Thaddeus
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| Thaddeus | |
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| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | Aramaic |
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| Meaning | "friend" |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Thaddaeus |
| Nickname(s) | Thad Tad |
| Related names | Tadzio Tadeusz |
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Thaddaeus or Thaddeus (Greek Θαδδαῖος, Thaddaios, from Aramaic תדי, Taddai) is a man's given name. It means a heart, or courageous heart[1] [2] [3].
As of the 1990 Census, 'Thaddeus' was the 611th most popular male name in the United States and 'Thad' was the 846th most popular.[4]
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[edit] Alternate forms
- Aday - Aramaic
- Tadas - Lithuanian
- Tadeo or Taddeo
- Taddeucci - Italian language Italian
- Tadio
- Tadzio
- Tadeusz - Polish
- Thaddaios
- Thaddaos
- Thaddaus
- Thaddée - French
- Thaddius
- Thadeus
- Թադէոս (T'adeos) - Armenian
- Фаддей (Faddey) - Russian
- Thaddäus - German
- Tadeu ou Thadeu - Portuguese
[edit] Nicknames
- Tad
- Tadd
- Ted
- Thad
- Thaddy
- Tally
- Teddy Bear
- Թադէ (T'ade) - Armenian
[edit] Saints
- Thaddaeus the Apostle, usually identified as Apostle Jude, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus.
- Thaddeus of Edessa, one of the Seventy Disciples.
[edit] People
Thad Jackson, Canadian singer/songwriter/musician.
- Thad Luckinbill, American actor on the soap opera The Young and the Restless.
- Taddeo Gaddi (c.1300-1366), an Italian painter, active during the early Renaissance
- Taddeo di Bartolo, a Sienese painter active up to 1422.
- Taddeo Zuccari or Zuccaro (1529–1566), an Italian painter, member of the Roman school of Mannerism
- Tadeusz Kościuszko Polish and American Revolutionary
- Thaddeus Stevens (1792–1868), leader of the Radical Republicans during the American Civil War and Reconstruction
- Francisco Tadeo Calomarde y Arría (1775–1842), a Spanish statesman
- José Tadeo Monagas (1784–1868), a Venezuelan President and hero of the Venezuelan War of Independence
- Thaddeus S. C. Lowe (1831–1913), American Civil War scientist and inventor
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound (1833-1914), Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin and grandfather of Ezra Pound
- Thad Jones (1923–1986), an American jazz trumpeter and bandleader
- Thad Cochran (1937-), United States Senator for Mississippi
- Thaddeus McCotter(1965-), member of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan's 11th District, is chairman of the Republican House Policy Committee and a member of the House Financial Services Committee.
- Tadeo Gomez, an American musician
- Thad Matta, head men's basketball coach at Ohio State University
- Thaddeus Young, American basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers.
- Thaddeus Cahill, inventor of the telharmonium
- Thaddeus "Toddy" Livingston, father of Bunny Wailer and stepfather to Bob Marley.
[edit] Fictional characters
- Tadzio, a young man in Thomas Mann's novel Death in Venice.
- Doctor Thaddeus Venture, a lead character in television show The Venture Bros.
- Thaddeus Bird, a character in Bernard Cornwell's Starbuck Chronicles.
- Thaddeus "Curly" Gammelthorpe, a character in television show Hey Arnold!.
- Thaddeus Roth, principal antagonist of Catherine Jinks' novels Evil Genius and Genius Squad.
- Thadeus, the captain of the hovercraft Osiris in the short animation, Final Flight of the Osiris.
- Thaddeus, Chief of the secret government agency, CONTROL, in the TV sitcom, "Get Smart"
- Thaddeus Beaumont, main character in "The Dark Half" by Stephen King
- Tad Trenton, young child in "Cujo" by Stephen King
- General Thaddeus E. "Thunderbolt" Ross is an antagonist of the Hulk. He appears in the 2003 film Hulk and in the 2008 reboot The Incredible Hulk as well as various animated television series.
- Thaddeus, commander of the Metathran warriors during the Phyrexian Invasion of Dominaria.
- Thaddeus Horatio Eberhard, protagonist of T.H.E. Fox.
- Thaddeus, a Sergeant and the leader of the player-controlled Blood Ravens Assault Marine squad in Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II.
- Thaddius, a Frankenstein's monster-inspired undead boss in World of Warcraft, said to be crafted from the flesh of women and children.
- Thaddeus Griffin, the evil twin brother of Peter Griffin, a fictional character from the television show Family Guy.
- Thaddeus, the evil twin brother of Thor, both antagonists in an animated children's television show Phineas and Ferb.
- Thaddeus Bluff, the founder of Bluffington on the Nickelodeon TV show Doug.
- Thaddeus Thawne, the supervillain Inertia, from the DC Comics universe.
- Thaddeus (Tad) Martin, a long time character on the soap "All My Children".
- Thaddeus Montgomery (Also known as the Infantata), is a monster and son of Charles and Nora Montgomery on American Horror Story
- Thaddeus Thurkell, a historical figure in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter.
- General Thaddeus Kaine, a character in the computer game Zork Nemesis.
- Thad Jarvis, a character in the South Park episode "Guitar Queer-O" (Season 11 Episode 13).
- Thaddeus McCann ('Uncle Tally'), a character in Siobhan Dowd's young adult novel Bog Child.
[edit] References
- ^ www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Thaddeus
- ^ www.i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys/Thaddeus
- ^ www.behindthename.com/name/thaddeus
- ^ http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/dist.male.first
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