Thaddeus
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| Pronunciation | /θæˈdiːəs/; /ˈθædi-/ |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | Aramaic |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | "courageous heart" or "courageous" (Greek)[1] "one who praises" (Latin)[2] |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Thaddaeus |
| Nickname(s) | Thad Thady Tad Ted Teddy Todd Toddy Tadeo See hypocorisms for more |
| Related names | Tadeusz Taddeo Tadas Tadzio |
Thaddeus (Greek Θαδδαῖος, Thaddaios, from Aramaic תדי, Taddai / Aday) is a male given name. It means a heart or courageous heart.[3][4][5]
As of the 1990 Census, 'Thaddeus' was the 611th most popular male name in the United States, while 'Thad', its diminutive version, was the 846th most popular.[6]
Alternate forms
- Tadeu (ind. Tade) - Albanian
- Թաթէոս ("Tateos") - Armenian
- Tadeáš – Czech
- Thaddée – French
- თადეოზი (tadeozi) Georgian
- Thaddäus – German
- Tádé – Hungarian
- Tadáias (Biblical), Tadhg (given name) - Irish
- Taddeo – Italian
- Tadas – Lithuanian
- Thadhewoos – Malayalam
- Tadeusz – Polish
- Tadeu – Portuguese
- Фаддей – Russian
- Тадеј (Tadej), Тадија (Tadija) – Serbian
- Tadej – Slovenian
- Tadeo – Spanish
- Tadewos – Ethiopian
Biblical figures
- Thaddaeus, usually identified as Jude the Apostle, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus
- Thaddeus of Edessa, one of the Seventy Disciples
People
- Thaddeus Bullard, American professional wrestler better known as Titus O'Neil
- Thaddeus Cahill, inventor of the telharmonium
- Thaddeus Grauer, Austrian art dealer
- Thaddeus B. Hurd, American architect and amateur historian
- Thad Jones (1923–1986), American jazz trumpeter and bandleader
- Thaddeus Kosciuszko, Polish general in the American Revolution.
- Thad Lewis (born 1987), American National Football League quarterback
- Thaddeus S. C. Lowe (1831–1913), American Civil War scientist and inventor
- Thad Luckinbill, American actor on the soap opera The Young and the Restless
- Thaddeus McCotter (born 1965), American politician
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound (1833–1914), Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin and grandfather of Ezra Pound
- Thaddeus Stevens (1792–1868), leader of the Radical Republicans during the American Civil War and Reconstruction
- Thaddeus Young, American basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Fictional characters
- General Thaddeus E. "Thunderbolt" Ross, Marvel comics character, mainly an antagonist of the Hulk.
- Doctor Thaddeus Bodog Sivana, DC comics character, an antagonist of Captain Marvel.
See also
- Taddei
- Tadeo Gomez, an American musician
References
- ^ https://books.google.se/books?id=vZKqBHiDXwoC&pg=PT24&dq=male+names&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiO4vyl2PXPAhWFdpoKHYpyClo4ChDoAQghMAE#v=snippet&q=thaddeus&f=false
- ^ https://books.google.se/books?id=vZKqBHiDXwoC&pg=PT24&dq=male+names&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiO4vyl2PXPAhWFdpoKHYpyClo4ChDoAQghMAE#v=snippet&q=thaddeus&f=false
- ^ "Thaddeus | meaning of Thaddeus | name Thaddeus". Thinkbabynames.com. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
- ^ "Thaddeus (meaning and origin)". I-am-pregnant.com. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
- ^ Mike Campbell. "Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Thaddeus". Behind the Name. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
- ^ [1]
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