Wikipedia / Todor
Wikipedia / Todor
Todor (Bulgarian, Macedonian, and ) is a Bulgarian, Macedonian and Serbian given name, a local rendering of the name Theodore. The Hungarian form of the name is rendered similarly as Tódor.
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". Slavic equivalents bearing a similar meaning are Bozhidar and Bogdan. 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
Todor Aleksandrov (1881–1924), Bulgarian revolutionary, army officer, politician and teacher
Todor Batkov (born 1958), Bulgarian football club president
Todor Burmov (1834–1906), Prime Minister of Bulgaria
Todor Diev (1934–1995), Bulgarian footballer
Todor Gečevski (born 1977), Macedonian basketball player
Todor Ivanchov (1858–1906), Bulgarian prime minister
Todor Kableshkov (1851–1886), Bulgarian revolutionary
Tódor Kármán (1881–1963), Hungarian-American mathematician, aerospace engineer, and physicist
Todor Manojlović (1883–1968), Serbian writer
Todor Panitsa (1879–1925), Bulgarian revolutionary
Todor "Toše" Proeski (1981–2007), Macedonian singer songwriter
Todor Skalovski (1909–2004), Macedonian composer, chorus and orchestra conductor
Todor Stoykov (born 1977), Bulgarian professional basketball player
Todor Veselinović (1930–2017), Serbian footballer and coach
Todor Zhivkov (1911–1998), Bulgarian communist statesman
See also
Theodore of Amasea (referred to as "Saint Todor")