Details for the forename Thaddeus

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Thaddeus (male)


Variants:	Faddei (M) Taddeo (M) Tadeo (M) Tadeu (M) Tadeusz (M) Tadhg (M)
Pet Name(s):	Tad (M) Thady (M)
Lesser Synonym(s):	Theodore (M)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:	Biblical, English and Irish; NT Matthew 10:3.The origin is obscure but it is probably from Greek, meaning possibly "gift of/given by God". See Theodore which has a similar meaning. Thaddeus is one of many Anglicized forms of the Irish Gaelic Tadhg [q.v.], from Gaelic "poet, philosopher". Both share the pet name Tad. Thady is an Irish pet name.