Todor (
Bulgarian, and sr, Тодор/Todor) is a Bulgarian,
Macedonian
Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia.
Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to:
People Modern
* Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North M ...
and
Serbian
Serbian may refer to:
* someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe
* someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people
* Serbian language
* Serbian names
See also
*
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* Old Serbian (disambiguat ...
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
, a local rendering of the name
Theodore. The
Hungarian form of the name is rendered similarly as ''Tódor''. It is the most common name in Bulgarian villages such as
Velingrad and
Plovdiv
Plovdiv ( bg, Пловдив, ), is the second-largest city in Bulgaria, standing on the banks of the Maritsa river in the historical region of Thrace. It has a population of 346,893 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is the c ...
.
As a form of the name Theodore, ''Todor'' also ultimately comes from the
Greek Θεόδωρος (''Theodoros''), signifying "gift of god", from θεός (''theos'') "god" and δῶρον (''doron'') "gift".
equivalents bearing a similar meaning are ''
Bozhidar
Bogdan Petrovich Gordeev ( rus, Богда́н Петро́вич Горде́ев, p=bɐˈɡdan pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ ɡɐrˈdʲeɪf, a=Bogdan Pyetrovich Gordyeyev.ru.vorb.oga; 21 June 1894– 7 September 1914), also known as Bozhidar ( rus, Бож ...
'' and ''
Bogdan
Bogdan or Bohdan (Cyrillic: Богдан) is a Slavic masculine name that appears in all Slavic countries as well as Romania and Moldova. It is derived from the Slavic words '' Bog/Boh'' (Cyrillic: Бог), meaning "god", and ''dan'' (Cyrillic: ...
''. The name
Todd is similar too but has different meaning.
The Bulgarian diminutives of ''Todor'' are Тошко (''Toshko''), Тошо (''Tosho'') and Тоше (''Toshe'') and the Macedonian diminutive is Тоше (''Toše'') and Тодорче (''Todorče'').
Notable people
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Todor Aleksandrov
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Todor Batkov
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Todor Burmov
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Todor Todorov (disambiguation)
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Todor Diev
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Todor Ivanchov
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Todor Kableshkov
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Tódor Kármán
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Todor Kolev (disambiguation)
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Todor Manojlović
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Todor Panitsa
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Todor "Toše" Proeski
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Todor Gečevski
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Todor Skalovski
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Todor Stoykov
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Todor Veselinović
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Todor Zhivkov
See also
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Theodore of Amasea (referred to as "Saint Todor")
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Todorov
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Todorović Todorović (, ) is a Serbian surname derived from a masculine given name Todor. It may refer to:
* Marko Todorović (June 2, 1929 – August 29, 2000), a Serbian actor
*Bora Todorović (born November 5, 1930), a Serbian actor
*Dragan Todorović ...
*
Todorovski Todorovski ( mk, Тодоровски) is a Macedonian surname and is the equivalent of the Bulgarian Todorov and the Serbian Todorović. Notable people with this surname include:
*Aleksandar Todorovski (b. 1984) – Macedonian footballer
* Goce To ...
References
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Bulgarian masculine given names
Macedonian masculine given names
Serbian masculine given names
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