Theodosia

Where Theodosia comes from

Borrowed from Latin Theodosia, from Ancient Greek Θεοδοσία (Theodosía). Feminine form of Theodosius. Doublet of Feodosiya.
— Wiktionary's entry for Theodosia
  • Ancient Greek
  • 4 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 770
    Theodosia born
    Byzantine empress, wife of Leo V
  2. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #547 among girls with 10 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
  3. 1888
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,276.
  4. 1922
    Theodosia Okoh born
    designer of the Ghana national flag
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Theodosia · Byzantine empress, wife of Leo V, born 770
  • Theodosia Okoh · designer of the Ghana national flag, 1922–2015
  • Theodosia of Constantinople · Greek saint, 700–726
  • Theodosia of Tyre · Roman woman who sought to be executed as a martyr, killed 307, 290–307
  • Theodosia Trollope · English poet, translator and writer, 1816–1865

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.