Thaddeus

Thaddeus

Gender	Male
Language(s)	Aramaic
Other names
Alternative spelling	Thaddeus
Nickname(s)	Thad Tad
Derived	תדא (taddā), meaning "breast"
Related names	Tadzio Tadeusz

Thaddaeus or Thaddeus (Greek Θαδδαῖος, Thaddaios, from Aramaic תדי, Taddai) is a man's given name. It is most likely derived from the Aramaic word תדא, taddā, meaning 'breast', which would be a nickname for a close friend, as in 'bosom buddy', or a younger brother.

Alternate forms

• Tadeo or Taddeo
• Tadio
• Tadzio
• Tadeusz or Taddeusz - Polish
• Thaddaios
• Thaddaos
• Thaddaus
• Thaddius
• Thadeus
• Թադէոս (T'adeos) - Armenian

Nicknames

• Tad
• Tadd
• Thad
• Thady
• Թադէ (T'ade) - Armenian

People

• Thad Luckinbill, American actor on the soap opera The Young and the Restless.
• Thaddaeus, usually identified with the Apostle Jude, is mentioned in the Gospels of Matthew and Mark as among the Twelve Apostles.
• Thaddeus of Edessa was according to Christian tradition one of the Seventy Disciples. He is said to have been sent as a missionary to Edessa in Mesopotamia.
• 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
• 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

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
• 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-inspired undead boss in World of Warcraft.