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Theodora

American  
[thee-uh-dawr-uh, -dohr-uh] / ˌθi əˈdɔr ə, -ˈdoʊr ə /

noun

  1. a.d. 508–548, Byzantine empress: consort of Justinian I.

  2. a female given name: derived from Theodore.


Theodora British  
/ ˌθɪəˈdɔːrə /

noun

  1. ?500–548 ad , Byzantine empress; wife and counsellor of Justinian I

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Jack, 40, also has another daughter with Aree Gearheart, three-year-old Maple, and three daughters - Pearl Clementine, Andy Rose and Minnie Theodora with ex-wife Lisa Stelly.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

Other invitees include a flighty young woman named Theodora and the homeowner’s nephew Luke; they join the scheming Montague and the home’s caretakers, Mr. and Mrs. Dudley.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

He tells me that everything "clicked into place" for him when his first child, daughter Theodora, known as Teddy, who was born in 2012.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

“Yep, they do. So 10 out of 10 toilets,” Got2GoNYC founder Theodora Siegel said in the video.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Theodora laughed in a little continuing cry, laughing on and on thinly, and said through her laughter, “I looked back—I went and looked behind us...” and laughed on.

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson

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