Theodoric

Meaning

ruler of the people (theud 'people' + ric 'ruler'); the Ostrogothic warrior-king who conquered Italy

Popularity, 1890–2024

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Theodoric has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.

Names that fit alongside Theodoric

Alaric Ulric Aleksander Frederic Leonidas Jeremias

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