Thaddeus
A boys’ name of Aramaic origin, meaning heart or brave heart.
How Thaddeus has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #702 |
| 2016 | #639 |
| 2017 | #661 |
| 2018 | #709 |
| 2019 | #742 |
| 2020 | #784 |
| 2021 | #818 |
| 2022 | #807 |
| 2023 | #903 |
| 2024 | #850 |
| 2025 | #798 |
Thaddeus by the numbers
In 2025, 17 babies in England and Wales were named Thaddeus. In the US, 380 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 416 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
At its height, in 1915, about 1 in 3,500 American boys born that year was called Thaddeus.
Names that come from Thaddeus
Forms of Thaddeus in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Thaddeus. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean courage
Like Thaddeus, each of these has courage in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Wyattbrave in war9,768 in the US (2017)
- Andrewmanly, brave8,228 in the US (2017)
- Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
- Leonardobrave lion; from Germanic elements4,113 in the US (2017)
- Everettbrave as a wild boar3,814 in the US (2017)
- Tristanbold, sorrowful; from Pictish origin3,333 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Thaddeus
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