Thaddeus
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About Thaddeus
Thaddeus, a distinguished, long-neglected name, has several areas of appeal: a solid New Testament legacy, a nice antique feel, and the choice of several more modern nicknames and international variations.
In the Bible, Thaddeus was one of the original Twelve Apostles.
Thaddeus has made quite a few screen appearances, ranging from Spongebob Squarepants to Police Academy to Get Smart (it was the given name of the Chief) to Harry Potter. As Tadzio—the Slavic version—he played a leading role in Thomas Mann's Death in Venice.
In real life, Thaddeus Stevens was a dominant political figure during the Civil War. Mia Farrow has a son named Thaddeus.
Pronounced THAD-ee-us.
As of October 2026, Thaddeus ranked #798 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #307 in 1918, Nameberry popularity #345.
Editor's take: The name Thaddeus is a boy's name of Aramaic origin meaning "gift of God".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #731 | 328 | 170.8 |
| 2015 | #705 | 358 | 186.8 |
| 2016 | #640 | 416 | 219.2 |
| 2017 | #661 | 387 | 209.1 |
| 2018 | #708 | 344 | 189.4 |
| 2019 | #742 | 325 | 181.1 |
| 2020 | #785 | 297 | 172.1 |
| 2021 | #817 | 295 | 168.6 |
| 2022 | #810 | 308 | 176.4 |
| 2023 | #898 | 259 | 151.4 |
| 2024 | #850 | 284 | 164.8 |
| 2025 | #798 | 314 | 183.8 |
World rankings
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Thaddeus on lists
Famous Thaddeuss
- Thaddeus Tukes
Chicago jazz musician
- Saint Judas (Jude) Thaddeus
patron saint of lost causes
- Saint Thaddeus of Edessa
one of the 70 apostles of Christ
- Thaddeus Lewis
American football player
- Thaddeus Gibson
American football player
- Thaddeus Young
American basketball player
- Thaddeus Bullard
Sr., birth name of Titus O'Neil, American arena football player and pro wrestler
- Andrew Thaddeus Bonaventure (Tadeusz) Koà Âciuszko
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
daughter of reality TV's Kelly Killoren Bensimon and Gilles Bensimon
- 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
More nicknames
- Thad
- Tad