Theophilus

Greek

"friend of God"

Theophilus Origin and Meaning

Variation of Theophilos

Theophilus Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1796 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Theophilus

• 1796 Nameberry 2025

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Famous People Named Theophilus

• Theophilus Patriarch of Antioch
• Theophilus 23rd Pope of Alexandria
• Theophilus Siegfried Bayer German classical scholar
• Theophilus Brabourne English theologian
• Theophilus Carter English furniture dealer upon whom Lewis Carroll supposedly based the Mad Hatter
• Theophilus Cibber (1703 58), English actor and playwright
• Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma Nigerian soldier, politician and businessman
• Theophilus Howard (1584 1640), English statesman
• Theophilus Lewis American drama critic and writer
• Theophilus Musa London American rapper
• Wolfgang Theophilus Mozart birth name of Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who preferred the Latin translation of his Greek middle name
• Theophilus Tawiah Ghanaian lawyer and entrepreneur

The name Theophilus in Pop Culture

• From 'Theophilus North': 'But we are in *America* Theophilus. (What a beautiful name that is.) Here everybody calls everybody else by their given name after five minutes.'
• Professor Theophilus Branestawm the hero of Norman Hunter's 'Professor Branestawm' books (1933,83)
• Captain Theophilus Sterling a character in K.A. Barker's 'The Book of Days'
• Theophilus honorary title of the person to whom the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles are addressed in the Bible