Theda

Where Theda comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Theda.

  • Vowel-ended
Theda through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #836 among girls, with 5 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1885
    Theda Bara born
    American actress
  3. 1915
    Around this time: Theda Bara in A Fool There Was
    Film, 1915 · Source
  4. 1919
    Peak, #337
    356 babies named Theda, the most in any year.
  5. 1927
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #619.
  6. 1947
    Theda Skocpol born
    American sociologist and political scientist
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Theda Bara · American actress, 1885–1955
  • Theda Skocpol · American sociologist and political scientist, born 1947
  • Theda Ukena · East Frisian countess by marriage and later regent of East Frisia, 1432–1494
  • Theda Kenyon · American writer, 1894–1997

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record. Events show what happened around then, not why parents chose the name.