Thaddeus

Thaddeus (Latin: Thaddaeus, Ancient Greek: Θαδδαῖος, romanized: Thaddaĩos, from Imperial Aramaic: תדי, romanized: Ṯaday) is a masculine given name.

Thaddeus
Pronunciation/θæˈdəs, ˈθædi-/
GenderMale
Language(s)Aramaic
Other names
Alternative spellingThaddaeus
Nickname(s)Thad
Thady
Tad
Ted
Teddy
Todd
Toddy
See hypocorisms for more
Related namesTadeusz
Taddei
Tadeo
Tadeu
Taddeo
Tadas
Tadei
Tadey
Faddey

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.[1]

Alternate forms

Biblical figures

Orthodox saints[2][3]

People

Thaddeus

  • Thaddeus of Naples (fl. 1291), crusade chronicler
  • Thaddeus (bishop of Caffa), 14th-century Armenian Catholic friar and bishop
  • Thaddeus Bullard, American professional wrestler better known as Titus O'Neil
  • Thaddeus Cahill (1867–1934), American inventor of the telharmonium
  • Thaddeus P. Dryja, American ophthalmologist and geneticist
  • Thaddeus Grauer, Austrian art dealer
  • Thaddeus William Harris (1795–1856), American entomologist, botanist and librarian
  • Thaddäus Huber (1742–1798), Austrian violinist and composer
  • Thaddeus B. Hurd, American architect and amateur historian
  • Thaddeus Kirkland (born 1955), American politician
  • Thaddeus Kosciuszko, Polish general in the American Revolution
  • Thaddeus S. C. Lowe (1831–1913), American Civil War scientist and inventor
  • Thaddeus McCotter (born 1965), American politician
  • Thaddeus Moss (born 1998), American football player
  • Thaddeus O'Sullivan (born 1947), Irish film director, cinematographer, and screenwriter
  • Ari Thaddeus Pilichowski, 20th-century French-British linguist and conference interpreter, better known as Teddy Pilley
  • 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 Ward (born 1997), American baseball player
  • Thaddeus Young, American basketball player for the Toronto Raptors
  • Thaddeus Joy, boat captain of "Seneca Chief" on Erie Canal.

Thad

  • Thad Jones (1923–1986), American jazz trumpeter and bandleader
  • Thad Lewis (born 1987), American National Football League quarterback
  • Thad Luckinbill, American actor on the soap opera The Young and the Restless
  • Thad Starner, American computer scientist, professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology College of Computing, technical lead of Google Glass

Fictional characters

See also

  • Taddei
  • Tadeo Gomez, an American musician

References

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