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THAD-ee-us

Thaddeus

OriginAramaic, meaning unclear, possibly from Theodore
Meaning"gift of God"
GenderBoy

About Thaddeus

Variation of Tad

Pronounced THAD-ee-us. 2 syllables.

As of September 2026, Thaddeus ranked #798 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #307 in 1918, Nameberry popularity #345.

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  • Saint Judas (Jude) Thaddeus

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  • Saint Thaddeus of Edessa

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  • Thaddeus Lewis

    American football player

  • Thaddeus Gibson

    American football player

  • Thaddeus Young

    American basketball player

  • Thaddeus Bullard

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  • Andrew Thaddeus Bonaventure (Tadeusz) Kościuszko

    Polish hero of the American Revolution

  • Thaddeus Horatius Caraway

    U.S. Congressman and Senator from Arkansas

  • Thaddeus Sobieski Constantine (S.C.) Lowe

    American aviation pioneer

  • Thaddeus Stevens

    Civil War era U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania and opponent of slavery

  • Thaddeus Campbell Sweet

    U.S. Congressman from New York

  • Thaddeus George "Thad" McCotter

    former U.S. Representative from Michigan

  • Thaddeus Joseph "Thad" Jones

    American jazz trumpeter

  • Thaddeus Ann "Teddy" Bensimon

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  • Thaddeus "Thad" Luckinbill

    American actor

  • Thaddeus Rowe (b. 2007)

    son of actors Amelia Heinle and Thad Luckinbill

  • Thaddeus Wilk Farrow

    son of American actress Mia Farrow

  • Thaddeus "Thad" Matula

    American filmmaker

Thaddeus in pop culture

  • Thaddeus Stone

    character in the film 'The Family Stone'

  • Thaddeus Bradley

    from the movie 'Now You See Me'

  • Dr. Thaddeus S. "Rusty" Venture

    character in 'The Venture Brothers'

  • Thaddeus James Martin

    character from "All My Children"

  • Thaddeus Valentine

    character from "Mortal Engines" series

  • Thaddeus Montgomery

    character from 'American Horror Story'

  • General Thaddeus E. "Thunderbolt" Ross

    character from Marvel Universe

  • Thaddeus L'Eclin

    video game character from 'Ravenmark: Scourge of Estellion'

  • Thaddeus Ibsen

    character in "After Ever After" by Jordan Sonnenblick

  • Thaddeus Blake

    character in NIL by Lynne Matson

  • Thaddeus

    character on Phineas and Ferb

  • Thaddeus Harris

    character in the "Police Academy" Film series

  • Professor Thaddeus Bonkers

    character in the cartoon series "The Garfield Show" A mad scientist who is really intelligent and yet really foolish as his inventions/discoveries always lead to disaster but he dismisses all that as the world "not ready for his genius".

  • High Overseer Thaddeus Campbell

    character in the video game Dishonored

Variations & nicknames

  • ThadeeFrench
  • TaddeoItalian
  • ThaddeoItalian
  • TadeoSpanish
  • ThaddausGerman
  • TadekPolish
  • TadeuzPolish
  • TadzioPolish
  • TadeHungarian
  • TadeasCzech
  • TadesCzech
  • FaddeiRussian
  • FadeyRussian
  • TadeyRussian
  • TaddeusGreek

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