodoricus
- Þiudareiks
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About the name Theodoric
Theodoric is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1969 and has accumulated 60 births in the dataset. Theodoric's peak popularity came in 1969 when it ranked #3,315. Use the chart and map above to compare Theodoric's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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