as a First Name
Latinate short form of the various ancient Germanic female personal names derived from þeud ‘people, race’. It enjoyed a brief popularity in the United States from about 1915 to 1925, due to the popularity of the silent-film actress Theda Bara (1890–1955), the original ‘vamp’. Her original name was Theodosia Goodman.
| 3,273rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 3,800
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Oklahoma
- has the most people named Theda per capita
- 1919
- marked the height of its popularity
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