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Pronunciation
  
/θæˈdiːəs/; /ˈθædi-/

Language(s)
  
Aramaic

Gender
  
Male

Alternative spelling
  
Thaddaeus

Meaning
  
"courageous heart" or "courageous" (Greek) "one who praises" (Latin)

Nickname(s)
  
Thad Thady Tad Ted Teddy Todd Toddy Tadeo See hypocorisms for more

Thaddeus (Greek Θαδδαῖος, Thaddaios, from Aramaic תדי, Taddai / Aday) is a male given name. It means a heart or courageous heart.

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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.

Alternate forms

  • Tadeu (ind. Tade) - Albanian
  • Թադէոս ("Tateos"), Թադևոս ("Tadevos"), Թաթոս ("Tatos") - 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 ("Faddey") – 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.

    • References

    Thaddeus Wikipedia
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